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1904réf. 587851London: Charles Sheard & Co 1904. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Folio. Two nested bifolia making eight pages. Composer's name stamp and "file copy" stamp on the front cover outer bifolium separating a bit at both ends of the fold light edgewear and toning a very good and complete copy. For voice and piano. Plate imprint "Lichenberg. E." The following note is printed above the music "The blossoms of the Australian Wattle Tree a species of Acacia emit a remarkably fragrant perfume more particularly after rain: the sudden recognition of this scent on an occasion during the Transvaal campaign awakens thoughts of 'Home sweet home' in the breast of an Australian Trooper." Gerard F. Cobb is primarily remembered for his musical settings to Kipling's words this perhaps being his last such composition as he passed away in March of the year it was published. This song is unrecorded by OCLC and appears equally scarce in the trade; in fact the only references we can find to the piece online are are The Kipling Society citing a record of it in Rudyard Kipling A Bibliographical Catalogue by James McGregor Stewart and a 2005 recording released by ABC Records-Australia on an album titled When the Empire Calls. A rare and intriguing piece. Charles Sheard & Co unknown books
1919réf. 004965England 1919. Cloth. Near Fine. Lovely meticulously rendered vignette illustrations framing the key letter on each page and on a few pages two vignettes. Oblong 9 by 13 cm. 28 pp. The album opens to a particularly nice pen and ink drawing of a schooner framed with highly decorative foliate baroque ornamentation. The first poem is Kipling's "If" each letter device accompanied by a painting of a different type of sail boat or ship. Ship motives are used again in "Love at Sea" by Swinburne. Another Kipling poem "The Explanation" is enlivened with paintings of colorful expressive fish. In our judgment these are the most charismatic of the illustrations. Other poems include Swinburne's "Rondel" "Before Sunset" "Song" and "Child's Song"; and some verses by Sappho. Other illustrative motives take in dragons flowers and floral daipers butterflies and coasts. The poems are rendered in a neat calligraphic hand and it is very easy to imagine this manuscript as something that might have been published as a gift book. unknown
1919réf. 004965England 1919. Cloth. Near Fine. Lovely meticulously rendered vignette illustrations framing the key letter on each page and on a few pages two vignettes. Oblong 9 by 13 cm. 28 pp. The album opens to a particularly nice pen and ink drawing of a schooner framed with highly decorative foliate baroque ornamentation. The first poem is Kipling's "If" each letter device accompanied by a painting of a different type of sail boat or ship. Ship motives are used again in "Love at Sea" by Swinburne. Another Kipling poem "The Explanation" is enlivened with paintings of colorful expressive fish. In our judgment these are the most charismatic of the illustrations. Other poems include Swinburne's "Rondel" "Before Sunset" "Song" and "Child's Song"; and some verses by Sappho. Other illustrative motives take in dragons flowers and floral daipers butterflies and coasts. The poems are rendered in a neat calligraphic hand and it is very easy to imagine this manuscript as something that might have been published as a gift book. unknown books
1898réf. 432854London: William Heinemann Ltd 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Folio. Quarter cloth and illustrated boards. Modest wear at the spine ends small repairs to the front hinge a sound and very good copy. William Heinemann Ltd hardcover
1898réf. 432854London: William Heinemann Ltd 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Folio. Quarter cloth and illustrated boards. Modest wear at the spine ends small repairs to the front hinge a sound and very good copy. William Heinemann Ltd hardcover books
1909réf. 89438London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. Full Leather. Very Good. W. Heath Robinson. 27.5 x 22 cm. Quarto. Unpaginated. Rebound in to full dark leather decorated in gilt 5 raised bands to spine. AEG marble endpapers. Some scuffing to bottom edges of boards. Beautifully illustrated with 30 tipped-in color plates by W. Heath Robinson. Spine and top of front cover is a bit faded. Scuff to spine. Some discoloration to the edges of the half-title page. This edition is reprinted from 'The Seven Seas' published by Methuen & Co. Hodder & Stoughton unknown
1898réf. 106292William Heinemann 1898. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. Twelve prints by Nicholson. Covers edgeworn. Name written inside front cover. William Heinemann hardcover
