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1897Best.-Nr. 156181897. With Illustrations by I.W. Taber. London: Macmillan and Co. 1897. 2 pp undated ads. Original blue cloth pictorially decorated in gilt all page edges gilt. First English Edition published about a month after the American. This is Kipling's great novel about the cod fishing fleet of Gloucester Massachusetts written while the newlywed Kiplings lived in Vermont. Kipling freely acknowledged that the book owed much to Dr. James Conland of Brattleboro who brought the Kiplings' elder daughter into the world -- for Conland had been a member of the Massachusetts fishing fleet and it was he who took Kipling to explore the wharves and quays of Boston and Gloucester. The American edition in fact is dedicated to Conland; this English edition bears no dedication. This is the only book of Kipling's which is set entirely in America. All the characters are American. Not only that but the heart of the book -- its moral in a single sentence -- is one of Kipling's main beliefs of this period expressed in terms essentially American or perhaps more particularly New England. He put it later in verse: ".If you don't work you will die!" It is a saga of hard physical work in conflict with natural forces. It is a book which could hardly have been written by anyone who did not admire Huckleberry Finn; it is a book whose claim to survival rests mainly on detail and it is all American detail Mason. CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS was the fourth and last volume to be bound in Macmillan's attractive gift binding style used for the JUNGLE BOOKs in 1894-1895 and for SOLDIER TALES in 1896. In 1937 forty years after publication this tale was made into a film starring Freddie Bartholomew Spencer Tracy who won an Oscar Lionel Barrymore and Mickey Rooney. This is an unusually bright copy fine except for the slightest of rubbing at the spine tips and small bumps at the fore-tips. The original black-coated endpapers are not cracked. Richards A103; Stewart 163. unknown
1900Best.-Nr. 509799London: Macmillan & Co 1900. Hardcover. Near Fine. Second printing of the "Uniform edition". Octavo. 336 1 ads pp. Red cloth decorated in gilt. The extremities of the binding are slightly bumped and rubbed else near fine. Signed by Rudyard Kipling on the title page crossing out his printed name. The ink signature is a little faded as the tissue used to protect the frontispiece has absorbed some of the ink when Kipling signed the book. Laid into the book is a receipt for the book from Park-Bernet Galleries dated 1958. Macmillan & Co hardcover
1899Best.-Nr. 224705London Macmillan & Co. 1899. 1899. First edition. 8vo. Original gilt stamped red cloth t.e.g. 2 pages publisher's advertisements at end. No signatures or bookplates. Light offsetting to endpapers. No foxing. Very good-fine. Enclosed in a 1/2 red morocco slipcase with folding chemise. Stewart 195. Livingston 216. F. Hardcover. London, Macmillan & Co., 1899. hardcover
1895Best.-Nr. 79036London: Macmillan and Co 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. The first volume is a second printing the second volume is a first printing. The Jungle Books regarded as classic stories told by an adult to children and best known for the "Mowgli" series also constitutes a complex literary work of art in which the whole of Kipling's philosophy of life is expressed in miniature. The stories a mixture of fantasy myth and magic are underpinned by Kipling's abiding preoccupation with the theme of self-discovery and the nature of the "Law". Small octavo two volumes: vi 2 212 pp. vi 238 2 ads pp. with illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. Original blue cloth bindings with gilt-stamped borders vignettes and titling. Top edge gilt with black endpapers. Just a hint of foxing with a minor stain to the inner margin of the title page in the second volume. Previous owner's ink signature to the title page with their signature and a period presentation inscription to the prefatory blank leaf in the second volume. Armorial bookplate to the front pastedown in the first volume. The spine of the first volume is leaning a touch. Some general shelfwear to the boards more so at the corners and tips with a bit of toning along the spines. A presentable set of this enduring literary classic. Macmillan and Co hardcover
