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1993rif. 7040Mankato MN: Creative Editions 1993. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Winner of the Graphics Prize at the Bologna Book Fair in 1991. A very handsome copy of this wonderful edition. Tight bright and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Black cloth boards silver gilt lettering in blind decorative elements pictorial endpages. 4to. 63pp. Illus. b/w plates. Creative Editions hardcover books
1899rif. 013511Boston: Desmond Publishing Co 1899. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Salesman's dummy for the six volume set sold by subscription. With frontispiece portrait title page 5 photogravure plates w/tissue guards and about 10 pages of text with some duotones. Though title page is for Soldiers Three the elements in the book appear to be from it and the other five books in this Desmond edition of Selected Works: Mine Own People Phantom Rickshaw Plain Tales from the Hill The Light that Failed and Back Room Ballads as listed in the prospectus printed on the front pastdown. Some foxing solid binding. Desmond Publishing Co hardcover books
rif. 06200Burwash Sussex: 1920. I Like It Very Much" Rudyard Kipling Critiques a Poem by "The Bath Railway Poet" A Fine Two-Page Autograph Letter Signed to Henry Chappell With the Original Autograph Envelope and Portrait KIPLING Rudyard 1865-1936. Autograph letter signed "Rudyard Kipling" to Henry Chappell the celebrated "Bath Railway Poet" discussing Chappell's poem The Chaplet and suggesting a possible place of publication. Bateman's Burwash Sussex February 7 1920. Two octavo pages written in ink on a single folded sheet of Kipling's headed stationery printed "BURWASH / ETCHINGHAM" and "BATEMAN'S / BURWASH / SUSSEX." Dated in Kipling's hand "Feb. 7. 1920" and marked "Private" at the head. Signed at the conclusion "Rudyard Kipling." Together with the original autograph addressed envelope addressed by Kipling to: "Henry Chappell Esq. G.W. Ry. Station Bath Somerset" and initialed by him "RK" at lower left. Mounted framed and glazed double-sided together with a photographic portrait of Kipling and an engraved brass plaque "RUDYARD KIPLING 1865-1936 Author." Photograph approximately 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches 241 x 190 mm. Overall frame size 16 3/4 x 20 5/8 inches 425 x 524 mm. A particularly appealing literary letter from Rudyard Kipling to fellow poet Henry Chappell offering both praise and criticism of Chappell's verse and practical advice concerning its publication. Kipling writes thanking Chappell for sending him his poem The Chaplet. He tells him that he likes the poem "very much" though with the characteristically forthright reservation "barring 'hauteur' in the first verse." He then turns from literary criticism to the practical question of publication telling Chappell: "I don't know exactly what would be a good place to publish it in just now - unless perhaps you tried the Express." The recommendation was especially appropriate. Chappell had achieved national recognition through the publication in the Daily Express of his patriotic poem The Day shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. Contemporary accounts identify Chappell as a railway porter at Bath and record that The Day appeared in the Daily Express on August 22 1914. The second page concludes with Kipling's warm good wishes and his full autograph signature "Rudyard Kipling." The letter is considerably more interesting than a routine Kipling note. It reveals Kipling acting as a fellow craftsman and informal literary adviser: reading Chappell's poem closely enough to object to a particular word in its opening verse nevertheless praising the work as a whole and suggesting where the younger poet might seek publication. Henry CHAPPELL 1874-1937 was a poet and railwayman who became widely known as "The Bath Railway Poet." Working as a railway porter at Bath he attracted widespread attention following the appearance of The Day in the Daily Express in August 1914. The poem was subsequently reproduced and circulated widely establishing Chappell's reputation well beyond the railway community. The present letter provides an appealing connection between two very different literary careers: Kipling Nobel laureate and one of the most famous English writers of his generation and Chappell the working railwayman whose wartime verse had unexpectedly brought him national attention. Joseph Rudyard KIPLING 1865-1936 was born in Bombay and became one of the most celebrated English writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His works include The Jungle Book 1894 The Second Jungle Book 1895 Kim 1901 and Just So Stories for Little Children 1902 as well as such celebrated poems as "Mandalay" "Gunga Din" "Recessional" and "If -." In 1907 he became the first English-language writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Burwash, Sussex: , 1920 unknown books
