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1899ref. 935Z7London: George Newness 1899. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. Rudyard Kipling's first collection of verse bound in a decorative crushed half morocco binding. The 'Sixpenny Series' edition. First published in 1886. Bound in crushed half morocco with marbled paper to the boards and floral gilt details to the spine. Rudyard Kipling's first collection of verse including works such as 'Departmental Ditties' 'To the Unknown Goddess' and 'Arithmetic on the Frontier". Kipling was a popular English journalist poet and author best known for his work 'The Jungle Book'. Bound in crushed half morocco. Externally excellent with fading to the spine slight rubbing to the fore edge. Internally firmly bound with age toned pages and the odd spot heavier to the front and rear. Very Good Indeed George Newness hardcover
1913ref. 028758UK: Macmillan 1913. First Edition Thus . Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Rudyard Kipling. 1st Edition Thus 1913. First coloured illustrated edition. Book is very good and bright. Nice clean contents. Edges lightly rubbed. Quite a bright example. Light cracking to endpaper gutters.More images can be taken upon request.Ref 18396 Macmillan hardcover
1937ref. 809J38Paris: Librarie Delagrave 1937. Fine Binding. Near Fine/Fair. 11" by 9.5". Roger Reboussin. A near fine handsomely bound copy of this lavishly illustrated French edition of Rudyard Kipling's classic sequel including the very scarce original dust wrapper. A beautiful copy of the sequel to Rudyard Kipling's classic children's novel The Jungle Book. This copy is a French edition Le Second Livre de la Jungle and has been translated by Louis Fabulet and Robert d'Humieres. This sequel first published in 1895 just one year after its prequel features five stories about Mowgli and his jungle friends and three additional stories set in India. The seventeenth edition of this work. Lavishly illustrated throughout by noted French artist Roger Reboussin. Handsomely bound by the publisher Delgrave in quarter morocco with gilt detailing to the spine. Including the very scarce original dust wrapper. Handsomely bound in the publisher's quarter morocco binding with gilt detailing to the spine and marbled boards. Externally lovely with just a touch of shelf wear. Original unclipped dust wrapper has significant loss to the spine resulting in the front and rear wrap being detached from one another. Some light edgewear and offsetting to the front and interior of the wrap. Some marks to the rear of the wrap. Internally volume is firmly bound. A few spots to the fore-edge not affecting the pages which remain bright and clean. Near Fine Librarie Delagrave unknown
1906ref. MR345Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936. Puck of Pook's Hill. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1906. First edition. An attractive first edition of one of Kipling's most enduring historical fantasies blending folklore history and storytelling through the character of Puck who guides two children through England's past. A cornerstone work of Edwardian children's literature and an important title in the Kipling canon. Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's binding retaining strong colour and gilt. Light rubbing and handling wear consistent with age. Binding sound and text clean throughout unmarked and clean; No dust jacket. A well-preserved example of this increasingly sought-after first edition. Provenance: From the personal library of Sir Geoffrey Howe Baron Howe of Aberavon former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary. With the distinctive Geoffrey and Elspeth Howe library bookplate tipped in to the front pastedown. Further provenance information available upon request. A particularly desirable copy combining literary significance with notable political provenance. MacMillan hardcover
1910ref. 897Q7London: Hodder & Stoughton 1910 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 6". None. A leather-bound first edition of Kipling's eulogy to King Edward VII with this particular copy hailing from the library of Kipling's literary agent A. P. Watt and Son. First edition. In a contemporary full calf binding. From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. 'The Dead King' was written as Rudyard Kipling's tribute to King Edward VII after his death on the 6th of May 1910. The entire writing and publication time was eleven days being published initially in The Times The Morning Post and other newspapers on the 18th of May. This poem reads as a traditional elegy from medieval times being an altogether touching tribute to a man who Kipling regarded as a wise and dedicated monarch who served the country well. Bound in full purple calf. Externally generally smart with rubbing to the extremities and spine causing loss the the leather in places. Light bumping and loss to the leather at the head and tail of the spine. Leather lifting a little to the head of the board. Fading to the spine and extremities. The odd mark to leather. Spotting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the occasional spot mainly to the first and last pages. Very Good Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1903ref. 030006UK: Macmillan 1903. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J L Kipling W H Drake. Reprints 1910 and 1903. Books are very good and bright. Nice clean contents. Small inscriptions to endpapers. Light foxing to page edges. More images can be taken upon request.Ref 18943 Macmillan hardcover
