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1920rif. 10257Paris, Editions De La Sirène, 1920. 1010 g Grand in-4 broché, couvertures rempliées, [1] fb., 115 pp., [1] f., [2] ffb.. Illustré de 23 compositions en couleurs de Kees Van Dongen dont 18 à pleine page. L'artiste a également composé les ornements et les maquettes de cet ouvrage tiré à 300 exemplaires, celui-ci un des 250 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin de Rives à la forme. Les illustrations ont été coloriées par l'atelier Marty. L'impression a été réalisée par Louis Kaldor. Carteret, Trésor du Bibliophile, 1875 à 1945, IV, 221; Mahé, Bibliographie des livres de luxe, II, 511-512. Quelques feuillets non coupés. Très légère fente et petits défauts sur le dos mais bon exemplaire. . (Catégories : Livres illustrés, Littérature, Contes, )
rif. 112906Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler & Co. 1891. Cloth 4 leaves pp. 108 5 leaves. Very good no dust jacket. In grey-green wrappers protected by beautiful timely and authentic red thatch indian cloth binding. Both covers present front loose. Has had some professional restoration. Minor wear to cloth spine. Cover designs were engraved by Brownlow Fforde. Wheeler first published this collection in 1890 shortly after Kipling left India and without his permission. Kipling demanded that the work be destroyed and apparently all but three were of which only one is currently known. Wheeler then published a second edition this one which Kipling also attempted to suppress. The attempt to suppress was not as successful but this edition is still quite scarce. Indian Railway Library No. XIV. Imprint at bottom of page 108: 'Printed at the "Pioneer" Press Allahabad'. A.H. Wheeler & Co. Hardcover
1930rif. 122801New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1930. Signed limited edition of the definitive collection of Kipling's poetry. Quarto three volumes original japon-backed boards with red paper labels to spines lettered gilt gilt motifs to front covers top edges gilt tissue-guarded frontispiece to volume one of a "The Thousandth Man" in Kipling's hand specially reproduced for this edition in facsimile. One of 525 copies signed by Kipling on the limitation page this is number 173. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box. An exceptional set of one of the finest editions of Kipling's verse. As a virtuoso in verse Kipling had more than one style at his command" Baugh et al. 1505 from earnest cockney dialect to soaring prophetic proclamation. This handsome three-volume collection presents all of Kipling's poetry--including such memorable works as "Mandalay" "Gunga Din" and "If"--set in Baskerville type and printed on handmade paper at the Chiswick Press. With frontispiece portrait of Kipling in Volume I signed in pencil by the artist Francis Dodd. Livingston 545. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc hardcover books
1928rif. 119441New York: McCormick-Patterson 1928. Scarce collection of 1928 issues of Liberty Magazine containing early appearances of many of Kipling's rarest poems. Folio five issues original illustrated wrappers. The collection includes issues featuring the appearance of: Rio January 7 1928 Light and Power January 28 1928 A Drop in Traffic February 18 1928 A City and a Silence March 17 1928 and World By Itself March 31 1928. Founded in 1924 American weekly Liberty Magazine featured contributions from some of the biggest politicians celebrities authors and artists of the 20th-century. Kipling's brother-in-law was an associate editor from the magazine's founding through his death on October 17 1939. In fine condition. Each issue is housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. McCormick-Patterson unknown books
rif. 02926London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. One of 500 Copies Signed by W. Heath Robinson ROBINSON W. Heath illustrator. KIPLING Rudyard. A Song of the English. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. London: Hodder & Stoughton n.d. 1909. Edition DeLuxe. Limited to 500 copies this copy being No. 311 numbered and signed by the artist. Large quarto 12 3/16 x 9 7/8 inches; 308 x 252 mm. 65 leaves. Thirty color plates including frontispiece mounted on leaves with color border decorations. Descriptive tissue guards each with a miniature line illustration. Pictorial title and fifty-nine black and white line illustrations in the text half-page or smaller. Title printed in red and black. Original vellum over boards with front cover pictorially stamped in dark green red and gilt and lettered in gilt and spine pictorially stamped in dark green red and gilt and lettered in gilt and green. Later brown silk ties. Top edge gilt others uncut. A fine copy. "The next important task I