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1915ref. 2634Garden City: Doubleday Page 1915. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. 1st American edition. Pink paper over boards with printed labels on the front and spine. Paper worn away on three corners otherwise very good condition. Stewart 388. Doubleday Page hardcover books
1889ref. 487395Calcutta : Thacker Spink and Co 1889. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Slightly edge-torn and bumped corners. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xii 283 p. ; 19 cm. Subjects; Kipling Rudyard 1865-1936. English fiction 19th century. India Fiction. Short stories English 19th century. Calcutta : Thacker, Spink and Co hardcover
1897ref. 261768New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn set bound in blind-bordered and gilt-decorated cloth with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 20 volumes. Contents; Volume 1. Plain tales from the hills -- v. 2-3. Soldiers three and military tales -- v. 4. In black and white -- v. 5. The phantom 'rickshaw and other stories -- v. 6. Under the deodars ; The story of the Gadsbys ; Wee Willie Winkle -- v. 7. The jungle book -- v. 8. The second jungle book -- v. 9. The light that failed -- v. 10. The naulahka : a story of West and East / written in collaboration with Wolcott Balestier -- v. 11. Verses 1889-1896 -- v. 12. ""Captains courageous"" a story of the Grand banks -- v. 13-14. The day's work. -- v. 15-16. From sea to sea : letters of travel -- v. 17. Early verse -- v. 18. Stalky & co. -- v. 19. Kim ; v. 25. Rewards and fairies. Subjects; Kipling Rudyard 1865-1936. Writings in prose. Writings in verse. 19th - 20th century writings. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
ref. 116358Paris, Paul Hartmann 1930, 260x200mm, 294pages, reliure demi-maroquin à coins bleue avec titre et auteur dorés au dos à quatre faux-nerfs. Tranche supérieure dorée. Plat et garde papier marbré. Couvertures et dos conservés. Très belle reliure.Très bel exemplaire sur papier vélin de Rives blanc, numéroté n.° 172 / 334.
ref. 44629LONDON MACMILLAN & CO 1906. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD IN ORIGINAL RED CLOTH. FRONT HINGE A LITTLE SHAKY; WITH FRONTIS. AND 19 ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. R. MILLAR. SCARCE. LONDON, MACMILLAN & CO, 1906 hardcover
ref. 22556Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. 1931. 'Printed in the United States at the Country Life Press Garden City N. Y.'. 2 18pp 8vo. In cream printed wraps with duplication in green on cover of title-page but without year. In fair condition lightly aged and worn with crease running next to the spine slightly at an angle. This American Copyright printing - said to have been limited to 75 privately-distributed copies - was published 13 November 1931 and preceded the English publication in The Story-Teller magazine December 1931 by around a month. Stewart 596; Livingston 569. The rare American Copyright issue. Richards A399 Livingston 569 Stewart 596. Reprinted in 1932 in Limits and Renewals. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. 1931. ['Printed in the United States at the Country Life Press | Garden paperback
1898ref. 895Z22London: Macmillan and Co. 1898. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5". None . The first edition of this collection of short stories by the award winning author Rudyard Kipling. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. This work was written by the Nobel Prize winning author Rudyard Kipling and features a collection of thirteen short stories including 'The Ship that Found Herself' 'The Devil and the Deep Sea' and 'Bread upon Waters'. Four of the stories include anthropomorphic characters. Publisher's advertisements to the rear.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally smart with creasing to the rear slight fading to the spine bumping to the extremities small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine and slight rubbing to the extremities and joints. Bookplate belonging to 'A. P. Watt' to the front pastedown with front hinge starting and offsetting and spotting to the endpapers. Internally generally firmly bound with evidence of strain in places. Very Good Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1936ref. 029965UK: Macmillan 1936. Reprint . Full-Leather. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J L Kipling W H Drake. Reprint 1936. Omnibus edition of the Two Jungle Books bound in full leather. Illustrated. Book is very good and very bright. Nice clean contents. Includes the original card slip case which is worn and rubbed to the edges. More images can be taken upon request.Ref 18904 Macmillan hardcover