2011réf. 009009Whittington Gloucestershire England: Nomad letterpress circa 2011. Limited and numbered broadside. Broadside. This limited and numbered letterpress broadside of Kiplings iconic poem is number 27 of 94. It was printed circa 2011 by Nomad letterpress operating out of the historic Whittington Press near Cheltenham Gloucestershire using Cason and wood types on Zerkell mould-made paper. Copy number 45 of this edition is held in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum where it is preserved under accession number E.797-2014. The print measures 51 x 38 cm. It is mounted on heavy white card within a recessed beveled cut border the mount measuring 65.5 x 51.5 cm with 7 cm top and side margins and an 8mm lower margin. We presume that it was issued thus; this unblemished copy remains within the original plastic wrapping as originally sold by Henry Sotheran Limited with their original invoice attached to the verso. Please note that we chose to leave this plastic cover in place when photographing the item in the interest of preserving condition. This item will be packed flat with our customary care and posted at cost depending on the buyers shipping preference. IF- was first published in October 1910 in Rewards and Fairies Kiplings collection of eleven stories and twenty-three poems that was a continuation of the Puck stories first told in 1906s Puck of Pooks Hill. To capitalize on the immediate and immense popularity of IF- the publisher of the American edition of Rewards and Fairies Doubleday Page & Company swiftly followed with a separate publication in 1910. A British edition followed in 1914 published the first month of the First World War. Although the poem was not collected and published until 1910 inspiration for the poem occurred 15 years earlier in the person of Leander Starr Jameson 1853-1917 leader of the failed Jameson Raid of that year against the Boer Republic of Transvaal that helped precipitate the Second Anglo-Boer War. Despite the fiasco much of the British public treated Jameson as a dashing hero Kipling admired him greatly and in his autobiography Something of Myself Kipling said that "If" was drawn from Jameson's character. The character flaws of the poems muse are an irony. The poems association with the collective anonymized slaughter of the First World War is another irony. This was no accident. Indeed a 1916 edition of the poem was produced in an edition of 30000 as a Xmas and New Year card from the Ladies Buffet staff to the soldiers embarking for the front through Waterloo Station; Kipling waived his royalty cutting the reprint cost. The poems enshrinement of firmness of character and temperament in the face of adversity became inextricably linked to the patriotic offering and sacrifice of so many British sons to the decidedly inglorious trenches of the First World War. The association was undoubtedly difficult for Kipling who lost his own and only son to the war. John Kipling who had been commissioned in the Irish Guards at the outset of the war had gone to France in August 1915; in September a month after his eighteenth birthday he was reported wounded and missing in the battle of Loos. His body was never found in Kipling's lifetime: the grave was identified in 1992. John's death coincided with the onset of Kipling's suffering from the undiagnosed duodenal ulcer that tormented the last twenty years of his life and that at last killed him. None of the ironies attendant to the poems inspiration and application diminish its beautifully lyrical and enduringly compelling exhortations. References: Victoria & Albert Museum; Richards A269; ODNB Nomad letterpress unknown
1891réf. 49259Allahabad India: A.H. Wheeler & Co 1891. Very Good -. Allahabad India: A.H. Wheeler & Co. 1891. First Published Edition following the suppressed edition of which only three copies were said to have survived. Octavo; original illustrated wrappers; viii 108 xpp. Housed in a red linen folder and a crimson half morocco slipcase. Wear and chipping to wraps with exposure along spine; binding holding; ownership inscription of an Arthur Wilson dated 1894 to title page; a Good to Very Good copy of a scarce Kipling title the English edition being much more common. Livingston 70. A.H. Wheeler & Co unknown
1894réf. mon0003267591New York: The Century Co. 1894. Hardcover. Good. . First U.S. edition first printing with no additional printings noted. Lacking dust jacket. Olive cloth cover with decoration in blind and gilt on both boards and the spine top edges gilt. Cover with minor soiling some tears and rubbing to the corners and spine ends bumped corners and rubbing. Names of two former owners written on the front free endpaper. Pages with some minor scattered foxing. Staining on pages 132 and 133 from a flower that was once pressed there but the text is still readable. New York: The Century Co. hardcover
