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1898réf. 3107First edition of the first German translation - and one of the earliest - of the Jungle Book. One of 5000 copies printed. The Groh illustrations were made especially for this edition. Hardcover Fine. 8vo. original brown cloth stamped in silver; front cover red and blue with an image of Mowgli. Edges stained red. Spine cocked slightly. Edges lightly rubbed. Pages 161-165 mended with tape. Ownership stamp to title page. A beautiful and scarce book. Freiburg i, Br.: Friedrich Ernst Fehsenfeld hardcover
1889réf. 49958Allahabad India: Messrs. A.H. Wheeler & Co 1889. Good. Allahabad India: Messrs. A.H. Wheeler & Co. 1889. First Indian Edition. Slim octavo 21.5cm; publisher's white pictorial wrappers illustrated by the Mayo School of Art Lahore; 4iiii106viipp. Wrappers toned and chipped along spine edge with some glue repair to the latter though top half of wrapper split along spine edge. Good overall internally clean and sound. Issued as A.H. Wheeler & Co.'s Indian Railway Library no. 3. Collection of eight short stories all relating to the lives of native Indians rather than their colonizers. All but one of these stories first appeared in 1888 in the periodical The Week's News. Livingston 34. Messrs. A.H. Wheeler & Co unknown
1888réf. 49973V.p.: v.i. 1888. Very Good. V.p.: v.i. 1888-1890. Mixed Editions see below. Four volumes bound in one. Octavos 21.5cm; contemporary parchment over marbled paper-covered boards crimson gilt spine piece top edge gilt marbled endpapers original pictorial wrappers of each volume bound in. Parchment dust-soiled light wear to boards else Very Good and sound. Contemporary armorial ownership ex libris of an Elizabeth Armitage to front pastedown. Contents as follows: 1. Soldiers Three. London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1890. Fifth Edition. 93pp. 2. Wee Willie Winkie. Allahabad / London: Messrs. A.H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1890. First UK Edition with slightly reduced wrapper design to fit in the UK price one shilling. 96pp. Richards A36 3. In Black and White. Allahabad / London: Messrs. A.H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1890. First UK Edition with slightly reduced wrapper design to fit in the UK price one shilling. 96pp. Richards A35 4. The Story of the Gadsbys: A Tale without a Plot. Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler 1888. First Edition. 85pp. Issued as A.H. Wheeler & Co.'s Indian Railway Library no. 2. Richards A15. v.i. unknown
1891réf. 49457London: A.H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston & Company 1891. Very Good. London: A.H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston & Company 1891. First English Edition. Slim octavo 21.5cm; publisher's green-grey pictorial wrappers; 96pp. A few small shallow chips to wrapper margins foxing to final few leaves else Very Good and sound nicer than often encountered. Kipling's oppressive novella of a man's sleepless night spent walking the streets of Lahore. This edition part of A.H. Wheeler & Co's Indian Railway Library No. XIV preceded by an Allahabad printing. Livingston 71. A.H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low, Marston & Company unknown
1889réf. 49958Allahabad India: Messrs. A.H. Wheeler & Co 1889. Good. Allahabad India: Messrs. A.H. Wheeler & Co. 1889. First Indian Edition. Slim octavo 21.5cm; publisher's white pictorial wrappers illustrated by the Mayo School of Art Lahore; 4iiii106viipp. Wrappers toned and chipped along spine edge with some glue repair to the latter though top half of wrapper split along spine edge. Good overall internally clean and sound. Issued as A.H. Wheeler & Co.'s Indian Railway Library no. 3. Collection of eight short stories all relating to the lives of native Indians rather than their colonizers. All but one of these stories first appeared in 1888 in the periodical The Week's News. Livingston 34. Messrs. A.H. Wheeler & Co unknown books
1888réf. 49973V.p.: v.i. 1888. Very Good. V.p.: v.i. 1888-1890. Mixed Editions see below. Four volumes bound in one. Octavos 21.5cm; contemporary parchment over marbled paper-covered boards crimson gilt spine piece top edge gilt marbled endpapers original pictorial wrappers of each volume bound in. Parchment dust-soiled light wear to boards else Very Good and sound. Contemporary armorial ownership ex libris of an Elizabeth Armitage to front pastedown. Contents as follows: 1. Soldiers Three. London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1890. Fifth Edition. 93pp. 2. Wee Willie Winkie. Allahabad / London: Messrs. A.H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1890. First UK Edition with slightly reduced wrapper design to fit in the UK price one shilling. 96pp. Richards A36 3. In Black and White. Allahabad / London: Messrs. A.H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1890. First UK Edition with slightly reduced wrapper design to fit in the UK price one shilling. 96pp. Richards A35 4. The Story of the Gadsbys: A Tale without a Plot. Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler 1888. First Edition. 85pp. Issued as A.H. Wheeler & Co.'s Indian Railway Library no. 2. Richards A15. v.i. unknown books
