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réf. 06199n.p.: 1900. Rudyard Kipling" An Authentic Signature of the Nobel Prize-Winning Author Attractively Framed with a Portrait of Kipling as a Young Man KIPLING Rudyard 1865-1936. Autograph signature "Rudyard Kipling" on a clipped slip attractively mounted together with a photographic portrait of Kipling as a young man and an engraved identification plaque. The autograph boldly signed in black ink "Rudyard Kipling" is mounted within a cream and black geometric mat. Beneath is a brass plaque engraved "RUDYARD KIPLING / 1865-1936 / English Writer." Alongside is a photographic portrait of Kipling wearing spectacles and a broad-brimmed hat. Photographic portrait approximately 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches 241 x 170 mm. The whole professionally matted framed and glazed in an attractive black and gilt frame. Overall frame size approximately 16 1/2 x 21 inches 419 x 535 mm. An attractive framed presentation incorporating an authentic autograph of Rudyard Kipling one of the most celebrated English writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the first English-language writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay in 1865 and spent much of his early life in British India an experience which profoundly influenced his literary career. His extraordinary range encompassed poetry short stories novels and children's literature. His best-known works include The Jungle Book 1894 The Second Jungle Book 1895 Kim 1901 and Just So Stories for Little Children 1902 together with such celebrated poems as "Mandalay" "Gunga Din" "Recessional" and "If - ." In 1907 Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature becoming both the first English-language recipient and at the age of forty-one the youngest recipient to that date. The Nobel committee praised his powers of observation originality of imagination virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration. The autograph itself is particularly appealing: it is a clean legible example of Kipling's familiar flowing signature with the distinctive formation of the capital R and K and it presents extremely well within the custom display. n.p.: , 1900 unknown
1888réf. 42461Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler & Co 1888. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Large octavo. 2 pgs. of ads 104pp. vii pages of ads at the rear. Custom full contemporary red morocco binding with a gilt-stamped motif likely owner's initials or personal insignia and tooling on the the front cover and spine. Raised bands. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers and gilt dentelles with owner's bookplate the same design as on the front cover measuring 1x1" on vellum at the interior front cover. Bound by Trow in New York with binder's signature at the top of the fornt free endpaper. This is the true first edition of this collection of children's stories by Kipling published in India. This is no.6 of the "Indian Railway Library" series published by A.H. Wheeler & Co with a cover price of "One Rupee." The original grey-green illustrated wrappers both front and back credited to the "Moto School of Art Lahore" have been bound into this beautiful hardcover signed binding by Brentano's. The front wrapper features three men and a boy while the back wrapper shows two flute-playing soldiers. The front and back of the book feature ads for and reviews of other works by Kipling. Binding with some minor rubbing to extremities and minor smudging to the covers. A faint horizontal scratch to the front cover. Interior with a small closed tear to the bottom of the gutter at the interior front cover. Light spotting along the edge of the book block the front free endpapers and the bound in front wrapper. Binding and interior in very good condition overall. No.6 of the "Indian Railway Library" series by AH Wheeler & Co. These where originally sold at railway stations in India in softcover editions. A.H. Wheeler & Co hardcover
1909réf. 28248New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1909. First American edition specifically produced for the Christmas season of 1909. As the English but this copy bound in the olive green cloth variant. With 30 color plates tipped-in within ornamental borders and with black and white drawings on almost every page all by W. Heath Robinson. Descriptive tissue guards each with a miniature line illustration. Pictorial title and fifty-nine black and white illustration sin the text. Title printed in red and black. Large 4to original olive green cloth lettered and elaborately decorated in gilt with fine pictorial designs on the upper cover and spine. An unusally nice copy of this lovely book the binding and text are both very fine and the plates all pristine and as mint the cloth and gilt quite bright and very well preserved. FIRST EDITION OF THIS VERY BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WORK BY RUDYARD KIPLING. THE W. HEATH ROBINSON ILLUSTRATIONS ARE SUPERB BY ANY MEASURE. The trade edition of this volume was issued to benefit the "Daily Telegraph" National Bands Fund and includes the text of a speech given by Kipling on the subject: "From the lowest point of view a few drums and fifes in a battalion