undertook was the illustration of an edition of Rudyard Kipling's A Song of the English to be published by Hodder & Stoughton in the year 1908. It became necessary for me to meet the author and discuss the proposed book with him. For this purpose I travelled down to Burwash where he lived at that time. This was an excursion I shall always remember. I was met at Heathfield and journeyed thence in a motor-car. There were few cars on the road in those days and this in itself was a joyful experience as we drove through the pleasant Sussex lanes. Bateman's the house at Burwash where Rudyard Kipling lived was a fine old building with stone mullioned windows. It was in the midst of wind-blown Sussex country. There was a faint smell of the sea in the air wafted across the few miles of country from the shore where the Coastwise lights of England watch the ships of England go. It was a fitting setting in which to find the author of A Song of the English. He met and entertained me with a quiet affability which speedily removed the shyness I felt at first in his presence. Before long I was quite at home with him. His own knowledge of illustration gave him an appreciation of the artist's point of view. While making suggestions he realized that the illustrator must have as free a hand as possible. His sympathetic understanding of my part in the undertaking made me feel that I was consulting with a brother artist. I spent a happy and for me a helpful day. It was a great inspiration for the work I had in hand to be in such close association with the author's interesting personality. I am always glad to remember that he was satisfied with my illustrations to his book." W. Heath Robinson My Line of Life. pp.126-127 "This poem originally appeared in The English Illustrated Magazine May 1893 prior to its inclusion in The Seven Seas 1896" Martindell. Beare 61b. Lewis p. 215. Livingston 321. Martindell 133 giving the date of publication as 1913. Stewart 151. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909 unknown books
1919rif. 121882London: Hodder and Stoughton 1919. First trade edition of the Inclusive Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Verse. Octavo three volumes original publisher's full vellum gilt titles to the spine gilt ruling to the front and rear panels top edge gilt titles in red and black. In near fine condition. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1919rif. 54119London: Hodder & Stoughton 1919. First edition. Three volumes. Number 41 of only 100 copies SIGNED BY KIPLING IN EACH OF THE THREE VOLUMES. 8vo full gilt-stamped vellum top edges gilt rest untrimmed. Very good to near fine with covers lightly soiled spine on volume one a little darkened a bit of rubbing to head of spine on volume two small light red stain to front board of volume three and with boards on volume three a bit splayed. Hodder & Stoughton unknown
1895rif. 15929London: Macmillan and Co 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Good bound in original publisher blue cloth with gilt titles on spines gilt emblems on front covers. Rubbing a few stains and edge wear to boards. Foxing to interior of both volumes some rubbing to pages owner inscription to second front end page of Second Book. Volume One The Jungle Book appears to have had the spine repaired at some point in its history significant lean to spine as well. Both volumes illustrated throughout. No markings to text. 8vo 7 1/2"h x 5 1/4"w. pagination: Vi 212; 238 two pages of ads at end of volume. Macmillan and Co hardcover
1914rif. 009008London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1914. First English separate edition pamphlet issue. Pamphlet. This is the pamphlet issue of the British first stand-alone publication of Kiplings most famous poem IF- published the first month of the First World War. These are scarce on the market rendering mere survival noteworthy. This copy is in very good condition. The gray card covers remain complete and firmly attached to the contents. There is a contemporary owner name initials and an indecipherable surname inked at the upper right front cover corner just above the double-ruled border. The covers show lightly toned extremities the front cover shows some small spots and moderate soiling and the fore edge corners are lightly bumped. The contents are clean with a touch of trivial spotting. 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. This British edition followed in 1914. There were two issues of this first separate British edition. Macmillan published IF- in July 1914 as both a leaflet and a pamphlet bound in card stock of various shades of gray or brown measuring 16.2 x 11.4 cm lettered and ruled in deep purplish-red. In this pamphlet issue the front cover served as the title page and the text was printed on both sides of two paginated leaves with COPYRIGHT" at the foot of p.4 and advertisements for Kiplings works on the recto and verso of the back cover. Kiplings bibliographer notes three printings of this pamphlet issue the second in September 1914 and third in August 1915 noting that for later issues the year at the bottom of the front cover changes. 