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1907réf. 122083New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1907. First edition of Kipling's collected verse inscribed by him to President Theodore Roosevelt's son Kermit Roosevelt. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Association copy signed and inscribed by Rudyard Kipling with a line from The Feet of the Young Men to Kermit Roosevelt on the title page "Rudyard Kipling Bolemons: August 4. 1912: "now the young men go to dance before the Trues." RK." With Roosevelts ownership inscription to the title page "Kermit Roosevelt March 23 1909" and his daughter Belle Kermit Roosevelt's bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and writer Kermit Roosevelt was a graduate of Harvard College served in both World Wars in World War I with both the British and American armies and explored two continents with his father Theodore Roosevelt. One of Roosevelt's most popular books Through the Brazilian Wilderness recounted their father and son expedition to the Brazilian Jungle which would become known as the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition. In 1909 the year of Kermit's ownership inscription in the present volume he and his father undertook a year-long expedition in Africa funded by the Smithsonian Institution. After this trip and a swing through Europe Kermit returned to Harvard and completed four years of study in two and a half years graduating with the Class of 1912 the year of Kipling's inscription. In very good condition. A unique association. 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. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
réf. 121314London Macmillan and Co. 1894; 1895. . First editions first printing; 2 vols 8vo 18.5 x 13 cm; richly illustrated with historiated initials head and tail-piece vignettes and full page plates tipped-in typewritten letter signed by Kipling publisher's ads to rear of second work previous ownership in pen to front free endpaper and to title of first work a little toned and slightly soiled; 20th-century blue morocco gilt by Riviere & Son pictorial onlaid morocco vignettes to upper covers within gilt arabesque borders gilt spines in 6 compartments rebacked preserving the original spines original publisher's blue cloth covers and spines bound in at rear of each vol. silk doublures frayed with areas of loss spines and extremities rubbed with slight loss housed in a custom-made blue cloth felt-lined slipcase; vi 2 212; 6 238 2 adspp. A handsome set of the first editions first printings of Kipling's classic two-novel series The Jungle Book and its sequel The Second Jungle Book bound by Riviere & Son in onlaid pictorial blue morocco gilt with a tipped-in typewritten letter signed by Kipling. London, Macmillan and Co., 1894; 1895. hardcover
réf. 23763London: Macmillan and Company Ltd. 1894 & 1895. First edition in book form first printing of both volumes. First edition in book form first printing of both volumes. With the tipped in signature of Rudyard Kipling. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full navy blue morocco illustrated and ruled in gilt to the upper and lower boards; five raised bands gilt ruled and illustrated compartments titles in gilt to the spines. Gilt decorated board edges inner dentelles triple ruled in gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Publisher's original cloth bound in at the rear of each volume. 'The Jungle Book' with an engraved frontispiece by William Henry Drake complete with tissue guard as issued and many illustrations throughout the text by the author's father John Lockwood Kipling William Henry Drake and Paul Frenzeny. 'The Second Jungle Book' with numerous illustrations throughout the text by John Lockwood Kipling and a single page of publisher's adverts at the rear as issued. A fine set the bindings square and tight without fading or wear. The contents are clean and bright throughout without foxing or previous owner's inscriptions. Both volumes are housed in a blue cloth ribbon pull slipcase. Tipped in at the front free endpaper of The Jungle Book is a slip of paper signed in black ink by the Nobel Prize winning author Rudyard Kipling. A beautifully presented and appealing set of this classic of nineteenth-century children's literature charting the adventures of the "man-cub" Mowgli and his jungle-dwelling friends. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: Macmillan and Company Ltd. 1894 & 1895 hardcover
