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1951réf. 126348London: Published for The British Council and the National Book League by Longmans Green & Co. 1951. First edition of Dobree's work on Kipling the man and the writer. Octavo original wrappers frontispiece portrait of Kipling. 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. Published for The British Council and the National Book League by Longmans, Green & Co. unknown
1930réf. 122049London: Cecil Palmer 1930. First edition of Hopkins' biography of Rudyard Kipling. Octavo original cloth frontispiece. Very good in a very good dust jacket. 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. Cecil Palmer hardcover
2013réf. Gyan-9789333003926Isha Books 2013. Paperback. New. 21.59 x 13.34 x 2.632 cm. English Isha Books paperback
2013réf. Gyan-9789333003926Isha Books 2013. Paperback. New. 21.59 x 13.34 x 2.632 cm. English Isha Books paperback
1902réf. 049302New York: Doubleday 1902. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Original green cloth worn at corners front joint is weak and cracked and the front blank endpaper is loose but present. Scattered light finger smudges in the margins but otherwise very good internally. The third printing of the 1st US edition. Contemporary inscription on front endpaper dated Christmas 1902. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Inventory No: 049302. Doubleday hardcover
1891réf. 00085635Macmillan and Co 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. A former library copy with two bookplates and an additional "withdrawn" stamp on the title page as well as some pencil ghosting at the top of the half-title otherwise clean within; some chipping at edges of endpapers; binding is quite relaxed and half-title is fully detached otherwise secure; cloth hard cover is missing the top inch and bottom quarter inch of the backstrip shows a spine label and some darkening along the spine and has noticeable corner wear with the top right front corner showing some lost material; otherwise sound with gilt and ink decorations on the front and gilt stamping on the spine. 401pp. ii 55pp. publisher's catalogue. Most of the illustrations in this volume are by the author John Lockwood Kipling best known for illustrating his son's 'Jungle Stories' and 'Kim'. Macmillan and Co hardcover
1897réf. 000145New York: The Century Company. 323pp. No Additional Printings noted. Spine discolored. A handsome book decorated in black red and gilt. MC . Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1897. The Century Company hardcover
1906réf. 41725New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1906. Hardcover. Illustrations by F.H. Townsend. 8vo. Light grey cloth with gilt lettering and front board color plate. 80pp rectos only. Tissue-guarded color frontispiece 14 full-page tissue-guarded color plates as called for. Very good. Faint binding wear else internally fine; 1906 nonauthorial gift inscription on front pastedown. A superb tight first U.S. edition of this odd tale about a home in southern England inhabited by a blind woman and numerous children who turn out to be ghosts. A lovely copy. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1905réf. 16758London:: Macmillan and Co. 1905. First edition second issue same imprint as first on leaf 80; but diffferent signatures. original white gilt cloth. Old inscription at head of half-title; slight tanning to endsheets; very slight soiling to cloth. 8vo. Color plates. Stewart 303. Macmillan and Co., hardcover
1928réf. DOY 14London: MACMILLAN 1928. Book. Fine. Hardcover. FIRST. A FINE FIRST EDITION IN FINE DUST JACKET. MACMILLAN Hardcover
1928réf. 45238London:: Macmilland and Co. 1928. First edition. publisher's red cloth in dust jacket. A bright fine copy in a very nice jacket with a 1/2" chip at the top of the spine not touching the lettering . 12mo. Macmilland and Co., hardcover
1917réf. 607844London: Macmillan 1917. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. Red cloth gilt. Rear hinge neatly repaired corners a little bumped very good or better. Macmillan hardcover
réf. 036226London: Hodder & Stoughton Book. Illus. by Heath Robinson. Very Good. Hardcover. octavo. 123pp.c. 1920's Dark Blue cloth gilt lettering light green decorations.Tippein color frontispiece. 16 beauttiful full page color plates by Heath Robinson tipped in. Small prev. owner address sticker on the front free endpaper otherwise clean unmarked internally. There is light bowing to the front board spine edgewear. Line drawings throughout. The color plates are in excellent condition."The poems celebrate the strength and resilience of the English people and their way of life as well as exploring the themes of patriotism heroism and sacrifice. At the same time there is the underlying tone of dismissal of other nationalities who are not considered equally. The illustrations supersede the cultural flaws. Hodder & Stoughton Hardcover