1895ref. 895Z28London: Macmillan and Co. 1895. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5.5". None. Two collections of stories by the Nobel Prize winning author Rudyard Kipling. Two volumes. In the publisher's original cloth. This set features two collections of stories by Rudyard Kipling the celebrated Nobel Prize winning author poet and journalist. The works include 'Soldiers Three' a collection of wartime stories 'The Story of Gadsbys' a collection of eight dramatic stories 'Wee Willie Winkie' and 'Under the Deodars'. Publisher's advertisements to the rears.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 very smart with fading to the spines heaviest to 'Wee Willie Winkie' with slight marks to the boards and bumping and rubbing to the extremities. Bookplates belonging to A. P. Watt to the front pastedowns with hinges starting to 'Soldiers Three'. Internally generally firmly bound with signs of strain in places. Pages lightly age toned and clean. Very Good Indeed Macmillan and Co. hardcover
ref. 441675A.H. Wheeler and Co. Allahabad; Sampson Low etc. London. Hardcover. Good. Bound volume of four works by Kipling which were originally written for and published with paper wrappers by A.H. Wheeler and Co's Indian Railway Library. Soldiers Three has Sampson Low as sole publisher. The other three have Wheeler and Sampson Low as joint publishers. Pencil notes by a previous owner state Soldier Three and Story of the Gadsby's to be 4th editions In Black and White and Under the Deodars to be 1st English editions. Soldiers Three - A Collection of Stories. Fourth Edition. Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington London 1890The Story of the Gadsby's - A Tale Without A Plot . Fourth Edition. A.H. Wheeler & Co. Alla A.H. Wheeler and Co., Allahabad; Sampson Low etc., London hardcover
1916ref. 84696Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus 1916 In-16 16 x 111 cm. Reliure plein maroquin grenat, dos à nerf, caissons ornés de filets dorés, pointillés et fers spéciaux à froid, roulettes et dentelles, triple filet et roulette d’encadrement des plats, fers d’armes au centre, filets en coupes, dentelles en contreplat, couvertures conservées, tête dorée reliure signée Yseux successeur de Thierry-Simier, 278 pp. Mors fendillés, charnières fragilles.
2003ref. x-0521822483Cambridge Univ Pr 2003. Hardcover. New. 417 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.25 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
2004ref. x-0521832543Cambridge Univ Pr 2004. Hardcover. New. 386 pages. 9.00x6.50x1.25 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
1911ref. 211793BToronto Canada: The Copp Clark Co. Limited 1911. First Canadian Edition . Hardcover. Good. Robinson W. Heath. 17 plates illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. 392 pages all clean clear and white. Beige endpapers a clipping of poetry attached to ffep. Red cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Faded spine with wear along the edges corners bumped and worn. Vry Good - The Copp, Clark Co. Limited hardcover
ref. 163422 cm. 42 pp. Illustrated throughout with in-text line drawings after Rudyard Kipling's original artwork. 3rd edition. One of 3000 copies. New York: Nakladom Yuriya Tyshchenka / Printed at the Press of „Svoboda" Jersey City N.J. 1952. Original publisher's red printed pictorial paper wrappers designed by Petro Kholodnyi. A fine copy. A post-WWII Ukrainian émigré children's edition of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories Ot tak kazky! retold in Ukrainian by distinguished publisher writer and cultural activist Yuriy Tyshchenko writing under his literary pseudonym Yuriy Siryi. unknown
1904ref. 9044London: Macmillan and Co 1904. First English and American edition housed together in custom leather box set 8vo 394 & 364pp.; first English edition in original red cloth with Ganesha device on front cover and lettering on spine in gold spine sunned rear hinge starting else a very good copy t.e.g. First American edition with minor wear to extremities else fine in original green cloth t.e.g. Livingston 289 290. Macmillan and Co unknown
1904ref. 9044London: Macmillan and Co 1904. First English and American edition housed together in custom leather box set 8vo 394 & 364pp.; first English edition in original red cloth with Ganesha device on front cover and lettering on spine in gold spine sunned rear hinge starting else a very good copy t.e.g. First American edition with minor wear to extremities else fine in original green cloth t.e.g. Livingston 289 290. Macmillan and Co unknown books
1915ref. 225Very Good /none First American Edition 1915 Doubleday New York Collection of military poems and short stories. Decorated with British Admiralty and French Flags. Doubleday hardcover