réf. 06177Lahore : The Civil and Military Gazette Press 1886. First Edition of Kipling's First Published Book - Departmental Ditties KIPLING Rudyard. Departmental Ditties and Other Verses. Lahore: The Civil and Military Gazette Press 1886. First edition of Kipling's first published book. Narrow octavo 10 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches; 273 x 107 mm. Twenty-nine unnumbered leaves. Publisher's tan printed wrappers stapled as issued and imitating the form of an Indian civil service envelope complete with overlapping flap. There is an ink inscription at the bottom of the front wrapper "E.R.P to M.C.P." Light soiling to wrappers edge of front wrapper and flap with some light wear. The pink ribbon that originally passed through the slit on the flap is now lacking the flap itself and its very vulnerable hinge to the overlapping flap is unrestored and intact. Bookplate of Roger H. West and old booksellers description pasted onto blank verso of penultimate verse Giffen's Debt. Over-opened between penultimate and last leaf. Contained in a red cloth chemise which in turn is housed in a full red morocco slipcase smooth spine lettered in gilt. Aside from the aforementioned minor flaws this is still an exceptionally good unrestored copy. First edition of Kipling's debut published work. His previous writings had either been privately printed issued as offprints or included in collaborative books. At the time Kipling was serving as sub-editor of the Civil and Military Gazette an English-language newspaper based in Lahore that covered the lives of the Civil Service and the Indian Army in Punjab. His position combined with his family's social standing afforded him numerous opportunities to observe and explore the full spectrum of life in India. From an early age Kipling had been captivated by the vibrant and diverse world of native India and his keen observational skills allowed him to vividly capture its essence. As his engagement with journalism deepened he frequently filled the newspaper's pages with prose sketches and light verse. Eventually he began inserting his own poems under the title Departmental Ditties into the newspaper culminating in the publication of this edition designed to resemble a bundle of civil service memoranda. Livingston 10; Richards A7; Stewart 8. Lahore : The Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1886 unknown
1902réf. 336891London: Macmillan 1902. First. hardcover. fine. Illustrated by the Author. 4to re-bound in full red crushed morocco raised bands with gilt animal heads on the spine gilt picture of an elephant on the front cover gilt dentelles marbled end-papers all edges gilt by Bayntun-Riviere. London: Macmillan 1902. First Edition. A superlative copy of this beloved children's book. Fine in cloth slipcase. Macmillan unknown
réf. 4642Kipling corresponds with fellow writer H. Rider Haggard whom he calls "Dear Old Man" mainly discussing Haggard's last important novel "When the World Shook." "Your Oro is no small person - a gent with a delicate mind and insensitive leanings. Note however that the idea of a great gyroscope that goes out of control has been used. It was created for demonstration purposes slipped on its base and ground a hall full of people to rags. Put on your scale it's a simply hellish idea." Here Kipling illustrates the gyroscope in a small sketch and suggests an alternative gyroscope that shifts internal strata and tilts the earth. "Get the thing to unchain some inconceivably vast.heated rocks loose.The girl could stop it at the last minute of course." He describes Haggard's account of Theodore Roosevelt as "most interesting. I don't think he need worry.about coming over. He doubts that many in England would show interest in discussing American attitudes. . Europe was embroiled in the first World War at this time January 1917 prior to the US entry about four months after Kipling wrote to Haggard. Kipling signs with initials "R. K." With holograph envelope initialed in lower left corner. Condition: Visible rust stains on lower portion of first page. Kipling enjoyed Haggard's completed novel which reflected Kipling's suggestion according to D. S. Higgins "Rider Haggard: The Great Storyteller." 1981. In an earlier biography of Haggard "Rider Haggard: His Life & World" Morton Cohen 1960 the second edition 1968 Cohen noted that Kipling provided the idea for "When the World Shook." Kipling's comments on Roosevelt were copied by Haggard in his diary entry for Jan. 19 1917. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in English in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature making him the first English language writer to receive the prize and to date he remains its youngest recipient. Among other honors he was sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood all of which he declined. A wonderful letter. On sale only on our website. unknown books