1897Best.-Nr. 156181897. With Illustrations by I.W. Taber. London: Macmillan and Co. 1897. 2 pp undated ads. Original blue cloth pictorially decorated in gilt all page edges gilt. First English Edition published about a month after the American. This is Kipling's great novel about the cod fishing fleet of Gloucester Massachusetts written while the newlywed Kiplings lived in Vermont. Kipling freely acknowledged that the book owed much to Dr. James Conland of Brattleboro who brought the Kiplings' elder daughter into the world -- for Conland had been a member of the Massachusetts fishing fleet and it was he who took Kipling to explore the wharves and quays of Boston and Gloucester. The American edition in fact is dedicated to Conland; this English edition bears no dedication. This is the only book of Kipling's which is set entirely in America. All the characters are American. Not only that but the heart of the book -- its moral in a single sentence -- is one of Kipling's main beliefs of this period expressed in terms essentially American or perhaps more particularly New England. He put it later in verse: ".If you don't work you will die!" It is a saga of hard physical work in conflict with natural forces. It is a book which could hardly have been written by anyone who did not admire Huckleberry Finn; it is a book whose claim to survival rests mainly on detail and it is all American detail Mason. CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS was the fourth and last volume to be bound in Macmillan's attractive gift binding style used for the JUNGLE BOOKs in 1894-1895 and for SOLDIER TALES in 1896. In 1937 forty years after publication this tale was made into a film starring Freddie Bartholomew Spencer Tracy who won an Oscar Lionel Barrymore and Mickey Rooney. This is an unusually bright copy fine except for the slightest of rubbing at the spine tips and small bumps at the fore-tips. The original black-coated endpapers are not cracked. Richards A103; Stewart 163. unknown books
1900Best.-Nr. 509799London: Macmillan & Co 1900. Hardcover. Near Fine. Second printing of the "Uniform edition". Octavo. 336 1 ads pp. Red cloth decorated in gilt. The extremities of the binding are slightly bumped and rubbed else near fine. Signed by Rudyard Kipling on the title page crossing out his printed name. The ink signature is a little faded as the tissue used to protect the frontispiece has absorbed some of the ink when Kipling signed the book. Laid into the book is a receipt for the book from Park-Bernet Galleries dated 1958. Macmillan & Co hardcover books
1899Best.-Nr. 224705London Macmillan & Co. 1899. 1899. First edition. 8vo. Original gilt stamped red cloth t.e.g. 2 pages publisher's advertisements at end. No signatures or bookplates. Light offsetting to endpapers. No foxing. Very good-fine. Enclosed in a 1/2 red morocco slipcase with folding chemise. Stewart 195. Livingston 216. F. Hardcover. London, Macmillan & Co., 1899. hardcover books
1898Best.-Nr. 89732London: William Heinemann Ltd 1898. First Edition. Library edition on Japanese vellum. Quarto. Linen-backed pictorial laid paper over boards; unpaginated. Mild darkening to boards with a trace of wear at edges and corners; internally fresh and clean - a pleasing Very Good or better copy. One sport for every month of the year in Nicholson's signature style with text by Rudyard Kipling. In addition to this regular issue there were "a few copies" issued with hand-colored plates signed by the authors. This an attractive copy clean and sound better than usually seen. William Heinemann Ltd unknown
1898Best.-Nr. 89732London: William Heinemann Ltd 1898. First Edition. Library edition on Japanese vellum. Quarto. Linen-backed pictorial laid paper over boards; unpaginated. Mild darkening to boards with a trace of wear at edges and corners; internally fresh and clean - a pleasing Very Good or better copy. One sport for every month of the year in Nicholson's signature style with text by Rudyard Kipling. In addition to this regular issue there were "a few copies" issued with hand-colored plates signed by the authors. This an attractive copy clean and sound better than usually seen. William Heinemann Ltd unknown books
1894Best.-Nr. 76789London: Macmillan 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition. First impression with slate grey endpapers. This copy has a slight lean to the spine the boards have some marks and the cloth at the top and bottom of the spine is slightly torn and a bit frayed. The interior has some occasional foxing and a couple of pages only have some coloured-pencil marks by the hand of a child. The frontispiece page is detached for the bottom half with a 1cm tear where it rejoins the binding not effecting the image. Size: Octavo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Children. Inventory No: 76789. . Macmillan hardcover