are worth five extra miles on a route march." Robinson’s highly sensuous illustrations perfectly complement Kipling’s poems of British seafaring around the world. The grand poem SONG OF THE ENGLISH is followed by six subsidiary poems likely composed while the Kiplings were living in Vermont. The theme underlying much of this collection is that the English are the Chosen under the Lord. This is one of Kipling’s earliest verses specifically setting out his vision of the British Empire and the duties which it imposes on the English people. His definition of 'the English' is wide certainly embracing the people of the overseas Empire Australia New Zealand Canada South Africa but arguably also the Americans among whom he lived in the years working on the collection. "The next important task I undertook was the illustration of an edition of Rudyard Kipling's A SONG OF THE ENGLISH to be published.in the year 1908. It became necessary for me to meet the author and discuss the proposed book with him. For this purpose I traveled down to Burwash where he lived at that time. This was an excursion I shall always remember. I was met a 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. Three was a faint smell of the sea in the air wafting 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 a free a hand as possible. His sympathetic understanding of my part in the undertaking made me feel tha 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 personalty. 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 Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1901réf. GA202410085Hardcover book in red cloth with titles in gold on spine. The front cover is decorated with a medallion with an imprint of an elephant head in gold. This is a beautiful copy of this famous book. It has some black and white pictures printed on treated paper. The book is clean and tight. It shows very light wear on the top and bottom of the spine. MacMillan and Co, Limited hardcover
1901réf. 37365Macmillan 1901. 8vo. First Edition First Issue with frontispiece original tissue guard present title in red and black and 9 plates tiny neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original red cloth upper board blocked with Ganesha elephant's head in gilt gilt back gilt top backstrip very faintly faded at extreme head and tail else an unusally bright clean crisp copy. With the nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of J. Chamberlain on front paste-down and complete with 2pp. publisher's advertisement at end showing price of 6s. The illustrations are by Kipling's father. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Livingston 250. Macmillan, hardcover
réf. 70558New York NY: The Century Co. 1894; 1895. Children's Illustrated FIRST US EDITIONS first volume 18th thousand second volume first impression. Two volumes. Octavo 20 x 14cm pp.xiv; 303; 3. Pp.10; 324; 2. With 35 illustrations by Drake to volume I including a frontispiece and frequent in-text illustrations by the author's father John to volume II. Publisher's green and red cloth respectively with gilt titles and decoration to spines and boards. Top edges gilt. Bookplate of the Colonial Club to front pastedown of volume I with light spotting throughout. Light general wear to cloth. Second volume has a blue ink ownership stamp to fly-leaf otherwise internally clean. Moderate wear to cloth including some loss to headcap. Very good overall. The Jungle Book and its sequel comprise a selection of short stories-the best-known being the three tales centring on the adventures of the abandoned 'man cub' Mowgli. Other popular tales include 'Rikki-Tikki-Tavi' the story of a heroic mongoose and 'Toomai of the Elephants' the tale of a young elephant-handler. New York, NY: The Century Co., 1894; 1895 unknown
réf. 74870London: Macmillan and Company 1902. Children's Illustrated FIRST EDITION first impression in first issue binding EX LIBRIS ELEANOR EDITH HELME. Large Octavo 24 x 19cm pp.6 249 3. Heavily illustrated with engravings by the author. Publisher's red cloth blocked in white and black to spine and boards. Black ink gift inscription to the fly-leaf: 'Eleanor E. Helme from her father Oct. 21. 1902.' Heavy spotting to endpapers with minor toning throughout and deep heavy tobacco scent. Rear hinge starting but remains firm. Light wear to cloth with some toning especially to spine. White titles to spine dulled but fully intact. Very good. The original collection of Kipling's popular animal stories including "How the Whale Got his Throat" "The Elephant's Child" and "The Butterfly That Stamped". This copy from the library of Eleanor Helme 1887-1967 early female Golfer author and Journalist who won the English Ladies Amateur Championship in 1923 served as President of the Surrey Ladies County Golf Association 1929-1946 and wrote numerous books on Golf and Nature for both adults and children. Stewart 260 Richards A181. London: Macmillan and Company, 1902 unknown