1910réf. 196041London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd 1910. Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it First edition in the rare jacket of the book which collects Kipling's poem "If" for the first time. Kipling composed the poem in 1895 as a tribute to Leander Starr Jameson following his failed raid against the Boers. It was published here on 4 October shortly after its first appearance in the October 1910 issue of the American Magazine. It was immediately popular and remains Kipling's most enduring poem. This collection of verses and stories is a continuation of Puck of Pook's Hill 1906. Octavo. With 4 plates by Frank Craig. Title page printed in red and black. Publisher's 2 pp. of advertisements at rear. Original red cloth spine lettered in gilt embossed central roundel of Ganesha to front cover in gilt top edge gilt. With dust jacket. Cloth sharp a couple of bumps to foot of spine foxing to endpapers and edges; jacket lightly chipped at extremities short split to rear fold spine a little toned flaps unpriced as issued: a very good copy in very good jacket. Martindell 125; Richards A242; Stewart 329. hardcover
1894réf. 193167London: Macmillan and Co. 1894 & 1895. A beautifully presented pair First editions in book form. Kipling's adventurous stories were based on folk tales learned during his childhood in India. The Jungle Book was serialized between 1893 and 1894 and became increasingly popular upon its publication as a book prompting calls for a second instalment. The Second Jungle Book completed the Mowgli saga with five stories that "are essential to its emotional rounding-out" Grolier. 2 works octavo 180 x 199 mm. Half-tone frontispiece with tissue guard in Jungle Book both works with illustrations by William Henry Drake Paul Frenzeny and John Lockwood Kipling. Later 20th-century blue crushed morocco for the London bookseller Charles J. Sawyer spines lettered in gilt single gilt fillet framing compartments and boards small gilt roundels of elephants in profile to front boards double gilt fillet to turn-ins marbled endpapers gilt edges. Ownership inscription contemporary with binding to half-title of the second volume. Bindings bright and unblemished very mild foxing. A near-fine set. Grolier Children's 100 52; Martindell 54 & 56; Richards A76 & A85. hardcover
1894réf. 846011894. KIPLING Rudyard. The Jungle Book. with: The Second Jungle Book. Two vols. Orig. pictorial cloth a.e.g. London: Macmillan & Co. 1894 1895. First editions. Stewart 122 128. In cloth chemises and a half morocco slipcase. With the bookplates of the Newberry Library and the collector Herbert Stuart Stone on the chemises but no ownership markings to the books themselves. Chemises sunned else a fine bright set. unknown
1894réf. 188654London: Macmillan and Co. 1894. Original Jean Jullien dust jacket First edition in book form the "First Editions: Re-covered" copy. This copy includes a unique dust jacket by Jean Jullien. The acrylic gouache painting on two sides of acetate shows Mowgli Baloo and Bagheera peering through an opening in the forest. The acetate allows their view to be the original pictorial design of elephants on the front cover of the binding. A charity auction to benefit the House of Illustration was held on 11 December 2017. Book illustrators fashion artists painters and artists were asked to choose a book which appealed to them. A first edition was then obtained and the artist provided a unique dust jacket. With reference to his choice of book Jullien stated that "I grew up watching and loving the Disney version and am always interested in revisiting popular culture landmarks. I find that their endurance to time and iteration is a tribute to their efficiency and quality". The charity's concept for artists to engage with a first edition is particularly effective here as the original binding plays a new illustrative role with Jullien's dust jacket. Jean Jullien b. 1983 is an acclaimed French graphic designer and illustrator whose work has been published by Phaidon Press. His "Peace for Paris" symbol went viral through news coverage and social media in the wake of 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris. This copy includes a bookplate for Edward Lowrey together with an ownership signature on the preliminary blank "Lowrey Broomhaugh". Lowrey b. 1830 is listed in the 1881 census as a steam ship owner and manager living at Broomhaugh House in Northumberland. Octavo. Frontispiece with illustrations within the text by William Henry Drake Paul Frenzeny and the author's father John Lockwood Kipling. Original blue cloth spine lettered and illustrated in gilt front cover with pictorial design in gilt green coated endpapers edges gilt. With original dust jacket by Jean Jullien signed on front flap. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Binding worn lower joint split loss to head of skewed spine joints split some browning and foxing; some minor scratches and minor loss to gouache on jacket: a good copy in near-fine jacket. Grolier Children's 100 52; Martindell 54; Richards A76. hardcover
