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1909Best.-Nr. 510827New York: B. W. Dodge & Company 1909. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Contemporary bookplate on front pastedown else a fine copy. Livingston 328 "Pirated edition" preceding all others. A beautiful copy. B. W. Dodge & Company hardcover books
1909Best.-Nr. 277421New York: Dodge 1909. First. hardcover. fine. 8vo blue cloth stamped in black & gilt. N.Y.: B.W. Dodge 1909. First Edition. Fine. First unauthorised edition appearing two months before the Doubleday Page edition. No dust jacket as issued. Dodge unknown books
1932Best.-Nr. 427502London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1932. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Reprint of the Uniform Edition. 282pp. 21 black-and-white illustrations. Gilt-stamped red cloth top edge gilt. Spine cocked near fine in a very good very lightly stained dustwrapper short nicks on spine ends. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover books
1899Best.-Nr. 87497New York: Doubleday & McClure Co 1899. First Edition. First printings. Two octavo volumes. Green cloth hardcovers; xv460 x400pp. Mild trace of rubbing at spine ends and board corners; corners lightly tapped otherwise a clean tight and unmarked set very Near Fine. Collected dispatches from India most originally published in The Pioneer between 1887 and 1889. The American edition precedes the British by one year. Doubleday & McClure Co unknown books
1992Best.-Nr. 1394303Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1992. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. In Very Good condition. Sealed in original plastic shrink wrap. Bound in publisher's decorated green leather with paneling and gilt lettering to spine. Edges of textblock gilt. Shelved in Easton Press. 1394303. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Easton Press hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 121617London: Daily Express. paperback. very good. The Famous Speech at Tunbridge Wells on May 16th 1914. Photograph of Kipling by E.A. Hoppe. 2 leaves small 4to. London: The Daily Express 1914. Stewart 379. Daily Express unknown books
1920Best.-Nr. 19259Little Rock: The Incunabula Bookshop 1920. First edition. Gray paper wrappers. Bump to lower spine else a near fine copy. Unpaged 12 pp. 8vo. 8 1/2 x 6 in. Number 44 of a limited edition of 100 copies. Originally published in "The Author" London July 1 1891. A satire directed at the American copyright bill. Livingston 458. Stewart 477. The Incunabula Bookshop unknown books
1899Best.-Nr. 330761London: Macmillan 1899. First. hardcover. near fine. 8vo red cloth stamped in gilt. London: Macmillan 1899. First Edition. Near fine copy with bookplate. Macmillan unknown books
1914Best.-Nr. 26603London: Macmillan Company 1914. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. 3 pp. 16mo. Livingston 300 note p. 285. Stewart 308. Macmillan Company unknown books
1898Best.-Nr. 324697London: Macmillan 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good in blue cloth with gold decorative stamping top edge gilt light wear at the spine ends and corners a little scuffing along the edges of the spine spine cracked in the center. Macmillan hardcover books
1903Best.-Nr. 7226London: Methuen and Co. 1903. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Brown cloth over boards with gilt lettering stamped direct on spine top edge gilt; pp. xiii 3 215 1 38 ads. Spine and edges of boards sunned; spine tips gently rubbed; scattered foxing throughout as expected. VG overall. A handsome volume. London: Methuen and Co. hardcover books
1898Best.-Nr. 51120NY: D. Appleton and Company 1898. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. Reprint. Heavily foxed throughout else a very good hardback in publisher's orange cloth and a jacket that is largely intact but is in three pieces and lacking the front flap. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1899Best.-Nr. 1215New York: D. Appleton and Company 1899. Cloth. Very good. 12mo; 209 1 6pp publisher's ads; gilt-stamped green-grey metallic thread cloth; upper edge gilt fore-edge and bottom deckle; gift inscription to ffep; sunning to rear board age-toning to paper; very good. Collection of Kipling's poetry including 18 Barrack-Room Ballads. D. Appleton and Company unknown books
1896Best.-Nr. 324351London: Methuen and Co 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good top edge gilt with a faded spine boards are scuffed a bookplate on the front pastedown. Methuen and Co hardcover books