1918réf. 003602New York: The Century Co 1918. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling. First American edition fiftieth printing. Published by The Century Co. New York 1918. Illustrated with black and white plates. Measures 5" x 7.5" 303 pages. With its rare original dust jacket that states "Fiftieth Printing" on the front cover. The dust jacket is in very good minus to good plus condition. Rubbed and soiled panels with small chips and tears to the edges. Sunning to the spine with light paper loss at the top and bottom. The book is in very good plus condition. The green cloth covers are well preserved with firm edges. The book is cocked. Previous owner's bookplate on the front paste-down. Foxing to the fore-edge and top of the textblock with a few small stains. The contents are largely clean remarkably bright unmarked and complete. Please view the many other rare titles available for sale at our store.We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #J7-36. The Century Co hardcover
1917réf. 013799New York: Doubleday Page & Company / Garden City 1917. 1st Edition. Stapled. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. I The Roads of an Army II Podgora III A Pass a King and a Mountain IV Only a Few Steps Higher Up V The Trentino Front. All five are in very good condition with only slight marks to covers. Cream colored stapled card covers. Doubleday, Page & Company / Garden City unknown
1992réf. mon0003052594Easont Press 1992. Hardcover. Like New. . 5-volume set complete. Uniformly bound in full red leather with decoration in gilt raised bands all edges gilt silk moire endpapers ribbon bookmark sewn-in. A copy in near fine condition. Easont Press hardcover
1891réf. 49259Allahabad India: A.H. Wheeler & Co 1891. Very Good -. Allahabad India: A.H. Wheeler & Co. 1891. First Published Edition following the suppressed edition of which only three copies were said to have survived. Octavo; original illustrated wrappers; viii 108 xpp. Housed in a red linen folder and a crimson half morocco slipcase. Wear and chipping to wraps with exposure along spine; binding holding; ownership inscription of an Arthur Wilson dated 1894 to title page; a Good to Very Good copy of a scarce Kipling title the English edition being much more common. Livingston 70. A.H. Wheeler & Co unknown books
1901réf. 11684Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1901. FIRST EDITION. 1st impression. 8vo. 8 x 5.4 inches. Ten mono plates by J. Lockwood Kipling. A little foxing to the endpapers and slightly to the first couple of leaves otherwise a very good fresh and clean copy throughout. Attractive previous owner engraved bookplate to the front pastedown endpaper. In the original publishers dark red cloth binding. Front board with circular gilt elephant device. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Very good sharp corners and the gilt still bright on the spine and front board. Some very light marking to the cloth and an area of bubbling to the spine but still a better copy than usually encountered. Overall very good indeed. Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1901 hardcover
1909réf. 144356New York: B. W. Dodge & Company 1909. First edition first issue with gilt lettering an unauthorized piracy by Dodge and Company reprinting Kipling's contributions from various Indian newspapers. The first issue can be distinguished by the gold lettering on the spine and front cover; in response to the piracy Kipling instructed his regular American publisher Doubleday to produce a rival publication to undercut the piracy. To compete with the new authorized version Dodge & Company bound remaining sheets of the book in a binding using a cheaper red lettering rather than gilt. Richards notes that the publisher apparently retained many unsold copies for the number of surviving fine dust jackets implies that a cache of copies was issued many decades later. Octavo. Original blue cloth spine and front cover lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. A fine copy in near-fine jacket with only very light shelfwear. Richards A227; Stewart 324. hardcover
1901réf. 20390London: MacMillan & Co 1901. A first edition first printing of 'Kim' published by Macmillan in A very good book with names and date to the endpaper. A little wear to the head and tail of the spine. Without the elusive wrapper. A bright and attractive copy. 10 monotone full-page illustrations including tissue guarded frontispiece. Kim is regarded as one of Kipling's finest works. MacMillan & Co unknown
