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1924réf. 1021W1London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1924. Leather. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 7" by 4.5". J. Lockwood Kipling; W. H. Drake; P. Frenzeny. A pair of full calf illustrated editions of Kipling's beloved children's novels featuring an unclipped dust wrapper. A smart pair of Rudyard Kipling's most popular children's works both bound in smart original red calf with gilt motifs to front boards and spines. Volume one additionally features the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated by a variety of artists including English art teach and father of the author John Lockwood Kipling. Volume one features seventeen unlisted monochrome plates and additional monochrome vignettes throughout. No other collation records available. Volume two illustrated with monochrome vignette illustrations throughout. decorated with gilt top edges. Bound in original red calf. Vol1 with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Vol1 has backwards lean. Moderate bumping to extremities. Small losses to heads and tails. Moderate age toning to endpapers. Mild rubbing to spines. Vol2 front hinge very slightly starting but firm. vol1 dust wrapper generally smart. Moderate chipping to dust wrapper extremities. Moderate sunning to dust wrapper spine. Notable age toning and spotting to dust wrapper reverse. Internally firmly bound. Vol2 rear blank leaf unopened. Mild cockling to vol2 text block extremities. Pages generally bright and clean. The odd spot to vol2 text block edges. Very Good Indeed Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1902réf. 69666London: Macmillan and Co 1902. BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE; KIPLING Rudyard. BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE binder. KIPLING Rudyard illustrator. Just So Stories for Little Children. Illustrated by the Author. London: Macmillan and Co. 1902. Full Description: KIPLING Rudyard. Just So Stories for Little Children. Illustrated by the Author. London: Macmillan and Co. 1902. First edition of Kipling's famous collection of twelve stories and twelve poems including "How the Camel Got His Hump" and "How the Leopard Got His Spots." Small quarto 8 3/4 x 6 5/8 inches; 224 x 170 mm. 6 249 1 blank 1 printer's device 1 blank pp. Bound without the initial blank leaf. Twenty-two full-page illustrations. With the original publisher's red cloth bound in at the back. The cloth is with the first issue flaked white ink. Bound by Bayntun in full red levant morocco. Gilt-rule border on covers. Front cover stamped in gilt with an elephant and a palm tree. Spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt in compartments. Gilt board edges and turn-ins. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Some minor finger smudging. A small closed repaired tear to contents page not affecting text. A near fine copy. "These twelve stories with an equal number of poems written 'for little children' were drawn from the store of 'make believe' tales that Kipling told to his own children. All of the stories but one "How the Alphabet Was Made" had appeared in periodicals between 1897 and 1902 but none of the verses had been published before 1902" Stewart. This book has the distinction of being the only one illustrated by Kipling. Gumuchian 3526. Livingston 267. Martindell 99. Osborne Collection I pp. 362-363. Stewart 260. HBS 69666. $1000. Macmillan and Co unknown
réf. AISLE9/Box72/MG4/020926Sep 06 1985. Fine. This copy is in Like New condition — crisp clean and showing no meaningful signs of use. Pages are bright and free from any marks writing or highlighting. The spine is tight and the covers are sharp with no creasing or damage. Every book we list is individually hand-checked by our team at Kisharon Langdon New Chapters. We take pride in honest accurate grading — what you read is what you receive. New Chapters is a social enterprise supporting people with Learning Disabilities and Autistic People into meaningful work. Your purchase makes a real difference. unknown
2015réf. 103115Psychology Press 2015. Later Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition. Fine later ed 2015 Psychology Press paperback clean tight and unmarked paperback copy. Size: octavo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2kg. Category: Psychology & Psychiatry; United Kingdom; ISBN: 1138006130. ISBN/EAN: 9781138006133. 84cxrarebooks is the trading name of Cambridge-based bookseller Marino Guida with 25 years experience in the trade. We guarantee the condition of all our books. Further images or a short video presentation of any book can be arranged on request. We send tax-free and tariff-free to EU US/Canada and Australia/NZ with insurance included for peace of mind. Inventory No: 103115. 9781138006133 Psychology Press paperback
réf. 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
1930réf. 50247New York: Willey Book Company 1930. Very Good-/Very Good. New York: Willey Book Company n.d. ca. 1930s. Later Printing. Octavo 19cm; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 6249pp. Cloth unevenly discolored from damp along spine edge bleeding into boards shallow chipping and closed tears to jacket margins spine panel mottled; still a Very Good sound example. Uncommon reprint of the author's first novel originally published in 1891. OCLC locates three examples of this edition as of October 2026 at Columbia Shippensburg and UBC. Willey Book Company unknown