2005ref. DADAX184169424XPsychology Press 2005-06-17. 1. hardcover. New. 6.58x1.00x9.28. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Psychology Press hardcover
1909ref. 500035332London: Macmillan 1909. Hardcover. Good. Limited edition of 775 copies red brushed cloth gilt spines. Various faults some faded spines some rolled spines. Kim has a tear to joint a side spine. Jungle Book cracking Hinge Traffics has some insect grazing on early pages not affecting text puck as tear to top rear cover. There are eight i would describe as VG. 1 Plain Tales From The Hills 2 Soldiers Three Pt I 3 Soldiers Three Pt Ii 4 In Black & White 5 The Phantom Rickshaw And Ther Stories 6 Under The Deodars 7 Jungle Book 8 Second Jungle Book 9 The Light That Failed 10 The Naulahka 11 Verses 1889-1896 12 Captains Courageous; Y 13 The Days Work; Pt I 14 The Days Work; Pt Ii 15 From Sea To Sea;Pt 1 16 From Sea To Sea;Pt Ii 17 From Sea To Sea;Pt Iii 18 Early Verse 19 Stalky 20 Kim 21 Just So Stories; 22 The Five Nations 23 Traffics And Discoveries; 24 Puck Of Pook's Hill; 25 Actions And Reactions; 25 volumes Macmillan hardcover
1906ref. 007531New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1906. Book. Illus. by Rackham Arthur. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. Octavo. 278 pp faint previous owner 1906 signature on ffep top edge list of 4 illustrations 24 titled poems and prose no index. Binding tight pages clean and unmarked lower board forecorners very lightly bumped top spine edge cloth with minor wear. 5.5" x 8.25" green cloth boards gilt spine letters blind embossed design fr cover gilt top-edge. In glassine wrapper. . Doubleday, Page & Company Hardcover
1903ref. b29879San Francisco 1903. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Near fine in three-quarter leather and cloth-covered boards. Wear at the tips and edges a small paper label on the spine. This copy once belonged to the Nevada State Library and has their marks on the front endpapers and each issue is rubber stamped on the first page. Binding is solid. Of the 52 issues that should be in this annual volume 46 are present although no issues have been disbound. The missing issues are April 27 July 13 August 3 August 10 September 14 and November 30. All of the other issues are in fine condition although we did notice one small tape repair to one one page. The original issues of The Argonaut are difficult to find in any condition. hardcover
1891ref. 450540New York: M.J. Ivers & Co 1891. Softcover. Good. Early edition variant wrappers with man looking out a window. Printed illustrated pale pink wrappers. Front wrap detached and chipped good only. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and dropbox case by Stikeman. Notes about the purchase of the book in 1926 laid in. Very uncommon. M.J. Ivers & Co unknown
1902ref. 17567London: Hodder & Stoughton 1902. Edition Deluxe. Hardcover. Vellum moderately stained ties fraying internally fine. Original full limp vellum with gilt titles; teal silk ribbon ties; quarto; xixi 477 pp. Edition Deluxe Printed on English Handmade Paper Limited to 500 Copies this #402. Signed on limitation page by publisher and printer Stoughton & Constable. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1890ref. 125195New York: United States Book Company 1890. Hardbound. Good- general fragility and wear. Publishers blue cloth. 771pp. no illustrations. A most noteworthy copy bearing the copper-engraved bookplate of Henry Van Deventer Black which was designed by Mr. Black and engraved by Edwin Davis French. The book is signed by Henry Van Deventer Black and he has dated it Dec. 1892. He has also written that "This book has spent a winter on the Nile and been around the world" on the ffep. A few pencil lines to the contents perhaps indicating favorite passages. The bookplate is stunning in it's detail and beauty. United States Book Company hardcover
1901ref. 322153London: MacMillan 1901. First English edition. Illustrations by John L. Kipling. 443 1 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cloth spine slightly sunned and top of spine rubbed. Bookplate. First English edition. Illustrations by John L. Kipling. 443 1 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Richards A174; Stewart 254 MacMillan unknown
1921ref. 12956Garden City Publishing/ Doubleday. Very Good with no dust jacket. Ten red leather booklets with gitl decorations and lettering; many pages uncut; housed in the originsl box now decorative in gold morie silk covered box with clear window on front cover and red leather spine label with origianl cover label on bottom of box; No marks or writing clean tight binding;; Beautiful leather booklets of kipling's famous poems: If The Gypsy Trail Mandalay Recesional the Glory of the Garden Great Heart Danny Deever When Earth's Last Picture is Painted A Pilgrim' s Way and The Sons of Martha;; Kipling's Verses Miniature Series; 10; 32mo 4" - 5" tall . First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 1921. Garden City Publishing/ Doubleday hardcover