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. It seems hardly coincidental that this first separate British edition was issued during the first month of the First World War. Indeed a later 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 inglorious trenches of the First World War. The association was undoubtedly difficult for Kipling. Fourteen months after this copy of IF- was published Kipling 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: Richards A269; ODNB Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown
1891rif. 013944Macmillan and Co. First edition of Kipling's first novel. Octavo. 339 pages 2 pages ads. Publisher's original embossed red cloth with bright gilt design on front and titles on spine. Fraying to head and heal of spine. Light foxing to end papers. In archival cover. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1891. Macmillan and Co hardcover
rif. 001451Wiltshire: Books Illustrated Limited / Art of the Imagination 2015. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Lute Vink. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION - ONLY 20 COPIES WORLDWIDE This copy is No. 5. --- DESCRIPTION: Small square 4to containing 18 loose-leaf full-colour plates reproduced from the original oil paintings by Lute Vink. Includes the original signed title page. Every individual art plate is protected by its original tissue guard with each individual plate also hand-signed by Lute Vink. These beautiful illustrations were created for the companion deluxe book edition. --- PRESENTATION: Housed in the original publisher's green cloth-covered clamshell presentation box. The box is beautifully lined with deep burgundy felt featuring bright gilt titles to the spine and a striking gilt tiger motif on the front board. --- CONDITION: Near Fine / Fine. The presentation box is in near-fine condition. All 18 plates and the signed title page are in fine condition. A superb copy. --- ABOUT THE ARTIST: Lute Vink is a celebrated Dutch-born South African wildlife artist known for his breathtakingly hyper-realistic style. He was a finalist for the prestigious BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year in 2013. Very scarce. Note: We also have the companion deluxe leather-bound book edition available for sale please view our other listings. Books Illustrated Limited / Art of the Imagination hardcover
1913rif. 1001H10London: Macmillan and Co. Limited; Hodder and Stoughton 1913-1919. Cloth. Good. 10 by 7. Rudyard Kipling. A limited Bombay Edition of Kipling"s works complete in twenty-five volumes including the scarce Handbook to the Poetry signed by Rudyard Kipling to the half-title of the first volume. In the publisher"s original quarter cloth binding with paper-covered boards.The first volume is flat signed by the author Rudyard Kipling to the half-title. A limited Bombay edition one of 1050 copies printed by R. & R. Clark from Herbert P. Horne"s design with blocks lent by Chatto & Windus. The Bombay edition was initially published in 20 volumes and limited to 1000 copies. Kipling continued to write and it eventually grew to 31 volumes but the last 11 volumes were limited to 500 copies only.The collected Bombay Edition of Kipling"s prose and verse gathering his principal novels short story collections and poetry from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Complete in twenty-five volumes. Comprising:1913 Vol I. Plain Tales from the Hills. This copy is flat signed by the author Rudyard Kipling to the half title. 1913 Vol. II Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys: In Black and White.1913 Vol. III Wee Willie Winkie; Under the Deodars; The Phantom "Rickshaw and Other Stories.1913 Vol. IV From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches; Letters of Travel Volume I. 1913 Vol. V From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches; Letters of Travel Volume II. 1913 Vol. VI Life"s Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People1913 Vol. VII The Light That Failed.1913 Vol. VIII The Naulahka: A Story of West and East by Rudyard Kipling and Wolcott Balestier.1913 Vol. IX Many Inventions.1913 Vol. X "Captains Courageous": A Story of the Grand Banks.1914 Vol. XI The Jungle Book.1914 Vol. XII The Second Jungle Book.1914 Vol. XIII The Day"s Work.1914 Vol. XIV Stalky & Co.1914 Vol. XVI Just So Stories for Little Children. Illustrated with twenty-two plates and in-text vignettes after drawings by Rudyard Kipling. Collated complete. 