rif. 06199n.p.: 1900. Rudyard Kipling" An Authentic Signature of the Nobel Prize-Winning Author Attractively Framed with a Portrait of Kipling as a Young Man KIPLING Rudyard 1865-1936. Autograph signature "Rudyard Kipling" on a clipped slip attractively mounted together with a photographic portrait of Kipling as a young man and an engraved identification plaque. The autograph boldly signed in black ink "Rudyard Kipling" is mounted within a cream and black geometric mat. Beneath is a brass plaque engraved "RUDYARD KIPLING / 1865-1936 / English Writer." Alongside is a photographic portrait of Kipling wearing spectacles and a broad-brimmed hat. Photographic portrait approximately 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches 241 x 170 mm. The whole professionally matted framed and glazed in an attractive black and gilt frame. Overall frame size approximately 16 1/2 x 21 inches 419 x 535 mm. An attractive framed presentation incorporating an authentic autograph of Rudyard Kipling one of the most celebrated English writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the first English-language writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay in 1865 and spent much of his early life in British India an experience which profoundly influenced his literary career. His extraordinary range encompassed poetry short stories novels and children's literature. His best-known works include The Jungle Book 1894 The Second Jungle Book 1895 Kim 1901 and Just So Stories for Little Children 1902 together with such celebrated poems as "Mandalay" "Gunga Din" "Recessional" and "If - ." In 1907 Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature becoming both the first English-language recipient and at the age of forty-one the youngest recipient to that date. The Nobel committee praised his powers of observation originality of imagination virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration. The autograph itself is particularly appealing: it is a clean legible example of Kipling's familiar flowing signature with the distinctive formation of the capital R and K and it presents extremely well within the custom display. n.p.: , 1900 unknown books
1896rif. 010095New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1896. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine in caramel cloth with lovely Art Nouveau gilt decorations front cover and spine stamped in gilt and signed EMD top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. tiny rubs bottom corners lacking the scarce dust jacket prior owner name dated Dec.1896 front end page. 2 vii 209 9 pages publisher's catalogue. D. Appleton and Co. Hardcover books
1937rif. 007910London: Macmillan and Co Limited 1937. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second printing of the First Edition 1937. Finely bound in signed Sangorski & Sutcliffe polished blue calf binding for W. Robinson Co. Back decorated in gilt with two red morocco labels lettered in gilt and gilt tail date all edges gilt marbled end papers ribbon marker frontispiece photo of bust of Kipling. Near Fine slight rubbing at edges and corners. Macmillan and Co, Limited Hardcover books
1898rif. 1416331New York: R.H. Russell 1898. Hardcover. Quarto unpaginated. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in tan paper covered with spine cloth. Boards show moderate rubbing soiling surface scratches and scattered staining with wear and bumping to edges and corners. Cloth spine rubbed and slightly frayed to head and tail. Interior age-toned with light discoloration to edges. 15 leaves containing 12 color illustrations. Shelved in Room F. 1416331. Special Collections - Upstairs. R.H. Russell hardcover books
1889rif. 49958Allahabad India: Messrs. A.H. Wheeler & Co 1889. Good. Allahabad India: Messrs. A.H. Wheeler & Co. 1889. First Indian Edition. Slim octavo 21.5cm; publisher's white pictorial wrappers illustrated by the Mayo School of Art Lahore; 4iiii106viipp. Wrappers toned and chipped along spine edge with some glue repair to the latter though top half of wrapper split along spine edge. Good overall internally clean and sound. Issued as A.H. Wheeler & Co.'s Indian Railway Library no. 3. Collection of eight short stories all relating to the lives of native Indians rather than their colonizers. All but one of these stories first appeared in 1888 in the periodical The Week's News. Livingston 34. Messrs. A.H. Wheeler & Co unknown books
1909rif. TB34122New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1909. First Edition. First Printing Very good in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text on the front board with the white illustration of an air ship. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with full color end sheets by F. X. Leyendecker. Both front and rear hinges have been reinforced to help protect and preserve the beautiful end sheets. lower edge. The cloth at the tips of the boards are rubbed as is the cloth rubbed at the head and heel of the spine. A 1 inch tear to page 58 has been professionally repaired. 77 pages with the printing on the rectos only followed by the "Advertising Section" of nine leaves. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and three color plates by Frank X. Leyendecker and H. Reuterdahl. Richards A217 Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
1926rif. TB34133Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company 1926. First Edition. Near fine in its original red cloth covered boards with tarnished gilt text on the spine and gilt text with gilt designs on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 5 5/8 inches with the top edge of the text block gilt and a dated gift inscription on the first free end page and light foxing on the preliminaries and end sheets. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with shallow chipping at the ends of the spine area and at the fore tips of the panels. 60 73 pages for each of these two short stories. Illustrated with a color frontispiece by F. H. Townsend and 26 color plates. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
