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1930Best.-Nr. 123470New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1930. First edition of Kipling’s beloved children’s classic as told by Boots the dog. Octavo rebound in new boards with gilt titles to the spine top edge gilt illustrated by Marguerite Kirmse frontispiece. Near fine in a custom slipcase. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc hardcover
Best.-Nr. A9781018099491Hardback. New. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 329549The Folio Society 2012. LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION #63/1000 WITH PRINT SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR lg quarto brown heavy boards gilt lettering to sl marbled cream spine coloured gilt illus to front board teg illus eps illus signed & numbered plate to prelim pgs frontispiece illus title page 195pp illus with beautiful colour plates throughout- counted & all present Near FINE in Near FINE brown coth presentation case with gilt lettering on title plate to spine The Folio Society 2012 hardcover
Best.-Nr. A9780198123231Hardback. New. This volume contains over three hundred poems by Kipling none of which appears in the `Definitive Edition' of his verse. hardcover
1901Best.-Nr. 924F16London: Macmillan and Co 1901 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 6". Not Stated. The first edition first impression of this classic spy novel by Rudyard Kipling. The first edition first impression. This first UK edition was actually published one day after its release in the US.This spy novel was written by short story pioneer and classic author of children's fiction Rudyard Kipling who is known as a pioneer for the short story form and a classic author of children's fiction. '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 a frontispiece - retaining the original tissue guard - and nine plates. Collated complete.With a publisher's advertisement leaf to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink marks to tail of front board. Bumping to back strip head and tail with rubbing to joints. Head and tail of front joint starting with board firmly held. Internally firmly bound. Title page age toned. Pages bright with instances of light spotting. Very Good Macmillan and Co hardcover
Best.-Nr. 69886London: William Heinemann 1892. Literature FIRST EDITION first impression. Octavo 19 x 14cm pp.4 276 8. Publisher's peach cloth with titles in gilt to spine and in black to upper. All edges untrimmed. Contents clean no inscriptions last few leaves of ads are poorly opened with some tears to top margin inside paper joints started binding is sound with some scattered light marks to front cover. Shows well. A thrilling adventure novel not well received by the literati including Henry James but suitably captivating to J.H. Millar who deemed it in his review in Blackwood's Magazine to be as exciting as Treasure Island. After his co-author Balestier's sudden death Kipling named the home he built for himself in Dummerston Vermont after the book in memory of his friend. London: William Heinemann, 1892 unknown
1899Best.-Nr. 880T21London: George Newnes Limited; Methuen and Co. 1899-1900. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A smartly bound set of volumes from English writer Rudyard Kipling with illustrations. Two volumes. Written by Rudyard Kipling an English novelist short-story writer journalist and poet known for his works the Jungle Book and Just So Stories. This set includes: Departmental Ditties and Other Verses 1899. Eleventh edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. Includes poems such as: Delilah A Code of Morals To the Unknown Goddess The Lovers' Litany Possibilities and many others. Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses 1900. A collection of verses including: Danny Deever Fuzzy-Wuzzy Soldier Soldier Mandalay The Widow's Party Ford o' Kabul River and many others. Bound in half blue calf with blue cloth boards. Externally smart with light shelf wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark or pencil mark. The odd spot to the endpapers. Prize bookplate to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed George Newnes, Limited; Methuen and Co. hardcover
1980Best.-Nr. 64198Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1980. Limited Edition. 8vo. 27cm x 18.5cm. Publisher's full green leather titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards. Clean and bright a fine unread copy. 383pp. Internally clean. Yellow silk endpapers. All edges gilt. Illustrated throughout by David Gentleman. Part of the "One Hundred Greatest Books Ever Written" series. The Easton Press unknown
2013Best.-Nr. 014354Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2013. Complete in 3 volumes. Books measure 23.5x16.cm. xlviii 652pp xxxiii653-1550pp xxxii1551-2349pp. Bound in original publishers black cloth with gilt lettering. Very minor bumps on edges of boards. All bindings in very good clean near fine condition. Dust jackets have minor abrasion wear. Jacket in very good clean condition. Internally pages clean throughout. A very nice clean set. . Cloth. Very Good Plus Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo. Cambridge University Press Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 66460London: Macmillan and Company 1897. Classic seafaring adventure FIRST EDITION first impression. Crown octavo 20 x 14cm pp.viii; 245; 1 blank; 2 ads. With 22 engraved illustrations by Taber including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth front board shows gilt titles and a scene in gilt of Harvey at hauling on a line in apparently rough seas gilt titles and a portrait of Manuel blowing a horn to spine; all edges gilt black endpapers. Mopderate toning/spotting throughout gift inscription in ink to half-title. The cloth is exceptionally well preserved with one small bump at crown and a few tiny rubs to extremities. A particularly fresh and bright binding. One of Kipling's more moralistic adventure tales which tells the story of Harvey Cheyne the spoiled and perennially annoying son of a railroad magnate. When he falls overboard and is picked up by fishermen who don't believe the story of his origins he is forced to work his way back to land. By the time he reaches he shore and his parents arrive to pick him up he has become a worthy and industrious young man meeting the whole checklist of virtues outlined by Kipling in "If London: Macmillan and Company, 1897 unknown