2015réf. 013527United Kingdom: Books Illustrated Ltd. 2015. Limited Edition . Leather Binding. Very Good/Without Dust Wrapper As Issued. Folio - 12 to 15" tall. VINK Lute. Number 11 of 200 printed of this Limited Edition produced in association with Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. This copy Signed by the illustrator and hand bound by Ludlow Bookbinders. Complete with it's solander case with a gilt image of a Tiger Shere Khan on the front and velvet lining inside. The red leather bound volume has the same gilt image on the front board with the title gilt decoration to head tail and fore edge of the text block this is a beautifully presented book. Condition: some minor shelf wear to the solander case volume is Like New. A very usable and presentable edition of this volume. As this item weighs over 1kg when packed additional postage will be required for delivery outside of the United Kingdom. Books Illustrated Ltd. hardcover
réf. 25882London: Macmillan and Company Limited. 1908. First edition with these illustrations first printing. First edition with these illustrations first printing. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt illustration to the upper board and gilt titles to the spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with a tissue guarded frontispiece 15 further full page colour plates and chapter headings illustrated in black and white by the Detmold brothers. A very good copy the binding square and firm with some softening and mild fraying at the spine tips and corners. The cloth is a touch faded to the spine and board edges. The contents are entirely complete and without loose or torn pages. There is some foxing and offsetting to the endpapers and a few isolated spots to the margins throughout. A few of the plate pages have a faint moisture mark to the very upper edge of the blank margin not affecting any text or illustration. The pages are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. An attractive example of this beautifully illustrated classic. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: Macmillan and Company Limited. 1908 hardcover
réf. 120460London Macmillan and Co. 1895. . First edition; 8vo 195 x135 mm; 39 text illustrations including head and tail-piece vignettes and historiated initials unobtrusive ownership signature in ink to ffep usual age-toning intermittent spotting throughout occasionally intrusive; publisher's blue cloth decoratively ruled and pictorially stamped in gilt on front cover spine lettered in gilt all edges gilt embossed front cover shelf wear to extremities of spine corners are bumped gilt cover design well preserved very good condition; 2 blank 6 238pp 2 advertisements. The Jungle Book is a 'collection of stories published in 1894; it's sequel The Second Jungle Book published in 1895 contains stories linked by poems. The stories tell mostly of Mowgli an Indian boy who is raised by wolves from infancy and who learns self-sufficiency and wisdom from the jungle animals. The book describes the social life of the wolf pack and more fancifully the justice and natural order of life in the jungle. Among the animals whose tales are related in the work are Akela the wolf; Baloo the brown bear; Shere Khan the boastful Bengal tiger who is Mowgli's enemy; Kaa the python; Bagheera the panther; and Rikki-tikki-tavi the mongoose.' Merriam-Webster's Encyclopaedia of Literature. Livingston 116 London, Macmillan and Co., 1895. hardcover
1933réf. 032362UK: Macmillan 1933. First Edition Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 1st Edition 1933 Signed by the author to the title page. Signed trade editions are very uncommon. Book is near fine and very bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good and quite bright. A few long closed repaired tears Edges rubbed and nicked. Excellent provenance. A really nice example. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18468 Macmillan hardcover
1944réf. 9611944 1944-1946 La Table Ronde, Paris, 1944 - 1945 - 1946. Collectif dont Giraudoux, Jacob, Valéry, Cocteau, Hemingway, Anouilh, Jouvet, Genet, Kipling, Maulnier, Brisson, Toynbee, Proust, Mauriac, Eliott, Faulkner, Focillon, etc. Ensemble comprenant, le numéro 1 de 1944 (ex. n°419), le numéro 2 d'avril 1945 (ex. n°537), le numéro 3 de juillet 1945 (ex. n°538), le numéro 4 de novembre 1945 (ex. n°525), le numéro 5 de janvier 1946 (ex. n°539) et enfin le numéro 6 de juin 1946 (ex. n°528). Soit six forts volumes in-4 demi chagrin vert, dos lisse titre doré, têtes dorées, parfait état.
1921réf. 805à Paris, aux éditions René Kieffer, 1921.
réf. 90674Lausanne Verlag Payot & Cie 1917 Auflage: 1. Halbleinen; fester schwarz/rot marmorierter Einband mit rotem schwarz bedrucktem Titelschild dunkelbordeauxfarbener Rücken / Anz. Seiten: 55 / 135 x 19 cm / Zustand: gut leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Einband etwas berieben und leicht fleckig Schnitt und Papier etwas gebräunt Lausanne, Verlag Payot & Cie, 1917, Auflage: 1. unknown
1962réf. feb887361962: First Albanian Edition of Jungle Book Libri i xhunglës Naim Frashëri