1902réf. 190118London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1902. His sole self-illustrated book First edition of Kipling's famous collection of 12 stories and 12 poems including "How the Camel Got His Hump" and "How the Leopard Got His Spots". "The stories told with Kipling's oratorical diction and whimsical humour clearly increase in complexity as the book progresses" Grolier. Octavo. With 12 black and white illustrations by the author. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in crimson morocco spine lettered and decorated gilt raised bands single rule to boards gilt onlay of elephant and snake to front board twin rule to turn-ins blue endpapers gilt edges. A fine copy. Grolier Children's 100 57; Martindell 99; Richards A181; Stewart 260. hardcover
1909réf. 121500London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1909. First British edition of Kipling's Actions and Reactions signed and lengthily inscribed by him with a poem. Octavo original cloth with gilt elephant emblem to the front panel. Presentation copy signed and inscribed by Rudyard Kipling with a verse from his poem The Press "To RD Rudyard Kipling. Who once had served to the sultry hour when roaring like a gale The Harrild and the Hoe devour The league-long paper bale And has lit his pipe in the morning calm That follows the midnight stress - He has sold his heart to the old black art Men call the daily press R.K." In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed by Kipling. 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. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover books
1930réf. 194312New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. 1930. The finest collected edition of Kipling's poetry First American signed limited edition number 11 of 537 sets signed and numbered by the author in the first volume 525 of which were for sale. It was preceded by the British signed limited edition published the previous year in which Richards notes that according to the Kipling Journal for January 1930 the text was revised throughout by the author "with numerous emendations and explanatory subheadings". The edition includes some previously unpublished material six additional poems in the "The Muse Among the Motors" together with a new act and additional notes for "The Marrèd Drives of Windsor". 3 vols quarto 260 x 190 mm. Facsimile manuscript with tissue guard in vol. I title pages printed in red and black. Contemporary red three-quarter morocco by the French Binders New York spines lettered in gilt compartments bordered in gilt red marbled sides brown marbled endpapers top edges gilt others untrimmed. A few small marks to bindings. A bright set. Richards A396; Stewart 575. unknown
réf. 06188London: Macmillan & Co. Limited 1903. Beauty That Hath Terror in It" The Detmold Brothers' Sublime and Unsettling Vision of The Jungle Book The Magnificent Original 1903 Folio Portfolio with Sixteen Superb Color Plates KIPLING Rudyard. DETMOLD Maurice & Edward J. illustrators. Sixteen Illustrations of Subjects from Kipling's "Jungle Book" by Messrs. Maurice & Edward Detmold. London: Macmillan & Co. Limited 1903. First edition. Reportedly limited to 500 copies for England and America. Folio 21 3/8 x 15 1/2 inches; 543 x 394 mm. Title-page contents leaf and sixteen magnificent color plates tipped onto white boards within gray window mounts each accompanied by a protective cover sheet bearing the title and a short extract from Kipling's text. Title-page and list of illustrations expertly repaired at folds; second plate description with short marginal tear; some light foxing to text leaves and mounts only. The plates themselves are remarkably clean fresh and beautifully preserved. Original publisher's green cloth portfolio front cover decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt retaining one of the two original green silk ties. An excellent example of one of the most magnificent and celebrated achievements of Edwardian book illustration exceptionally scarce complete with all sixteen plates. Published in 1903 when the extraordinary twin brothers Maurice and Edward Julius Detmold were just twenty years old this monumental portfolio represents the culmination of their artistic collaboration and one of the finest visual interpretations of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book ever produced. The sixteen superb compositions reveal an astonishing maturity of conception and execution. Combining meticulous natural history observation with an intensely personal decorative imagination the Detmolds created a world at once beautiful mysterious and faintly menacing in