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1998ref. 324716San Francisco: Arion Press 1998. Limited. hardcover. fine. Introduction by Thomas Pinney. Illustrations by Vincent Perez. Thin 8vo linen with wrap-around paper label. San Francisco: Arion Press 1998. Limited Edition. Fine. Kipling's only science fiction story. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the artist. Arion Press unknown books
1913ref. 309191London: Macmillan 1913. hardcover. very good. 31 volumes. 3/4 green morocco tall 8vo ornately gilt spines green cloth top edges gilt others untrimmed. Extremes of some volumes chipped some hinges neatly strengthened. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913-1938. Bombay Edition. Signed by Rudyard Kipling in volume 1. Macmillan unknown books
ref. 304279framed. fine. Signature "Rudyard Kipling" archivally set into a double diamond-cut green mat with two openings accompanied by a modern steel engraving of the author as he appeared in his youth and elegantly placed in a vintage gold-guilt wood filigree frame to 15" X 18". Fine KIPLING Rudyard 1865 - 1936. Indian-born British journalist writer poet and novelist. unknown books
1899ref. 299762New York: Doubleday & McClure 1899. hardcover. fine. 14 of 15 volumes. Short 8vo handsomely rebound by Blackwell in 3/4 tan polished calf marbled boards and endpapers ornately gilt spines with red leather labels top edges gilt. New York: Doubleday & McClure 1899. A fine set un-numbered volumes but lacking "Captains Courageous". Doubleday & McClure unknown books
1946ref. 295432New York: Doubleday 1946. hardcover. near fine. 850 pages. Thick 8vo handsomely rebound in 3/4 bue morocco top edge gilt. New York: Doubleday 1946. Definitive Edition. Near Fine. Doubleday unknown books
1916ref. 288595Garden City: Doubleday 1916. First. pamphlet. fine. 4 pamphlets. Thin 8vo original yellow cream glazed wrappers. Garden City 1916. First Edition. One of a few copies printed for copyright purposes and preceding the English edition. Fine copies preserved in a half red morocco slipcase. Doubleday unknown books
1909ref. 277421New York: Dodge 1909. First. hardcover. fine. 8vo blue cloth stamped in black & gilt. N.Y.: B.W. Dodge 1909. First Edition. Fine. First unauthorised edition appearing two months before the Doubleday Page edition. No dust jacket as issued. Dodge unknown books
1898ref. 269122New York: R.H. Russell 1898. First. hardcover. very good-. Nicholson William. Illustrated with 12 colored plates after woodcuts by William Nicholson with text in facing pages. Thin folio pictorial boards well-worn at edges and with some soiling and light penciling on covers; contemporary gift inscription on front endpaper. New York: R.H. Russell 1898. First American edition. Overall a very good- copy. All the plates are in clean condition with some offset to the opposite text pages as usual. There is one rather large purplish stain on Horse Racing text page the rear of Dog Coursing plate but images are un-effected. R.H. Russell unknown books
1908ref. 206944London: Macmillan 1908. First. hardcover. near fine. 2 photo illustrations. 31pp. Slim 12mo black-lettered limp red cloth. London: Macmillan and Co. 1908. First Edition. A near fine copy. Stewart 543. Macmillan unknown books
1891ref. 153356London: Macmillan 1891. First. hardcover. near fine. 352pp. 55pp. ads. Thick 8vo artfully bound in dark olive green morocco; gilt-lettered spine with raised bands & floral devices stamped in gilt and red on covers and spine; original wrappers bound-in at rear. Inner dentelles uncut edges t.e.g. London: Macmillan and Co. 1891. First edition. Near fine. Macmillan unknown books
1898ref. 122250London: Heinemann 1898. hardcover. very good. Nicholson William. Illustrated with 13 tinted linoleum cuts by William Nicholson. Short slim folio handsomely bound in full brown morocco; gilt-stamped and inlaid with red morocco rosettes on covers raised bands inner dentelles. London: Heinemann 1898 story clippings range from 1914-1917. Very good. The pamphlet in original pictorial wrappers is bound-in along with a unique well-planned 33 page scrapbook of neatly mounted Kipling stories taken from illustrated journals such as the Saturday Evening Post The Daily Express London and the Detroit Free Press Christmas Edition. Also includes the 8 page song sheet for "Fuzzy-Wuzzy" with words written by Kipling. Heinemann unknown books
1903ref. 153057London: Methuen 1903. First. hardcover. very good. 12mo red cloth; spine sunned g.t. London: Methuen 1903. First English Edition. First issue with "David" on p.56. Methuen unknown books
