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1891ref. 54124Allahabad: A. H. Wheeler & Co. 1891. First edition. Nineteen newspaper articles describing Kipling's life in an area of India semi-independent from British rule. 1000 copies printed and bound with all but 100 reportedly destroyed when Kipling suppressed the book's release but bibliographer estimates there are more. Publisher's purple stamp with "27 Nov 91" dispatch date on endpaper and signature of A. R. Lawrence with short illegible notation and date "25/12/91" on pastedown. Good or better with first gathering literally holding by a thread and covers somewhat soiled and quite possibly touched up. Housed in custom top-loading two-piece sliding blue-and-red cloth slipcase backed in red leather with five raised bands and gilt-stamped lettering and design. Very attractive. A. H. Wheeler & 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
1913ref. 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
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
1957ref. 003738Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good . A Near Fine - clean and tight Mid-Century edition noted "Young's People's Edition' in a clipped illustrated dust jacket. Originally issued in 1899 this is a wonderful reprint. It is a story about adolescent boys at a British boarding school. Volume has a small previous owner name stamp on front free end-paper else no other markings. Publishers tinted red top edge is in Excellent condition. Dust jacket has minute edge chips at both crown and foot of spine paper. Rear jacket panel lists other titles by author. 272 pages. Mylar protected jacket. Macmillan and Co., Ltd. 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. 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
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
1906ref. 55496London Macmillan & Co 1906. 8vo. In publisher's original full red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and a circular gilt elephant head illustration on the front board. Spine with light miscolouring and capitals with a bit of wear otherwise a fine and clean copy. X 306 4 pp. First edition. hardcover
1920ref. 62787Paris: Editions de la Sirène 1920. Fine. Editions de la Sirène Paris 1920 22.50 x 30.50 cm relié sous chemise et étui Edition adorned with 23 original color illustrations ornaments and a layout by Kees Van Dongen one of 250 numbered copies on mould-made vellum ours unnumbered. Full old rose box binding smooth spine front cover pierced to reveal a reproduction of Kees Van Dongens illustration on page 37 rear cover decorated at the center with a vignette reproducing the ornament appearing at the foot of each page and drawn by Kees Van Dongen grey suede endleaves and pastedowns covers preserved gilt edges chemise with bands and flaps in old rose box grey paper boards white paper lining slipcase edged with old rose box boards and interior in grey suede a handsome ensemble signed by Florence Capart-Boré. Some light foxing and minor spotting. A fine and rare copy magnificently illustrated by Kees Van Dongen. Editions de la Sirène hardcover
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
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2012ref. DADAX1402782845Union Square Kids 2012-10-02. Reprint Edition. hardcover. New. 8.25x1.00x9.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Union Square Kids hardcover
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
1892ref. 53042London William Heinemann 1892. Orig. full cloth. Uncut. Advertisement at end. Internally clean and fine. First edition. hardcover
1902ref. 39252London MacMillan & Co. 1902. Original red cloth pictorially stamped in black and white in a design by the author on covers lettered in white on front cover and pictorially stamped and lettered in white on spine. White pigment flaking a little mainly on the spine but far less than usual. With slipcase. Minimal foxing to endpapers. 6 249 2; 22 plates by Kipling. First edition of one of Kipling's best known and most beloved works. hardcover
1913ref. 44463London Hodder & Stoughton n.d. ca. 1913. 8vo. Orig. full cloth. Spine and frontcover gilt. Wear to spine ends. Top of spine partly gone.Textillustr. and 11 colourplates by Robinson. hardcover
1903ref. 53041London Methuen and Co. 1903. Orig. full clot. Uncut. Faint brownspots on halftitle otherwise fine. Added Cat. of Books 38 pp. First edition first issue. unknown
1930ref. 15587Small 4to. All orig. wrappers in a fine hvellum top-edge gilt. Uncut. No 300 of 285 numb. 50 a 334 "sur velin de Rives blanc" a total of 370 copies. With 30 fine engravings. hardcover
1934ref. 46250Bruxelles Aux Èditions du Nord 1934. Uncut in orig. wrappers with orig. coloured woodcut as frotwrapper. Top of spine on vol. one with a small loss of paper. In 2 fine custom made boxes with green morocco spines gilt and with gilt lettering. Illustrated with many orig. coloured woodcuts both as plates as in the text and a suite of the illustrations in black One of 50 copies "sur Hollande et une Suite en noir sur Chine" Numerotés de 27 a 76 - This copy no. 72. A total of 1076 copies. Clean and fine. unknown
1915ref. 53040London Macmillan and Co. 1915. Uncut in orig. full cloth. Gilt spine and covers. Clean and fine. First edition. hardcover
1901ref. 54242London Macmillan and Co. 1901. Fine later red hmorocco with 5 raised bands and the elephant gilt in 4 compartments. Title in gilt lettering. Bound by Baytun-Riviere Bath England. 10 plates. Fine and clean. First edition. hardcover
1893ref. 52885London Macmillan and Co. 1893. 8vo. In publisher's full blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt ornamentation to upper part of front board. Light wear to extremities otherwise fine and clean. 365 7 pp. First edition. hardcover
1898ref. 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
