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1899ref. 2867ABBirmingham, The Holland Company, 1899. 12° (14 x 13 cm). 51 (1) S. Roter typographisch gestalteter Original-Leinenband mit Deckel- und Rückentitel.
In-8 p., tela editoriale (lievi aloni), pp. 92,(4), con graziose vignette nel testo di George Loraine Stampa (1875-1951). Prima edizione di una raccolta in volume di 3 storie, raccontate da “Boots” (un Aberdeen Terrier): I - Thy servant a dog // II - The great play hunt // III - Toby Dog. Lieve alone su 2 cc. iniziali, altrimenti esempl. ben conservato.
In-4 p. (mm. 316x245), mz. tela edit., piatti in cartonato figurato con titolo in nero al piatto anter. e marca tipografica in verde e nero al piatto poster.; di pp.nn. 34, così composto: frontespizio con la stessa marca tipografica a colori, eseguita da Nicholson, che raffigura un mulino a vento di Rottingdean; 1 pag. con il verso di Kipling “Here is a horse to tame - Here is a gun to handle..”; un “calendario datato 1899” su 2 pagg., cui fanno seguito 12 pregevoli tavole litografate a colori realizzate da Nicholson, con a fronte un breve verso di Kipling; ogni tavola è dedicata a uno sport, uno per ogni mese dell’anno: “Hunting (January) - Coursing (February) - Racing (March) - Boating (April) - Fishing (May) - Cricket (June) - Archery (July) - Coaching (August) - Shooting (September) - Golf (October) - Boxing (November) - Skating (December)”. In fine due pagg. pubblicitarie di altre opere di Nicholson (An Alphabet - London Types), di cui l’ultima presente solo nel ns. esemplare. Cfr. Martindell “Bibl. of the works of R. Kipling”, n. 70 - “Dictionnaire des illustrateurs”, p. 759: “William Nicholson (1873-1949), peintre et dessinateur anglais. Associé à partir de 1894 à son beau-frère James Pryde, ils devinrent vite, sous le nom de Beggarstaff brothers (Mendiants associés), les meilleures affichistes de Grand-Bretagne. Nicholson fut aussi illustrateur et réalisa des décors de théatre. Comme peintre, il exposa des paysages, des natures mortes et des portraits de personnalités londoniennes”. Esemplare ben conservato.
New York, The Century - London, MacMillan and Co., 1898-1900, 18 fasc. raccolti in voll. 3, in-8, mz. pergamena coeva, tasselli in pelle, titolo oro al dorso, pp. 1056, 568. Numerose ill. in b.n. e tavv. a col. (A. Rackham, E. Shippen Green, J. Guérin, J. Bennet, I. Taber, W. Mackay, R.B. Birch, W.H. Cady, ecc.). Vari i contributi letterari a questa famosa rivista per la gioventù: segnaliamo la I edizione in rivista (dic. 1897, gen. e feb. 1898, ill. da Oliver Herford) di 3 delle storie appartenenti a "The Just-So Stories" di R. Kipling, apparse in volume presso MacMillan solo nel 1902.
Firenze, Casa Editrice Italiana, 30 novembre 1910, in-16, max, br. edioriale con titolo rubricato, pp. 75, (5). Con ritratto in antiporta. "Quaderni della Voce" raccolti da Giuseppe Prezzolini: quaderno IV (che fu pubblicato editorialmente senza frontespizio). Timbri con ex libris di appartenenza alla coperta. Prima edizione. Ottime condizioni.
In-8°, pp. 287, brossura editoriale. Usura diffusa con qualche lieve strappo senza mancanze alla brossura.
In-8°, pp. VIII, 256, brossura editoriale. Usura diffusa con lievi mancanze al dorso della brossura.
In 8° grande, pp. 262. Cartonato editoriale con relativa sovraccoperta. Tavole f.t. in colore e disegni in nero.
In 8° grande, pp. 234. Cartonato editoriale con relativa sovraccoperta.Graziose tavole f.t in colore, disegni in nero.
Paris, Tallandier, 1939. In-12, broché, 346 pp.
12mo., First UK Edition, on laid paper; handsomely bound in full red morocco, gilt back, an attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Collects six articles originally published in two newspapers, the Daily Telegraph (London) and the Sun (New York). They were subsequently published as individual pamphlets in the US; this is their first appearance in book form. Livingston, 397.
8vo., Second Impression, with several illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, sewed as issued, front wrapper mildly sunned, small label scar on rear wrapper, a good, clean copy. With a long A.L.s from the Rt. Revd Eric Treacy, Bishop of Wakefield, loosely inserted. Published in the same month as the first impression.
8vo., First Edition thus, with a frontispiece and 13 full-page illustrations in the text; pictorial yellow cloth with wrap-around illustration blocked in brown, gilt back, blue top, blue endpapers, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy in publisher's card slip-case, the latter a little dust-soiled.
8vo., First English Edition, First Issue, with a coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), and 14 fine coloured plates (all original tissue guards present), text on rectos only, free endpapers mildly browned; original ivory pictorial buckram, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, covers mildly age-soiled as often, backstrip faded (but all gilt just legible) else a very good, tight, clean copy. First Edition in book form. First Issue, with imprint 'Bemrose Dalziel'. Livingston, 287.
8vo., Thirteenth Edition, on laid paper, with a title-vignette, endpapers very lightly browned, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original plum buckram, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, backstrip lightly sunned (but all gilt bright and entirely legible), a very good, bright, clean copy. With 40pp publisher's catalogue (dated February 1898) bound in at end. First published in 1892.
8vo., Second Impression thus, bookplate scar on front paste-down; original blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and blind, gilt back, uncut, black endpapers, backstrip very lightly sunned else a remarkably well-preserved bright, clean copy. With 6pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end, and a small printed portrait of the author mounted on front free endpaper verso. For the first Macmillan edition of the previous year the text was revised and two stories - 'Of Those Called' and 'The Wreck of the Visigoth' - added. To Soldiers Three. In this second impression these two tales were omitted and a new story - 'L'Envoi' - added to The Story of the Gadsbys. Scarce, especially in this condition. Livingston 119 (recording the first edition of the previous year).
8vo., Best Edition, on laid paper, with a facsimile as frontispiece and 7 facsimiles in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper, some very mild spotting on preliminaries only; boards, buckram back gilt, a remarkably crisp, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly marked and frayed at extremities. First published in 1917 and revised in 1922, this is the most comprehensive edition of an uncommon work, especially in this condition.
4to., First Illustrated Edition, with 24 coloured plates and several monochrome illustrations in the text, endpapers lightly browned; original boards, a very good, firm copy in the dustwrapper, the latter with two or three losses at edges. Elusive in the dustwrapper.
16mo., First Edition, on laid paper, very neat contemporary signature on front cover and half-title; original printed wrappers, uncut, backstrip faintly browned else a remarkably bright, fresh copy. Livingston, 433.
8vo., First Edition Deluxe, with a coloured frontispiece and 32 full-page monochrome plates; original red full limp calf, upper board blocked with large image of Puck in gilt, backstrip lettered and blocked in gilt, all edges gilt, orange silk marker, a very good, bright, crisp copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue at end. With a personal prize bookplate on front free endpaper, and school name blocked in gilt on upper board. Published simultaneously with the trade edition. The deluxe edition is scarce. Bleiler 277.
8vo., Newnes Edition; strongly bound in contemporary red buckram, upper board lettered in gilt, backstrip and lower board mildly and unevenly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. The sole Newnes edition. Newnes secured rights of publication from Thacker and issued the only cheap editions in the UK. Kipling himself purchased the rights from Newnes and thereafter appointed as his publishers Methuen in the UK and Doubleday in the US. Livingston 19.
3 works in 1 vol., 8vo., Mixed Editions, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; red cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, decorative endpapers, backstrip mildly sunned, very neatly recased,a very good, clean copy.
8vo., with coloured frontispiece and 15 fine coloured plates, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; red buckram, upper board elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, small pull at headband else a near fine copy. A remarkably bright, clean copy. Kipling's most famous prose work was first issued with coloured illustrations in 1908. See Livingston, p.36.; Stewart 125.
8vo., First Edition, small neat signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A valuable and wide-ranging collection of contemporary criticism assembled by a lifelong Kipling scholar. Published in the acclaimed and much sought-after 'Critical Heritage' series. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and title in red and black; original red buckram, upper board blocked with elephant's head motif in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, a near fine copy in unclipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper, the latter rubbed at extremities. With newspaper portrait mounted on front free endpaper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.