1931ref. 982Y31London: James Tregaskis & Son 1931. Leather. Near Fine. 10" by 7". None. A pleasing limited edition of Thomas Tusser's 16th-century instructional poem in the original full crushed morocco. One of a limited edition of five hundred copies printed on handmade Batchelor paper. In the original full crushed morocco by Bain and Company. Preserved in a cloth-backed slipcase. This long poem from Thomas Tusser which stood as one of the best-selling poetry books of the Elizabethan age uses rhyming couplets to instruct the reader on various farming and country customs offering fascinating insight into life in Tudor England. Scholars also consider it an interesting text for its defence of enclosures.First published as 'A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie' in 1557 and later enlarged into five hundred points in 1573. This edition is complete with an introduction by Sir Walter Scott a benediction by Rudyard Kipling and a foreword by E. V. Lucas. In the original full crushed morocco. Externally excellent with a couple minor marks to the front board and minimal signs of shelf wear. Slipcase is rubbed with a few pieces of tape to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with offsetting to the endpapers and the odd spot. Near Fine James Tregaskis & Son hardcover
1937ref. 007910London: Macmillan and Co Limited 1937. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second printing of the First Edition 1937. Finely bound in signed Sangorski & Sutcliffe polished blue calf binding for W. Robinson Co. Back decorated in gilt with two red morocco labels lettered in gilt and gilt tail date all edges gilt marbled end papers ribbon marker frontispiece photo of bust of Kipling. Near Fine slight rubbing at edges and corners. Macmillan and Co, Limited Hardcover
1937ref. 007910London: Macmillan and Co Limited 1937. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second printing of the First Edition 1937. Finely bound in signed Sangorski & Sutcliffe polished blue calf binding for W. Robinson Co. Back decorated in gilt with two red morocco labels lettered in gilt and gilt tail date all edges gilt marbled end papers ribbon marker frontispiece photo of bust of Kipling. Near Fine slight rubbing at edges and corners. Macmillan and Co, Limited Hardcover books
1898ref. 009779London: compiled and arranged by the proprietors of "Punch" the "Daily Graphic" and the "Daily Chronicle." 1898. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. Oblong 4to. SCARCE in current commerce. Original red silk covered boards lettered in gilt all edges gilt unpaginated Very Good covers a bit soiled. A compilation of art illustrations poetry and letters done in facsimile from many of the leading authors and artists of 1890s London. Place of publication not identified publisher not identified Printed rectos only. OCLC locates 14 libraries worldwide with holdings. compiled and arranged by the proprietors of "Punch," the "Daily Graphic," and the "Daily Chronicle.&quo Hardcover
1898ref. 009779London: compiled and arranged by the proprietors of "Punch" the "Daily Graphic" and the "Daily Chronicle." 1898. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. Oblong 4to. SCARCE in current commerce. Original red silk covered boards lettered in gilt all edges gilt unpaginated Very Good covers a bit soiled. A compilation of art illustrations poetry and letters done in facsimile from many of the leading authors and artists of 1890s London. Place of publication not identified publisher not identified Printed rectos only. OCLC locates 14 libraries worldwide with holdings. compiled and arranged by the proprietors of "Punch," the "Daily Graphic," and the "Daily Chronicle.&quo Hardcover books
2013ref. 086434Easton Press 2013. Full-Leather. New. NEW in shrink wrap. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged. Easton Press hardcover
1903ref. 228010Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable 1903. Second Edition. Hardcover. Finely bound in quarter aniline calf. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and toned as with age. Gilt cross-bands with the boards ruled in blind and has paper spine labee. Remains quite a well-preserved example overall. Provenance; Bookplate of Arthur William Fitz Roy Somerset of Castle Goring in the County of Sussex Esq. 1920. Edition; 2nd ed. Physical description; xiii 3 215 p. ; 20 cm. Notes; First edition regular copy. Imprint on p. 215: ""Printed by T. and A. Constable Printers to His Majesty at the Edinburgh University Press"". This edition on handmade paper is limited to 200 copies. Poems. Subjects; English poetry - 1789-1919 - Works. Genre; Fiction. Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable hardcover
2005ref. 195250The Folio Society 2005. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Two scuff marks on top of slip case blind stamp from former owner on ep's little wear otherwise. The Folio Society hardcover
1927ref. 67372Doubleday Page & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1927. Reprint. Hardcover. Hinges tender binding still completely intact. Foxing to front free-endpaper and color frontis photo. Owner stamp to inner pastedown that of noted psychologist and LSD researcher Dr. Oscar Janiger.; 576 pages . Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
19318vo., with coloured frontispiece and 15 fine coloured plates, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; red buckram, upper board elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, small pull at headband else a near fine copy. A remarkably bright, clean copy. Kipling's most famous prose work was first issued with coloured illustrations in 1908. See Livingston, p.36.; Stewart 125.
