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1920ref. 54021London: Macmillan and Co. 1920. First edition. Three sections of letters 24 letters in all. 8vo gilt-stamped red cloth; 284 pp 4 pp ads; top edge gilt. Hole in last page of text not affecting any lettering front board bumped at top corner and a little shaken otherwise near fine in near fine dust jacket with slight tanning to spine and two small tears. Macmillan and Co. unknown
1916ref. 54078London: Macmillan and Co. 1916. First edition. Compilation of 13 newspaper articles on the subject. 8vo blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on spine and in gilt and blind on front; page edges untrimmed; 222 pages; 4 pp of ads. Bright and near fine. Lacking dust jacket. Macmillan and Co. unknown
1906ref. 53962New York: Doubleday Page & Co. 1906. First U.S. edition and the first edition with illustrations by Rackham. A fantasy book for children with frontispiece and four full-page colored illustrations by Rackham tipped in. 8vo green cloth stamped in black and lettered in gilt; top edge gilt. Small hole in rear endpaper at hinge which is starting at the final blank; otherwise very good to near fine with just a bit of rubbing to tips. Pages largely unopened. Doubleday, Page & Co. unknown
ref. 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
1899ref. 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
ref. 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
1899ref. 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
1896ref. 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
1426ref. 132739New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1914-26. Handsome Stikeman binding The Seven Seas Edition number 435 of 1050 copies signed by the author on the half-title of vol. I. This was issued by Doubleday as the counterpart to the Bombay Edition published by Macmillan in London. A particularly attractive set beautifully bound by the workshop of Henry Stikeman one of the leading American binders of the period. 27 vols octavo 237 x 161 mm. Title pages printed in red and black. Contemporary burgundy morocco by Stikeman spines gilt lettered direct compartments with double fillet panels enclosing trefoil foilate motifs on a field of gilt dots sawtooth pattern on the raised bands sides with double fillet frame enclosing panel of trailing stems and repeated trefoils and dots gilt ruled turn-ins marbled endpapers top edges gilt. A fine set. Richards D15; Stewart pp. 573-4. hardcover
1901ref. 37365Macmillan 1901. 8vo. First Edition First Issue with frontispiece original tissue guard present title in red and black and 9 plates tiny neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original red cloth upper board blocked with Ganesha elephant's head in gilt gilt back gilt top backstrip very faintly faded at extreme head and tail else an unusally bright clean crisp copy. With the nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of J. Chamberlain on front paste-down and complete with 2pp. publisher's advertisement at end showing price of 6s. The illustrations are by Kipling's father. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Livingston 250. Macmillan, hardcover
1971ref. BN42511Herold Verlag 1971. Hardcover/gebunden. mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren sehr gut erhalten! Rarität! Herold Verlag hardcover
ref. 000450New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Harper William. St. John; Tobin George Timothy. 32mo 3.2 x 5.4 mm. 1898. Original grey cloth binding. Front board and spine illustrated in silver with floral design and silver paneled border. 95 p.p. 20 original illustrations by William St. John Harper and George Timothy Tobin incl. frontispiece. Light rubbing to spine edges. Bottom left corner of rear board very slightly bumped. Some soiling to rear board. Two small dotted stains on fore-edge. Yellow staining to inner edges along pastedown endpapers. Some small creases and sporadic nicks to pages but not affecting text or images. Otherwise in very good condition. Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover
ref. 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
1909ref. 55046New York: B. W. Dodge & Company 1909. First U.S. edition. Though a pirated one it does precede the authorized Doubleday Page and Co. edition by a few months. First issue in gilt-lettered blue cloth boards with ship at sea illustration stamped In black. Spine a little shaken otherwise near fine. Issued without a dust jacket. B. W. Dodge & Company unknown
1903ref. 1180E215London: Methuen and Co. Ltd. 1903. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: xiii 215. Very Good Minus. 6 x 9 inches 14.5 x 22.5 cm. Large paper edition limited to 200 copies and printed on handmade paper. Quarter parchment with grey paper covered boards. Light marking to boards light stain to front board. Spine has paper title label with browning. Darkening and a few light marks to parchment. Top page edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Some scattered light foxing to text. Extra spine label tipped in before rear free endpaper. Engraved bookplate to front pastedown endpaper Lady D'Arcy Godolphin Osborne. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 6 x 9 inches 14.5 x 22.5 cm. Methuen and Co. Ltd. hardcover