réf. 2751jHodder and Stoughton. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Robinson W. Heath. Signed. c1909. Limited edition number 166 of 500 copies made and signed by the illustrator W. Heath Robinson. Bound handsomely in full vellum. The boards are ever so slightly rubbed but otherwise strong and bright. Internally there are no other markings or inscriptions and the pages within are neat and complete. Securely bound and in stunning condition considering its probable age! JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1910réf. 339470Garden City: Doubleday Page 1910. First. hardcover. near fine. 8 double leaves cut at bottom edge each leaf stamped with a red border. Oblong 16mo rebound in tan morocco preserving the front printed board cover. Garden City: Doubleday Page 1910. First Edition. First separate U.S. edition of Kipling's most enduring work of verse. Precedes the UK edition by four years. Small marginal tear in one blank leaf otherwise fine. Doubleday Page unknown
1889réf. 322133Allahabad: Messrs. A. H. Wheeler & Co 1889. First edition. 2 ads 2 ii 2106 ii vii ads i blank pp. Printed at the "Pioneer" Press Allahabad. 1 vols. 8vo 8-3/4 x 5-3/8 inches. Pictorial wrappers by Mayo School of Art Lahore. Spine renewed. Signed P. Ashworth on upper cover. In brown half morocco slipcase and chemise. Very Good. First edition. 2 ads 2 ii 2106 ii vii ads i blank pp. Printed at the "Pioneer" Press Allahabad. 1 vols. 8vo 8-3/4 x 5-3/8 inches. Collection of eight short stories. Livingston 34; Richards A16 Messrs. A. H. Wheeler & Co unknown
1930réf. 6276Doubleday Doran and Company Garden City. Very Good. 1930. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 3 volume set. Limited edition no. 104 of 525 sets 12 others were presentation copies signed by Rudyard Kipling; frontispiece of volume one is a facsimile page from a handwritten manuscript of "The Thousandth Man". . Light tan/cream colored-boards light brown title labels. Gold design of an elephant with a flower swastika near its head on front boards of all 3 volumes. A few light smudges/scuffs on boards especially on volume III but no damage. Bindings tight. ; Signed by Author . Doubleday, Doran and Company, Garden City hardcover
1930réf. 36775Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. 1930. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Limited Edition. 3 Volume Set 4to. "This edition printed from type that has now been distributed is limited to five hundred and thirty-seven sets. Twelve of these are for presentation. The first volume of each of the remaining five hundred and twenty-five numbered sets is signed by the author." This is set number 114. Signed by Rudyard Kipling in black ink. Volume One includes a facsimile page opposite the title page of Rudyard Kipling's handwriting within the manuscript of "The Thousandth Man" limited to the copies of this edition of poems. Separated by bounded tissue. Light tan cloth boards with light brown title boxes along spines. Gold-embossed design of an elephant holding a flower with a swastika near its head on all three volume front covers. Many page leafs remain uncut. Shelfwear: light scuffing along cover edges heavy spine tanning to all volumes heavy smudge and scuff marks to front and back covers light fading to covers. Light foxing to page edges inside front and back covers and front and back free endpapers. Volume One is missing a small piece from the top of the spine. All three volumes are tightly bound with very clean and crisp pages. No marks. Overall volumes are in Good condition. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Hardcover
1908réf. 33222New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1908. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. The Outward Bound Edition. Volumes 1 - 32; lacks volumes 11 17 20 and 33 - 36. This set was issued over many years so it's no surprise that several are missing. An attractive set bound in three quarter dark brown leather over marbled paper covered boards with gilt titles floral devices and raised bands to spines. Minor wear to edges corners spine ends and bands to most volumes. One volume has a detached spine along one edge. Another volume 18 is heavily cracked along the spine with some chipping. Minor sunning to spines of some volumes. Clean interiors overall with occasional spots of soiling to margins. Includes full page illustrations with captioned tissue guards. Marbled endpapers and top edges gilt. LIT/041719. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1913réf. 1008London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1913. Bombay Edition. Bound by Harcourt Bindery. Near Fine. From Sea to Sea And other Sketches By Rudyard Kipling 1913 From the Bombay Edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling Bound in Superb crushed Morocco gilt stamped bindings by The Harcourt Bindery Macmillan and co. Limited St. Martins Street London. 1913 Rudyard Kipling. Two volumes which contain From Sea to Sea and other sketches. From the greater Bombay Edition set limited to 1050 copies. Finely bound by the Harcourt Bindery in brown and black crushed Morocco the spines in gilt compartments titles in gilt the boards beautifully decorated with ornate gilt borders and circular elephant. all page edges in gilt. With dark green and brown gilt stamped inside boards. A luxury binding from the World renowned American book binders. The leaves printed on thick luxury paper. Royal 8vo's measuring; 9.5"x7". Printed by R & R Clark from the Florence Press Type. Condition: See photos as part of condition report: Nicely bound and holding firmly Volume 1 in black Morocco some discolouration to the rear board the upper board to volume 2 a darker brown with black rear boars. spines in a lighter brown. Gilt still bright. Some bubbling to the silk endpaper to volume 2. pages clean with the occasional spot. Text blocks firm. Very good. . Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown
1910réf. 50820Macmillan 1910. 8vo. First Edition with title in red and black and 4 plates; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt top hand-made endpapers ribbon marker custom-made slip-case with patterned lining fore-edge lightly dust-soiled else a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 10pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Kipling's collection of historical fantasy and short stories includes the first appearance of the well-known poem 'If'. Bleiler 344. Macmillan, hardcover
1923réf. 126193The First UK printings published by Macmillan and Co. Limited London in 1923. 8vo. 2 vols.; publisher's red cloth embossed with the regimental badge of the Irish Guards in gilt to the upper boards; lettered in gilt along backstrips; together in the rare brown wrappers printed in black with publisher s devices to upper cover and spine; and a list of advertisements for Kipling s works to the lower panel; priced 40/- net to spine; upper edges gilt; with 4 double-page and 7 single-page maps by Emery Walker showing the first and second battalions respectively and printed in red and black; The BOOKS are in Very Good condition. Clean copies a little toned to the text block with some minimal rubbing and bumping to the edges of the cloth boards in places ; previous bookseller description affixed to the ffep of Vol I. The seldom found WRAPPERS are in Very Good condition ; chipped to spine ends with a little loss but none affecting text; some chips leading to some small closed tears and a little loss to the upper edges in places; spine of Vol II wrapper with a 7cm split along fold and two tears extending horizontally across the backstrip; unusual still in this condition. The wrappers are protected in removable Brodart archival covers. Provenance: with the attractive bookplate of Lucy and Bernard Heinemann to the front paste-downs. First edition first UK printing with contemporary insurance policy advertisement bookmark loosely inserted. An extensively researched work covering the movements and actions of the Irish Guards from their mobilisation the First Battalion on 4th August 1914 the Second from the 15th July 1915 through to Armistice day. The Irish Guards were one of the first regiments to be mobilised and they remained on the Western Front for the duration of the war. They took part in one of the bloodiest battles of 1914 the battle of Ypres as well as the Battle of the Somme and faced huge casualties throughout the duration of the war. Their motto Quis Separabit which appears on the covers of this work translated from the Latin as "Who shall separate us" and comes from the Order of St Patrick. Kipling had good reason to focus his attention on this particular regiment. Upon the outbreak of the First World War the author s only son John was keen to enlist and after failing a series of medical examinations due to poor eyesight it was his father who eventually succeeded in getting him a place being lifelong friends with Lord Roberts former commander-in-chief of the British Army and colonel of the Irish Guards. John joined the Irish Guards and at the battle of Loos was sent into fight two days into the battle in a reinforcement contingent. Missing in action he was presumed dead in service to his country and his body was not formerly identified until 1992. Kipling was devastated by his loss and consumed with guilt at his part in arranging his son s placement. He later wrote in Epitaphs of the War "If any question why we died / Tell them because our fathers lied." Recollection fades from men s minds as common as life closes over them Kipling writes here in his introduction. It is for the sake of these initiated that the compiler has loaded his records with detail and seeming triviality since in a life where Death ruled every hour nothing was trivial. A fascinating historical record scarce in the jackets and often regarded as one of the finest examples of regimental history. Collectible More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Macmillan and Co., Limited, London hardcover
1902réf. 935T3London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1902. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9.5" by 7". Rudyard Kipling. A first edition of this charming collection of stories from Rudyard Kipling for young readers illustrated by the author. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-two plates and the odd in-text image. Collated complete. A collection of origin stories for children illustrating how animals acquired their distinctive features such as how the leopard got his spots. Written and illustrated by Joseph Rudyard Kipling an English novelist short-story writer poet and journalist best known for The Jungle Book Kim and this collection of tales. In the original full red cloth binding. Externally sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small closed tear to the head and tail of the spine. Hinges starting but firm between pages 34 and 35. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Further spotting and light age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. A 2" closed tear to page 91/92. Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1898réf. 1008G23New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1898-1910. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A twenty five volume set of the prose and verse of popular author Rudyard Kipling with plates throughout. A twenty five volume set.In the publisher's original red cloth bindings with gilt to top edges.A set of the prose and verse of Rudyard Kipling an English journalist novelist poet and short-story writer. He was born in British India which inspired much of his work.Kipling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was among the United Kingdom's most popular writers and is seen as an innovator in the art of the short story. In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature at 41 being its youngest recipient to date.Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece except Vol XX and numerous plates. Collated complete. This set includes:Volume I: 1898 Plain Tales From the Hills. With three plates. Volume II: 1898 Soldiers Three and Military Tales Part I. With two plates. Volume III: 1898 Soldiers Three and Military Tales Part II. With two plates. Volume IV: 1898 In Black and White. With two plates. Volume V: 1898 The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Stories. With two plates. Volume VI: 1898 Under the Deodars The Story of the Gadsbys Wee Willie Winkie. With two plates.Volume VII: 1898 The Jungle Book. With two plates. Volume VIII: 1898 The Second Jungle Book. With two plates. Volume IX: 1898 The Light That Failed. With two plates. Volume X: 1898 The Naulahka: A Story of West and East. Written in collaboration with Woolcott Balestier. With two plates.Volume XI: 1898 Verses 1889-1896. With two plates.Volume XII: 1898 "Captains Courageous": A Story of the Grand Banks. With two plates.Volume XIII: 1899 The Day's Work Part I. With two plates. Volume XIV: 1899 The Day's Work Part II. With two plates.Volume XV: 1899 From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Part I. With two plates. Volume XVI: 1899 From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Part II. With two plates. Volume XVII: 1900 Early Verse. With two plates. Volume XVIII: 1900 Stalky & Co. With two plates. Volume XIX: 1905 Kim. With nine plates. Volume XX: 1903 Just So Stories For Little Children. With illustrations by the author. Volume XXI: 1903 The Five Nations. With two plates. Volume XXII: 1907 Traffics and Discoveries. With two plates. Volume XXIII:1906 Puck of Pook's Hill. With three plates. Volume XXIV: 1909 Actions and Reactions. With three plates. Volume XXV: 1910 Rewards and Fairies. With three plates. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally smart. Fading to spines with bumping to the heads and tails. Some fading to boards. Odd small mark to boards. Hinges occasionally straining. Offsetting and spotting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light spotting. Very Good Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1911réf. mon0000184712Macmillan & Co 1911-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Not Ex-Library. Hardback/Hardcover. Well read copy with some spine wear and colouring of pages due to age but still very useable. 1904 edition no spine cover. Macmillan & Co hardcover
1914réf. 126384New York: Hearst's International Library Co 1914. First edition of King Albert's Book produced to profit the Belgian Fund. Quarto original cloth frontispiece portrait of King Albert with numerous tipped-in color plates illustrated by Arthur Rackham Edmund Dulac Kay Nielsen and Maxfield Parrish. Contains the first appearance of Rudyard Kipling's The Outlaws. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is lacking the spine. Produced to benefit the Belgian Fund King Albert's Book contains contributions by numerous princes diplomats ecclesiastics scholars scientists men and women of letters artists and composers including Winston S. Churchill Rudyard Kipling Edith Wharton Arthur Rackham and Claude Debussy. Hearst's International Library Co hardcover
réf. 06549London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1897. The Grand Banks - Where Boys Become Men" A Classic of the Sea KIPLING Rudyard. 'Captains Courageous' A Story of the Grand Banks. With illustrations by I. W. Taber. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1897. First edition. Small octavo 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 184 x 121 mm. viii 245 1 blank 2 advertisements pp. With twenty-two full-page illustrations by I. W. Taber. Publisher's blue cloth front cover and spine pictorially decorated in gilt dark gray coated endpapers all edges gilt. Minimal rubbing to extremities small bookseller's description neatly affixed to front paste-down. A touch of very light foxing otherwise a near fine copy the notoriously fragile endpapers remarkably fresh and intact. One of Kipling's most enduring and widely read novels Captains Courageous stands apart within his canon as a pure sea story drawn from his own experiences aboard fishing vessels off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. First published in 1897 it tells the story of Harvey Cheyne a spoiled American boy transformed by hardship discipline and camaraderie after being swept overboard and rescued by a Gloucester fishing schooner. The novel's vivid depiction of life at sea - its dangers routines and moral code - owes much to Kipling's gift for observation and his admiration for working seamen. The result is a narrative at once adventurous and deeply humane often compared to the great maritime traditions of Dana and Melville but with a distinctly Kiplingesque emphasis on character and duty. Isaiah West Taber 1830-1912 is a slightly deceptive figure in this context - he was not primarily a book illustrator but one of the leading American photographers of the late 19th century based in San Francisco. That explains why the plates in Captains Courageous feel unusually "real": they are derived from photographic studies not traditional drawn illustration. The publisher's pictorial gilt cloth binding with its bold maritime design is particularly attractive and increasingly difficult to find in such well-preserved condition especially with the delicate coated endpapers intact and the gilt still bright. A handsome and increasingly scarce first edition of one of the great literary evocations of the sea. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1897 unknown
1892réf. 1206041892. Scarce unauthorized edition of perhaps Kipling's most popular poetry collection. Octavo original wrappers. In very good condition. This collection was so popular upon publication in 1892 it was pirated in a small number of unauthorized editions which were sold on the streets of London and quickly suppressed. Housed in a custom chemise case. Scarce. In the short span of four years English author Rudyard Kipling produced in addition to the Jungle Books a collection of short stories The Day's Work a novel Captains Courageous and a profusion of poetry including the volume The Seven Seas. The collection of Barrack-Room Ballads was issued in March 1892 first published individually for the most part in 1890 and containing his poems "Mandalay" and "Gunga Din". unknown
réf. 122487Rare collection of Rudyard Kipling ephemera from the collection of William Britton Stitt including his membership card to The Kipling Society letters of correspondence between him and the President of The Kipling Society newspaper clippings articles postcards pamphlets and separate editions of Kipling stories and poems. In very good condition. A unique collection. 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. unknown
1899réf. 96106London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd 1899. First British edition of Kipling's collection of school stories. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt medallion displaying an elephant to the from panel top edge gilt. In fine condition. From the library of George Barr McCutcheon with his bookplate to the pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. A bright example. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. He became 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. Kipling's Stalky & Co. follows the story of a group of raucous adolescent boys at a British boarding school. Macmillan and Co., Ltd hardcover
1897réf. 211Kipling Rudyard. Hindu Tales In Black and White. Translated from English by V.N. Ofrosimov. St. Petersburg 1897 107 pp. 22 x 15 cm. Kipling is the most "Russian" of all Western writers of the 20th century not in terms of character or worldview but in terms of the intensity of his influence. No other country in the world loved The Jungle Book so much the best cartoon based on it was made in the USSR the best music for the radio play was written by Gubaidulina herself children of all Soviet generations played Mowgli Bagheera and Shere Khan and by the way we correctly adjusted the gender of Kipling's two main characters. The cat who walks by himself became a cat in our version and the fairy tale became more accurate funnier and more sarcastic and Bagheera who was also a brave young man in Kipling's version turned into a cunning queen of the jungle sometimes protecting Mowgli sometimes in love with him; a kind of Catherine with a young favorite. But most importantly Kipling became the foremost poet in Russia. At the same time he is rather marginal in England and even more so in the United States where incidentally his favorite was Eliot an avant-gardist and certainly not an imperialist; "A bad poet who writes excellent poems" he said of Kipling and this is a very accurate description. Despite Kipling's popularity in the USSR translations of his works began long before the October Revolution and the establishment of Soviet power. The first translations appeared in 1896 and at the beginning of the 20th century several new translations were published each year. In 1916 an 11-volume collection of his works was released. The book on offer Hindu Tales 1897 is one of the first translations of Kipling into Russian. It is in decent condition with a worn cover from the era and the stamp of a private collector. WorldCat shows only two copies in libraries worldwide Berkeley and Yale.