1893Best.-Nr. 589656London: C. Sheard & Co 1893. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Folio. Three nested bifolia making 12 pages. Outer bifolium separated along the fold but both leaves are present light edgewear "File Copy" and name stamp on the front cover still a very good and complete copy. For voice and piano. "Dedicated by kind permission to H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge K.G. Commander in Chief." OCLC locates only two holdings. C. Sheard & Co unknown books
1911Best.-Nr. 608406London: Charles sheard & Co 1911. Softcover. Very Good. Unknown edition stamped "File Copy." Folio. three nested bifolia making 12 pages. Outer most and middle bifolia separating a bit at the ends of the folds light soiling and toning to the exterior and bumping to the corners still a complete and very good copy. For voice and piano. Plate imprint "Solider soldier come from the wars. E flat." Features short samples of several other songs. The front cover states "To that illustrious soldier Lt. General Sir Evelyn Wood these setting of Soldier Ballads are dedicated by his former schoolfellow." OCLC locates five holdings and it appears to be equally scarce in the trade. Charles sheard & Co unknown books
1906Best.-Nr. 616857London: Charles Sheard & Co 1906. Softcover. Very Good. Sheet music. Folio. Three nested bifolia making 12 pages. Publisher's stamp on the front cover some minor edgewear and corners bumped a complete and very good or better copy. The front cover states this piece is "Dedicated to the Royal Marines." For voice and piano. OCLC locates only a single holding and it appears to be equally scarce in the trade. Charles Sheard & Co unknown books
1932Best.-Nr. 7414Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran & Co 1932. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1932 stated 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine with bright gilt-lettering at the front panel and spine in a crisp price-intact Near Fine dustjacket with very very lighty staining along the spine. Thick octavo 371 pgs. Housed in a custom-made quarter-morocco biox. Doubleday, Doran & Co unknown books
1912Best.-Nr. 23779Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company 1912. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. The 1912 1st edition preceding the British edition by 1 year. Tight and VG in its dark cloth with bright gilt-titling and blindstamping along the front panel. And in a perfectly serviceable price-intact VG dustjacket with light creasing and wear along the spine ends light soiling to the panels including spotting at the spine and several tiny closed tears to the edges. Still though a presentable copy. Livingston 358. Doubleday, Page & Company unknown books
1909Best.-Nr. 28356New York: Doubleday Page and Company 1909. First American edition 8vo pp. 8 324; 8 plates; light wear to extremities else a very good copy or better in original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt and black. Livingston 324; Stewart 321. Doubleday, Page and Company unknown books
1909Best.-Nr. 20212London: Macmillan and Co 1909. First English edition 8vo pp. 6 302 12 ads; light soiling to spine and light wear to extremities else a very good copy or better in original maroon cloth. Macmillan and Co unknown books
1899Best.-Nr. 9025New York: Doubleday & McClure Co 1899. First American edition 8vo 12 & 310pp. 8 illustrations by L. Raven-Hill; extremities rubbed hinges starting else a very good sound copy in original green cloth with caravel design in black on front cover and lettering in gold on front cover and spine t.e.g. Livingston 215. Doubleday & McClure Co unknown books
1904Best.-Nr. 9001New York: Doubleday Page and Co 1904. First American edition 8vo vi & 363pp.; slight water-staining affecting rear cover bottom spine and rear endpapers minor wear to top and bottom of spine else a near fine copy in original green cloth with caravel design on front cover in black and gilt lettering and spine. Livingston 290. Doubleday, Page and Co unknown books
1899Best.-Nr. 05451THE BRUSHWOOD BOY Doubleday & McClure 1899 first edition a bright very good to very good copy in gold silver and black stamped pictorial binding. Profusely illustrated by Orson Lowell. Doubleday & McClure unknown books
1893Best.-Nr. 05446THE RECESSIONAL AND DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES Dodge N.d. first edition front cover with some soiling spine somewhat tanned else a vg copy. A Dodge pirated edtion not listed in Livingston or Martinbell. Dodge 1893 unknown books
