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1910ref. 11869Doubleday Page and Company. New York. 1910. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION U. S. IN RARE PUBLISHERS DELUX IMITATION LEATHER BINDING. Precedes the first U. K separate edition by 4 years. Oblong 8vo. 4.4 x 6.4 inches. 8 double leaves uncut at the top. Each double leaf has a green rule and dot border the text printed in black with green initial letters. Half title has "IF" printed in green within an ornamental black panel the same as the design stamped onto the front board with the addition of the author's name. This version with the green colour printing is Richards' variant a. The Publishers note on page 5 appears in four different variants with priority unknown and this copy has variant ii. A couple of very light spots to one page but overall this is a very good bright and clean copy throughout. In the very rare original delux publishers dark red imitation morocco leather binding with gilt ruling and lettering to the front panel Richards binding variant ii. Some wear to the surface of the binding at the spine and corners and the gilt on the front board is a bit dulled as usual but overall this is a very good and attractive copy of this rare little book. This imitation leather bound issue is by far the rarest of the three variant bindings published. In 36 years of dealing in English Literature and handling many dozens of copies of this edition in the paper covered boards and 20 copies in the delux green leather this is only the eighth time I have come across a copy in this red variant binding. Published probably November 1910 very shortly after the Poem first appeared in the book Rewards and Fairies October 1910 this separate publication was issued to capitalise on the huge and instant popularity of what has become Kipling's most enduring work of verse. 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. ------ David Alan Richards. Rudyard Kipling. A Bibliography. A244. Binding variant ii. Text Variants ii a. Doubleday, Page and Company. New York. 1910 hardcover
1965ref. 117472Hutchinson. London. 1965. Hutchinson. 1965. First edition. Hardback with DW. Illustrated with black and white photographs. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM AUTHOR with gift inscription to front endpaper: "Dear Edward It was most kind of you to feed and wine me at lunch . Yours Morton". Slightly worn to head and tail of spine otherwise a lovely clean copy in a slightly worn wrapper with spine sunned minor creasing to head and tail and small closed tear to upper joint. hardcover
1999ref. SKU-0619AK13410266University Of Iowa Press 1999. 1. Hardcover. Good. Good; Hardcover No Jacket; Withdrawn library copy with the standard library markings; The original dust jacket is missing and a transparent custom-fitted mylar jacket has been added as a replacement; Covers are shelfworn and edgeworn with a couple very small edge-dings; Textblock edges are unblemished except for a few tiny spot-marks to the top edge; Library stamps to the endpapers; Text pages are all clean & unmarked; Binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format 8.5" - 9.75" tall; 2.8 lbs; Black cloth covers with title in gold lettering along the spine; 1999 University Of Iowa Press; 620 pages; "The Letters of Rudyard Kipling Volume 4: 1911-1919" by Kipling and Pinney. University Of Iowa Press hardcover
ref. 483301Macmillan & Co Ltd. Hardcover. Fair. Shows wear and tear. Complete text pages but may lack endpapers. The binding jacket may also be worn. Animal Stories from Rudyard Kipling is a classic collection published by Macmillan in London. It features famous animal tales poems and illustrations by Stuart Tresilian combining selections from The Jungle Book the Just So Stories and other works. Macmillan & Co Ltd. hardcover
ref. 483170Macmillan & Co. Hardcover. Good. Quarter-bound red leather with gilt page edges and gilt writing and images on spine. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with decorations. Foxing to endpages. Macmillan & Co. hardcover