1904rif. TB33464New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1904. First Edition. Very near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and the front board. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small octavo measuring 7 7/8 by 5 1/4 inches with the cloth worn through at the rear corner of the heel of the spine and at the lower tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket. 363 pages of text. A collection of 23 short stories. Overall an attractive first American edition copy of one of Kipling's lesser known works. It was published at the same time as the first British edition. Richards Rudyard Kipling A Bibliography A199 Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
1898rif. TB33467New York: Doubleday & McClure Co. 1898. First Edition. Very good in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and with the same on the front board to include a Viking ship under sail. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small octavo measuring 8 by 5 1/4 inches with the first blank end sheet has been removed and rubbing and light wear to the cloth at the corners of the spine and to the tips of the boards. The upper fore tip has been bumped. The last 12 leaves have an ink stain in the lower margins at the extreme edge of the pages. Without a dust jacket. 431 pages of text. A collection of twelve short stories Illustrated with a frontispiece by W. D. Stevens and five plates by various artists. A very handsome and clean copy. Richards Rudyard Kipling A Bibliography A115 Doubleday & McClure Co. hardcover books
1912rif. TB33465New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1912. Reprint of 1912. Very near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and the front board. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small octavo measuring 7 7/8 by 5 1/4 inches with the cloth worn through at the rear corner of the heel of the spine and at the lower tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket. 209 pages of text. A collection of 43 poems the last 18 of which are from Kipling's Barrack-Room Ballads. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
1898rif. TB33468New York: Doubleday & McClure Co. 1898. Reprint of 1899. Very good in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and with the same on the front board to include a Viking ship under sail. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small octavo measuring 8 by 5 1/4 inches with a prior owner's name in ink on the first free end page and with just touches of rubbing to the cloth at the corners of the spine and tips of the boards. to the cloth at the corners of the spine and to the tips of the boards. The upper fore tip has been bumped. Without a dust jacket. 431 pages of text. A collection of twelve short stories Illustrated with a frontispiece by W. D. Stevens and five plates by various artists. A very handsome and clean copy. Richards Rudyard Kipling A Bibliography A115 Doubleday & McClure Co. hardcover books
1930rif. TB33469New York: Doubleday & McClure Co. 1930. Reprint of 1930. Near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with black text and decorations on the spine and with gilt text and black embossed decorations on the front board. to include a Viking ship under sail. A small octavo measuring 8 by 5 1/4 inches. Without a dust jacket. 320 pages of text. A collection of forty-three short stories Doubleday & McClure Co. hardcover books
1899rif. TB33463New York: Doubleday and McClure Company 1899. First Edition separate edition. Very good in its original green cloth covered boards with slightly tarnished gilt text on the spine and with bold gilt text black designs and silver colored crescent moon and stars on the front board. A small octavo of 7 5/8 by 5 inches with decorated end sheets fore and aft. There is a gift inscription at the upper fore edge of the fly title page with a date of "May 8 1899". The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is worn of it color as is the cloth at the tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket if it ever had one. 119 pages of text and illustrated with a color frontispiece printed in orange and black and 16 full-page black and white plates printed on recto only with many vignettes throughout and floral page decorations all by Orson Lowell and American illustrator 1871-1956. What is interesting about this copy is the date of the gift inscription of :"May 8 1899". This title was not copyrighted until November 22 1899 according to David Alan Richard's in-depth bibliography: Rudyard Kipling Bibliography. Richards Rudyard Kipling A Bibliography A149 Doubleday and McClure Company hardcover books
1992rif. TB26219Norwalk Conn.: The Easton Press 1992. Collectors Edition. Fine in full red leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spines gilt text and decorations in the compartments and extensive gilt tooling on both boards. The edges of the text block are gilt the end sheets are silk and there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn in at the head of the spine. A small quarto measuring 9" by 6 1/2". 507 pages of text with illustrations by Alan Phillips. A clean tight and handsome copy with no names dates or prior owner book plates. The Easton Press hardcover books
1932rif. 81427London: Macmillan 1932. First edition. 400 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with some chipping to crown and tip of one flap fold. T.e.g. London: Macmillan, unknown books