1892ref. 130847London: Heinemann 1892. First. hardcover. very good. Original wrs. bound in 276pp. small 8vo 19th- century full brown morocco small red poppies on gilt-dec. covers gilt-stamped raised bands inner dentelles t.e.g.; corners lightly rubbed otherwise near fine. London: Heinemann 1892. Firts edition. A charming very good copy. Heinemann unknown books
1917ref. 83935London: Macmillan 1917. First Edition. hardcover. fine. 8vo full brown leather gilt; g.t. London: Macmillan 1917. First Edition. Fine. Macmillan unknown books
1891ref. 200923Allabahad: Wheeler 1891. First. hardcover. fine. Tall thin 8vo finely bound in full brown morocco with rosettes & garland encircling the letter "K"; original cloth covers bound in. Allabahad 1891. First Indian edition. Ownership name on title & half title otherwise fine. Wheeler unknown books
1891ref. 200922Allabahad: Wheeler 1891. First. hardcover. good. Tall thin 8vo red & blue cloth divided diagonally; lettered in gilt.Allabahad 1891. First Indian edition. A better than usual copy the binding spotted but soundwith the Wheeler & Co. rubberstamp on the front flyleaf. Wheeler unknown books
1900ref. 422040New York: A.L. Burt 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. 339pp. 6pp. of advertisements. Original red cloth gilt-stamped spine title. Hinges cracked cloth soiled spine ends and corners rubbed and bumped about very good being R.L. Rusk's copy with his name and his daughter's name penned on the front endpapers lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Rusk taught English at the University of the Philippines 1912-1914. Ralph Leslie Rusk was a Professor Emeritus of American Literature at Columbia University New York New York. In 1950 he was the first winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction for The Life of Ralph Waldo Emerson published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1949. A.L. Burt hardcover books
1910ref. 227986New York: A.L. Burt 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Red cloth gilt spine titles. Short stories. One volume only of an eight volume set. Pages browned Long thin yellowish stain on title page very good. A.L. Burt hardcover books
1902ref. 52408Leipzig: Tauchnitz 1902. Small 8vo pp. 254. Illustrated by the author with a fold-out map opposite p. 112. Blue cloth. Rear hinge tender front hinge mended; cover somewhat worn but glued at front side of spine and tight; VG. Tauchnitz unknown books
1990ref. 50484London: Guild 1990. First Edition. MacCarthy Patricia. Large 8vo pp. 189. Illustrated by Patricia MacCarthy. Pictorial paper over boards. A very nice copy in slightly chipped dj. Guild unknown books
1909ref. 46340NY: Doubleday Page 1909. First American edn. 8vo pp. 324. Illustrated. Green cloth stamped on the front with a Viking ship in black; gilt lettering. TEG. One hinge tender cover little scuffed and worn at corners and ends of spine o/w VG. Short stories. Doubleday, Page unknown books
1965ref. 46335Garden City NY: Doubleday 1965. First Edition. Silverman Burt. 8vo pp. 302. Illustrated by Burt Silverman. Green cloth with tan cloth spine. Cover very slightly bumped or scuffed at corners o/w a nice copy in price-clipped and little soiled and torn dj. Doubleday unknown books
1900ref. 29538London: Macmillan 1900. First U.K. edition issued some months after the American edition. Two-volume set. Two volumes. 8vo pp. 497 438. Red cloth stamped in gilt. TEG. Owner's bookplate on pastedowns covers slightly worn at ends of spines one small worm hold at bottom of a few pages o/w VG. Stewart 199. Macmillan unknown books
1891ref. 32788London: Macmillan 1891. First Edition. 8vo pp. 351. Red cloth stamped in gilt. Cover ilittle worn at corners and ends of spine one hinge near tender o/w VG. Volumes under this title were published by Macmillan & Co. both in London and New York in 1891 this being the somewhat earlier American edition. They contain all the stories in MINE OWN PEOPLE 1891 with the exception of 'A Conference of the Powers' together with sixteen additional stories and one poem." - Stewart 99; Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 955. Clute and Grant eds The Encyclopedia of Fantasy 1997 p. 541. Wilson Shadows in the Attic p. 306. Bleiler 1978 p. 115. A series of short stories including a number that are supernatural. Macmillan unknown books
1893ref. 29539London: Macmillan 1893. First Edition. 8vo pp. 365. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. cover little worn along the hinges rear hinge paper cracked o/w VG. Stewart 118. "This collection consisting of fourteen stories and two poems was published in 1893 by Macmillan and Co. in London and by D. Appleton and Company in New York. Ten of the stories had appeared previously in periodicals. Macmillan unknown books