1891réf. 49457London: A.H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston & Company 1891. Very Good. London: A.H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston & Company 1891. First English Edition. Slim octavo 21.5cm; publisher's green-grey pictorial wrappers; 96pp. A few small shallow chips to wrapper margins foxing to final few leaves else Very Good and sound nicer than often encountered. Kipling's oppressive novella of a man's sleepless night spent walking the streets of Lahore. This edition part of A.H. Wheeler & Co's Indian Railway Library No. XIV preceded by an Allahabad printing. Livingston 71. A.H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low, Marston & Company unknown books
1897réf. 1iiiCd0001New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1897. Book. Good. Hardbound Clothbinding. Copyright 1897. 8vo or 8° Medium Octavo: 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 377 pp. A rarre hard-to-find gem! Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Clean text. No dust jacket. Staining on top edge. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
1895réf. 030039UK: Macmillan 1895. First Edition 4th Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 4th Imp 1895. Same format and printed a year later after the 1st Edition. Book is very good with quite bright boards and gilt work. Slight rubbing to spine tips and corners. Odd marks to cloth. Contents good. Light foxing to pages. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18931 Macmillan hardcover
1899réf. KIPLINGR016625Macmillan. London. 1899. First edition. Octavo. pp xii 272. Two pages of adverts at rear. Nine stories. Original red cloth with gilt elephant device on upper cover. Top edge gilt.Bookplate on front pastedown. A bit of spotting to endpapers. Small snag to tail of spine where there is also a small patch of fading. Very good. Macmillan. London. hardcover
1891réf. 000554London: Ward Lock Bowden & Co. 1891. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. True first English edition Ward Lock & Bowden; 12 chapters with happy ending. Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Undated 1891 Deep green/black cloth mock leather with gilt title/author to spine; Full page portrait of Kipling as frontispiece. Other contributors are Eben Rexford 'In An Old Garden' Julian Hawthorne 'The New Spanish Inquisition' Ruth Stuart 'Christmas Gifts' Francis Wilson 'I Remember' Charlotte Bates 'Perversity' Moses Handy 'The State of Washington' Daniel Dawson 'Anacreontic' Lewis Haupt 'The Road Movement' and Frederic Bird 'Friend Olivia'. Please contact me for further details or pictures/photographs. Slight shelf wear with minor wear to head and tail. Minor spotting to frontis and title pages. Previous owner's name in pencil top of title page with blind stamped address St. Jean de Luz S. France. Ward, Lock, Bowden & Co. hardcover
1892réf. 004278London: William Heinemann 1892. First Edition. . Leather. Near Fine. Octavo. Fine Binding. Full red polished calf five raised bands black morocco title labels gilt decoration and tooling gilt embossed elephant design on front board inner dentelles marbled enpapers top edge gilt. 8vo: 7 3/4" x 5 1/2" 276 pages plus publisher's list at rear. Original cloth covers bound in. SIGNED BINDING stamped "Bound by by Sangorski & Sutcliffe London England for J.W. Robinson Company" on upper verso front fly. Spine lightly toned and rubbed internally clean and tight a handsome fine binding. Size: Octavo William Heinemann hardcover
1894réf. 8001257NY: Century Co. 1894. Bound in decorative green cloth stamped in gold with a picture of an elephant to front panel. Top edge gilt still bright. Endpapers professionally restored and book tightened. Overall a most acceptable copy of the true first U.S. edition of this book. Housed in a facsimile dust jacket that fits the book perfectly. 303 pp. Illustrated. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good /Fine Facsimile DW. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Century Co. Hardcover
