1939rif. 541941939 Paris, Tallandier, 1939, in 12 broché, 349 pages.
1903rif. 66181London: Meuthen and Co. 1903. 8vo. xviii 230 pp. Dark green morocco with binders device 'Wr. S' and an owl in gilt on the with gilt lettering to spine and decoration to boards. Top edge gilt but faded. Fading and marking to the spine rubbing around edges. Some light spotting throughout. Binding firm. . Very Good. Full Morocco. 1903. Meuthen and Co. 1903 unknown
1909rif. 1309776Published by Hodder & Stoughton 1909. 1st edition. Hardback. Very Good. Illustrated by Robinson W. Heath. Very good condition with no wrapper. Deluxe limited to 500 copies. Large format 32 x 26cm. White vellum binding with gilt titles and vignettes. 30 lovely tipped-in colour plates mounted on cream card with green decorative borders and captioned paper guards. Top edge gilt others untrimmed. SIGNED by the artist this is copy no. 304. Spine and corners are slightly bumped and slightly grubby. Ties missing. Bookplate to front pastedown. There is slight bookworm or silverfish damage to the front endpaper and some slight foxing to contents but generally a lovely copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift. Published by Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1898rif. 3557Budapest: Lampel 1898. One other book Indiai történetek. is included. Fine conditon. One other book Indiai történetek. is included. 64551542p. Contemporary paperback made by Gyula Tichy. The first panel is decorated with the artist's small 70 x 40 mm glued-on original drawing. Unique binding. Lampel unknown
1902rif. KIPLINGR000583Macmillan London. 1902. First edition. First state: the lettering on the spine has flaked off entirely. Quarto. pp vi 249. Full-page illustrations by the author. Pictorial red cloth blocked in white and black. The white blocking on these first state bindings was severely flaking even as the books were being produced and the publishers quickly switched to a more stable white pigment. One often sees copies described as having the pigment flaking much less than usual without mention that this therefore precludes them from being first state.Spine pigment completely gone also flaking on front and rear boards. Head and tail of spine slightly pushed. Bottom corner of front cover bumped. Very good. Scarce in the first state. Macmillan, London. hardcover
1888rif. 13019PLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLS Thacker Spink & Co. 1888 first edition front upper fore edge corner tip gently bumped slight wear to the corner tips and base of spine else a vg copy bound in the publishers original cloth with ads dated September 1887 in rear. Thacker, Spink & Co. hardcover books
1888rif. 13019PLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLS Thacker Spink & Co. 1888 first edition front upper fore edge corner tip gently bumped slight wear to the corner tips and base of spine else a vg copy bound in the publishers original cloth with ads dated September 1887 in rear. Thacker, Spink & Co. hardcover
1891rif. 898P16London: Macmillan and Co 1891. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A smart first edition copy of John Lockwood Kipling's work on India an illustrated study of this work from the library of Kipling's agents. The first edition of this work uncommon to see in the original cloth.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling.An extensive work by John Lockwood Kipling in which he explores the culture of India. This work has dedicated chapters to the Hindu relationship with elephants dogs reptiles horses and more. Kipling discusses the role of animals traditionally in Indian culture and religion in addition to their contemporary usage.Illustrated with in-text engravings throughout.Written by John Lockwood Kipling father of famous author Rudyard Kipling. John Lockwood Kipling was an English art teacher illustrator and museum curator. Much of his career was spend in British India.Fifty-five pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Small tear to the head of the rear joint. Spine is faded. A few light marks to the boards. internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Good Macmillan and Co hardcover
1910rif. 11861Doubleday Page and Company. New York. 1910. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION U. S. Precedes the first U.K separate edition by 4 years. Oblong 8vo. 4.4 x 6.4 inches. 8 double leaves uncut at the top of the pages. Each double leaf has a dark green rule and dot border the text printed in black with green initial letters. Half title has "IF" printed in green within an ornamental black panel the same printed onto the front board but in red with the addition of the author's name. This version with the green colour printing is Richards' variant a. The text pages are clean and fresh and have been professionally re-cased into the binding but without the blank endpapers otherwise a very good copy in the publishers original light brown paper covered boards; - Richards' binding variant iii a- with a couple of small chips and some rubbing and bumping to the spine and a little minor marking to the rear board but overall is a very good example. The Publishers note on