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1897Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 140819Calcutta: Thacker Spink & Co. 1888. 1st edn 2nd issue catalogue dated July 1888.8vo. Original gilt and black lettered decorated dark olive cloth recased withblack cloth and original spine neatly relaid with new endpapers - otherwisebright VG in protective glassine cover. Pp. xii 283 31 advts withmisplaced page number p. 192; spelling error on contents p. 98; small marks atfore-edge of front prelims; no inscriptions. Calcutta: Thacker Spink & Co., 1888 unknown
Best.-Nr. 95780Lausanne Gonin et Cie 1930. . limited edtion number 17 of 20 hors commerce out of a total of 160 copies 4 vols; 4to 31.5 x 26.5 cm. 276 pp.; 272 pp. with 15 colour plates including frontispiece and 15 chapter heading vignette illustrations and initials all cut in wood and printed in colour by F. L. Schmied with 15 supplementary plates not called for in index and two extra suites of all the illustrations one in colour one in monochrome; original wrappers protected by chemises and slipcase; slipcase slightly rubbed with one joint starting to split. with 15 supplementary plates and two extra suites of all the illustrations. Set in the period between the second and third Afghan Wars therefore 1893-1898 Kim was first published in 1900-1901 with this French translation first appearing in 1902. Unfolding against the backdrop of the political conflict between Russia and Great Britain in Central Asia the novel popularised the term 'The Great Game'. The charming illustrations were engraved and printed by the painter and printer François-Louis Schmied 18731941 who was of Swiss origin. After attracting fame with his engravings for a 1919 edition of The Jungle Book Schmied turned his attention to producing expensive luxurious works in limited editions. Buyssens no 43. Lausanne, Gonin et Cie, 1930. unknown
1909Best.-Nr. 3767London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. First trade edition. Original blue cloth with front cover pictorially stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt others uncut. Large quarto 10 15/16 x 8 5/8 inches; 278 x 219 mm. 64 leaves. Thirty color plates including frontispiece mounted on leaves with color border decorations. Descriptive tissue guards each with a miniature line illustration. Pictorial title and fifty-nine black and white line illustrations in the text half-page or smaller. Title printed in red and black. An excellent copy of the first trade edition. "This poem originally appeared in The English Illustrated Magazine May 1893 prior to its inclusion in The Seven Seas 1896" Martindell. It is classic Kipling beautifully illustrated by Robinson. Beare 61b. Lewis 215. Livingston 321. Martindell 133 giving the date of publication as 1913. Stewart 151. Hodder & Stoughton unknown
1903Best.-Nr. 011529London: MacMillan 1903 red cloth with profuse black decoration spine ends frayed corners rubbed back and frayed spine sunned and rubbed spot of discolouration to fep top corner of title torn off no text loss 62pp Kiplings words set to music by Edward German first UK issue. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. MacMillan hardcover
1903Best.-Nr. 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
1895Best.-Nr. b44194New York 1895. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Will H. Drake illustrator. Very good in original wrappers with wear at the base of the spine and some darkening. paperback
1894Best.-Nr. b44174New York 1894. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. W. Van Schaick illustrator. Near fine in original wrappers with light edgwear. paperback
1932Best.-Nr. 5062London: Macmillan & Co 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 400pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt medallion to the front board top edge gilt upper corners lightly bumped and foot of spine a little chipped. Dust jacket with a few water spots on the spine otherwise a near fine jacket. Macmillan & Co hardcover
Best.-Nr. 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
1899Best.-Nr. 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
1899Best.-Nr. 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
1896Best.-Nr. 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
1426Best.-Nr. 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
1971Best.-Nr. BN42511Herold Verlag 1971. Hardcover/gebunden. mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren sehr gut erhalten! Rarität! Herold Verlag hardcover
Best.-Nr. 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
1900Best.-Nr. b41167Boston: Alfred Barlett 1900. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Near fine in original wrappers. The facsimile of a note signed by Kipling is present as is the laid-in portrait of Kiplingc. Includes 14 poems by Kipling. The pagination for this issue is page 35 through 63 Alfred Barlett paperback
1912Best.-Nr. 2354Garden City: Doubleday Page and Company 1912. First Edition. Fine/Very Good . A Fine copy of the book that has been exquisitely preserved in its original dust jacket. Dust jacket is Very Good with a large chip at the base of the spine and price-clipped but otherwise in excellent condition. A rare survivor. Kipling's compilation of songs from his various children's books. This is the authoritative guide to Kipling's charming poetic works; and it provides an opportunity for readers to indulge in nursery rhymes and songs outside of their narrative contexts. Songs from Books has become a perennial family bedtime favorite. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Doubleday, Page and Company unknown
Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 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
1935Best.-Nr. b40685Garden City: Doubleday Doran 1935. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very good slipcase. Fine in marbled paper-coverd boards wtih a black cloth spine. The original glassine dust jacket is present but in tatters and fragile. The red paper-covered slpcase is in very good condition with wear at the extremities and a one inch portion missing from the bottom edge. One of 950 copies. Doubleday, Doran hardcover
1973Best.-Nr. 9025772Avon: Limited Editions Club 1973. Hardcover. Fine. Charles Raymond. Bound in publisher's original full half and half green and blue buckram. Spine and cover stamped in gilt. Publisher's original matching slipcase wrapped in matching blue and green paper. Signed by Charles Raymond. One of 2000 numbered copies. Limited Editions Club hardcover
Best.-Nr. 77106Simbach am Inn Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig 2014. . Neuware.- The jungle book dt. - Erste Auflage. - Gutes sauberes Exemplar. [Simbach am Inn], Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig, 2014. unknown
Best.-Nr. 101177George Newnes 1899. 8vo. Original pictorial paper covers creased at corners of upper and lower covers housed in cloth-backed clamshell box with gilt lettered morocco labels and marbled edges with Chas Sawyer's stamp on inside of lid and wrapped in matching chemise. Pp. 126 advts small closed tears at top edges of pp. 125 to end; no inscriptions. George Newnes, 1899 unknown
1906Best.-Nr. 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