1901réf. 103824Macmillan 1901. First edition first printing with 2pp of ads at rear. 8vo. Publisher's red boards with gilt titles & elephant motif to front board. Topedge gilt. A near fine copy with clean & fresh boards with none of the usual fading to spine. No marks to boards. Light wear to extremities. No nicking & no splitting to cloth. Internally clean and complete with no inscriptions. A lovely copy with very attractive unmarked/unfaded boards. Considered one of the author's greatest works and one of the finest novels of India and the British Empire. Macmillan unknown
1924réf. 11850Doubleday Doran and Company. New York. 1924. REPRINT SEPARATE EDITION U. S. Originally published in 1910. Oblong 8vo. 4.4 x 6.4 inches. 8 double leaves uncut at the top. Each double leaf has a green decorative border the text printed in black. Half title has "IF" printed in black within an ornamental green panel the same printed onto the front board with the addition of the author's name and a floral decoration. A remarkably clean and bright copy in original off white boards with decorative green border and black lettering and decoration to the front panel. Small blindstamp of Nicholson's Bookshop Richmond Ind on both blank free endpapers. A fine copy in the very rare original plain white paper dustwrapper. The wrapper has a few small closed tears to the edges but without any loss and it is complete. An attractive copy of this uncommon reprint edition of Kipling's most enduring work of verse in the rare dustwrapper. In 36 years of dealing in rare English literature this is only the second copy I have seen in the dustwrapper. A poll taken by the BBC in the UK in 2005 voted it as Britain's favourite Poem polling twice as many votes as the number 2 choice Lord Tennyson's The Lady of Shallot. Originally written in 1895 IF was inspired by the actions of Dr. Leander Starr Jameson a British Officer whose forces were defeated by the Boers in 1895 but who was portrayed as a victorious hero by the British press the poem is a powerful masterclass in maintaining the British stiff upper lip. Doubleday, Doran and Company. New York. 1924 hardcover
1896réf. 005002London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1896 / 1895 1896. THE JUNGLE BOOK SIGNED WITH A 4 LINE QUOTE. 2 vols. Fourth & Second Editions 7-1/2" x 5-3/8" Kipling crossed out his name and signed above an additional 4 line quote to the title-page which reads "Now these are the laws of the Jungle and many & mighty are they: But the head & the heart of the Law and the haunch and hump is - Obey!" illustrated by J. Lockwood Kipling & W. H. Drake. Bound in the publisher's original gilt stamped blue cloth all edges gilt. General handling minor rubbing to head and foot of spines and back corners bookplate to front endpaper of the Second Jungle Book overall GOOD copies. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1896 / 1895 hardcover
1931réf. 982Y31London: James Tregaskis & Son 1931. Leather. Near Fine. 10" by 7". None. A pleasing limited edition of Thomas Tusser's 16th-century instructional poem in the original full crushed morocco. One of a limited edition of five hundred copies printed on handmade Batchelor paper. In the original full crushed morocco by Bain and Company. Preserved in a cloth-backed slipcase. This long poem from Thomas Tusser which stood as one of the best-selling poetry books of the Elizabethan age uses rhyming couplets to instruct the reader on various farming and country customs offering fascinating insight into life in Tudor England. Scholars also consider it an interesting text for its defence of enclosures.First published as 'A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie' in 1557 and later enlarged into five hundred points in 1573. This edition is complete with an introduction by Sir Walter Scott a benediction by Rudyard Kipling and a foreword by E. V. Lucas. In the original full crushed morocco. Externally excellent with a couple minor marks to the front board and minimal signs of shelf wear. Slipcase is rubbed with a few pieces of tape to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with offsetting to the endpapers and the odd spot. Near Fine James Tregaskis & Son hardcover
réf. 11427455-6Used - 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
2011réf. DADAX1241160252British Library Historical Print Editions 2011-03-01. paperback. New. 9.69x0.95x7.44. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. British Library, Historical Print Editions paperback
1913réf. 1001H10London: Macmillan and Co. Limited; Hodder and Stoughton 1913-1919. Cloth. Good. 10 by 7. Rudyard Kipling. A limited Bombay Edition of Kipling"s works complete in twenty-five volumes including the scarce Handbook to the Poetry signed by Rudyard Kipling to the half-title of the first volume. In the publisher"s original quarter cloth binding with paper-covered boards.The first volume is flat signed by the author Rudyard Kipling to the half-title. A limited Bombay edition one of 1050 copies printed by R. & R. Clark from Herbert P. Horne"s design with blocks lent by Chatto & Windus. The Bombay edition was initially published in 20 volumes and limited to 1000 copies. Kipling continued to write and it eventually grew to 31 volumes but the last 11 volumes were limited to 500 copies only.The collected Bombay Edition of Kipling"s prose and verse gathering his principal novels short story collections and poetry from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Complete in twenty-five volumes. Comprising:1913 Vol I. Plain Tales from the Hills. This copy is flat signed by the author Rudyard Kipling to the half title. 