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1928rif. B7297New York: Doubleday Doran & Company. 1928. Hinges broken. . Binding: Full green pictorial cloth boards. Notes: Joseph Rudyard Kipling 1865 – 1936 was 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. Henry James said "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius as distinct from fine intelligence that I have ever known." In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature as the first English-language writer to receive the prize and at 41 its youngest recipient to date. He was also sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and several times for a knighthood but declined both. Following his death in 1936 his ashes were interred at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. Size: 8vo. 240 x 170 mm Illustration: Very good example of this classic volume. Illustrated. Pages: 249 pp. Category: Book Literature; Doubleday, Doran & Company. hardcover
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1901rif. KIPLINGR001450Macmillan London. 1901. First edition. Octavo. pp viii 413. Ten plates. Two pages of publishers' adverts at rear. Gilt elephant's head device on front cover. Top edge gilt.Some light spotting to edges and endpapers. Near fine. Macmillan, London. unknown
1902rif. B7205Toronto: George N. Morang & Co. 1902. . Very good example. Ownership inked on upper occasional spots to interior else crisp. Edition: First Canadian edition. Binding: Illustrated cloth boards rebacked preserving original cloth. Top edges gilt. Notes: Joseph Rudyard Kipling 1865 – 1936 was 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. Henry James said "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius as distinct from fine intelligence that I have ever known." In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature as the first English-language writer to receive the prize and at 41 its youngest recipient to date. He was also sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and several times for a knighthood but declined both. Following his death in 1936 his ashes were interred at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. Size: Quarto 245 x 180 mm Pages: 249 pp. Category: Book Literature; George N. Morang & Co., hardcover
2011rif. 018963Collector's Library 2011. Hardcover. Good/Good. Collector's Library hardcover
1903rif. 030006UK: Macmillan 1903. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J L Kipling W H Drake. Reprints 1910 and 1903. Books are very good and bright. Nice clean contents. Small inscriptions to endpapers. Light foxing to page edges. More images can be taken upon request.Ref 18943 Macmillan hardcover
1902rif. KIPLINGR000583Macmillan London. 1902. First edition. First state: the lettering on the spine has flaked off entirely. Quarto. pp vi 249. Full-page illustrations by the author. Pictorial red cloth blocked in white and black. The white blocking on these first state bindings was severely flaking even as the books were being produced and the publishers quickly switched to a more stable white pigment. One often sees copies described as having the pigment flaking much less than usual without mention that this therefore precludes them from being first state.Spine pigment completely gone also flaking on front and rear boards. Head and tail of spine slightly pushed. Bottom corner of front cover bumped. Very good. Scarce in the first state. Macmillan, London. hardcover
rif. ria9780521111751_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Kipling always denied he was a critic but this collection of letters and papers many published for the first time establishes his engagement with critical issues. Kipling profoundly influenced our understanding of English literature paperback
rif. ria9780521445276_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Kipling always denied he was a critic but this collection of letters and papers many published for the first time establishes his engagement with critical issues. Kipling profoundly influenced our understanding of English literature hardcover
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1908rif. 030238UK: Macmillan 1908. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. M and E Detmold. 1st Edition 1908. Presentation copy with a stamp stating so on the title page. Rare Thus. This is either a presentation from the author or the publisher to His Agent. A. P. Watt 1834-1914 founder of A. P. Watt & Son in 1875 the world's first literary agents.1st printing of this book with new illustrations by M and E Detmold. Sixteen full colour plates. Book is very good and bright. Edges rubbed in places. Gilt work a little dulled. Contents quite good. Pages slightly age toned and darkened endpapers. More images can be taken upon request.Ref 16053 Macmillan hardcover
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2012rif. 12245London; Folio Society 2012. 2012. Hard Cover. Number 174 in a limited edition of only 1000 copies only. Quarto pp.197. With 14 tipped in colour illustrations including frontispiece and a numbered hand-printed etching SIGNED by the artist and 9 further monochrome tail-pieces. Vellum quarter binding with titles blocked in 22-carat gold to spine blocked in four metallic foils; top edge gilt; tan pictorial endpapers. Printed on Cordier Wove paper and housed in a copper-coloured solander box with title label laid on and promotional prospectus loosely inserted. An extremely handsome copy which is in Fine condition and appears unread with no annotations or inscriptions. Slipcase shows small areas of unobtrusive surface scuffing and single small bruise to one edge; near fine condition. Sumptuous edition which contains all twelve of the iconic Just So Stories along with 'The Tabu Tale'. With an Introduction by Michael Morpurgo and glorious illustrations by Niroot Puttapipat. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery. London; Folio Society, 2012. hardcover
1926rif. 029451UK: Macmillan 1926. New Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good /Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. J L Kipling W H Drake P Frenzeny. 2nd Imp of the New Thin Edition 1926. A single volume collecting the two Jungle books together. Book is very good and very bright. Gilt work bright. Contents good. Inscription to endpaper and tape ghost burn marks. The wrapper is good and quite bright. Small closed repair tear to top edge. Edges rubbed nicked and with small loss to the corners and spine tips. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18730 Macmillan hardcover
1894rif. KIPLINGR016335Macmillan London. 1894 & 1895. Two volumes both first editions. Octavo. pp viii 212; viii 238 2 adverts. Black and white illustrations in the first volume by J. L. Kipling W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny and in the second volume by J. Lockwood Kipling alone. Original blue pictorial buckram covers gilt. All edges gilt.Armorial bookplate on each front pastedown; ownership signature on the half-title of the first volume. Inner hinges cracking. Some light spotting to blanks of second volume. Scuffing to heads and tails of spine and corners of covers. As often the gilt on the second volume is brighter than on that on the first. A very good set. Macmillan, London. hardcover
1899rif. KIPLINGR016625Macmillan. London. 1899. First edition. Octavo. pp xii 272. Two pages of adverts at rear. Nine stories. Original red cloth with gilt elephant device on upper cover. Top edge gilt.Bookplate on front pastedown. A bit of spotting to endpapers. Small snag to tail of spine where there is also a small patch of fading. Very good. Macmillan. London. hardcover
rif. ria9780197222980_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This is the first critical edition of "The Receyt of the Ladie Kateryne" a text which chronicles Katharine of Aragon's arrival in England her triumphal entry into London 1501 her marriage to Prince Arthur and Prince Arthur's death hardcover