1898rif. 009779London: compiled and arranged by the proprietors of "Punch" the "Daily Graphic" and the "Daily Chronicle." 1898. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. Oblong 4to. SCARCE in current commerce. Original red silk covered boards lettered in gilt all edges gilt unpaginated Very Good covers a bit soiled. A compilation of art illustrations poetry and letters done in facsimile from many of the leading authors and artists of 1890s London. Place of publication not identified publisher not identified Printed rectos only. OCLC locates 14 libraries worldwide with holdings. compiled and arranged by the proprietors of "Punch," the "Daily Graphic," and the "Daily Chronicle.&quo Hardcover books
1904rif. 010339London: Macmillan and Co 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 393pp plus 22pp. ads. . Beautiful First Edition First issue with ads dated 35.8.04. Bound in publisher's red cloth with titles on spine stamped in gilt. t.e.g. Square tight and clean throughout with some fairly minor bumping to spine ends Some foxing to paste-downs and endpapers and a touch of the fore-edges. Equally attractive later unclipped wrapper 7/6 on spine panel has very light edge-wear and a tiny closed tear on the rear panel. Spine panel is mildly toned. but is fresh and bright with no chipping or creases. A gorgeous well-preserved collectable copy. Macmillan and Co hardcover books
1897rif. TB32117New York: The Century Co. 1897. First Edition. First Printing Very near fine in decorated green cloth covered boards with red black and gilt decorations on the front board and with the top edge of the text block gilt. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with the spine tanned and with minor rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the lower tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket. 323 pages of text with all 21 of the illustrated black and white plates present as called for in the table of contents within this copy. A very presentable collectible copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. The Century Co. hardcover books
1926rif. 009831New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1926. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine/Near Fine. 8mo. One Volume. 60pp. & 73pp. Solid First Edition Thus of these two classic short tales from Kipling originally published separately. Bound in red cloth with titles and decoration in gilt on front board and spine. Square and tight with very little wear save some quite gentle bumping to spine ends. Some foxing to bottom and fore-edge some of which scatters to interior pages but infrequently. . Beautiful unclipped pictorial dust-jacket $3.50 has very mild wear and toning to edges. Fresh and bright with no creases chipping or tears. Very well-preserved. A pretty collectable copy of a surprisingly uncommon item particularly in dust-jacket. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
1909rif. TB31533New York: B. W. Dodge & Company 1909. First Edition. First Printing Very good in its original dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board on top of embossed cover and spine with the recesses in black with the silhouette of a sailing ship. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and with light rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. The book lacked a jacket until the third printing. 360 pages of text. A collection of 31 short stories. This copy is the unauthorized US printing of one of Kipling's earlier works. The first authorized US edition was was published by Doubleday Page & Company in 1909. Richards; A227 & A232 B. W. Dodge & Company hardcover books
1906rif. 006313New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1906. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Arthur Rackham. 8vo 8 277 1pp. Beautiful First Printing of the First American Edition published two months prior to the English Edition. Bound in original pictorial green cloth with titles and viking ship vignette stamped in black gilt on the front board and spine. t.e.g. Four colored plates by Arthur Rackham present which were not present in the English Edition. Housed in a red cloth-covered chemise and matching quarter red morocco and red cloth slipcase. Bookplate on front paste-down.of popular American Author George Barr McCutcheon best known for the "Graustark" novels as well as"Brewster's Millions" made into several films of the same name. Bookseller ticket of Lauriat's of Boston on ffep. Square tight and clean throughout. Mild rubbing to hinges edges and tips. A hint of off-setting on the ffep from the bookplate but quite minor. Very well-preserved. A most handsome collectable copy. Doubleday Page & Co hardcover books
1901rif. TB30607New York: Doubleday Doran and Company Inc. c.1901. Reprint. Very good in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and designs on the spine and the blind embossed facsimile of the author's signature on the front board. A small octavo of 7 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches with a prior owner's name and date on the first free end page. The front and rear end sheets show foxing at the hinges where there was a reaction with the glues used in binding. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with the spine tanned and with numerous short closed tears around the edges of the panels and spine area. 376 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with ten plates of bas-relief sculptures from photographs by J. L. Kipling. Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. hardcover books