1913 Vol. II Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys: In Black and White.1913 Vol. III Wee Willie Winkie; Under the Deodars; The Phantom "Rickshaw and Other Stories.1913 Vol. IV From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches; Letters of Travel Volume I. 1913 Vol. V From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches; Letters of Travel Volume II. 1913 Vol. VI Life"s Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People1913 Vol. VII The Light That Failed.1913 Vol. VIII The Naulahka: A Story of West and East by Rudyard Kipling and Wolcott Balestier.1913 Vol. IX Many Inventions.1913 Vol. X "Captains Courageous": A Story of the Grand Banks.1914 Vol. XI The Jungle Book.1914 Vol. XII The Second Jungle Book.1914 Vol. XIII The Day"s Work.1914 Vol. XIV Stalky & Co.1914 Vol. XVI Just So Stories for Little Children. Illustrated with twenty-two plates and in-text vignettes after drawings by Rudyard Kipling. Collated complete. 1914 Vol. XVII Traffics and Discoveries.1914 Vol. XVIII Puck of Pook"s Hill 19051906.1914 Vol. XIX Rewards and Fairies.1914 Vol. XX Actions and Reactions.1914 Vol. XXI Departmental Ditties; Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses.1914 Vol. XXII The Five Nations; The Seven Seas.1914 A Handbook to the Poetry of Rudyard Kipling by Ralph Durand.1915 Vol. XXIII Songs from Books.1917 Vol. XXIV A Diversity of Creatures.1919 Vol. XXV The Years Between; The Muse Among the Motors.Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 becoming both the youngest and the first English-language writer to receive the honour to date he remains its youngest recipient. Henry James said: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius as distinct from fine intelligence that I have ever known." Externally sound. Slight discolouration to boards and spines with the odd minor handling marks and spot of damp staining. Previous bookseller"s discreet label to the rear pastedown of "A Handbook to the Poetry." Slight offsetting to endpapers heavier to older copies. Several volumes with cracked joints and hinges including Handbook XI XIV XXIIXXIII VIII VII and III; in places binding materials partially exposed with minor fraying and occasional small closed tears boards generally slightly loose but holding. Cracking more pronounced to volumes XIV VII and VIII. Spines of volumes I and VI loose holding only at the cloth of the front joint with slight loss and fraying to the cloth. Volume V with rear joint cracked slight fraying and minor loss to the cloth spine slightly loose but holding. Volume X with a small closed tear to the gutter of the rear pastedown. Slight loss to the spine labels of volumes VII and IV slightly obscuring the text. Internally firmly bound with hinges slightly strained in places but sound. Pages generally bright and clean with light scattered spotting to the first and last few leaves and the occasional spot to the rough-cut fore edges; slight offsetting to the first and last leaves. Volume I flat signed by the author to the half-title. Slight cockling to the fore edges. Silk ribbon bookmarks frayed. Good Macmillan and Co., Limited; Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1905réf. 960Z24Leeds: J. W. Bean & Son 1905. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A very scarce anthology of verse for children collected from the works of the most eminent poets and inscribed by Holbrook Jackson's brother. The first edition the paperback variant.A very scarce work.Inscribed by Holbrook Jackson's brother: 'To G.H. from J.C.J 9.5.05'. With an owner's stamp to the title page belonging to 'M. G. Jackson' a member of Jackson's family. The third published work of Holbrook Jackson an anthology of verse for children. A charming anthology compiled "with the idea of appealing to the capacity for wonder and delight in the things of daily life and the more real things of the imagination". Including selections of the poetical works of William Blake Rudyard Kipling William Morris Shakespeare Christina Rossetti Alfred Lord Tennyson and more as well as Holbrook himself.Compiled by the journalist writer and publisher George Holbrook Jackson. A noted journalist who worked for numerous magazines during his career Jackson is known as being one of the leading bibliophiles of his time. He founded in the Flying Fame Press alongside Ralph Hodgson and Claud Lovat Fraser and had a long association with English small presses.One page of adverts to the rear.Undated dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. In the publisher's original paper covers. Externally generally smart with slight sunning to the spine and extremities with loss to the head and tail of the spine with covers separating from the text block to the tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Owner's stamp to the title page. Very Good J. W. Bean & Son paperback