1888Best.-Nr. AQ25947Allahabad: Messrs. A. H. Wheeler & Co. 1888. 8 106pp vii 1. With a preliminary leaf and terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Finely bound by Morrell stamp-signed to front turn-in in contemporary gilt-tooled black morocco. Gilt dentelles A.E.G. Very lightly rubbed. Very light scattered spotting light browning to endpapers. A fine copy. The first edition printed at Allahabad and finely bound by Morell of an early short story collection by Kipling notable for its uncomfortable subject matter; characterised by depictions of adultery grooming and bereavement the compilation in Kipling's own words 'deals with things that are not pretty and uglinesses that hurt'. . First edition. 8vo. Messrs. A. H. Wheeler & Co. unknown
1891Best.-Nr. 157961891. Kipling John Lockwood. A Popular Sketch of Indian Animals in their Relations with the People. With Illustrations. London: Macmillan and Co. 1891. 2 pp undated ads plus 55 pp ads dated May 1891. Original terra-cotta cloth pictorially decorated in black and gilt. First Edition of this volume written and illustrated by Rudyard Kipling's father -- the genesis of his son's two JUNGLE BOOKs similarly illustrated by his father and of JUST SO STORIES illustrated by Rudyard. Each chapter is about a different type of Indian animal "Of Monkeys" "Of Elephants" "Of Camels" "Of Reptiles" etc. -- profusely illustrated by Lockwood himself as well as to a lesser degree by several others. BEAST AND MAN IN INDIA also includes the first appearance of several pieces by Rudyard -- two poems verse headings for nine of the chapters and extracts from two letters. With some leaves still unopened this is a near-fine copy of this attractively-bound book spine slightly darkened some foxing within. Quite uncommon. Richards B4; Stewart 104. unknown
1891Best.-Nr. 157961891. Kipling John Lockwood. A Popular Sketch of Indian Animals in their Relations with the People. With Illustrations. London: Macmillan and Co. 1891. 2 pp undated ads plus 55 pp ads dated May 1891. Original terra-cotta cloth pictorially decorated in black and gilt. First Edition of this volume written and illustrated by Rudyard Kipling's father -- the genesis of his son's two JUNGLE BOOKs similarly illustrated by his father and of JUST SO STORIES illustrated by Rudyard. Each chapter is about a different type of Indian animal "Of Monkeys" "Of Elephants" "Of Camels" "Of Reptiles" etc. -- profusely illustrated by Lockwood himself as well as to a lesser degree by several others. BEAST AND MAN IN INDIA also includes the first appearance of several pieces by Rudyard -- two poems verse headings for nine of the chapters and extracts from two letters. With some leaves still unopened this is a near-fine copy of this attractively-bound book spine slightly darkened some foxing within. Quite uncommon. Richards B4; Stewart 104. unknown books
1891Best.-Nr. 157181891. Hugh Walpole's copy Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler & Co. 1891. 4 pp preliminary plus 9 pp terminal ads undated with prices in rupees. Original grey-green pictorial wrappers First Published Edition technically the second Indian edition following the suppressed 1890 edition which had considerably different contents and of which only six copies are known. This 1891-dated Allahabad edition printed there came next followed by the 1891 edition with joint Allahabad / London imprint the first English edition printed in the UK. This was issued as No. XIV in the "Indian Railway Library" -- though Wheeler published this THE SMITH ADMINISTRATION and LETTERS OF MARQUE without authority after Kipling had left India for England. As is typical for this volume that is extremely fragile more delicate than the authorized titles condition is good-to-very good -- with about half of the wrapper's spine perished and with chips at some corners. Livingston says of this edition "although it is very scarce copies can be found." Richards A52 mistakenly showing this edition as undated; Stewart 93; Martindell 42; Livingston 70. Housed in a cloth clamshell case. Provenance: 1 there is an indecipherable signature with the date 1891 written across the front cover; 2 at the top of the title page is the signature of Hugh Walpole 1884-1941 the English novelist born in New Zealand; he also added his "Brackenburn" leather bookplate to the inside of the front wrapper. The interior of the clamshell case bears the label of W. & G. Foyle Ltd of Charing Cross Road. unknown