1914 Vol. XVII Traffics and Discoveries.1914 Vol. XVIII Puck of Pook"s Hill 19051906.1914 Vol. XIX Rewards and Fairies.1914 Vol. XX Actions and Reactions.1914 Vol. XXI Departmental Ditties; Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses.1914 Vol. XXII The Five Nations; The Seven Seas.1914 A Handbook to the Poetry of Rudyard Kipling by Ralph Durand.1915 Vol. XXIII Songs from Books.1917 Vol. XXIV A Diversity of Creatures.1919 Vol. XXV The Years Between; The Muse Among the Motors.Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 becoming both the youngest and the first English-language writer to receive the honour to date he remains its youngest recipient. Henry James said: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius as distinct from fine intelligence that I have ever known." Externally sound. Slight discolouration to boards and spines with the odd minor handling marks and spot of damp staining. Previous bookseller"s discreet label to the rear pastedown of "A Handbook to the Poetry." Slight offsetting to endpapers heavier to older copies. Several volumes with cracked joints and hinges including Handbook XI XIV XXIIXXIII VIII VII and III; in places binding materials partially exposed with minor fraying and occasional small closed tears boards generally slightly loose but holding. Cracking more pronounced to volumes XIV VII and VIII. Spines of volumes I and VI loose holding only at the cloth of the front joint with slight loss and fraying to the cloth. Volume V with rear joint cracked slight fraying and minor loss to the cloth spine slightly loose but holding. Volume X with a small closed tear to the gutter of the rear pastedown. Slight loss to the spine labels of volumes VII and IV slightly obscuring the text. Internally firmly bound with hinges slightly strained in places but sound. Pages generally bright and clean with light scattered spotting to the first and last few leaves and the occasional spot to the rough-cut fore edges; slight offsetting to the first and last leaves. Volume I flat signed by the author to the half-title. Slight cockling to the fore edges. Silk ribbon bookmarks frayed. Good Macmillan and Co., Limited; Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1927rif. 977F21London: Macmillan 1927 . First edition. Vellum. Very Good Indeed/Fair. 12.5" by 10". Donald Maxwell. A signed limited edition poetry collection from Rudyard Kipling accompanied by a signed leaf from Kipling in which he has copied out a stanza of his poem 'Epitaphs of War'. A signed limited edition from Kipling with this being one of 500 large paper copies produced.With an additional loosely inserted leaf signed by Kipling and dated September 1925 in which he has written out the penultimate stanza of his 1919 poem 'Epitaphs of War': 'We counterfeited once for your disport/ Men's joy and sorrow: but our day has passed./ We pray you pardon all where we fell short/ Seeing we were your servants to this last'An anthology of twelve poems by Rudyard Kipling collected together by him from a selection of his poetical collections.Including 'Harp Song of the Dane Women' From 'Puck of Pook's Hill' 'The Liner She's a Lady' from 'The Seven Seas' 'Song of the Red War-Boat' from 'Rewards and Fairies' and more.Illustrated with twelve mounted colour plates and further vignettes by Donald Maxwell.Collated complete. In the publisher's original quarter vellum binding with unclipped dust wrapper and cloth covered slip case. Externally vibrant with back strip lightly age toned and stab mark to centre of back strip. Slip case in very good condition with bumping and rubbing to perimeters and cloth age toned. Major losses of dust wrapper at head of front wrap and head and tail of rear wrap lacking entirety of back strip. Major closed tears and folds to front wrap towards fore edge. Dust wrapper age toned. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed Macmillan hardcover
rif. 106514Paris, Mercure de France, 1936 et 1930, 2 volumes in-8 de 205x150 mm environ, 314 pages 2ff. (table), et 396 pages, 1f.(table), reliure signée JOTAU (JOseph TAUpin), en résine ou en bakélite avec des charnières de type piano, plats biseautés avec des filets horizontaux en creux encadrant une plaque de titre métallique.Ces reliures industrielles de Jotau furent lancées fin novembre 1933 et préfigurent les recherches de Jean de Gonet ou du frère Claes, elles ont été produites jusqu'en 1955, à petit nombre en raison de leur coût. Elles sont rarement en bon état, car très fragiles, et sont devenues de véritables curiosités bibliophiliques. Des rousseurs, quelques traces de frottements sur les reliures, petite trace de colle dans la marge interne de page de titre (tome I), sinon bon état.