1895réf. 967Z11London: Macmillan and Co 1895. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". J. Lockwood Kipling. The first edition of Rudyard Kipling's sequel to his renowned novel 'The Jungle Book' with illustrations throughout by J. Lockwood Kipling. The first edition first impression. Illustrated throughout by John Lockwood Kipling with monochrome vignettes. The sequel to Kipling's popular novel 'The Jungle Book' this work includes five short stories featuring Mowgli the "man-cub" and three unrelated short stories mainly set in India. Written by Joseph Rudyard Kipling an English novelist short-story writer poet and journalist born in British India. In the publisher's original cloth. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with light edgewear including very small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine a slight lean minimal fading to the spine and the odd very minor mark to the boards. Hinges starting. Internally firmly bound with bright pages and light spotting throughout heaviest to the front and rear. Owner's inscription to the half title. Very Good Macmillan and Co hardcover
1927réf. 977F21London: Macmillan 1927 . First edition. Vellum. Very Good Indeed/Fair. 12.5" by 10". Donald Maxwell. A signed limited edition poetry collection from Rudyard Kipling accompanied by a signed leaf from Kipling in which he has copied out a stanza of his poem 'Epitaphs of War'. A signed limited edition from Kipling with this being one of 500 large paper copies produced.With an additional loosely inserted leaf signed by Kipling and dated September 1925 in which he has written out the penultimate stanza of his 1919 poem 'Epitaphs of War': 'We counterfeited once for your disport/ Men's joy and sorrow: but our day has passed./ We pray you pardon all where we fell short/ Seeing we were your servants to this last'An anthology of twelve poems by Rudyard Kipling collected together by him from a selection of his poetical collections.Including 'Harp Song of the Dane Women' From 'Puck of Pook's Hill' 'The Liner She's a Lady' from 'The Seven Seas' 'Song of the Red War-Boat' from 'Rewards and Fairies' and more.Illustrated with twelve mounted colour plates and further vignettes by Donald Maxwell.Collated complete. In the publisher's original quarter vellum binding with unclipped dust wrapper and cloth covered slip case. Externally vibrant with back strip lightly age toned and stab mark to centre of back strip. Slip case in very good condition with bumping and rubbing to perimeters and cloth age toned. Major losses of dust wrapper at head of front wrap and head and tail of rear wrap lacking entirety of back strip. Major closed tears and folds to front wrap towards fore edge. Dust wrapper age toned. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed Macmillan hardcover
1899réf. 935Z7London: George Newness 1899. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. Rudyard Kipling's first collection of verse bound in a decorative crushed half morocco binding. The 'Sixpenny Series' edition. First published in 1886. Bound in crushed half morocco with marbled paper to the boards and floral gilt details to the spine. Rudyard Kipling's first collection of verse including works such as 'Departmental Ditties' 'To the Unknown Goddess' and 'Arithmetic on the Frontier". Kipling was a popular English journalist poet and author best known for his work 'The Jungle Book'. Bound in crushed half morocco. Externally excellent with fading to the spine slight rubbing to the fore edge. Internally firmly bound with age toned pages and the odd spot heavier to the front and rear. Very Good Indeed George Newness hardcover
1902réf. 935T3London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1902. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9.5" by 7". Rudyard Kipling. A first edition of this charming collection of stories from Rudyard Kipling for young readers illustrated by the author. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-two plates and the odd in-text image. Collated complete. A collection of origin stories for children illustrating how animals acquired their distinctive features such as how the leopard got his spots. Written and illustrated by Joseph Rudyard Kipling an English novelist short-story writer poet and journalist best known for The Jungle Book Kim and this collection of tales. In the original full red cloth binding. Externally sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small closed tear to the head and tail of the spine. Hinges starting but firm between pages 34 and 35. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Further spotting and light age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. A 2" closed tear to page 91/92. Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1899réf. 943Y60London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1899-1937. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5.5". None. A smart collection of Rudyard Kipling's beloved works including the first editions of 'Traffics and Discoveries' 'Debits and Credits' and others. A terrific selection of Rudyard Kipling's short stories poems and travel writings. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth binding. With Kipling's signature elephant head stamped in gilt to the front boards. Kipling was an English journalist novelist poet and short-story writer perhaps best remembered for 'The Jungle Book' a short-story collection depicting the adventures of Mowgli a boy raised in the jungle by wolves. Kipling wrote many popular volumes of poetry and short stories as well as a book of articles about his 1889 travels from India to Burma China Japan and the U.S. en route to England included here in two volumes. The entirety of this set comprises the following works:'Wee Willie Winkie Under the Deodars The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Stories' 1899 - The first impression of the Uniform Edition. 