ref. 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
1899ref. 68654New York:: H. M. Caldwell 1899. Oriental Edition. publisher's elaborately decorated white cloth gilt-lettered and stamped in red green and blue t.e.g.; in dust jacket and publisher's two-part box. A fine copy in a very near fine jacket. The box is a little sunned. 8vo. With Original Illustrations by Victor A. Searles. H. M. Caldwell, hardcover
1930ref. 27275Paris: Editions Mornay 1930. Book. Illus. by Deluermoz. Near Fine. Leather. Limited Editiom. 8vo. Later brown morocco leather with gilt title to spine.Original spine wraps bound in. Leather onlays to spine floral and to the front panel serpent. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. This edition limited to 1000 total copies on various paper quality. This is one of 816 on Rives paper. A nicely illustrated edition translated from the English. This wonderfully bound edition has some edgewear and some small chips to leather but is still a fabulous copy. Editions Mornay Hardcover
1896ref. 36191Macmillan 1896. 8vo. First Edition with frontispiece original tissue guard present 20 plates and numerous wood-engraved head- and tail-pieces by A. S. Hartwick preliminaries very lightly spotted frontispiece guard moderately spotted and offset to title small neat signature on front free endpaper; original pictorial blue cloth gilt fife and drummer boys from plate facing p.58 elaborately blocked in gilt on upper board pictorial back gilt all edges gilt a very bright crisp clean copy. Collects seven stories first published between 1888 and 1890. Livingston 133; Martindale 67; Stewart 157. Macmillan, hardcover
1909ref. 68939New York:: Doubleday Page & Company 1909. Preceded by an unauthorized Dodge edition in the same year 1909. publisher's pictorial cloth in dust jacket. Lacking the front free endpaper which was neatly excised. The cloth is bright and unworn with just the slightest of use at the extremities of the spine; in a lightly chipped and dust-soiled jacket. . 8vo. Doubleday, Page & Company, hardcover
1932ref. 1180E141London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd 1932. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: viii 400. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 5.25 x 8 inches 13.5 x 20 cm. Dust jacket: Slight chipping to ends of spine some creasing to front flap. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Plus. Book: Red buckram binding. Light foxing to page edges and endpaper otherwise excellent. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.25 x 8 inches 13.5 x 20 cm. Macmillan and Co. Ltd hardcover
1919ref. 54119London: Hodder & Stoughton 1919. First edition. Three volumes. Number 41 of only 100 copies SIGNED BY KIPLING IN EACH OF THE THREE VOLUMES. 8vo full gilt-stamped vellum top edges gilt rest untrimmed. Very good to near fine with covers lightly soiled spine on volume one a little darkened a bit of rubbing to head of spine on volume two small light red stain to front board of volume three and with boards on volume three a bit splayed. Hodder & Stoughton unknown
ref. 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
1906ref. 26605London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1906. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. Pp. x 306 10 - publ. adverts. dated 20.9.06 with 20 black & white illustrations by H.R. Millar. Original maroon cloth with a gilt embossed "Ganesha" roundel - an elephant head with a lotus in its mouth a recognizable Kipling "logo" which symbolizes wisdom foresight and good luck. Another ancient symbol Kipling used for over 40 years was the swastika a Hindu good luck symbol. In Sanskrit the word means "fortunate" or "well-being". Once the Nazis had usurped the swastika Kipling ordered that it should no longer adorn his books. Covers lightly rubbed and scuffed corners bruised spine ends starting shaken rear hinge split revealing the mull front hinge split between p. x and title of first story. Tanning to endpapers else interior clean and bright. A nice copy of the first edition. Macmillan and Co., Limited Hardcover
ref. 16059New York: Hurst and Company. Hard Cover. BOOK VERY GOOD. 16mo - over 5¾"" - 6¾"" tall. 144 pages. Undated - circa late 1800s. A VERY CLEAN ATTRACTIVE COPY. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Decorative cover and spine. Tan cloth with black decoration. A Collection of Stories Setting Forth Certain Passages in the Lives and Adventures of Privates Terence Mulvaney Stanley Ortheris and John Learoyd Hurst and Company hardcover