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1897rif. 114945London: Macmillan & Company 1897-1919. The Bombay edition of Rudyard Kipling's collected works. Octavo 30 volumes bound in full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe gilt titles to the spine gilt tooling and ruling to the spine front and rear panels raised bands inner dentelles top edge gilt marbled endpapers. One of 1050 sets with volume one signed by Rudyard Kipling. In very good condition. The works of Rudyard Kipling contains his poetry novels stories travel writings childrens tales military tales and essays. Kipling in 1907 became the first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize. Macmillan & Company hardcover
1935rif. 23093London: Hodder & Stoughton 1935. Good in good jacket. Royal charitable gift book an anthology sold to raise money for the Princess Elizabeth Hospital for Children - probable publisher's file copy with multiple editorial annotations to the text. Includes a Rupert Story by Mary Tourtel "Rupert the Little Bear goes Adventuring in the Robbers Den and with the Giants" an intro by J.M. Barrie a "Just-So" story from Kipling poems by G.K. Chesterton and Walter de la Mare and two color spreads from Walt Disney Studios. 9.75'' x 7.25''. Original white cloth stamped in blue and silver. In original unclipped 5- net color pictorial dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers by Rex Whistler. Illustrated with two color spreads from Walt Disney Studios as well as color plates by A.H. Watson and others. 224 pages. Effaced annotation to half title with ink number left intact. Pencil annotations to about half a dozen pages all editorial heaviest at acknowledgments page. Jacket with chipping to spine ends burn mark carried to front board and 1.5'' loss to front flap tape repairs to verso. Boards rather soiled at margins with spotting to text block edges. Hodder & Stoughton unknown
1909rif. 16891London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. Very good plus. Signed limited edition one of only 500 copies signed by Robinson. 12'' x 9.5''. Original full vellum stamped in gilt red and green. New ties. Top edge gilt other edges uncut. Printed on handmade paper. Illustrated by Robinson with 30 magnificent tipped-in color plates with illustrated / lettered guards and 59 line illustrations throughout; the illustrations reproduce in excellent detail due to the high quality of the handmade paper. Ink gift inscription on front free endpaper. Light soiling to boards moreso at edges. Hodder & Stoughton unknown
rif. 35383LONDON SAMPSON LOW MARSTON AND CO.1892. 1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY IN BLUE BOARDS. LONDON, SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON AND CO.,1892 hardcover
1910rif. 111028019NEW YORK: DOUBLEDAY PAGE & CO. 1910. Book. Illus. by with illustrations by W. HEATH ROBINSON. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Burgundy cover with gilt title & gilt illustrations. Nice condition with light cover wear and a secure binding with clean pages. 10 x 7-1/4 with 392 pages. Scarce. DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO. Hardcover
1903rif. 110468London: Methuen and Co 1903. First edition one of 30 copies printed on Japanese vellum. Octavo bound in full vellum gilt titles to the spine gilt topstain. In near fine condition. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard 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. Methuen and Co hardcover
2006rif. G0824965981I4N00Worthy Publishing 2006. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Worthy Publishing hardcover
1901rif. 2012-B701Macmillan 1901. Hardcover. Good. Second printing. Covers have only minor shelfwear but spine is cracked and "Kim" title on cloth portion of spine is missing. Pages are bound together firmly however; only separated from the spine. Pages are largely clean and unmarked except for sporadic foxing extending into the pages. Macmillan hardcover
1894rif. 1907121The Century Co 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Two volumes. The Jungle Book is a first US edition and contains an original watercolor by the illustrator William Henry Drake. Book in very good condition. The Second Jungle Book is also a first US edition and includes the first edition dust jacket. Both books are housed in custom-made matching slipcases. The Century Co hardcover
rif. 52519London: Macmillan and Co. 1893. Short Stories FIRST EDITION. Octavo 20 x 14cm pp.2; x; 365; 7. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and decoration in gilt and blind to spine and upper board green endpapers. Neat ink ownership to first blank and a single ink correction to p.173. Negligible spotting edges lightly toned. Cloth lightly rubbed. Very good. A collection of 14 short stories. Richards A73. London: Macmillan and Co., 1893 unknown
1899rif. 96168London: Methuen and Co. and George Newnes 1899. Finely bound early printings of Kipling's collections of songs and poems regarding the late-Victorian British Army and voyages on the high seas. Octavo three volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in 6 compartments within raised gilt bands top edge gilt others uncut marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. Bookplate to each pastedown. Written in vernacular dialect Kipling's The Barrack Room Ballads contains some of Kipling's most well-known work including the poems "Gunga Din" "Tommy" "Mandalay" and "Danny Deever" which established his early fame as a poet. The first poems were published in the Scots Observer in the first half of 1890 and collected in Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses in 1892. Kipling later returned to the theme in a group of poems collected in The Seven Seas under the same title. A third group of vernacular Army poems from the Boer War titled "Service Songs" and published in The Five Nations 1903 can be considered part of the Ballads as can a number of other uncollected pieces. Methuen and Co. and George Newnes hardcover
1913rif. 146213New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1913. reprints. Very Good. octavo. hardbacks in decorated cloth 351 325 344pp. The Authorized Edition. Light use o/w very good copies in red cloth Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
rif. 54171Zürich Artemis 1961. 4° 28 S. zahlr. teilw. farb. Abb. OHLwd. Kapitale min. bestossen min. fingerfleckig sonst schönes Exemplar. Bilder nach Monotypien von Helen Kasser. Mit Widmung der Illustratorin im Impressum. 010 Zürich, Artemis, 1961 unknown
1899rif. 96106London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd 1899. First British edition of Kipling's collection of school stories. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt medallion displaying an elephant to the from panel top edge gilt. In fine condition. From the library of George Barr McCutcheon with his bookplate to the pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. A bright example. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. He became 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. Kipling's Stalky & Co. follows the story of a group of raucous adolescent boys at a British boarding school. Macmillan and Co., Ltd hardcover
1896rif. 96105London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd 1896. First edition of Kipling's collection of soldier tales. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles and pictorial gilt tooling to the spine and front panel gilt ruled all edges gilt frontispiece with tissue guard illustrated with engravings. In near fine condition with a touch of wear to the crown of the spine. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. A bright example. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. He became 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. Kipling's Soldier Tales include With the Main Guard The Drums of the Fore and Aft The Man Who Was The Courting of Dinah Shadd and The Madness of Private Ortheris. Macmillan and Co., Ltd hardcover
1971rif. BN42511Herold Verlag 1971. Hardcover/gebunden. mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren sehr gut erhalten! Rarität! Herold Verlag hardcover
rif. 95201Rare autograph note inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling. The note reads in part: "but it is a chapter about.theatrical. They are always great fun. Very sincerely yours Rudyard Kipling." Double matted and framed with an engraving of Kipling. The entire piece measures 14.75 inches by 10.25 inches. A handsome example. 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
rif. 52459London: Macmillan and Co. 1907. Fantasy FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Octavo 21 x 14cm. With ninety-two numbered leaves printed on rectos only. Illustrated with sixteen plates in colour frontispiece with tissue guard present. Smartly bound in recent dark blue half calf over publisher's original gilt-pictorial sides top edge gilt. Some light marks and spots within exterior fine. An attractive copy. Noted in Bleiler and containing elements of the fantastic; whilst it does not deal with new inventions predictions of future wars or technological change as in Kipling's more overtly scientific romances this tale is concerned more with social consciousness and the dream-like state and is among his most psychologically interesting and controversial work. 'The Brushwood Boy' short story concerns fantasy dream-worlds. John W. Campbell described Kipling as "the first modern science fiction writer". Verne and Wells may be the fathers of Sci-Fi but it is Kipling who links them to the 'Golden Age' writers such as Robert A. Heinlein and Poul Anderson. Bleiler; The Guide to Supernatural Fiction. also Bleiler; Checklist of Fantastic Literature. see also Kipling; Something of Myself Wilson; The Strange Ride of Rudyard Kipling Amis; Kipling and his World. London: Macmillan and Co., 1907 unknown
rif. 49910London: Ward Lock and Co. 1898. Literary Magazine. FIRST APPEARANCES. Octavo 25 x 18cm pp.vi; 3-716. With numerous in-text lithographic illustrations. In publisher's green cloth with red titles to spine and upper board. Brown floral endpapers. With a PSA Book Fund bookplate to front pastedown. Some gatherings a little loose; heavy reading lean. Moderate outer wear especially to spine. Fair. London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1898 unknown
1926rif. 112648N.Y.: Doubleday and Co. 1926. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ in. to 9¾ in.Tall. Donald Maxwell. First editionstated .Illustrated with 24 full-page color plates by Donald Maxwell on heavy stock paper. Half green morocco with marbled boards and endpapers Five raised bands with 2 panels lettered in gilt Half-Leather Gold filet. Doubleday and Co. hardcover
1898rif. 68255London: MacMillan 1898. 1st edition. Nice Copy. octavo. orig. dec. cloth 84pp. A little lighter at spine o/w a nice copy in pale blue decorated boards MacMillan hardcover
1899rif. 50757New York: R.F. Fenno & Co. 1899. Two works in one vol. 8vo. 156 1; 9-139 1 pp. Decorated title in tan & black frontisp. portrait. Green ribbed publisher’s cloth lozenge illust. of elephant mounted on front cover gilt decorated spine t.e.g. slight shelfwear very slight rubbing NF copy from the library of Donald Alexander Skene 1898-1938 reporter for the Portland Oregonian served as a United States Marine during World War I and graduated Yale University in 1920 w/ gift inscription dated 1901 on ffep. First American edition of these two works with the first containing four of Kipling’s short stories originally published as the sixth and final installment of Wheeler’s Indian Railway Series including Wee Willie Winkie Baa Baa Black Sheep His Majesty the King and The Drums of the Fore and Aft. The second volume of American notes includes Kipling’s travels through California a fascinating and excellent account of Salmon fishing on the Columbia River visiting a salmon cannery in The Dalles with only Chinese immigrants cleaning and packing the fish and fishing on the Clackamas River along with the authors travels to Yellowstone and Chicago. R.F. Fenno & Co., hardcover
1919rif. 131177London: Heinemann 1919. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. hardback in original cloth ix 318 ix 324 x 292pp. index Boards a little dull & neat ownership signature o/w VG set Heinemann hardcover
1906rif. 23024New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1906. First American Edition. Octavo 21cm.; original grey blind-ruled cloth lettered in gilt color plate mounted to upper cover top edge gilt others uncut; 680pp.; color frontispiece 14 tissue-guarded plates. Cloth a bit soiled extremities toned light rubbing to spine ends else Very Good. Doubleday, Page & Company unknown
1890rif. 22293New York: Harper & Brothers 1890. First Edition. Octavo 20.5cm.; original printed wrappers in custom blue cloth double slipcase gilt-lettered spine; xii1822adspp.; engraved portrait frontispiece. Wrappers chipped and worn along extremities with several shallow losses not affecting text contemporary ownership signature to upper wrapper spine quite darkened and cracked with small losses; interior near fine. An About Very Good copy of this fragile piece. Harper's Franklin Square Library no. 680. Harper & Brothers unknown