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1963rif. 025412UK: Macmillan 1963. Reprint . Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. J L Kipling W H Drake. Reprint 1963. Full leather and gilt bound. Part of the Uniform edition. Books are near fine and very bright. Includes the original slip case. More images can be taken upon request.Ref 6873##009404/17327 Macmillan hardcover
1909rif. 2373London: MacMillan 1909. Hardcover. VG. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Very Good. 1st edit 1st imp hbk pub by Macmillan VG or better book no names or inscriptions top block edge gilt tightly bound 12 pages of book ads at rear classic novel of English exploration of the New World in the Elizabethan Age just a few v. Light v. Faint age spots on closed book leading edge eps toned spine slightly and evenly sunned no DJ. MacMillan hardcover
rif. 127758Kipling SK: Kipling & District History Book Committee 1-55056-339-4 1998. hardcover viii 688pp. Very good no dust jacket. 4to. Local history of Kipling Saskatchewan. Burgundy cloth gilt titles to front and spine. Gilt pictorial stamped to front. Colour photo endpapers. Black and white photographs portraits. VERY Clean ex-lib. Stamps but clean tight bright solid. Kipling & District History Book Committee Hardcover
1973rif. 437058Avon Connecticut: Limited Editions Club 1973. Hardcover. Fine. Selected by Bernard Bergonzi. Illustrated by Charles Raymond. Quarto. Fine in lightly worn very near fine cardboard slipcase lacking the unprinted glassine dustwrapper. One of 2000 numbered copies Signed by Raymond. Prospectus for the book and LEC newsletter laid in. Limited Editions Club hardcover
1896rif. CABF-49First edition. Apart from a slight spine lean and a few faint spots on rear cover a particularly fine fresh copy. Hinges perfect; a.e.g.; neat almost invisible ink name on front pastedown. Seven profusely illustrated short stories including The Courting of Dinah Shadd. With full page illustrations as well as chapter head- and tail-pieces by Scottish painter and lithographer A. S. Hartrick. Macmillan hardcover
1916rif. 149461916. Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company 1916. Together four volumes. Original light yellow wrappers lettered in green. First Editions being the American copyright issues -- consisting of only 70 copies each published separately between October 18th and 30th 1916. Each volume consists of Kipling's account of specific sea warfare preceded by an original poem written for the occasion including Vol I's "Have you news of my boy Jack". As with THE FRINGES OF THE FLEET Kipling wrote these articles with the permission of the British Admiralty for appearance in British and American newspapers; he ceded copyright so that they could be used for propaganda purposes. Two months later they were all collected in Kipling's book SEA WARFARE. All four volumes are in fine clean condition the usual minor rusting of the staples. Richards A287; Stewart 402. unknown
1925rif. 520404London: Methuen 1925. Hardcover with gilt printed boards and spine gilt page block head no dust jacket. First edition with marbled endpapers 66pp. Board edges and spine ends are worn and slightly scuffed. Pages are clean and clear. Very good condition. AD. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Used. Methuen Hardcover
1962rif. 014848Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1962. All edges gilt. Covers and spine with elaborate gilt designs and lettere-ing. Sewn-in silk bookmark. Illustrations by Robin Jacques. First published in book form in 1901. Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 was an English journalist poet novelist. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. His ashes are interred in Poet's Corner Westminster Abbey London. 284pp. The Collector's Library of Famous Editio. Full Blue Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Royal Octavo. The Easton Press Hardcover
1904rif. 2222360Second edition. 4 ¾" x 4". Frontispiece drawing by E. B. Bird. Title page in red and black. Original dark green boards printed paper label on upper cover. No dust jacket. Very good. 10 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by Fred & Bertha Goudy at The Village Press Hingham Mass. Livingston 293. Alfred Bartlett hardcover
1956rif. 11999VGC/GC. Macmillan and co 1956. Red hardback gilt lettering to the spine small nicks on the edges of the cover in VGC with Dj large tears chipped and creases on the edges of the Dj cover small piece of the Dj cover is missing in GC. Illustrated with a b/w map. Nice and clean pages with two small marks and ink marks on the outer edges small tear from a label inside the edges of the front cover small chip on the edges of the front endpaper. The book is in VGC with some shelf wear on the Dj cover. 414pp. Price un-clipped. Macmillan and co hardcover