1899réf. RKIPWRI00tpmCharles Scribner's Sons 1899 - 1904. Very Good. Kipling Rudyard. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling. 22 volume set The Works of Rudyard Kipling. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1899 - 1904. 8vo. Book condition: Very good with gently rubbed and faintly soiled extremities. A few volumes have lightly bumped and slightly frayed spine ends. Previous owner's name and date on the front free endsheet of volume 1. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
1899réf. RKIPWRI00tpmCharles Scribner's Sons 1899 - 1904. Very Good. Kipling Rudyard. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling. 22 volume set The Works of Rudyard Kipling. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1899 - 1904. 8vo. Book condition: Very good with gently rubbed and faintly soiled extremities. A few volumes have lightly bumped and slightly frayed spine ends. Previous owner's name and date on the front free endsheet of volume 1. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1895réf. MJ126London and New York: Macmillan and Co. 1895. 1st UK edition . Hardcover. Vg. 8vo. J.Lockwood Kipling. 238ii pub. ads. pp. Original blue cloth gilt with cobra device to the front board and spine. Wavy rules to the upper and lower cover. All edges gilt. B/w illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling. Neat owners signature 'Margaret Theodosia Batten' in ink and contemporary to the issue. 1874-1930. An attractive copy near fine except for cracked inner green end-papers but a sound strong binding. Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1898réf. feb1156251898: First Finnish Edition of Jungle Book Otava hardcover
1899réf. 981H39London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 18991937. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5". H. R. Millar; Frank Craig; Various. A substantial sixteen-volume collection of Rudyard Kipling"s works including several first editions and illustrated volumes charting his literary career. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original red cloth binding with Kipling's signature elephant head stamped in gilt to the front boards. A smart collection of sixteen volumes of Rudyard Kipling"s works including nine first editions and early printings spanning from Stalky & Co. 1899 to Something of Myself 1937.Several volumes are illustrated including Kim Puck of Pook"s Hill and "Captains Courageous". This collection consists of:Stalky & Co. 1899. First edition. Kim 1901. First edition. This copy is illustrated with ten monochrome plates including a frontispiece. Collated complete. Traffics and Discoveries 1904. First edition. Puck of Pook"s Hill 1906. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 19 plate illustrations by H. R. Millar. Collated complete. Actions and Reactions 1909. First edition. A Diversity of Creatures 1917. First edition. Rewards and Fairies 1923. First published in 1910 this is the fourth reprint. This copy is illustrated with four monochrome plates by Frank Craig. Collated complete. Debits and Credits 1926. First edition. Plain Tales From the Hills 1928. This copy is a later reprint. This copy is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. A Book of Words: Selections from Speeches and Addresses Delivered Between 1906 and 1927 1928. First edition. Life"s Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People 1928. First published in 1891 this is a later reprint. Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys in Black and White 1930. Originally published in 1895 this is a later reprint. This volume comes with the publisher"s original unclipped dust wrapper. "Captains Courageous": A Story of the Grand Banks 1932. First published in 1897 this is a later reprint of the uniform edition. Illustrated with 20 monochrome plates and one in-text illustration. Collated complete. Limits and Renewals 1932. First edition. The Light that Failed 1935. First published in March 1891 this is a later reprint. Something of Myself: For My Friends Known and Unknown 1937. First edition. This copy is illustrated with a monochrome portrait frontispiece. Rudyard Kipling 18651936 was an English novelist short story writer and poet best known for The Jungle Book Kim and his evocative tales of British India he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907. Bound in the publisher's original cloth binding. Previous owner"s bookplate to front paste down of "Actions" with slight offsetting ad rubbing to endpapers. Spines slightly faded more so to older copies. The odd minor handling mark to boards. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities occasionally resulting in slight fraying to cloth or very minor loss to cloth. Previous owner"s contemporary inscription to front free endpaper of "Traffics" "Puck" "Stalky" and "Captains Courageous." Hinges of "Kim" "Stalky" cracked with binding materials slightly exposed but holding. Small newspaper clipping affixed to front paste down of "Puck" with small inscription. Discreet bookseller"s label to front paste down of "Traffics." Hinges of "Puck" slightly strained in places with binding slightly less firm than other copies but holding. Offsetting from a newspaper cutting loosely inserted to the dedication and copyright pages of "The Light." Dust wrapper of "Soldiers Three" very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting the odd very small closed tear chip and crease. Slight soiling to wraps. Age toning heavier to spine. The odd minor handling mark to wraps. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to first and last few leaves and fore edge. Slight creasing to final few leaves of "Handicap" Very Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1892réf. 119266New York: United States Book Company 1892. Scarce early printing of perhaps Kipling’s most popular poetry collection. Octavo original wrappers as issued. In near fine condition. Exceptionally rare. Written in vernacular dialect Kipling's The Barrack Room Ballads contains some of Kipling's most well-known work including the poems "Gunga Din" "Tommy" "Mandalay" and "Danny Deever" which established his early fame as a poet. The first poems were published in the Scots Observer in the first half of 1890 and collected in Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses in 1892. Kipling later returned to the theme in a group of poems collected in The Seven Seas under the same title. A third group of vernacular Army poems from the Boer War titled "Service Songs" and published in The Five Nations 1903 can be considered part of the Ballads as can a number of other uncollected pieces. United States Book Company unknown
1897réf. 19618London: Macmillan and Co 1897. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo 19cm; royal blue cloth with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front panel; all edges gilt; 245pp 1 2 ads. Previous owner's name and date opposite half-title; edges lightly rubbed gilt has dulled bit of sunning to spine with a tiny patch of sticker-pull at front pastedown 2 small glue spots on rear endpaper and a 2" crack at lower rear hinge; Very Good. One of the great 19th century adventure stories basis for Victor Fleming's Oscar-winning adaptation in 1937 starring Spencer Tracy Lionel Barrymore and Freddie Bartholomew. Macmillan and Co unknown
1891réf. 200923Allabahad: Wheeler 1891. First. hardcover. fine. Tall thin 8vo finely bound in full brown morocco with rosettes & garland encircling the letter "K"; original cloth covers bound in. Allabahad 1891. First Indian edition. Ownership name on title & half title otherwise fine. Wheeler unknown
1891réf. 378678Allahabad and London: A. H. Wheeler & Co. Sampson Low Marston & Company Ltd. London 1891. First English Edition. 96 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original grey-green printed illustration by Brownlow Fforde Indian Railway Library No. XIV advertisements on inside and back covers. Minor chipping. Very good. First English Edition. 96 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. With the printed slip regarding the title tipped into the front. Stewart 94; Richards A60 A. H. Wheeler & Co., Sampson Low, Marston & Company Ltd., London unknown
1891réf. 200923Allabahad: Wheeler 1891. First. hardcover. fine. Tall thin 8vo finely bound in full brown morocco with rosettes & garland encircling the letter "K"; original cloth covers bound in. Allabahad 1891. First Indian edition. Ownership name on title & half title otherwise fine. Wheeler unknown books
1891réf. 378678Allahabad and London: A. H. Wheeler & Co. Sampson Low Marston & Company Ltd. London 1891. First English Edition. 96 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original grey-green printed illustration by Brownlow Fforde Indian Railway Library No. XIV advertisements on inside and back covers. Minor chipping. Very good. First English Edition. 96 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. With the printed slip regarding the title tipped into the front. Stewart 94; Richards A60 A. H. Wheeler & Co., Sampson Low, Marston & Company Ltd., London unknown books
1897réf. 19618London: Macmillan and Co 1897. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo 19cm; royal blue cloth with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front panel; all edges gilt; 245pp 1 2 ads. Previous owner's name and date opposite half-title; edges lightly rubbed gilt has dulled bit of sunning to spine with a tiny patch of sticker-pull at front pastedown 2 small glue spots on rear endpaper and a 2" crack at lower rear hinge; Very Good. One of the great 19th century adventure stories basis for Victor Fleming's Oscar-winning adaptation in 1937 starring Spencer Tracy Lionel Barrymore and Freddie Bartholomew. Macmillan and Co unknown books