1891Best.-Nr. 157181891. Hugh Walpole's copy Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler & Co. 1891. 4 pp preliminary plus 9 pp terminal ads undated with prices in rupees. Original grey-green pictorial wrappers First Published Edition technically the second Indian edition following the suppressed 1890 edition which had considerably different contents and of which only six copies are known. This 1891-dated Allahabad edition printed there came next followed by the 1891 edition with joint Allahabad / London imprint the first English edition printed in the UK. This was issued as No. XIV in the "Indian Railway Library" -- though Wheeler published this THE SMITH ADMINISTRATION and LETTERS OF MARQUE without authority after Kipling had left India for England. As is typical for this volume that is extremely fragile more delicate than the authorized titles condition is good-to-very good -- with about half of the wrapper's spine perished and with chips at some corners. Livingston says of this edition "although it is very scarce copies can be found." Richards A52 mistakenly showing this edition as undated; Stewart 93; Martindell 42; Livingston 70. Housed in a cloth clamshell case. Provenance: 1 there is an indecipherable signature with the date 1891 written across the front cover; 2 at the top of the title page is the signature of Hugh Walpole 1884-1941 the English novelist born in New Zealand; he also added his "Brackenburn" leather bookplate to the inside of the front wrapper. The interior of the clamshell case bears the label of W. & G. Foyle Ltd of Charing Cross Road. unknown books
1897Best.-Nr. COLLECTI011452INEW YORK NY: CENTURY CO THE. NEAR FINE WITHOUT D.J. PUB 1897. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. BOOK IS ABOUT FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT OTHER THAN A SLIGHT LIGHT ABRASION TO THE SPINE. A BEAUTIFUL VERY CLEAN AND BRIGHT COPY WITHOUT THE USUALLY FOUND DARKENING OR FADING OF THE SPINE. . CENTURY CO (THE) hardcover
1894Best.-Nr. 25364London: MacMillan & Company Ltd. Good. 1894. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. In the original blue cloth. Covers are rubbed at the corners with moderate soiling/wear. Rear inner hinge is starting and the front inner hinge has obviouly been repaired. Owner's inscription onthe second endpaper. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 212 pages . MacMillan & Company , Ltd. hardcover
1892Best.-Nr. 130847London: Heinemann 1892. First. hardcover. very good. Original wrs. bound in 276pp. small 8vo 19th- century full brown morocco small red poppies on gilt-dec. covers gilt-stamped raised bands inner dentelles t.e.g.; corners lightly rubbed otherwise near fine. London: Heinemann 1892. Firts edition. A charming very good copy. Heinemann unknown
1892Best.-Nr. 130847London: Heinemann 1892. First. hardcover. very good. Original wrs. bound in 276pp. small 8vo 19th- century full brown morocco small red poppies on gilt-dec. covers gilt-stamped raised bands inner dentelles t.e.g.; corners lightly rubbed otherwise near fine. London: Heinemann 1892. Firts edition. A charming very good copy. Heinemann unknown books
1894Best.-Nr. 035343New York: The Century Co. 1894. First American Editions 1894 & 1895. 8vos with 303 pages & 324 pages. Illustrated with drawings in the text by John Lockwood Kipling Rudyard's father and the American artists W. H. Drake and Paul Frenzeny. The books are in good condition. The Jungle Book has one small black ink stain on front panel one small black ink stain to top of rear panel rubbing to edges of boards and previous gift presentation on front free end paper. The second jungle book has rubbing to edges badly opened pages from 57 to 60 without loss of text a perforated bookseller stamp to top right of front free end paper and gift presentation to title page from mother. Both volumes have hinges that are strong and intact. A Classic set. The Jungle Books have been adapted many times in a wide variety of media in literature and film. Robert Heinlein wrote the Hugo Award-winning science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land 1961 when his wife Virginia suggested a new version of The Jungle Book but with a child raised by Martians instead of wolves. Green & Salmon Orange spines/gold text. #035343. First American Editions. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. Illus. by W. . Drake John Lockwood Illustrators. 8vo. Children's Literature. The Century Co. Hardcover
1890Best.-Nr. 1528new york: united states book company successors to john w. lovell company 1890. first us edition 1890. signed by actor richard burton. burton famously recorded a reading of kipling's poem "if." he was also originally cast for an adaption of "the man who would be king" replaced at the last moment by christopher plummer. new york: united states book company successors to john w. lovell company. 5 x 7.5 inches. 270 pages. hardcover. bound in maroon cloth-covered boards. top edge gilt. book condition:. slight shelf-wear to corners and ends of spine. light offsetting to front free-endpaper. nearly undetectable discoloration to rear board. near fine-. united states book company successors to john w. lovell company unknown