1900rif. 0102205Methuen & Co.; 1900. Red/Orange cloth covered boards. Ex Library book. Faded to edges. Gilt lettering to spine. Page edges seem to be hand cut. Corners bumped. Mild foxing to end papers. Previous owners hospital library book plate to first paste down and cardboard ticket wallet to rear. Preowned. No ISBN. Methuen and Co. hardcover
rif. 9888341677.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1934rif. BOOKS317700London UK: Macmillan and Co. VG/NO DUSTJACKET. 1934. Hardcover. 8vo. 278 pp. Full leather in original box. Box is slightly soiled. . Macmillan and Co. hardcover
rif. 0679435921.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1904rif. 020443London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Light bumping to corners. Near Fine. Literary Ephemera. Publisher's red cloth with gilt elephant on front cover and small swastika symbol. Laid in is a small promotional folded leaflet from the publisher advertising this book as well as books by Edith Wharton H. G. Wells and others. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1898rif. 752R55London: Macmillan And Co. 1898. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None. A well-preserved first edition of this account of the Royal Navy at sea by Rudyard Kipling. Most renowned for 'The Jungle Book' 'Kim' and 'Just so Stories' Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 is seen as a pioneer for the short story form and a classic author of children's fiction. He was born in India the inspiration behind a vast amount of his writings which include 'The Jungle Book' 'Just So Stories' and 'Kim'. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 becoming the youngest ever recipient and first English language writer to do so.'A Fleet in Being' is a series of military articles on the subject of the Royal Navy in 1898.In the publisher's original paper wrap bindings with a pictorial cover. In paper wraps. Externally generally smart a touch of discolouration to the front board and spine with some loss to the paper of the tail of the spine and a chip to the head. Internally firmly bound pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed Macmillan And Co. unknown
1925rif. 210615-MB48Doubleday Page and Company 1925. Good red cloth cover with gilt decorations 1925 Color and black and white illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Cover. Illus. by Kipling J Lockwood; C. I. E.; Drake W. H. Doubleday, Page, and Company Hardcover
1932rif. 147638London: MacMillan 1932. Vintage Copy. Hardcover. Good in boards. Owner personalization on front pastedown. "4" inked on FEP. Open tear on front spine edge. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian. MacMillan hardcover
1912rif. LTH26-B-5London: Hodder and Stoughton 1912. Vellum. Very Good. 10.5" by 8". None. A scarce edition de luxe of the Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling. In a lovely vellum binding Limited edition number thirty-one of a limited print run of five-hundred signed by the publishers. Printed on English hand-made paper. Joseph Rudyard Kipling was a English journalist novelist poet and short story writer. Born in colonial India Kipling spent his school days in England. Though for a time Kipling returned to India he eventually settled in England. One of the leading authors of the 19th and 20th century he is perhaps famous for his charming novel 'The Jungle Book'. In a paper vellum binding with gilt lettering to the spine and front board. Externally a trifle rubbed. Boards are warped. Top tie is broken. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1893rif. GEN26-C-24London : Macmillan and Co. 1893. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5";. None. Two works by Rudyard Kipling. Uniformly bound in publisher's blue cloth bindings. Being the November 1893 second reprint of Many Inventions published the same year as the first edition and the february 1893 reprint of Life's Handicap. This is the fourth reprint issued two years after initial publication. With 54 pages of publisher's adverts to the rear of Life's Handicap. Life's Handicap is a collection of short stories about the British in India. Many Inventions is another anthology of short stories 12 of which had previously appeared in various publications such as The Atlantic Monthly and The Strand Magazine. In original cloth bindings with gilt stamped detailing to the head of boards and to spine. Externally generally smart with bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of spines. Patches of rubbing to the joints and extremities. Front hinge to Life's Handicap is strained but firm. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown of both volumes Angus &Robertson. Internally binding to both volumes is slightly strained in places particularly to Many Inventions. Pages are generally bright with spotting to the first and last few pages heaviest to endpapers. Otherwise occasional light spots. Very Good Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1920rif. GEN19-I-4London : Macmillan and Co 1920-1932. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None. Two works by Rudyard Kipling of travel writing and short stories. First editions. Rather uncommon in the original dustwrappers. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in England 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. In cloth covered bindings with original unclipped dustwrappers. Externally very smart with just slight bumping to head and tail of spines. Dustwrappers are generally smart with slight chipping and the odd small closed tear. One very small hole to the spine panel of one dustwrapper. Internally firmly bound bright and clean. Near Fine Macmillan and Co hardcover
1899rif. GEN26-C-23London : Macmillan and Co. 1899-1926. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". None. A two volume set of Rudyard Kipling first editions. Comprising of Stalky and Co. as well as Debits and Credits the works here show the breadth of Kipling's abilities with the former book a novel and the latter a collection of short stories poems and scenes for a play. Both volumes are decorated with Kipling's signature elephant to the boards a nod to his time in and love for India something also related to in the Hindu symbols found to the endpages. Stalky and Co. features the bookplate of one G.W. Bell. In decorative cloth binding with gilt detailing. Externally quite smart there is some wear to the boards extremities and joints as well as some sunning to spines. The hinge of Stalky and Co. is tender. Internally the pages are generally firmly bound although there is some light strain in places and are bright and clean throughout aside from the odd instance of spotting throughout. Very Good Indeed Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1911rif. LTH18-F-5London: Macmillan and Co 1911. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. A smart copy of this anthology by Rudyard Kipling. Puck of Pook's Hill is a historical fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling published in 1906 containing a series of short stories set in different periods of English history. The stories are all narrated to two children living near Burwash in the area of Kipling's own house Bateman's by people magically plucked out of history by the elf Puck or told by Puck himself. Puck who refers to himself as "the oldest Old Thing in England" is better known as a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. The genres of particular stories range from authentic historical novella A Centurion of the Thirtieth On the Great Wall to children's fantasy Dymchurch Flit. Each story is bracketed by a poem which relates in some manner to the theme or subject of the story. In a half-calf binding. Externally smart though with some sunning to the spine and some light rubbing. Internally firmly bound. Ink signature to recto of front free-endpaper. Pages are mainly bright and clean. Very Good Indeed Macmillan and Co hardcover
rif. 85110New York M. F. Mansfield No date ca1898. Hardback 8vo. 7.5 x 5 inches. In maroon polished full morocco leather fine binding by “G.P. Putnam & Sons.” Raised banding and gilt lettering and paneling to spine. Gilt paneled boards. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. In stunning near fine condition. Some minor darkening to edges of endpapers. Gilt binders stamp to bottom edge of front board. No penned inscriptions or marks. Occasional foxing spots to early few pages. Page edges rough cut. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 93pp. With B&W frontis portrait and 6 coloured plates. New York, M. F. Mansfield, No date (ca1898) hardcover
1930rif. 732K19London: Macmillan 1930. Cloth. Near Fine. 8" by 6". G. L. Stampa. An exceptional early copy of this charming humorous work from noted author Rudyard Kipling. Fourth impression published the same year as the first edition. With charming vignette illustrations throughout by G. L. Stampa. Lacking the original dustwrapper. Thy Servant a Dog is a charming collection of short stories told from the perspective of Black Aberdeen Terrier Boots. In the original red cloth binding with pictorial detail to the front board. Externally in excellent condition with just minor bumping to the extremities and the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with marginal age toning due to paper used. Near Fine Macmillan hardcover