1943rif. feb598511943: First Vietnamese Edition of Jungle Book Sách Rừng Äá»i Nay
1896rif. feb621201896: First Danish Edition of Jungle Book Junglebogen V. Pio
1920rif. feb600251920: First Ukrainian Edition of Jungle Book Брати Моуглі Dzvin
1908rif. feb575871908: First Russian Edition of Jungle Book Джунгли В. М. Саблин
1897rif. 183779London: Macmillan & Co. Limited 1897. A beautifully bound copy First British edition smartly bound by Bayntun. 'Captains Courageous' is Kipling's only novel set entirely in America. "Kipling thought he'd written a great story. He wrote to Conland Dr. James Conland the dedicatee after the book had begun to appear serially 'I tell you that tale will be a snorter'" Gidmark p. 71. The British edition was preceded by the American edition by one month. The work was originally serialized in Pearson's Magazine between 1896 and 1897. It was written while the newlywed Kipling was living in Vermont. Octavo 177 x 117 mm. Frontispiece 21 full-page illustrations by I. W. Taber. Mid-20th-century blue morocco by Bayntun spine lettered in gilt compartments framed in gilt and decorated with gilt schooner device covers ruled in gilt roll to board edges gilt turn-ins ruled and with anchor device to corners in gilt marbled endpapers edges gilt original cloth spine and covers bound in at rear. Housed in custom blue cloth slipcase. Contemporary gift inscription to half-title partially faded. Spine sunned gilt remaining bright closed tear to later tissue guard following frontispiece foxing to a few pages. A near-fine copy. Richards A103; Stewart p. 152. Gidmark ed. Encyclopaedia of American Literature of the Sea and Great Lakes 2001. hardcover
1901rif. 115045Macmillan and Co. London. 1901. Macmillan and Co. Limited. London. 1901. First Edition first issue. Hardback. Beautifully bound by Bayntun-Riviere of Bath in full red calf gilt with elephant emblem to upper board. Raised bands to spine gilt decorations to compartments of spine contrasting blue and green morocco lettering pieces boards ruled in gilt gilt decs. to outer edges with gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All page edges gilt. Frontis. with tissue guard plus 9 plates. A fine copy in a stunning binding. hardcover
1919rif. 46237London: Hodder & Stoughton 1919. Three volumes limited edition no. 85 of 100 sets with each volume signed by Kipling 8vo. Endpapers foxed fly leaf replaced in volume I. Publisher's full vellum recently recased some marks and soiling. Martindell 170. London: Hodder & Stoughton unknown
1902rif. 108254London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1902. First edition first issue of Kipling's classic collection of stories illustrated with 22 plates designed by Kipling himself. Octavo original black-and white-stamped pictorial red cloth. Inscribed by Bertram Rota the owner of the Bodley House bookstore in London "S.W. Jackson's copy of my boyhood's favorite book. This copy survived fire and water when so many of its fellows were destroyed by Nazi barbarism at Bodley House in October 1940. After being stored nearby and escaping more bombs it returned to the resurrected bookshop and now leaves Bodley House to find sanctuary in friendly hands in a luckier land. With all good wishes Bertram Rota June 6th 1941." Bertram Rota began selling books in 1923 and was essentially the first bookseller to specialize in modern first editions. In 1923 Rota moved operations to the former location of the Bodley Head publishing house on Vigo Street in London where in spite of sustaining a direct hit during a Nazi blitzkrieg the bookshop remained for twenty-eight years. In near fine condition with light rubbing. Exceptional with fascinating provenance. Just So Stories has "achieved nursery immortality because a genius has married two of the most tried and trusted favorite media--the fable and the fairy-story" Muir 107. "Kipling's own witty black-and-white drawings. together with their extensive and ridiculous captions are one of the chief delights of the book" Carpenter & Prichard 285. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover books
1901rif. 295623London: Macmillan 1901. First. hardcover. fine. Illustrated. 8vo beautifully bound in dark red crushed morocco with dentelles raised bands & elephant head designs; all edges gilt by Bayntun-Riviere. London: Macmillan 1901. First Edition. Macmillan unknown books
1894rif. 110973London: Macmillan 1894-95. First edition second printings of both volumes of The Jungle Book finely bound in full morocco. Octavo two volumes bound in full morocco by Atelier with gilt titles and tooling to the spines in six compartments within raised bands triple gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles marbled endpapers all edges gilt illustrated with engravings by J. L. Kipling W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny including tissue-guarded frontispiece to Volume I. With the original cloth spines front and rear panels bound in at the rear of each volume. In fine condition. An exceptional set of these classic children's books. The Jungle Book is a collection of fables which provide moral instruction by using animals anthropomorphically. Each story begins and ends with a verse and the original publications contain some illustrations created by Rudyard's father John Lockwood Kipling. The inspiration for the book is evident. Kipling was born in India and he spent his childhood there. Interestingly Kipling wrote these stories when he lived in Vermont. The Jungle Book is used to develop the morale of the junior element of the Scouting movement "The Cub Scouts". The name of the head wolf "Akela" has been traditionally given to each Cub Scout pack leader. At least fifteen movies were released based on Kipling's stories beginning with Elephant Boy in 1937. A live-action anticipated version of Jungle Book will be released in October of 2018 by Warner Brothers. Macmillan hardcover books