Best.-Nr. 66899London: Faber and Faber 1959. Driving anthology FIRST EDITION. Octavo 21 x 14cm pp.215. Publisher's red cloth in illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 15s. Contents clean no inscriptions. A fine copy in a very good jacket with one chip to the top edge of the front panel. Shows well. Contains 'James Bond Drives' being the thrilling motor chase originally published as chapter 20 of Moonraker entitled 'Drax's Gambit'. Fleming is also discussed at length within the introduction. Gilbert Jon. Ian Fleming: The Bibliography A3a page 115. London: Faber and Faber, 1959 unknown
1923Best.-Nr. 894F37London: Macmillan and Co 1923 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6.5". Not Stated. The two volume first edition of Rudyard Kipling's account of the actions of the Irish Guards in the First World War in the very scarce original dust wrappers. The first edition first impression of this work.In the very scarce publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers.Edited and compiled from the diaries and papers of the Guards Kipling details their importance in the war. The first volume covers the first battalion and the second volume discusses the second battalion and includes extensive appendices.With seven maps to volume I and four to volume II. Collated complete.Two pages of advertisements to the rear of volume II.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. In the publisher's original cloth binding with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip heads and tails otherwise externally excellent. Front hinge of volume II strained. Dust wrappers age toned to back strips. Loss of paper to tail of rear wrap of volume I with small losses to head and tail of back strip. Light edgewear to volume II back strip tail with more significant edgewear and a closed tear to the head. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean with instances of light spotting to first and last few leaves most prominent to volume II. Very Good Macmillan and Co hardcover
1926Best.-Nr. 894F36New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1926 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. An attractive example of a later printing of the first US edition of Rudyard Kipling's collection of short stories and poems in a dust wrapper and wraparound band. The first US edition of this work with '25th Thousand' to the dust wrapper back strip.In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper with wraparound band.A collection of fourteen short stories nineteen poems and two scenes from an unfinished play.Billed as 'Rudyard Kipling's first book of new fiction in 10 years' many of these works follow Kipling's familiar themes of British colonialism in India and Burma. From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. In the publisher's original cloth binding with price unclipped dust wrapper and wraparound band. Light shelf wear to back strip tail with bump to back strip head. Boards in excellent condition. Losses of paper to dust wrapper back strip head and tail with significant chip to head of front wrap. Offsetting to centre of back strip due to wraparound band. Wraparound band back strip age toned with significant closed tear to back strip head. Further closed tear and small loss to rear wrap of band. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
Best.-Nr. 100119775Mercure de france. couverture légèrement défraîchie tranches fânées intérieur assez propre bonne tenue annotation en page de garde pour Le livre de la jungle. in12. Sans date. Broché. Mercure de france unknown
1907Best.-Nr. 896Q1New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1907 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 6". None. The first edition of Kipling's book of collected verse with the author's ink annotations and edits. Bound in the publisher's original burgundy cloth. An extremely scarce-to-see copy of this collection of Rudyard Kipling's poetry with annotations and edits by the author throughout. This work was originally published in October 1907. From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling.Throughout this copy of collected verse Kipling reworked the order layout contents and the occasional wording of the poems. Some of the changes to wording such as substituting "hansoms" for "traffic" in the final verse of 'The Broken Men' made the final version of the poem however others such as changing the name "Mary Pollock" to "Margaret Pollock" in 'The Derelict' did not showing Kipling's thought process in his editing. Annotations include: A line through the publisher on the title page. A line through the page opposite the title page entitled "Other Books by Rudyard Kipling". The third verse of "The Fires" has been removed xi. Punctuation amendments to most pages substituting comas exclamation marks and semi-colons. The occasional change to the wording used such as alternating "hansoms" for "traffic" in the final verse of "The Broken Men". On page 85 Kipling has written "To printer smaller type for all these sub-heads of song of the English R. K." "The Sacrifice of Er-hets" has a vertical line through it p168. "Service Songs" has been crossed out p190. The second verse of "The Gift of the Sea" has been crossed out p248.Pencil annotation not in Kipling's hand to p1 with "Dedication from "Barrack Room Ballads"" crossed out. On page 8 "Song of the Wise Children" is directed "To follow Sestina of the Tramps Royal" with similar directions given to "Buddha at Kamakura" p10 "The Broken Man" p13 "The "Mary Gloster"" p45 "South Africa" p118 "Dirge of Dead Sisters" p126 "Cleared" p132 "General Joubert" p145 "Before a Midnight Breaks in Storm" p193 "The Lesson" p200 "Rimmon" p210 "The Three-Decker" p220 "The Rhyme of the Three Captains" p222 "The Conundrum of the Workshops" p227 "Evarra and his Gods" p229 "In the Neolithic Age" p231 "The Story of Ung" p233 "The Fires" p236 "The Legends of Evil" p238 "Tomlinson" p241 "The Explanation" p246 "The Answer" p247 "The Gift of the Sea" p248 "The King" p250 and "The Last Rhyme of True Thomas" p252. Bound in the publisher's original burgundy cloth. Externally very good with light bumping to the extremities and a little rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. The occasional mark to cloth mainly to the rear board. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright with the author's ink edits and annotations throughout. Very Good Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1906Best.-Nr. 895Z25Providence: Privately Printed for E. C. Frost and G. P. Winship 1906. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 6" by 4.5". None. A very scarce private printing of a letter from Rudyard Kipling to the editor of the 'Spectator' detailing his thoughts on the possible source of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'. The first and only edition. Limited to 52 copies. From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling.In the publisher's original quarter calf with paper to the boards. Very scarce. Privately printed. This work features a letter from the Nobel Prize winning author Rudyard Kipling to the editor of the Spectator to which this letter was first published on the 2nd of July in 1898 discussing the possible source of Shakespeare's tempest. Bound in quarter calf with paper to the boards. Externally very smart with fading to the spine and slight edge wear. Spotting to the extremities of the endpapers lighter to the rear with slight offsetting. Internally firmly bound with bright pages and scattered spotting throughout. The odd page unopened. Very Good Indeed Privately Printed for E. C. Frost and G. P. Winship hardcover
1921Best.-Nr. 895Z20New York : Doubleday Page & Company 1921. First edition. Hardback. Very Good Indeed/Good. 7" by 4.5". None. The first edition of this very scarce transcribed speech by Rudyard Kipling in the original binding and the original glassine dust wrapper. The first edition. Very scarce. In the original quarter paper vellum hardback with the original vanishingly scarce glassine dust wrapper. This work features a transcribed speech by the popular author and poet Rudyard Kipling. This speech was delivered at the Royal Society of St. George on St. George's Day in 1920 and discusses what makes a true Englishman. Kipling mentions the popular author Daniel Defoe the author of 'Robinson Crusoe' and his pamphlet 'The True Born Englishman'.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. In the publisher's original quarter paper vellum hardback with the original glassine dust wrapper. Externally very smart with fading to the spine slight marks and shelf wear. Offsetting to the endpapers. Glassine wrap is generally smart with marks fading to the spine closed tears and loss to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned and clean pages. Very Good Indeed Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1898Best.-Nr. 895Z22London: Macmillan and Co. 1898. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5". None . The first edition of this collection of short stories by the award winning author Rudyard Kipling. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. This work was written by the Nobel Prize winning author Rudyard Kipling and features a collection of thirteen short stories including 'The Ship that Found Herself' 'The Devil and the Deep Sea' and 'Bread upon Waters'. Four of the stories include anthropomorphic characters. Publisher's advertisements to the rear.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally smart with creasing to the rear slight fading to the spine bumping to the extremities small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine and slight rubbing to the extremities and joints. Bookplate belonging to 'A. P. Watt' to the front pastedown with front hinge starting and offsetting and spotting to the endpapers. Internally generally firmly bound with evidence of strain in places. Very Good Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1901Best.-Nr. 895Z21New York : Doubleday Page & Company 1901. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. The first U.S edition of one of Rudyard Kipling's best known works providing a portrait of India. The first U.S edition. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and nine monochrome plates. Collated complete. This work was written by the Nobel Prize winning author Rudyard Kipling with this being one of his best known works. The story provides a picture of India and it's culture religions and people following an orphan named Kim. This novel famously popularised the phrase 'The Great Game' referring to the rivalry between the British and Russian empires during the 19th century which acts as a backdrop for this popular novel.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally smart with slight fading to the spine slight minor marks to the boards bumping to the extremities resulting in very minimal loss to the cloth and very small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine and slight rubbing to the joints and extremities. Front hinge starting after front blank. The odd spot to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with the odd spot to the front. Very Good Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1895Best.-Nr. 895Z28London: Macmillan and Co. 1895. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5.5". None. Two collections of stories by the Nobel Prize winning author Rudyard Kipling. Two volumes. In the publisher's original cloth. This set features two collections of stories by Rudyard Kipling the celebrated Nobel Prize winning author poet and journalist. The works include 'Soldiers Three' a collection of wartime stories 'The Story of Gadsbys' a collection of eight dramatic stories 'Wee Willie Winkie' and 'Under the Deodars'. Publisher's advertisements to the rears.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with fading to the spines heaviest to 'Wee Willie Winkie' with slight marks to the boards and bumping and rubbing to the extremities. Bookplates belonging to A. P. Watt to the front pastedowns with hinges starting to 'Soldiers Three'. Internally generally firmly bound with signs of strain in places. Pages lightly age toned and clean. Very Good Indeed Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1921Best.-Nr. 898P14New York; Toronto : Doubleday Page & Company 1921. First edition. Vellum. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 5". None. The first edition of this scarce speech given by Rudyard Kipling for the Royal Society of St. George. The first edition of this scarce work.Including the front wrap of the original glassine dust wrapper.A speech written and given by Rudyard Kipling delivered at the meeting of the Royal Society of St. George in London in St. George's Day 1920. In this speech Kipling discusses what makes a true Englishman.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. In the original publisher's quarter vellum binding with paper to the boards. Externally smart. Vellum is a little age-toned as is usual to see. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Front wrap of the glassine wrap is edge worn and age-toned. Very Good Indeed Doubleday, Page, & Company hardcover
1891Best.-Nr. 898P16London: Macmillan and Co 1891. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A smart first edition copy of John Lockwood Kipling's work on India an illustrated study of this work from the library of Kipling's agents. The first edition of this work uncommon to see in the original cloth.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling.An extensive work by John Lockwood Kipling in which he explores the culture of India. This work has dedicated chapters to the Hindu relationship with elephants dogs reptiles horses and more. Kipling discusses the role of animals traditionally in Indian culture and religion in addition to their contemporary usage.Illustrated with in-text engravings throughout.Written by John Lockwood Kipling father of famous author Rudyard Kipling. John Lockwood Kipling was an English art teacher illustrator and museum curator. Much of his career was spend in British India.Fifty-five pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Small tear to the head of the rear joint. Spine is faded. A few light marks to the boards. internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Good Macmillan and Co hardcover
1910Best.-Nr. 897Q7London: Hodder & Stoughton 1910 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 6". None. A leather-bound first edition of Kipling's eulogy to King Edward VII with this particular copy hailing from the library of Kipling's literary agent A. P. Watt and Son. First edition. In a contemporary full calf binding. From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. 'The Dead King' was written as Rudyard Kipling's tribute to King Edward VII after his death on the 6th of May 1910. The entire writing and publication time was eleven days being published initially in The Times The Morning Post and other newspapers on the 18th of May. This poem reads as a traditional elegy from medieval times being an altogether touching tribute to a man who Kipling regarded as a wise and dedicated monarch who served the country well. Bound in full purple calf. Externally generally smart with rubbing to the extremities and spine causing loss the the leather in places. Light bumping and loss to the leather at the head and tail of the spine. Leather lifting a little to the head of the board. Fading to the spine and extremities. The odd mark to leather. Spotting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the occasional spot mainly to the first and last pages. Very Good Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1926Best.-Nr. 898P17London: A. & C. Black 1926. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good Only. 9" by 6". Malcolm Patterson. A volume of two memorial poems on St Andrews by Rudyard Kipling and Walter de la Mare. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Two poems written by Rudyard Kipling and Walter de la Mare published for the benefit of the Student Welfare Scheme of St Andrews University as the profits from this book went to the society.Illustrated with sixteen plates by Malcolm Patterson.Rudyard Kipling is best known for his novel 'The Jungle Book' however he was a prolific writer of poems novels and short stories. Being born in India inspired much of his work and he went on to become one of the most popular writers of his time. Kipling became the Lord Rector of St Andrews University in 1922.Walter de la Mare was a British poet best known for his children's works.Collated complete.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. In the original publisher's cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally smart. Spine and extremities of the boards are a little age-toned. A few light marks to the boards a little heavier to the rear board. Dust wrapper is worn wraps are detached from one another with loss to the backstrip. Wraps are age-toned with some light spots and some edge wear resulting in chips mostly to the head of the front wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed A. & C. Black hardcover
2019Best.-Nr. x-0815368143Taylor & Francis 2019. Paperback. New. 211 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.75 inches. Taylor & Francis paperback