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1978ref. mon0000574205Frederick Muller 26/06/1978 00:00:01. hardcover. Acceptable. 3.5973 in x 26.1801 in x 21.7834 in. NOT an ex-library book. Clean copy in good condition. Some marking due to age on pages but overall book remains in good condition considering age. With Dust Cover. Frederick Muller hardcover
ref. 45283661-6Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
1929ref. 152336London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1929. Signed limited first edition of this classic work. Quarto three volumes bound in original full red polished morocco with gilt titles and numbers to the spine in six compartments within raised bands top edges gilt gilt inner dentelles marbled endpapers tissue-guarded frontispiece to volume one. One of 525 numbered copies this is number 4. Boldly signed by Kipling on the limitations page. In near fine condition with light sunning. Illustrated frontispiece signed in pencil by Francis Dodd. Printed on hand-made paper by the Chiswick Press. “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. Macmillan and Co. Limited hardcover
1891ref. 152559London: Ward Lock and Co. 1891. The January 1891 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine containing the first appearance of Kipling's early novel The Light That Failed. Octavo original wrappers front wrapper detached. In good condition with chipping edge loss and fraying to the fragile printed wrappers. Written when Rudyard Kipling was 26 years old The Light That Failed is semi-autobiographical being based upon his own unrequited love for Florence Garrard. Most of the novel is set in London but many important events throughout the story occur in Sudan and Port Said. It follows the life of Dick Heldar an artist and painter who goes blind and his unrequited love for his childhood playmate Maisie. Though it was poorly received by critics the novel has remained in print for over a century. It was also adapted into a play two silent films and a drama film. Ward, Lock, and Co. unknown
1949ref. 77962London: Hodder and Stoughton 1949. Large 8vo. The 'Definitive Edition' on India paper. xvi 845 pp. Bound by Bumpus in half red-brown morocco over light brown cloth boards; spine of gilt-ruled raised bands gilt deocrated compartments and gilt lettering; top edge gilt. New endpapers. Foxing to bottom of prelims otherwise clean. A nice copy. . Near Fine. Half Morocco. 1949. Hodder and Stoughton 1949 unknown
ref. 1774261014-11-1East India Publishing Company. Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. East India Publishing Company unknown
ref. 45143USA THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY 1978. LIMITED EDITION IN FULL LEATHER PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR SUBSCRIBERS AS THE GREATEST BOOKS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. ILLUSTRATED ELABORATELY DECORATED IN 22 CARAT GOLD ALL EDGES GILT SILK ENDPAGES AND BOOKMARKER. A VERY FINE COPY. ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER RANE. USA, THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1978 hardcover
ref. 0804900272-7-1-13Airmont Pub Co. Reissue. Acceptable. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting as well as stains bent corners or any other major defect but the text is not obscured in any way. Airmont Pub Co unknown
ref. 68292361-75Orion Publishing Group Limited. Used - Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Orion Publishing Group, Limited unknown
1910ref. 78123London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1910. 8vo. First Edition. xii 338 10 pp. Four black and white illustrated plates by Frank Craig complete. Publisher's red cloth with gilt decoration to front board & gilt lettering to spine top-edge gilt. Sunning to spine a small handful of light marks to binding; rubbing and bumping to extremities with a slight lean to the spine. Offsetting to free endpaper with no previous owner's names some sections a little sprung generally clean internally. Publisher's advertisements to rear. A good volume of Kipling's collection of fantastical short stories and poems which contains the first printing of Kipling's poem 'If.'. . Very Good. Publisher's Cloth. First Edition. 1910. Macmillan and Co., Limited 1910 hardcover
ref. 68501113-75Used - Like New. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. May contain a remainder mark. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
ref. 76040Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1980. Children's Literature COLLECTOR'S DELUXE EDITION with publisher's preface and introduction by Bonomy Dobree. Octavo 27 x 19cm pp.6; xviii; 383; 1 blank. With full-page colour plates by Gentleman. Bound in full green leather gilt with moire silk endpapers ribbon marker all edges gilt. Clean throughout. 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. Part of The Easton Press series "One Hundred Greatest Books Ever Written Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1980 unknown
ref. 68500464-20Used - Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
ref. 7088864-6Used - Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
ref. 40620193-6Used - Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
1897ref. 153245London: Macmillan and Co. 1897. First edition of Kipling’s classic tale of the Grand Banks cod fishery a coming-of-age story long regarded as one of the great novels of the nineteenth century. Octavo original blue cloth elegantly stamped and lettered in gilt all edges gilt with a frontispiece and 21 illustrations. In very good condition with rubbing inscription to the half-title page. Illustrated by I.W. Taber. Like his two Jungle Books Kipling wrote this morality tale of life aboard a New England fishing boat while living near Brattleboro Vermont his wife’s hometown. The book thus contains “something of his feelings about America—both his affection and his irritation” Carpenter & Prichard 296. “This is the only book of Kipling’s which is set entirely in America. All the characters are American. Not only that but the heart of the book—its moral in a single sentence—is one of Kipling’s main beliefs of this period expressed in terms essentially American or perhaps more particularly New England. He put it later in verse: ‘And the Gods of the Copy-book Maxims said: ‘If you don’t work you will die!’ It is a saga of hard physical work in conflict with natural forces. It is a book which could hardly have been written by anyone who did not admire Huckleberry Finn; it is a book whose claim to survival rests mainly on detail and it is all American detail” Mason 119. Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1995ref. 1-0688099793William Morrow & Co 1995. Hardcover. New. gift edition. 272 pages. 9.50x7.25x1.25 inches. William Morrow & Co hardcover
1930ref. 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
1910ref. 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
ref. Q06V-01180Cathay Books. Used - Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates stamps limited notes and highlighting or a few light stains. Cathay Books unknown
1910ref. 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
1902ref. 53718London: Macmillan and Co. 1902. First edition. Large 8vo. vi 249 3 pp. Recent red full morocco spine with raised bands gilt lettered direct to two panels and dated at the foot all edges gilt the original illustrated cloth cover bound in to the rear. 22 full page illustrations plus others in the text. An attractive copy. The only book that Kipling illustrated himself. Martindell 99. London: Macmillan and Co. unknown
1992ref. SBBI-L-BED01065-RAG-20241Sainsbury 1992. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Sainsbury paperback
1901ref. 1032N11London: Macmillan and Co. 1901. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". J. Lockwood Kipling. The second impression of Kipling's acclaimed masterpiece which coined the 'Great Game' in this spy novel on tensions between imperial Britain and Russian The second impression of Kim the acclaimed picarsque novel and espionage thriller written by prolific British author Rudyard Kipling. Published in November 1901 with the first impression in October. In the publisher's original red cloth with original glit decoration to the front board. An ex-libris bookplate to front pastedown. Contains a frontispiece and all nine other photographic plates by Kipling's father John Lockwood. Considered to be his masterpiece Kim follows Kimball O'Hara as he grows from the orphan of an Irish soldier into a spy during the Great Game of which the novel coined the colonial contest between Britain and Russia over influence in Central Asia. Set in the north of India's subcontinent the novel is particularly praised for its capturing of colonial childhood in the British Raj and ranked no.78 on the Modern Library's list of the One Hundred Best Novels of the Twentieth Century. In the publisher's original red cloth with original glit decoration to the front board. An ex-libris bookplate to front pastedown. Externally mostly smart with a couple of faint marks to boards. Fading to the spine and slight rubbing to the joints. A couple of fading marks to the spine. Slight offsetting to end papers. Ex-libris bookplate to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are mostly bright and clean with faint spotting to the extremities of the rare leaf. Very Good Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1894ref. 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