which the distinction between the natural and the supernatural seems perpetually uncertain. Animals are rendered with extraordinary anatomical precision their musculature fur scales and movement observed with almost scientific exactitude. Yet these are far more than zoological studies. Wolves possess an almost monumental dignity; panthers move with a sinister effortless grace; serpents coil with hypnotic inevitability; and the great tiger Shere Khan emerges as an embodiment of majestic and terrifying power. The brothers' remarkable understanding of animal character is matched by their sensitivity to atmosphere and composition. Their creatures appear not merely as participants in Kipling's narratives but as independent beings endowed with intelligence memory and an almost human consciousness. Particularly striking are the representations of Mowgli whose slender youthful figure is repeatedly contrasted with the formidable creatures surrounding him. His vulnerability is balanced by a quiet assurance suggesting his extraordinary position between the human and animal worlds. The Detmolds avoid the sentimentality often associated with illustrations of childhood instead emphasizing Mowgli's intimate identification with the jungle and its inhabitants. In the celebrated scenes depicting Bagheera Baloo Akela and the Monkey People the artists achieve an extraordinary balance between narrative drama and decorative design. The Monkey People particularly in their ruined architectural surroundings are among the most unsettling creations in the series their restless gestures and grotesque attitudes suggesting a strange parody of human society. Equally remarkable is the brothers' use of color. Their sumptuous yet carefully controlled palette of burnished browns smoky grays subdued greens and golden ochres lends the compositions an almost dreamlike quality. Subtle gradations of tone together with intricate patterns of foliage fur and stone produce a richness and unity of design seldom equaled in contemporary illustration. The original large-format plates possess a depth delicacy and painterly quality that cannot be fully appreciated in the considerably reduced reproductions of the later book edition of 1908. Presented individually within their original window mounts they have the presence and visual authority of original watercolors. Indeed so successful were these images as independent works of art that many portfolios were subsequently broken up their individual plates removed for framing. The survival of a complete portfolio particularly one retaining its original publisher's cloth case and with the plates in such fresh condition is consequently especially desirable. The contemporary critical reception was enthusiastic. Reviewing the London exhibition of the original paintings the Manchester Guardian of November 5 1903 declared that the brothers: "are able to prevent their work from ever sinking to the level of mere illustration". The reviewer particularly admired the depiction of the Monkey People in the Cold Lairs describing it as: "full of character subtle observation and invention". Of the representation of Bagheera in Mowgli and the Red Flower the reviewer memorably observed that it possessed: "something of that beauty which hath terror in it". The same review praised the convincing and engaging portrayals of Baloo Nag Kaa and Akela recognizing in the Detmolds' work an extraordinary fusion of imaginative invention and naturalistic observation. A report published in the New York Times on December 5 1903 stated that the edition was strictly limited to 500 copies for England and America emphasizing the exclusivity of this magnificent production from the outset. The portfolio is particularly significant in the history of the Detmold brothers' careers. Born in 1883 Maurice and Edward developed their exceptional artistic talents together displaying an early and remarkable aptitude for the representation of birds animals and the natural world. Their close collaboration produced some of the most distinctive illustrated publications of the opening years of the twentieth century. Tragically Maurice took his own life in 1908 bringing their artistic partnership to a premature end. Edward continued to enjoy a distinguished career as an illustrator but the works produced jointly by the brothers retain a unique place in the history of British illustration. As Richard Dalby observed the paintings were admired for their realistic detail and decorative arrangement while Diana Johnson identified the extraordinary tension between their scientific naturalism and ornamental imagination a combination capable of producing images both fanciful and profoundly disturbing. A masterpiece of the Golden Age of Illustration this spectacular portfolio stands among the finest achievements of the Detmold brothers and one of the most beautiful and psychologically compelling interpretations of Kipling's immortal jungle stories. Complete examples of the original 1903 folio portfolio are increasingly difficult to obtain and the present copy with all sixteen plates clean and fresh and preserved in its original gilt-decorated publisher's portfolio is an especially attractive survival. London: Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1903 unknown