page 5 appears in four different variants with priority unknown and this copy has variant ii. Despite being re-cased this is an attractive and clean bright copy of this uncommon little book. Published probably November 1910 very shortly after the Poem first appeared in the book Rewards and Fairies October 1910 this separate publication was issued to capitalise on the huge and instant popularity of what has become Kipling's most enduring work of verse. A poll taken by the BBC in the UK in 2005 voted it as Britain's favourite Poem polling twice as many votes as the number 2 choice Lord Tennyson's The Lady of Shallot. Originally written in 1895 IF was inspired by the actions of Dr. Leander Starr Jameson a British Officer whose forces were defeated by the Boers in 1895 but who was portrayed as a victorious hero by the British press the poem is a powerful masterclass in maintaining the British stiff upper lip. --- David Alan Richards; Rudyard Kipling. A Bibliography A244. Doubleday, Page and Company. New York. 1910 hardcover
1902rif. 032371UK: Macmillan 1902. First Edition 1st Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. R Kipling. 1st Edition 1st state 1902. Tipped in Kipling Burwash Letter to endpaper. Quite a bright book. A collection of Kipling's well-known animal stories including "How the Whale Got his Throat" "The Elephant's Child" and "The Butterfly That Stamped." With author's illustrations throughout. Book is very good with bright boards and spine. Spine tips/corners lightly rubbed. White printing is bright and much better than normal. Spine slightly faded. Contents good with foxing marking and thumbing to some pages. Much better example than normally appears. Ref Macmillan hardcover
rif. 021177[Napoléon] Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), écrivain anglais, prix Nobel de littérature 1907. L.S., Burwash, 6 juin 1927, 1p in-4. A l'historien Joseph Coudurier de Chassaigne (1878-1961), en anglais, pour le remercier de l'envoi de son livre. On notera cette belle phrase sur Napoléon dont l'importance est similaire à la chute d'un astéroïde sur la terre. « Dear Coudurier, That superb History of Napoleon (for it is little less than that) came in a couple of days ago, and your letter later. I make haste to send you my most grateful thanks before I send it off to be bound as a treasure.. My compliments on the last clause of your Preface. Yes, his impact on the world (to extend your comparison) was like that of an asteroid from out of space - making a crater, it is true, but affecting atmosphere and events in every quarter of the world. With renewed and most grateful thanks, Very sincerely yours, Rudyard Kipling ». [520]
1902rif. feb1322141902: First Japanese Edition of Jungle Book 狼太郎 Fuzanbo
1932rif. feb576331932: First Slovakian Edition of Jungle Book Kniha džungle Academia
1899rif. feb539901899: First Hungarian Edition of Jungle Book A dzsungel könyve Lampel
1904rif. feb597351904: First Spanish Edition of Jungle Book El libro de las tierras vírgenes Gustavo Gili
rif. 42020thanking her for her "letter and for your news which I am glad to have although I am sorry it is not better. I know that you will understand that letter-writing is outside the possibilities these days; we are all so hard at work. I though of you when I was At Dartmouth. I was only there twenty-four hours; I went for a certain purpose and returned directly I achieved it. Trix is still at Jersey and the news is about the same. I have myself some hope that the war may serve to rouse here a little." 1 side 4to. Bateman's Burwash Sussex headed paper 22nd August Sybil Heeley was the daughter of Wilfred Lucas Heeley Kipling used to spell the surname Healey. He had been a schoolfriend of Edward Burne-Jones in Birmingham and had been engaged to Kipling's aunt Caroline. Trix is Kipling's younger sister Alice. At the beginning of the First World War like many other writers Kipling wrote pamphlets and poems enthusiastically supporting the UK war aims of restoring Belgium after it had been occupied by Germany together with generalised statements that Britain was standing up for the cause of good. In September 1914 Kipling was asked by the government to write propaganda an offer that he accepted. In 1914 Kipling was one of 53 leading British authors a number that included H. G. Wells Arthur Conan Doyle and Thomas Hardy who signed their names to the "Authors' Declaration." This manifesto declared that the German invasion of Belgium had been a brutal crime and that Britain "could not without dishonour have refused to take part in the present war." unknown
1899rif. 299762New York: Doubleday & McClure 1899. hardcover. fine. 14 of 15 volumes. Short 8vo handsomely rebound by Blackwell in 3/4 tan polished calf marbled boards and endpapers ornately gilt spines with red leather labels top edges gilt. New York: Doubleday & McClure 1899. A fine set un-numbered volumes but lacking "Captains Courageous". Doubleday & McClure unknown books
rif. 500363on letterhead Sussex October 9 1903. Small 4to. 1 page with typed envelope bearing 2 canceled stamps. To "M. Fabulet" in Paris: "I shall be pleased to let you dramatize both 'Love o' Women' and 'Kim' for I am quite sure that you will do your best by them."; He also refers to Andre Chevillon's "Study of Rudyard Kipling.". Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