1890Best.-Nr. 755P23London; Allahabad: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington; A. H. Wheeler & Co 1890. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 6". None. A collection of six short novellas and short story collections by Rudyard Kipling a nice volume of his lesser-known works. A selection of six short works by Rudyard Kipling.Rudyard Kipling is best known for his novel 'The Jungle Book' however he was a prolific writer of poems novels and short stories. Being born in India inspired much of his work and he went on to become one of the most popular writers of his time.Containing;'Soldiers Three' the sixth edition dated 1890.'The Story of the Gadsbys a Tale Without a Plot' the third edition of this work undated. Dated 1890 from Jisc from a copy held at the Hathi Trust Digital Library.'In Black and White' undated. Dated 1890 from Jisc from a copy held at the Hathi Trust Digital Library.'Under the Deodars' undated. Dated 1890 from Jisc from a copy held at the Hathi Trust Digital Library.'Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales' undated. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the title page. Dated 1890 from Jisc from a copy held at the Hathi Trust Digital Library. 'Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories' undated. Dated 1890 from Jisc from a copy held at the Hathi Trust Digital Library.The last five works in this volume were published in Prayagraj.Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front free endpaper 'K. G. Philpot 4 Crown Office Row Temple'. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards rebacked with the original boards and spine restores. A little rubbing to the boards and spine with a small amount of loss to the extremities. Evidence of former loss to the spine. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with some odd spots. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the title page of 'Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales'. Very Good Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington; A. H. Wheeler & Co hardcover
1897Best.-Nr. 321595London: Macmillan 1897. First edition. With illustrations by I.W. Taber. viii 245 1 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt a.e.g. Almost fine. Bookplate of F. Storck. Taber I.W. First edition. With illustrations by I.W. Taber. viii 245 1 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Richards A103; Stewart 160; Livingston 136; Martindell 68; Ballard LXXXI B; Grolier 224 Macmillan unknown
1897Best.-Nr. 72779London: Macmillan and Co. 1897. First UK edition. Preceded in the U.S. by just one month. The tale of a railroad tycoon's spoiled fifteen year-old son who is washed overboard from a transatlantic steamship and rescued by the crew of a fishing schooner. Unable to convince them of his family's wealth he's forced to work as a cabin boy to earn his keep. Basis for the 1937 movie of the same name starring Spencer Tracy who won an Academy Award for his role. 8vo gilt-stamped deep blue cloth boards; all edges gilt; black coated endpapers; 245 pages plus 2 pages of ads. Illustrated with frontispiece and twenty full-plate drawings by I. W. Taber. Bright and near fine with spine somewhat shaken spine ends and corners lightly rubbed and touch of spotting to rear cover. Macmillan and Co. unknown
1897Best.-Nr. 153245London: Macmillan and Co. 1897. First edition of Kipling’s classic tale of the Grand Banks cod fishery a coming-of-age story long regarded as one of the great novels of the nineteenth century. Octavo original blue cloth elegantly stamped and lettered in gilt all edges gilt with a frontispiece and 21 illustrations. In very good condition with rubbing inscription to the half-title page. Illustrated by I.W. Taber. Like his two Jungle Books Kipling wrote this morality tale of life aboard a New England fishing boat while living near Brattleboro Vermont his wife’s hometown. The book thus contains “something of his feelings about America—both his affection and his irritation” Carpenter & Prichard 296. “This is the only book of Kipling’s which is set entirely in America. All the characters are American. Not only that but the heart of the book—its moral in a single sentence—is one of Kipling’s main beliefs of this period expressed in terms essentially American or perhaps more particularly New England. He put it later in verse: ‘And the Gods of the Copy-book Maxims said: ‘If you don’t work you will die!’ It is a saga of hard physical work in conflict with natural forces. It is a book which could hardly have been written by anyone who did not admire Huckleberry Finn; it is a book whose claim to survival rests mainly on detail and it is all American detail” Mason 119. Macmillan and Co. hardcover