réf. LIT0436Toronto: The Musson Book Company. Good with no dust jacket. N.D. Hardcover. Spine ends corners rubbed. And worn. Hinged weak. Blue cloth boards gilt lettering on spine embossed gilt design on front board. Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. Numerous black and white illustarions throught the text 12 full page tissue protected colour illustrations. All illustrations present. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . The Musson Book Company hardcover
1909réf. 1488New York: B.W. Dodge & Company 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Unauthorized edition first state blue cloth with gold lettering which preceded the trade first. A bit of shelf wear to bottom board edges still a tight near fine copy with clean text. No dust jacket. A lovely copy. B.W. Dodge & Company hardcover
1899réf. 601271899. KIPLING Rudyard. The Absent-Minded Beggar. Original printed folio sheet folded to form three panels. London: The Daily Mail 1899. First edition. Livingston 221. Small closed tear to upper margin and outer margin else a very good copy in custom cloth portfolio. Reproduces the text in facsimile. unknown
1926réf. 012433New York: Double Day Page & Co 1926. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor/Fair. 1926/Mandalay Edition. This is an interesting book about Kipling that demonstrates his breadth and scope as a writer. The book contains five authors' viewpoint on Kipling. There is a fold out map in the text. The pages are clean and tight with no markings in the book. Double Day Page & Co hardcover
1892réf. 000037New York: Macmillan and Co 1892. Hardcover. Very Good/No jacket as issued. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 207 pp. with 8 pages of ads. Blue cloth decorated in gilt. Light edge wear particularly at crown and foot of spine. Very Good. Macmillan and Co hardcover
1892réf. 11979New York: Macmillan 1892 First American Edition. Dark blue cloth stamped in gold. 8vo. 207 8 pages ads. Pictorial gilt decoration on upper part of front cover - Indian holding a saddled horse. Includes a nice collection of very old newspaper articles relating to Kiping originally in envelope glued to back board. Front hinge split and rear hinge weak. Cover has a little wear at corners. no jacket. Good minus condition. Macmillan hardcover
réf. 50329No place no date. Popular edition. self wrappers preserved in a custom quarter morocco slipcase. A little worn at edges and lightly creased where formerly folded into quarters. 8vo. Stewart p. 630. An unauthorized piracy; possibly the first of two printings the other bears the date 1904. unknown
1899réf. 020391Alex Grosset and Company. Publisher's green cloth with bright gilt titles on front and spine. No DJ. . Fine. Hardcover. 1899. Alex Grosset and Company hardcover
réf. 005180New Rochelle: Peter Pauper Press 78 pages. One of 100 copies bound in leather. 8vo. Limited Edition. Brown Leather. Very Good Plus. Peter Pauper Press hardcover
1978réf. 104235Franklin Center:: Franklin Library. Near Fine. 1978. Hardcover. Limited edition "The Collector's Library of the World's Best-Loved Books". Octavo fully bound in red leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along the spine all edges gilt silk moire endpapers sewn-in ribbon bookmark. About fine.; 227 pages . Franklin Library, hardcover
1937réf. 45386New York: The Sun Dial Press 1937. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue cloth with silver spine lettering and decorations. viii 322pp. Frontispiece line drawings pictorial endpapers. Very good. Binding faintly edgeworn with spine lightly sunned. Tight and decent edition issued in conjunction with the 1937 release of the Spencer Tracy/Lionel Barrymore/Freddie Bartholomew film treatment featuring Bartholomew's portrait as Harvey Cheyne as frontispiece and endpapers a photo montage of film scenes. This was the childhood copy of future U.S. Senator from Illinois Adlai E. Stevenson III b. 1930 -- son of the two-term Illinois governor and twice presidential candidate. His large boldly pencilled 7-year-old ownership siognature graces the inner flyleaf. The Sun Dial Press hardcover
1937réf. 291781sun dial press 1937 photoplay with freddie bartholomew spencer tracy hardcover. near fine in a very good dust jacket fold rubbing corner and spine end chips edge creases sun dial press hardcover