1938rif. CNSZ08London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1938. Hardcover. Very good. Volumes I through XXVI and Volume XXVIII quarto size approx. 6650 total pages signed by Rudyard Kipling in Volume I. Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 is perhaps best known today for "The Jungle Book" however he was prolific with a list almost too long to count of novels short stories poems and travel literature. In 1907 at the age of 41 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature the first English language writer to receive the award and the youngest recipient to date n.b. above information from Wiki. This set of his works "The Bombay Edition" has Kipling's signature in the first volume and is printed on paper especially made for the edition bearing the watermark "R elephant-headed Ganesha with swastika and lotus K". Note: for those who may not be aware of this the swastika was originally used as a symbol of many types of good wishes: health luck success etc.; it's usage goes back as far as the 4th century BCE - or perhaps even earlier. It is in use in many Eastern religions even today as a symbol of divinity - it was in all of these positive aspects that Kipling used the symbol. It wasn't until the appropriation of the symbol by the Nazi party in the early 20th century that it came to mean to many in Western and European cultures a symbol of hatred and anti-Semitism. The first twenty-five volumes issued in an edition of 1050 copies the first eight volumes in 1913 volumes nine through twenty-two in 1914 volume twenty-three in 1915 volume twenty-four in 1917 and volume twenty-five in 1919. It was not until 1927 that volume twenty-six was published obviously due to the Great War and the final five volumes being issued in 1938 these final volumes issued in an edition of only 500 copies. This has had the result that many available sets do not contain the later volumes. This set consists of volumes one through twenty-six consecutively with the addition of volume twenty-eight. ___DESCRIPTION: Each volume bound in half natural linen over blue paper-covered boards paper spine labels top edges gilt fore- and bottom edges uncut volumes one through twenty-five with the Ex-Libris of Albert Julian Pell on the front pastedown see Provenance below Kipling's signature in black ink on the edition fore-title each volume with the volume title page in blue and black each story with a blue initial capital each volume with a colophon with a Kipling's device in blue most but not all volumes with spare spine labels tipped in at the rear flyleaf; bindings are quarto size 9 7/8" by 6 3/4" pagination ranges from 135 to 357 pp.; note that the paper covering the boards on volume twenty-four does not match the other volumes it is close in colour but different in texture since the Ex-Libris matches the others in the set we surmise it was issued this way but our bibliography is silent on that issue; also note that volumes twenty-six and twenty-eight were acquired separately see notes below. ___CONDITION: The set is overall in solid very good condition; the bindings clean although the blue paper now shows offsetting from the glue a bit of very light bumping to the head and tail of the spines the spine labels all sunned and some with light wear strong square text blocks with mostly solid hinges a few tender or slightly cracked but still holding most corners lightly rubbed a few board edges lightly dinged the interiors mostly clean and bright a few pages with light foxing and other than the Ex-Libris free of prior owner markings. Exceptions to this that we see include a prior bookseller pencilled marking above the Ex-Libris in volume one the bottom front corner of volume seven appears to have been bent at some point both hinges in volume thirteen were repaired at some point with what appears to be archival paper but we cannot be certain volume twenty-four with a dark stain on the upper portion of the spine whatever caused that did not penetrate into the book as the interior is fine and there is also a small light stain on the front board volume twenty-five with a light scratch on the front board volume twenty-six has the note from Robert Kirkman to Serendipity books see Provenance below loosely laid in and in addition to overall soil there is some damage to the fore-edge of the front board and the first few leaves along with some short pencilled notes on the front and rear pastedowns; volume twenty-eight is ex-library with the library stamp on the spine near the tail as well as library markings to the front pastedown including the residue of the removal of the library pocket the binding somewhat shaken and a few gutters lightly cracked. ___PROVENANCE: Volumes one through twenty-five with the armorial Ex-Libris of Albert Julian Pell 1863-1916 with the motto "mente manuque" "With mind and hand". Pell graduated from Merton College Oxford and practised law. He attained the rank of Captain and Hon. Major in the 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment and shortly before the outbreak of the Great War was attached to the General Staff of the Western Command. Volume twenty-six was acquired separately by U.K. bookseller Robert Kirkman Ltd. who sold it to Serendipity Books Oakland California; we have their note dated 21st March 2006 indicating that "remaining volumes will follow"; this set has volume twenty-eight but not twenty-seven oddly; and these final two volumes without the Ex-Libris of Major Pell. ___CITATION: Livingston pp. 454-456. ___POSTAGE: Please note that due to the size and weight of this set additional postage will apply for both domestic and international customers; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. 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