'From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches: Letters of Travel Volume I' 1900 - The first UK edition.'From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches: Letters of Travel Volume II' 1912 - Sixth impression. 'Kim' 1902 - Third impression. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates by the author's father J. Lockwood Kipling. Collated complete. 'Life's Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People' 1903 - Third impression of the Uniform Edition.'Many Inventions' 1904 - Third impression of the Uniform Edition. 'Traffics and Discoveries' 1904 - First edition with no further impression remarks. 'Puck of Pook's Hill' 1906 - First edition with no further impression remarks. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nineteen plates. Collated complete. 'The Jungle Book' 1906 - Seventh impression of the Uniform Edition. With illustrations by J. L. Kipling W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny.'The Second Jungle Book' 1906 - Fourth impression of the Uniform Edition.'The Naulahka: A Story of West and East' 1906 - Co-authored by Kipling with Wolcott Balestier. The second impression of Macmillan's edition first transferred in 1901. 'Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsby's in Black and White' 1909 - Fifth impression of the Uniform Edition. 'Actions and Reactions' 1910 - Third impression. 'The Light That Failed' 1916 - Tenth impression of the Uniform Edition. 'The Day's Work' 1918 - Ninth impression of the Pocket Edition. 'Debits and Credits' 1926 - First edition with no further impression remarks. 'Limits and Renewals' 1932 - First edition with no further impression remarks.'Something of Myself: For My Friends Known and Unknown' 1937 - First edition with no further impression remarks. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original red cloth binding. Externally smart. With rubbing and bumping to the extremities and fading to the spines. With the rubbed bookplate of one Dudley Borron Myers to the front pastedown of 'Wee Willie Winkie'. Marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with several instances of offsetting and light spotting to the endpapers. Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1913réf. 69306London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1913. Full Description: KIPLING Rudyard. The Works of Rudyard Kipling. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1913-1938. Bombay Edition. Limited edition signed by Rudyard Kipling in volume I. Complete in thirty-one small quarto volumes 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches; 240 x 165 mm. As all sets are volumes 1-25 are from an edition of 1050 volume 26 is from an edition of 1000 and volumes 27-31 are from an edition of 500. Title pages and limitation pages printed in blue and black. Decorative initials printed in blue. Publisher's original paper spine labels bound in to the back of each volume. Bound uniformly in full red morocco. Boards tooled in gilt with a wavy border. Spines spines decoratively tooled in compartments and lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt others uncut. Marbled endpapers. A small neat black number stamp to the top margin of each title-page. The final leaf of each volume with a small note in red ink. Still an about fine set. HBS 69306. $8500. Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown
1932réf. 950P57London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1932. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8" by 5". None. A superb first edition copy of this entertaining anthology of short stories by Rudyard Kipling in the original dust wrapper. The first edition first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A collection of short stories and poems by Rudyard Kipling.Including the stories and poems 'Dayspring Mishandled' 'The Church That Was at Antioch' 'Akbar's Bridge' 'Fairy-Kist' 'Dinah in Heaven' 'Naaman's Song' 'Azrael's Court' 'Song of Seventy Horses' and many more.Many of these stories had previously appeared in various periodicals however three of these stories are for the first time here published being 'The Tie' 'Aunt Ellen' and 'Uncovenanted Mercies'. In the original publisher's cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally smart. Very light shelf wear to the head and tail of the spine. Dust wrapper is smart very lightly edge worn. Spine is a little age-toned. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1904réf. 948Z8London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1904-12. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. Eight volumes of works by the renown author Rudyard Kipling including the first edition of 'Traffics and Recreations' all bound by Hatchards in half cloth. The first edition to "Traffics and Discoveries". The thirtieth edition of "Barrack-Room Ballads" the uniform edition to "The Light that Failed" "Life"s Handicap" "Wee Willie Winkie" and "Just So Stories For Little Children" the first edition third impression to "Actions and Recreations" the first edition fourth impression to "Kim". Illustrated with monochrome vignettes and twenty-two monochrome plates to 'Just So Stories' and a monochrome frontispiece and nine plates to 'kim'. Collated complete. An eight volume set. Bound in half calf with cloth to the boards by Hatchards with their binder's stamps to the front blanks. This set includes "Barrack-Room Ballads"1911 "The Light That Failed"1911 "Life"s Handicap" 1911 "Actions and Recreations" 1910 "Traffics and Discoveries" 1904 "Wee Willie Winkie Under the Deodars The Phantom "Rickshaw and Other Stories" 1912 "Kim" 1912 "Just So Stories For Little Children" 1910.This set features a collection of works written by Rudyard Kipling the popular English author and journalist best known for his beloved 'Jungle Book" duology. Being born in India many of Kipling"s works were inspired by his experiences and the country. Bound in half calf with cloth to the boards. Externally very smart with fading to the spines and to the boards to the odd volume the odd slight mark slight cockling to the front board to the odd volume. Front joint starting to 'Kim'. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Binder"s stamp to front blanks. Very Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1912réf. 958Q1London: Hodder & Stoughton 1912 . Leather. Near Fine. 9.5" by 7". None. A beautifully bound second edition of Rudyard Kipling's celebrated anthology of verse. Second edition. First published in 1907.In an elegant half morocco binding with cloth boards. A charming collection of verses written by English journalist novelist and poet Rudyard Kipling. This anthology includes titles such as: The Sea-Wife White Horses The Lost Legion Before a Midnight Breaks in Storm and Gunga Din amongst others. With a stamp of Timbs Book Club referring to a group of Victorian gentlemen's clubs named after British author and journalist John Timbs. Bound in half morocco with cloth boards. Externally excellent with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd mark. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1913réf. 933T61New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1913-1926. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. A smart complete twenty-seven volume set of this limited edition of the works of Rudyard Kipling signed by the author. Complete in twenty-seven volumes. The Seven Seas edition. Volume one is signed by the author to the half title. Limited to one thousand and fifty copies of which this is number five hundred and ninety-two. With the original note of receipt of subscription issued to Mr. Archibald Harrald. A collection of the works of Joseph Rudyard Kipling an English journalist novelist poet and short-story writer born in British India which inspired much of his work. Kipling is best known for the Jungle Book duology Kim the Just So Stories and many of his short stories considered an innovator in the art of the short story writing and noted as having "a versatile and luminous narrative gift". This set contains: Plain Tales from the Hills 1914. Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys: In Black and White 1913. Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories 1913. From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches in two volumes 1913. Life's Handicap 1914. The Light That Failed 1914. The Naulahka 1914. Many Inventions 1914. Captain Courageous 1914. The Jungle Book 1914. The Second Jungle Book 1914. The Day's Work 1914. Stalky & Co. 1914. Kim 1914. Just So Stories 1914. Traffics and Discoveries 1915. Puck of Pook's Hill 1915. Rewards and Fairies 1915. Actions and Reactions 1915. Departmental Ditties and Barrack Room Ballads 1915. The Five Nations and The Seven Seas Etc. 1915. Songs from Books 1915. A Diversity of Creatures 1917. The Years Between and Parodies 1919. Letters of Travel 1920. Debits and Credits 1926. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally very smart with minor rubbing to the extremities and light fading to the spines. The odd small mark to the boards with light loss of the spine labels of volumes I II and VI only. Replacement spine labels inserted into a couple of the volumes. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot or handling mark. Small parts of the text block remain unopened to the first and last few pages of the odd volume. Light tide marks to the rear endpapers of volume four. Very Good Indeed Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1901réf. 906Q18London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1901 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5". Not Stated. The first edition first impression of this classic novel from Rudyard Kipling with illustrations. First edition first impression. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth with a gilt elephant to the front cover. This intriguing spy novel was written by prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling who is known as a pioneer for the short story form and a classic author of children's fiction. He was born in India providing the inspiration behind a vast amount of his writings. 'Kim' was originally published as a serial in McClure's Magazine between 1900 and 1901; the story takes place against the backdrop of the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia. Illustrated with nine plates and a frontispiece. Collated complete. Contains a leaf of publisher's advertisements to the rear. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth. Externally very good with light rubbing to the extremities and spine. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine with the odd mark to cloth. Very small tears to the tail of the rear joint and spine tail. Scattered spotting to endpapers. Front hinge is a little strained but holding firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with the occasional light scattered spotting. Blue pencil marks to the advertising page. Very Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