1899rif. 299762New York: Doubleday & McClure 1899. hardcover. fine. 14 of 15 volumes. Short 8vo handsomely rebound by Blackwell in 3/4 tan polished calf marbled boards and endpapers ornately gilt spines with red leather labels top edges gilt. New York: Doubleday & McClure 1899. A fine set un-numbered volumes but lacking "Captains Courageous". Doubleday & McClure unknown
rif. 500363on letterhead Sussex October 9 1903. Small 4to. 1 page with typed envelope bearing 2 canceled stamps. To "M. Fabulet" in Paris: "I shall be pleased to let you dramatize both 'Love o' Women' and 'Kim' for I am quite sure that you will do your best by them."; He also refers to Andre Chevillon's "Study of Rudyard Kipling.". Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback
1929rif. 299029London.: Macmillan. 1929. Limited edition #255 of 525 copies. Full red leather raised bands gilt spine titles top edges gilt marbled endpapers.untrimmed foredges gilt decorated turn-ins. Very good spines moderately worn and darkened. 4to. 27x20 cm. Signed by Kipling on the limitation page of volume 1. Bookplate of Southern California philanthropists Frank and Blanche Seaver on the versos of the ffeps. Heavy set will require extra shipping. weight: 11.5 lb. Portrait frontis signed by Francis Dodd. Macmillan. hardcover books
1929rif. 299029London.: Macmillan. 1929. Limited edition #255 of 525 copies. Full red leather raised bands gilt spine titles top edges gilt marbled endpapers.untrimmed foredges gilt decorated turn-ins. Very good spines moderately worn and darkened. 4to. 27x20 cm. Signed by Kipling on the limitation page of volume 1. Bookplate of Southern California philanthropists Frank and Blanche Seaver on the versos of the ffeps. Heavy set will require extra shipping. weight: 11.5 lb. Portrait frontis signed by Francis Dodd. Macmillan. hardcover
rif. 41834sending "Very many thanks for the Mason Monks & the Power Alcohol - which latter I will read and hold at your service for recall. I'm very glad that the Don begins to move. My. there gives me the idea that he will hasten with an immense slowness - Express trains at 18 m.p.h. do not promise expedition. I'm horribly afraid I shan't be able to be in Oxford on the 17th June but even if I miss that I expect we'll be able to meet a little later on." 2 sides 8vo. Bateman's Burwash Sussex headed paper 2nd June In 1902 Kipling bought Bateman's a house built in 1634 and located in rural Burwash. Bateman's was Kipling's home from 1902 until his death in 1936. The house and its surrounding buildings the mill and 33 acres were bought for £9300. It had no bathroom no running water upstairs and no electricity but Kipling loved it: "Behold us lawful owners of a grey stone lichened house A.D. 1634 over the door beamed panelled with old oak staircase and all untouched and unfaked. It is a good and peaceable place. We have loved it ever since our first sight of it" The recipient is very likely Kipling's friend Sir Charles OMAN 1860-1946 who was an eminent historian and Member of Parliament for Oxford. Oman nominated Kipling for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 which he was then awarded. He is also remembered for having received a presentation copy of a book from Kipling in 1907 which contained on its flyleaf the holograph manuscript of an as-yet-unpublished and later celebrated poem of Kipling's titled "The Coin Speaks". "The Don begins to move" is a reference to the new express train built by Doncaster Works which entered into service in 1922 but which doesn't seem to have impressed Kipling very favourably. unknown
rif. 45202Paris Mercure de France 1940-1941 2 volumes in-8, le second un peu plus grand, reliures articules en pollopas, bordeaux pour le premier et vert bouteille pour le second, plats biseauts, premiers plats orns d'une incrustation d'une plaque en acier poli portant le titre de l'ouvrage; nom de l'auteur et titre de l'ouvrage gravs sur une plaque de mme acier poli incruste sur les dos; doublures et gardes de soie colore dans des tons vifs, ttes dores, non rogns, couvertures imprimes (Reliure Jotau, brevet S.G.D.G.).Trs rares spcimens de ces reliures qui furent inventes et ralises entre les annes 1933 et 1955 par Joseph Taupin, sous le pseudonyme de Jotau. Les plats et les dos sont entirement mouls en pollopas (matire plastique proche de la galalithe mise au point par Kuhlmann), et s'articulent autour de deux charnires mcaniques de type piano. Les seconds plats portent ct de la signature Reliure Jotau, la mention brevet S.G.D.G. qui laisse croire que le procd fit l'objet d'un brevet dpos, ce qui est faux. Ce type de reliure fut abandonn, en raison du cot de fabrication et de la fragilit de la matire utilise particulirement cassante. Nos reliures, parfaitement conserves, sont un extraordinaire tmoin d'une recherche trs avant-gardiste pour l'poque, et dont la conception peut tre compare certaines crations contemporaines.
1968rif. 49502DELPHIN 1968. 1. hardcover. Dschungelbücher Die DELPHIN hardcover