ref. 74870London: Macmillan and Company 1902. Children's Illustrated FIRST EDITION first impression in first issue binding EX LIBRIS ELEANOR EDITH HELME. Large Octavo 24 x 19cm pp.6 249 3. Heavily illustrated with engravings by the author. Publisher's red cloth blocked in white and black to spine and boards. Black ink gift inscription to the fly-leaf: 'Eleanor E. Helme from her father Oct. 21. 1902.' Heavy spotting to endpapers with minor toning throughout and deep heavy tobacco scent. Rear hinge starting but remains firm. Light wear to cloth with some toning especially to spine. White titles to spine dulled but fully intact. Very good. The original collection of Kipling's popular animal stories including "How the Whale Got his Throat" "The Elephant's Child" and "The Butterfly That Stamped". This copy from the library of Eleanor Helme 1887-1967 early female Golfer author and Journalist who won the English Ladies Amateur Championship in 1923 served as President of the Surrey Ladies County Golf Association 1929-1946 and wrote numerous books on Golf and Nature for both adults and children. Stewart 260 Richards A181. London: Macmillan and Company, 1902 unknown
1920ref. 1519001920. Rare typed letter signed by Nobel Prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling. Dated July 20th 1920 on Kipling's Bateman's Burwash Sussex letterhead the letter reads: Dear Sir I am in receipt of you letter of July 13th. asking me to give you a date to speak at Christ's Hospital some time during the term from Sept 14th. to December 17th. I very much regret that it is not possible for me to give you a date. My plans are very uncertain for the time covering this period and I do not find it possible to make any appointments so far ahead. With many regrets Believe me Yours faithfully "Rudyard Kipling." In near fine condition. Double matted and framed with a portrait of Kipling. The entire piece measures 20.5 inches by 16 inches. Rare and desirable. 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. unknown
2013ref. O2823hU VGh 3.4 4 01 68Palazzo Editions 2013 Very Good: the well used book shows signs of wear & has a few defect and faults as follows - Cover is in good condition W/ shelf wear. top and bottom. DJ is in "Good" condition has minor shelf wear and a few small Closed tears. Pages are clean and new looking. Spine is in straight & in excellent condition. We give you an honest evaluation & price Ships same day M-F when ordered before 12 PM PST provide tracking & exceptional customer service. We guarantee it! Make Wiz Books your go-to bookseller. Palazzo Editions hardcover
ref. 74253Allahabad: Messers. A. H. Wheeler and Co. and London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington Ltd. no date 1888-91. Strange Tales Octavos 21 x 14cm. 'Wheeler' pamphlets published in India at 1 Rupee or in the UK at 1 shilling. Mixed printings including TWO FIRST EDITIONS. Bound in the publisher's printed grey covers. Some dustiness and age-toning. Covers and spines rather chipped as usual some covers detached. 'Deodars' with ink ownership and cloth reinforced spine. Good only. Soldiers Three is 6th edition published by Sampson Low only remainder are English issues of the Indian edition; The Story of the Gadsbys no edition stated i.e. 1st; Under the Deodars 2nd edition; The Phantom 'Rickshaw no edition stated i.e. 1st; Wee Willie Winkie 10th edition. 'The Phantom Rickshaw' is a classic of 'the psychopathic state' and this tale along with 'The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes' originally titled 'The Village of the Dead' have been likened in manner to the weird tales of Edgar Allan Poe successfully re-created in a Simla rather than Gothic setting. This collection also includes the classic adventure 'The Man Who Would Be King' often cited as the best of the stories Kipling wrote in India or further as Kipling's masterpiece. 'In Black and White''s 'The Sending of Dana Da' is a 'miracle' tale being the first of Kipling's several short stories to use the elements of the supernatural and the psychic which was inspired by Madame Blavatsky and her 'occult phenomena'. Bleiler; Checklist of Fantastic Literature 243. Allahabad: Messers. A. H. Wheeler and Co., [and] London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington Ltd., no date [1888-91] unknown
ref. 73381Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co. n.d. Short stories A 'Wheeler' pamphlet published in India at 1 Rupee. Octavo 21 x 14 pp.1-96. Bound in the publisher's printed grey covers. Internally clean publisher's blue-inked rubber stamp carefully excised covers a little brittle with chips to spine and extremities. A good-very good copy of a fragile and cheaply-produced paperback. No edition stated not dated. Does not correspond to Richards' first edition A19 which has text numbered 2-112. Assumed later printing. Stewart See also Wilson; The Strange Ride of Rudyard Kipling Amis; Kipling and his World. Richards A10. Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., [n.d.] unknown
1924ref. 017135London: Macmillan 1924. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Reprints. Both books in the uniform red cloth with gilt titling to spine and gilt elephant's head motif to upper board. Top edge gilt. Each 20 × 13cm vi 276pp &299pp 2pp ads. In his Mowgli stories Rudyard Kipling expertly interweaves myth morals adventure and powerful story-telling. Set in Central India Mowgli is raised by a pack of wolves and along the way he encounters tiger Shere Kahn Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear. The Jungle Book also includes other stories such as that of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi a heroic mongoose and Toomai a young elephant handler. The Second Jungle Book Kipling's sequel to The Jungle Book was first published in 1895 it features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories with all but one set in India. Condition: Both books are in very good condition. There is a little bumping and rubbing to the board's tips and minor spotting to the page edges. Christ's Hospital school prize label to each volume to the same pupil. Internally the books are clean bar a very little marginal spotting and the bindings are secure. A very nice set. Macmillan hardcover
1891ref. 53658Philadelphia Pa: J B Lippincott 1891. First Edition. Original wraps. Very good. 97p octavo. Complete in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine January 1891 issue. Copyrighted in 1890 by Lippincott but first printed here. Front cover just hanging on. 32p ads plus 168p text plus 31p ads. Poet Eugene Field's copy with his small engraved bookplate. On the copyright page of "The Light that Failed" is inscribed "This copy of "The Light that Failed" came from the library of my father Eugene Field. Eugene Field II Sept 10 1923" Unique thus. Enclosed in a very good blue cloth and blue morocco slipcase gilt titled. Author's First Novel. J B Lippincott paperback
1913ref. 1008London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1913. Bombay Edition. Bound by Harcourt Bindery. Near Fine. From Sea to Sea And other Sketches By Rudyard Kipling 1913 From the Bombay Edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling Bound in Superb crushed Morocco gilt stamped bindings by The Harcourt Bindery Macmillan and co. Limited St. Martins Street London. 1913 Rudyard Kipling. Two volumes which contain From Sea to Sea and other sketches. From the greater Bombay Edition set limited to 1050 copies. Finely bound by the Harcourt Bindery in brown and black crushed Morocco the spines in gilt compartments titles in gilt the boards beautifully decorated with ornate gilt borders and circular elephant. all page edges in gilt. With dark green and brown gilt stamped inside boards. A luxury binding from the World renowned American book binders. The leaves printed on thick luxury paper. Royal 8vo's measuring; 9.5"x7". Printed by R & R Clark from the Florence Press Type. Condition: See photos as part of condition report: Nicely bound and holding firmly Volume 1 in black Morocco some discolouration to the rear board the upper board to volume 2 a darker brown with black rear boars. spines in a lighter brown. Gilt still bright. Some bubbling to the silk endpaper to volume 2. pages clean with the occasional spot. Text blocks firm. Very good. . Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown
ref. 123402London Macmillan and Co. 1902. . First edition; large 8vo 24 x 18.5 cm; 22 full-page black & white illustrations by the author smaller illustrations within text spotting to free endpapers small dent to page edges lightly affecting prelims some minor spots or marks throughout primarily affecting p.49 and pp82-87 none affecting legibility of text small tear to lower edge of p.87 and p.145 approx. 1-2cm otherwise good condition with bright illustrations; modern red morocco one-line gilt-panelled border spine in 6 compartments with gilt lettering to second and third gilt decoration to others original cloth cover bound in at rear top edge gilt some general signs of wear corners lightly rubbed otherwise a handsome fine binding; 249pp. A handsome copy of Kipling's famous collection of short stories and the only to be illustrated by himself. Kipling's famous stories include: "How the Whale Got His Throat" "How the Camel Got His Hump" "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin" "How the Leopard Got His Spots" "The Elephant's Child" "The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo" "The Beginning of the Armadilloes" "How the First Letter Was Written" "How the Alphabet Was Made" "The Crab that Played with the Sea" "The Cat that Walked by Himself" and "The Butterfly that Stamped." London, Macmillan and Co., 1902. hardcover
ref. 120460London Macmillan and Co. 1895. . First edition; 8vo 195 x135 mm; 39 text illustrations including head and tail-piece vignettes and historiated initials unobtrusive ownership signature in ink to ffep usual age-toning intermittent spotting throughout occasionally intrusive; publisher's blue cloth decoratively ruled and pictorially stamped in gilt on front cover spine lettered in gilt all edges gilt embossed front cover shelf wear to extremities of spine corners are bumped gilt cover design well preserved very good condition; 2 blank 6 238pp 2 advertisements. The Jungle Book is a 'collection of stories published in 1894; it's sequel The Second Jungle Book published in 1895 contains stories linked by poems. The stories tell mostly of Mowgli an Indian boy who is raised by wolves from infancy and who learns self-sufficiency and wisdom from the jungle animals. The book describes the social life of the wolf pack and more fancifully the justice and natural order of life in the jungle. Among the animals whose tales are related in the work are Akela the wolf; Baloo the brown bear; Shere Khan the boastful Bengal tiger who is Mowgli's enemy; Kaa the python; Bagheera the panther; and Rikki-tikki-tavi the mongoose.' Merriam-Webster's Encyclopaedia of Literature. Livingston 116 London, Macmillan and Co., 1895. hardcover
1923ref. 49792Garden City New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 4 volumes in the series comprising: The Elephant's Child; The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo; How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin; and How the Alphabet Was Made. Printed at The Country Life Press Garden City N.Y. Oblong 8vo. Publisher's illustrated paper boards. Text blocks detached in three volumes. Corners bumped and worn with chipping and loss to portions of the spines; old clear-tape repairs to spines. Short marginal tear to one title page. Only one of the illustrations has been colored namely the first image in Book 4. Otherwise clean throughout with vibrant attractive illustrations. Boards remain clean and bright. A nice complete set of these colouring books for children. Doubleday, Page & Co hardcover
1896ref. 177127London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd 1896. First edition of this collection of short stories previously published in journals including "With the Main Guard" "Drums of the Fore and Aft" "The Man Who Was" "The Courting of Dinah Shadd" "The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney" "The Taking of Lungtungpen" and "The Madness of Private Ortheris". Octavo. Frontispiece and 20 plates illustrations within the text by Archibald Standish Hartrick. Original blue cloth titles and drum design to spine and drummer and fife player design to front cover in gilt blue endpapers gilt edges Spine cocked and toned ends and corners bumped occasional foxing to contents. A very good copy. Richards E1-12 Martindell 67 Livingston 133 Stewart 157. hardcover
1894ref. 193167London: Macmillan and Co. 1894 & 1895. A beautifully presented pair First editions in book form. Kipling's adventurous stories were based on folk tales learned during his childhood in India. The Jungle Book was serialized between 1893 and 1894 and became increasingly popular upon its publication as a book prompting calls for a second instalment. The Second Jungle Book completed the Mowgli saga with five stories that "are essential to its emotional rounding-out" Grolier. 2 works octavo 180 x 199 mm. halftone frontispiece with tissue guard in Jungle Book both works with illustrations by William Henry Drake Paul Frenzeny and John Lockwood Kipling. Later 20th-century blue crushed morocco for the London bookseller Charles J. Sawyer spines lettered in gilt single gilt fillet framing compartments and boards small gilt roundels of elephants in profile to front boards double gilt fillet to turn-ins marbled endpapers gilt edges. Ownership inscription contemporary with binding to half-title of the second volume. Bindings bright and unblemished very mild foxing. A near-fine set. Grolier Children's 100 52; Martindell 54 & 56; Richards A76 & A85. hardcover
2008ref. 1-8496834387El Acantilado 2008. Paperback. New. 850 pages. Spanish language. 8.27x5.28x1.81 inches. El Acantilado paperback
1919ref. 149313London: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1919. Exceptionally rare first edition of this pamphlet honoring every British soldier who died in World War I. Oblong octavo original publisher's pictorial wrappers illustrated with black and white drawings of the cemeteries and memorials as they will appear completed throughout. In near fine condition. Illustrated by Mr. Douglas Macpherson. Housed in a custom red portfolio with gilt titles to the front panel and string ties. Rudyard Kipling’s The Graves of the Fallen 1919 written for the Imperial War Graves Commission articulates the moral and aesthetic vision behind the design and commemoration of British and Commonwealth soldiers’ graves after World War I. Serving as the Commission’s literary adviser Kipling helped shape its guiding principles of equality in death—ensuring that all soldiers regardless of rank or class were memorialized with identical headstones and inscriptions. The text blends solemn prose with restrained idealism reflecting both personal grief—Kipling’s son was killed in the war—and a collective commitment to remembrance. His Majesty's Stationery Office unknown
1895ref. 031562UK: Macmillan 1895. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. J L Kipling W H Drake P Frenzeny. Two Volume Set of the two Jungle books. Signed slip tipped into the inner page by Rudyard Kipling. In the same format and style as the 1st editions. The Jungle Book is printed 1896 5th Imp and the Second Jungle Book is 1895 1st edition. Books are very good and bright. Light edge rubbing.Spine on Jungle book darkened. Contents quite good. Foxing to varying degrees to the pages of the Jungle book. Quite a bright set. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17453/17421/19329 Macmillan hardcover
1919ref. 150552London: Methuen & Co 1919. First British edition of this broadside poem in six stanzas with two on front and remaining four on back. Octavo stiff cream paper printed in black on both sides with exterior double frame rule and interior single rule "between which the names of towns and villages laid waste by the Germans in World War I are printed in capitals" Richards A315. In very good condition. Methuen & Co unknown
1904ref. 150551Boston: Alfred Bartlett 1904. Second edition but the first edition to be printed by the Goudys at their Village Press. Duodecimo original boards frontispiece drawing by E. B. Bird. In fine condition. Alfred Bartlett hardcover
ref. 73310London: C.A. Pearson January - June 1897. Science Fiction LEATHER-BOUND FIRST APPEARANCE of this title; this version has the bonus of illustrations none of which featured in the book-form edition. Two volumes. Octavo 25 x 18cm pp.712; pp.754. Consecutive half-yearly volumes uniformly bound in half deep red oasis morocco over matching cloth sides twin black leather title labels lettered in gilt to spine five raised bands sewn endbands edge speckled red. Edges a little dusty contents clean exterior as new. A near fine pair in attractive recent leather bindings. The book-form edition followed in 1898. The volumes contain the complete serial appearance of Wells' 'The War of the Worlds' with exclusive illustrations as well as pieces by Conan Doyle Tales of The High Seas Rudyard Kipling Captains Couageous Cutliffe Hyne The Adventures of Captain Kettle. Geoffrey H. Wells 14. Listed in BBC's Big Read 200 Best Novels 2003. London: C.A. Pearson, January - June 1897 unknown
1897ref. 374815London: Macmillan 1897. First English edition. 22 illustrations by I. W. Taber. 245 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original gilt stamped blue cloth with vignette of fishermen black endpapers a.e.g. Complete with original dust jacket in very good condition lightly yellowed at spine with some archival mending. W. C. Thomas bookplate to front pastedown; minimal foxing to prelims. Taber I.W. First English edition. 22 illustrations by I. W. Taber. 245 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A charming copy with the rare dust jacket of Kipling's only novel set in the United States following the son of a Californian millionaire who stumbles into his adventure by falling overboard and being rescued by a fishing vessel. Teddy Roosevelt praised the book in 1900 for describing "in the liveliest way just what a boy should be and do." Stewart 160; Livingston 136; Richards A103 Macmillan unknown