1909réf. 78748New York:: Doubleday Page & Company 1909. publisher's red ribbed gilt-decorated cloth. The original W. Heath Robinson watercolor is very fine. The book is near fine with some light use to the cloth. Folio. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. This copy is accompanied by the original artwork by W. Heath Robinson for the Plate XIX "Madras" measuring 16-1/2 x 8 inches framed to an overall size of 25 x 16 inches signed lower right. Doubleday, Page & Company, hardcover
1944réf. 310968Garden City New York: Doubleday Page later Doran & Company 1944. First American copyright editions generally published in editions of 50-75 copies. 76 vols. 8vo. Publisher's printed stapled wrappers printed in green or black. Light foxing and shelfwear to wrappers. Navy blue cloth folding box. First American copyright editions generally published in editions of 50-75 copies. 76 vols. 8vo. A substantial collection of Kipling American copyright editions comprising 57 of the 74 such editions published from 1910-1944. All of the multi-part issues - The New Army 6 parts The Fringes of the Fleet 6 parts Tales of "The Trade" 3 parts Destroyers at Jutland 4 parts - are complete save for The War in the Mountains 5 parts which is missing the first part. A complete listing available on request. "Contributing to the multiplicity of editions was the failure of the United States to enact international copyright protection until 1891 resulting in some American issues being the "true firsts" of Kipling's books. And while Kipling's trade editions soon began to be published in large numbers after the American international copyright law's foundation date of July 1 1891 his London literary agent A.P. Watt and his New York publisher Frank N. Doubleday made extensive use of limited printings - as few as 8 to 25 copies - to establish copyright in each country" David Alan Richards "Collecting Kipling". Provenance: Frank Nelson Doubleday Doubleday, Page [later Doran] & Company unknown
1894réf. 339632London: Macmillan 1894. First. hardcover. near fine. Illustrated by J.L. Kipling & others. 2 vols. blue cloth with cover design & lettering in gilt; all edges gilt with dark green coated endpapers. London: Macmillan 1894-1895. First Editions. A nice tight set with minimal binding wear & dulled gilt on the first volume. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell case. Macmillan unknown
1894réf. 330918London: Macmillan 1894. First. hardcover. Illustrated by J.L. Kipling & others. 2 volumes. 8vo blue cloth with cover design & lettering in gilt all edges gilt. London: Macmillan 1894-1895. First Editions. A tight set with light rubbing on the bindings leaving the gilt somewhat dulled; bookplate. Preserved in a 1/2 leather double slipcase with Jean Hersholt bookplates. Macmillan unknown
1944réf. 310968Garden City New York: Doubleday Page later Doran & Company 1944. First American copyright editions generally published in editions of 50-75 copies. 76 vols. 8vo. Publisher's printed stapled wrappers printed in green or black. Light foxing and shelfwear to wrappers. First American copyright editions generally published in editions of 50-75 copies. 76 vols. 8vo. Publisher's Copies. A substantial collection of Kipling American copyright editions comprising 57 of the 74 such editions published from 1910-1944. All of the multi-part issues - The New Army 6 parts The Fringes of the Fleet 6 parts Tales of "The Trade" 3 parts Destroyers at Jutland 4 parts - are complete save for The War in the Mountains 5 parts which is missing the first part. A complete listing available on request. "Contributing to the multiplicity of editions was the failure of the United States to enact international copyright protection until 1891 resulting in some American issues being the "true firsts" of Kipling's books. And while Kipling's trade editions soon began to be published in large numbers after the American international copyright law's foundation date of July 1 1891 his London literary agent A.P. Watt and his New York publisher Frank N. Doubleday made extensive use of limited printings - as few as 8 to 25 copies - to establish copyright in each country" David Alan Richards "Collecting Kipling". Provenance: Frank Nelson Doubleday Doubleday, Page [later Doran] & Company unknown books