1945ref. 11400Faber & Faber Ltd. London. 1945. FOURTH IMPRESSION. 8vo. 8.1 x 5.3 inches. Finely bound by Bayntun Riviere in early half brick red morocco. Spine with raised bands each with gilt floral roll. The compartments double ruled decorated and lettered in gilt. Salmon cloth on boards. Top edge gilt. A little rubbing to the edges but still an attractive copy. This is an early reprint of the 1941 first edition. It contains a nice selection of Kipling's poems as well as Eliot's interesting essay. Faber & Faber Ltd. London. 1945 hardcover
ref. 75488London: Macmillan and Co. 1895. Children's Illustrated FIRST EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.4 238 2. With in-text illustrations by the author's father John. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to spine and upper boards. All edges gilt; dark navy endpapers. Contents clean neat ink ownership 'Rosamund Fawcett Christmas 1895' some gentle spotting rear inside paper joint cracked some rubs to covers spine dulled. Generally well kept. The second of Kipling's famous 'Jungle Books' featuring man-cub Mowgli and his friends. London: Macmillan and Co., 1895 unknown
1909ref. 40315London.: Hodder & Stoughton. 1909. Undated but 1919. Unpaginated 30 tipped-in colour plates with decorative borders & caption guards drawings. Original blue pictorial gilt decorated cloth with gilt tiles. Solid binding some wear at the spine ends a few minor marks Internally two of the plates have a corner crease otherwise all plates are clean & bright pages have occasional light scattered spotting owner's inscription dated 1910. . First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by W. Heath Robinson. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hodder & Stoughton. Hardcover
1892ref. KIPLINGR028319Methuen London. 1892. Fourth edition : scarce issue in white parchment with gilt bugler device on front top edge gilt. Octavo. pp xx 208 16 adverts. The first title listed in the adverts is this fourth edition with mention of ''a special Presentation Edition bound in white buckram with extra gilt ornament''. Is it possible that in the event the publishers opted for this parchment binding instead of the buckramCovers slightly marked. Spine slightly darkened. Very good indeed. Methuen, London. hardcover
1932ref. KIPLINGR004132Macmillan London. 1932. First edition. Octavo. pp viii 400. Red cloth with gilt elephant's head medallion to front; top edge gilt. Fourteen stories with introductory and in some cases supplementary verses.Fine in very near fine dustwrapper slightly creased at top edge. A very bright copy. Macmillan, London. hardcover
1916ref. KIPLINGR011450Macmillan London. 1916. First edition. Octavo. pp viii 222. Four pages of adverts at rear.Very near fine in good chipped and torn dustwrapper a bit darkened at the spine. Macmillan, London. unknown
1899ref. 984H24London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1899-1928. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5". None. A ten-volume collection of Rudyard Kipling"s works including three first editions showcasing his fiction stories and speeches. In the publisher's original red cloth bindings.A ten-volume collection of Rudyard Kipling"s works spanning 1899 to 1928 comprising early uniform edition reprints and featuring three first editions including major story collections a novel and a volume of speeches. The Light that Failed 1899 uniform edition. Many Inventions 1904 later impression of the uniform edition. Wee Willie Winkie Under the Deodars The Phantom "Rickshaw and Other Stories 1905 later reprint of the uniform edition. The Naulahka: A Story of West and East by Rudyard Kipling and Wolcott Balestier 1906 reprint. Life"s Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People 1908 later impression of the uniform edition. Actions and Reactions 1909 first edition. Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys in Black & White 1909 later impression of the uniform edition. Plain Tales from the Hills 1910 later impression of the uniform edition with a frontispiece. A Diversity of Creatures 1917 first edition. A Book of Words: Selections from Speeches and Addresses Delivered Between 1906 and 1927 1928 first edition. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally generally smart. The odd handling mark and scratch to boards. Slight fading to spines. Damp staining and the odd handling mark more to "Creatures" with slight paper residue to front board. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Rubbing and residue from bookplate removal to front paste downs of "Many Inventions" and "Wee Willie." Bookplate with previous owner"s inscription to front free endpaper of "The Light." Previous owner"s inscription to front free endpaper of "Soldiers Three" "Handicap." Bookplate to front paste down of "Book of Words." Internally generally firmly bound. Hinges sligthly strained in places but holding. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot to first and last few leaves. Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover