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1952réf. 37141London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1952. Reprint. Leather. Near Fine. Reprint 1952. A Near Fine copy. 8vo. 228 pp. bound in half green leather with decorative paper covered boards with matching end papers. Title in gilt on six compartment spine top edge gilt. Spine is tanned to brown minor rubbing to tip and top/base of spine. Text appears unmarked. Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown
1913réf. 141035London: Macmillan & Co. 1913-38. A handsomely bound set signed by the author on the half-title The Bombay Edition one of only 500 possible complete sets signed by the author on the half-title. The Bombay edition was initially published in 20 volumes and limited to 1000 copies. Kipling continued to write and the edition eventually grew to 31 volumes but the last 11 volumes were limited to 500 copies only. Because later volumes were issued separately and at a lower limitation complete sets such as this one are rare. 31 vols octavo. Attractively bound in recent burgundy morocco green morocco labels centre tool to spines gilt raised bands roll to boards gilt marbled endpapers top edges gilt others untrimmed. Mild partial toning to a couple of the half-titles an excellent set. hardcover
réf. ANAIS-0385044070Doubleday. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Doubleday hardcover
1894réf. 175281London: Macmillan and Co. 1894 & 1895. Handsomely bound set First editions. Based on folk tales and legends that Kipling learned during his childhood in India The Jungle Book was first published in periodicals in 1893-4 before it was printed in book form in 1894. An immediate success on publication the book was reprinted twice the same year and twice again in 1895. Kipling won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907; he was the first English-language writer and the youngest ever to receive the prize. The present book and its sequel The Second Jungle Book 1895 inspired the 1967 and 2016 Disney movies of the same name. 2 vols octavo 181 x 116 mm. Illustrated by J. L. Kipling W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco spines gilt-lettered raised bands single rule to boards gilt pictorial block to front boards gilt twin rule to turn-ins gilt burgundy endpapers gilt edges. Housed in a matching dark blue leather entry slipcase. The occasional minor blemish else an excellent set. Stewart 123 & 132; Martindell 61 & 63. hardcover
1896réf. 656840Macmillan 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A Very Good copy of the First Edition in original gilt stamped pictorial blue cloth all edges gilt black coated endpapers cloth has minor spotting and wear; front inner hinge just starting; a few minor marginal smudges to text; tiny ink stamp from an Irish bookseller of the period at inner margin of half title at foot. Macmillan hardcover
1901réf. 989F29London: Macmillan and Co 1901 . First edition. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 6". Not Stated. Holbrook Jackson's first edition copy of this classic spy novel by Rudyard Kipling with a loosely inserted very scarce copy of Parish's account of Kipling's sister's visit to his home 'Mrs. Fleming's Visit'. 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.Loosely inserted is the very scarce first edition of C. W. Parish's 1945 short work 'Mrs Fleming's Visit' which details Kipling's sister Ann's 1945 visit to his home Bateman's in Burwash. With two postcards of the home also present.With the inscription 'Holbrook Jackson Liverpool 1944' to the head of the front free endpaper. Journalist writer and publisher George Holbrook Jackson. A noted journalist who worked for numerous magazines during his career Jackson is known as being one of the leading bibliophiles of his time. He founded in the Flying Fame Press alongside Ralph Hodgson and Claud Lovat Fraser and had a long association with English small presses. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Joints starting with boards a touch tender. A touch of fraying to back strip head and tail. Inscription to front free endpaper head. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean with the odd spot. 'Fleming's Visit' in fine condition. Good Macmillan and Co hardcover
1908réf. 115398Macmillan 1908. Softcover. Very good/No jacket. leather binding worn along edges. Gift inscription on half-title page. Macmillan unknown
1933réf. 158391933. Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran & Company 1933. Original light yellow wrappers lettered in green. First Editions being the American copyright issues -- 75 copies each issued two weeks apart in March 1933 to coincide with their periodical appearances in French and in English. This is a series of sketches that together form a personal memoir documenting Kipling's lifelong affection for France from a childhood trip with his father to the Paris Exhibition of 1878 to beyond the Great War. This title was published four months later in England bound in blue cloth. Both volumes are in fine condition. Richards A412; Stewart 600. unknown
1905réf. mon0000995051Macmillan and Co. 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Pages clean and bright no markings light wear to edges. Complete with 15 illustrations by F. H. Townsend. Inscribed by previous owner. Macmillan and Co. hardcover
2021réf. x-9391343139Insight Publica 2021. Hardcover. New. 498 pages. 5.50x1.25x8.50 inches. Insight Publica hardcover
1906réf. RK072New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1906 Illustrated with four color plates by Arthur Rackham including a frontispiece. First edition first printing published two months before the first UK edition. Publisher's green cloth with boat illustration in blind to front board lettered in gilt and top edge gilt. Near fine with clean and bright boards light wear to spine ends joints and corners and small marks to pp. 46-47 lines 15-21 on both pages slightly affected. Overall an excellent copy. In Puck of Pook's Hill two children playing in the English countryside are approached by the magical fairy Puck from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Over the course of the summer Puck introduces them to notable events and characters from British history told through ten connected short stories. Interspersed between the stories are poems by Kipling some of which were later selected by T.S. Eliot for inclusion in A Choice of Kipling's Verse 1941. Notably this first American edition includes illustrations by the legendary book illustrator Arthur Rackham whereas the first UK edition was illustrated by Harold R. Millar. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Rackham Arthur. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1909réf. 182188New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1909. A gorgeous gift First American edition with Robinson's illustrations trade issue in a luxurious contemporary binding. First published in London this handsome work was specifically produced for the the Christmas illustrated book market. This publication collects the titular poem alongside "The Coastwise Lights" "The Song of the Dead" "The Deep-sea Cables" and "The Song of the Sons". Quarto 280 x 215 mm. Illustrations throughout by Heath Robinson plates 5 and 23 bound as doublures. Finely bound in green morocco spine lettered and decorated in compartments in gilt boards elaborately ruled and decorated in gilt gilt doublures with an illustration mounted to board verso cream moire silk endpapers. Spine slightly darkened a little professional colour to extremities silk lifting light foxing to contents: a fresh copy in a handsome binding very good. hardcover
2005réf. mon0000995840Folio Society 2005. Gardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. 5 volume set. Clean copy. Pages clean and bright no markings. Housed in slipcase. Complete with numerous illustrations by Philip Bannister. Folio Society unknown
1898réf. mon0001616182Macmillan 1898. hardcover. Good. . Hardback. Minor crease marks to spine and cover. No dust jack et. Edge if spine torn Macmillan hardcover
1897réf. mon0001580980Macmillan and Co. 1897. Hardcover. Acceptable. . First Edition Sixth Printing. Previous owner name inside. The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling is one of the most celebrated works of Victorian children's literature bringing together a collection of unforgettable stories set in the Indian jungle. Featuring the adventures of Mowgli alongside memorable characters such as Baloo Bagheera and Shere Khan the book combines thrilling adventure with timeless themes of courage loyalty and the relationship between humanity and the natural world. This 1897 sixth printing represents an early issue of Kipling's classic published just a few years after the first edition of 1894 and remains highly sought after by collectors of classic literature and illustrated books. An enduring literary masterpiece The Jungle Book continues to captivate readers of all ages more than a century after its first publication. Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1899réf. mon0001618584Macmillan 1899-1924. Hardcover. Good. . Rudyard Kipling. 7 Hardbacks. Gilt title & decoration on red cloth cover boards. Bumping to spine and cover board edges. Titles include: The Day's Work The Light That Failed & Puck Of Pook's Hill and more. Macmillan hardcover
1928réf. mon0001614865Macmillan 1928. Hardcover. Good. . Some tanning and foxing to pages and dust jacket. Some wear and tear to dust jacket. Macmillan hardcover
1903réf. mon0001629820Macmillan and Co 1903. hardcover. Good. . Hardback. No dust jacket. Macmillan and Co hardcover
1906réf. 111096-3: MacMillan and Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1906. Reprint. Hardcover. MacMillan and Co. hardcover
1899réf. 111086-3: MacMillan and Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1899. Uniform edition. Hardcover. MacMillan and Co. hardcover
1926réf. 9033449London: Macmillan 1926. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Illustrated by Maxwell with an introductory poem by Kipling. Stunningly illustrated throughout by Maxwell in color. Bound in blue cloth with spine and cover stamped in gilt. Book is in fine condition. Dust jacket has wear and sunning to spine. 7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches. 94 pages. Macmillan hardcover
réf. M09B-03005Weathervane Books. Used - Like New. Like New condition. Very Good dust jacket. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects. Weathervane Books unknown
2024réf. x-9390697824Pharos Books Private Limited 2024. Hardcover. New. 342 pages. 5.50x0.88x8.50 inches. Pharos Books Private Limited hardcover
1898réf. 1003H34New York: The Century Co. 1898 . Paperback. Good. 10" by 7.5". Various. A scarce copy of the January 1893 issue of the celebrated monthly children"s magazine St. Nicholas featuring the first appearance of Rudyard Kipling"s story "The Potted Princess" profusely illustrated throughout. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps.A single issue of the celebrated monthly children"s magazine St. Nicholas containing Rudyard Kipling"s story "The Potted Princess."Richly illustrated in monochrome throughout. First appearing in this issue Kipling"s tale forms part of his sequence of stories concerning Punch and Judy set in colonial India. The story was later collected in Kipling"s short-story collection Many Inventions 1893 published later the same year by D. Appleton and Company in New York and Macmillan and Co. in London.Founded in 1873 and edited by Mary Mapes Dodge St. Nicholas became one of the most influential illustrated magazines for young readers running continuously from 1873 until 1943 it was highly regarded for attracting many of the most prominent literary figures of the period including Mark Twain Louisa May Alcott Frances Hodgson Burnett Joel Chandler Harris and Kipling.Publisher's advertisements to front and rear including a coloured advertisement of Pear's Soap to rear. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Externally a little worn. Rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in the odd small chip closed tear and crease. Loss to head and tail of spine. Light scattered spotting and the odd handling mark to wraps. Wraps characteristically age toned. Loss to lower corner of rear wrap towards joint. Wraps detached from staple binding fragile but holding to joint. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots and the odd minor handling mark to fore edge. Good The Century Co. paperback
1917réf. 032148UK: Macmillan 1917. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good /Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rudyard Kipling. Reprint 1917. Includes the very rare wrapper. A lovely illustrated edition and very uncommon thus. Book is very good and bright. Nice clean contents. Small name to endpaper. The wrapper is good and quite bright. Small loss to edges. Light soiling and age toning to spine/covers. very bright. Edges lightly rubbed and nicked. Reprice label on spine. More images can be taken upon request.Ref17092 Macmillan hardcover