réf. 06180Lahore: The "Civil and Military Gazette Press 1885. One of Rudyard Kipling's Earliest Publications Containing the First Appearance of "The Phantom Rickshaw" KIPLING Rudyard. 1885 Quartette. The Christmas Annual of the Civil & Military Gazette by Four Anglo-Indian Writers. Lahore: The "Civil and Military Gazette Press 1885. First Edition. Tall octavo 9 5/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 245 x 146 mm. 2 blank 2 title printed in red and black verso blank 2 Contents verso blank 1-125 1 blank seven leaves of advertisements: 2 pink 2 gray 3 thinner cream-colored. Handsomely bound by C. Fox of London ca. 1885 with their stamp on verso of free endpaper. Full green morocco covers decoratively bordered in gilt. Spine with five shallow raised bands decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt ruled board edges decorative gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate "Think and Thank" on front pastedown. Original front and rear printed wrappers bound in. Front wrapper with design by the Mayo School of Art Lahore with early ink signature "L.C. Ibbetson" on top blank margin. This is a complete copy of the first edition first impression of a book authored by members of the Kipling family. Published in a limited run of 250 copies it was bound around the time of publication and it is particularly rare to have its original wrappers and advertisements at the end. The book marks the first appearance of The Phantom 'Rickshaw and The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes C.E. Rudyard Kipling later described the origins of this work in his 1937 autobiography Something of Myself recalling that "in the cold weather of 1885 we four made up a Christmas annual which pleased us a good deal and attracted a certain amount of attention. Later much later it became a 'collector's piece' in the US book-market and to that extent smudged the memories of its birth." The collection consists of 16 pieces-eight in prose and eight in verse-written by "four Anglo-Indian writers" as stated on the title page. The authors who remained anonymous throughout were Kipling himself his father mother and sister. Kipling took the initiative to publish the book through the Civil and Military Gazette selling it by subscription. At just 19 years old he contributed half of the content using this opportunity to bring his work into print. His ghost stories gained wider recognition when they were later reprinted in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales 1890. Kipling's father however was somewhat reluctant about the publication. He wrote to Margaret Burne-Jones expressing his hope that someone would "rap Rudyard's knuckles for the unwholesomeness of The Phantom 'Rickshaw and the coarseness of The Tragedy of Teeth." The book's binding process was notably chaotic. Kipling recalled that the work took place at night by candlelight with workers on overtime incentivized with brandy and free tobacco to keep production moving. Over forty men including binders were involved in assembling Quartette. The publication was officially announced on 19 December and its cover design is believed to have been created by Kipling's father John Lockwood Kipling who was then the first principal of the Mayo School of Art in Lahore. Livingston 5; Stewart 7. Lahore: The "Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1885 unknown
1903réf. 72975London:: Macmillan & Co. 1903. First edition. laid into publisher's olive green gilt-stamped portfolio as issued. There is some chipping and use to some of the captioned overleaves which are tanned around the edges. A few of them are foxed and one has long repaired tears. A few small chips to the corners of the mats. The color plates are all very fine. The title page and list of plates are chipped at the corners and creased along the lower edge with repairs to short tears. The flaps and spine of the portfolio have been re-lined and the corners are worn; the joints split. . Oversized folio . 16 large color plates each in the publisher's mat with captioned overleaf. . Additional postage applicable. Macmillan & Co., unknown
1895réf. 7926London: Macmillan and Co 1895. First editions. Very Good Near Fine. A handsome set. Publisher's blue cloth bindings stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. Dark green endpapers. Slight wear to the spine ends and corners of The Jungle Book a little foxing internally otherwise very clean and fresh throughout. A Very Good copy. The Second Jungle Book presenting very well indeed front hinge a little tender bookeller's ticket to foot of front free endpaper verso. A Near Fine copy overall. Both volumes illustrated throughout with contributions by J. L. Kipling W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny in The Jungle Book; the author's father Lockwood Kipling C.I.E. illustrated The Second Jungle Book. This set contained in a custom blue cloth slipcase. Few books have shaped the imagination of childhood quite like Kipling's Jungle Books. First published in 1894 and 1895 these two volumes introduced the world to Mowgli Baloo Bagheera Kaa and Shere Khan. The timeless stories blended fable folklore and imperial adventure into one of the most enduring classics of English literature. The Jungle Book 1894 includes the first appearance of "Mowgli's Brothers" "Kaa's Hunting" and "Tiger! Tiger!" alongside such favorites as "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi." The Second Jungle Book 1895 continued the talesdeepening the Mowgli cycle and adding enduring pieces like "The King's Ankus" and "Red Dog." Together the two books form the complete Mowgli canon. First edition sets in original cloth are increasingly scarce especially when both volumes present well. These are the foundational works of Kipling's career - the stories that earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature 1907 and secured his place in the canon of English storytelling. Based on folktales and legends that Kipling learned during his childhood in India the Jungle Books were met with huge success upon publication and continue to enthrall readers of all ages to this day. According to Professor Edwin L. Miller their publication "caused even severe critics of Kipling's previous work to admit that he is a writer of inspired genius." Largely focused on man's relationship to nature the Jungle Books in part narrate the tales of Mowgli a human "man-cub" raised by wolves as he tries to find his proper place in the world. As he struggles with his own identity he finds allies and adversaries among the animal communities through which he travels. They also include the story of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the heroic mongoose who would later inspire an animated short voiced by Orson Welles. For contributions like these Kipling became the first English-language writer and the youngest ever to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Very Good Near Fine. Macmillan and Co unknown
1949réf. 1521Paris, Maxime Cottet-Dumoulin Éditeur, 1949. 1 volume in-4 (330 x 255 mm),70 pp. + ffnch., en feuilles sous couverture imprimée rempliée, chemise-étui bordé recouvert d'un papier ciré imitant la peau de serpent. Édition illustrée de 67 compositions originales par Paul Jouve gravées sur cuivre par Raymend Haasen, soit : 13 HORS-TEXTE GRAVÉS EN COULEURS, dont 3 à double page et 54 bandeaux noir et or. Chaque page de texte est encadrée d'un filet rouge, la typographie étant dûe à Jacques Beltrand. Tirage unique à 123 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin d'Arches teinté filigrané au nom de l'artiste, celui-ci n° 115 est l'1 des 110 avec UNE SUITE EN NOIR DES 13 GRAVURES HORS-TEXTE. Exemplaire à l'état de neuf bien signé à l'encre par Paul Jouve et l'éditeur Cottet-Dumoulin.
1913réf. 145328London: MacMillan and Co. 1913-19. Hardcover. Near fine. Bombay Edition. Octavo. 25 volumes. Bound in half grey cloth and blue paper covered boards. Paper label on the spine. Top edge gilt. Other edges untrimmed. Top edge a bit dust soiled. Corners generally square with only slight bumping. A bit of slight foxing on the boards but the text block is very clean. Original blue silk book mark in each volume. Original printed dust wrappers for all volumes. Most in fine condition with a few having slight tears and two are missing a small piece from the base of the dust wrapper. A much superior set of this famous edition of Kipling's works. The Bombay edition of Kiplings works was limited to 1050 copies with Kipling signing below the half title. The works of Rudyard Kipling contains his poetry novels stories travel writings children s tales military tales and essays. Kipling became the first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize 1907. 1913 MacMillan and Co. hardcover
1886réf. 315322Lahore: Civil and Military Press Gazette 1886. First Edition of Kipling's first published book. Tall narrow 4to. Bound original light brown printed wrappers in the form of an Indian civil service envelope overlapping flap. Laid into early straight blue grained morocco slipcase and chemise. With description from Charles Sessler's Bookshop. First Edition of Kipling's first published book. Tall narrow 4to. The first edition of Kipling's first published work. Kipling was made sub-editor of the Civil and Military Gazette an Anglophone newspaper in Lahore upon his return to India after his time at the United Service College; this volume collects his poetry printed therein. Richards A7; Stewart 8; Livingston 22 Civil and Military Press Gazette unknown books
