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ref. 123875New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1899 1900 1903 1904 1906 1909 1910 1917 1919 1920 1923 1926. . 31 vols 8vo 21.5 x 15 cm; engraved frontispiece portrait of the author to vol. I with red captioned tissue-guard various photogravures throughout remaining vols with red captioned tissue-guards black and white illustrations to some volumes sporadic light spotting to some tissue-guards minor tears to following leaves to corner of p.179 and p.340 of vol. VII to edge of p.13 of vol. VIII to lower edge of p.247 of vol. XIV to upper corner of p.83 of vol. XVI to top edges of pp277-88 of vol. XVII due to abrasion to page edges to edge of rear endpaper of vol. XXI to edge of p.207 of vol. XXVIII light purple pen mark to p.11 of vol. VIII slight foxing to p.123 likely from paper clipping once being kept there though not affecting legibility of text p.210 loose and newspaper clipping pasted to rear endpaper with pencil caption and corresponding offsetting of vol. XII inserted contemporary newspaper clipping to p.176 of vol. XIII mark to p.1 of vol. XIV light stain to pp314-17 of vol. XV pp55-58 loose and marks to p.330 of vol. XVIII tissue-guard opposite p.140 loose and inserted newspaper clippings to p.339 and p.347 with corresponding offsetting to vol. XXII pasted in newspaper clipping to rear endpaper with pen caption to vol. XXV otherwise occasional spot stain or mark throughout most volumes generally not affecting legibility of text overall very good condition with issues generally being minor; finely-bound by Stikeman & Co. near-contemporary half red morocco over red cloth boards lined in gilt spine in 6 compartments one-line gilt-panelled border with gilt lettering to second and fourth and ornate gilt decoration to others marble endpapers extreme edge offsetting of endpapers to all vols general signs of wear due to age including scuffs marks and scratches primarily to extremities though nothing drastically affecting integrity of the binding more noticeable scuffs to rear panel of vol. I liquid mark across upper board of vol. VII and vol. XIV black mark on rear board of vol. XII and upper board of vol. XX marks to upper board of vol. XIX vol. XXVIII and vol. XXXI overall very good with generally minor issues as a result of age a handsome set; xx 350pp x 307pp x 280pp xvi 386pp viii 387pp viii 368pp viii 341pp xiv 228PP x 329pp vi 377pp xx 359pp viii 242pp x 310 xii 303pp xiv 494pp xii 553pp xii 292pp xii 330pp vi 474pp vi 281pp xii 202pp vi 438pp viii 305pp viii 324pp viii 378pp x 515pp xii 189pp viii 328pp xxii 494pp x 449pp viii 452pp. This handsome thirty-one volume set was published across twenty-seven years and contains a large amount of the works of the writer Rudyard Kipling. The collection contains Kipling's most famous work The Jungle Book and its succeeding companion. Kipling won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 for his enigmatic witty prose and poetry and his legacy endured as one of Britain's most eminent writers. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899, 1900, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1926. hardcover
2007ref. 63695A-LOBOxford University Press 2007-09-10. hardcover. New. 7x0x5. Brand New Gift condition. Oxford University Press hardcover
1929ref. 152336London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1929. Signed limited first edition of this classic work. Quarto three volumes bound in original full red polished morocco with gilt titles and numbers to the spine in six compartments within raised bands top edges gilt gilt inner dentelles marbled endpapers tissue-guarded frontispiece to volume one. One of 525 numbered copies this is number 4. Boldly signed by Kipling on the limitations page. In near fine condition with light sunning. Illustrated frontispiece signed in pencil by Francis Dodd. Printed on hand-made paper by the Chiswick Press. “As a virtuoso in verse Kipling had more than one style at his command” Baugh et al. 1505 from earnest cockney dialect to soaring prophetic proclamation. This handsome three-volume collection presents all of Kipling’s poetry—including such memorable works as “Mandalay” “Gunga Din” and “If”—set in Baskerville type and printed on handmade paper at the Chiswick Press. With frontispiece portrait of Kipling in Volume I signed in pencil by the artist Francis Dodd. Livingston 545. Macmillan and Co. Limited hardcover
1901ref. 115045Macmillan and Co. London. 1901. Macmillan and Co. Limited. London. 1901. First Edition first issue. Hardback. Beautifully bound by Bayntun-Riviere of Bath in full red calf gilt with elephant emblem to upper board. Raised bands to spine gilt decorations to compartments of spine contrasting blue and green morocco lettering pieces boards ruled in gilt gilt decs. to outer edges with gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All page edges gilt. Frontis. with tissue guard plus 9 plates. A fine copy in a stunning binding. hardcover
ref. B19OS-00405Peter Pauper Press. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. No date stated. Slipcase Good. poetry A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Peter Pauper Press unknown
1894ref. 115522Macmillan and Co. London. 1894. Macmillan & Co. 1894. The third impression of the first edition of May 1894. Original illustrated blue cloth gilt slight lean to spine lower joint slightly frayed head and tail of spine frayed chipped and crumpled corners rubbed. Small light marks to back cover. Gorgeous gilt elephants to upper board. Illustrated thoughout. All page edges gilt. Small neat bookplate to front pastedown inner hinge partially visible but sound. Generally a clean and sound copy of an early edition. hardcover
1891ref. 152559London: Ward Lock and Co. 1891. The January 1891 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine containing the first appearance of Kipling's early novel The Light That Failed. Octavo original wrappers front wrapper detached. In good condition with chipping edge loss and fraying to the fragile printed wrappers. Written when Rudyard Kipling was 26 years old The Light That Failed is semi-autobiographical being based upon his own unrequited love for Florence Garrard. Most of the novel is set in London but many important events throughout the story occur in Sudan and Port Said. It follows the life of Dick Heldar an artist and painter who goes blind and his unrequited love for his childhood playmate Maisie. Though it was poorly received by critics the novel has remained in print for over a century. It was also adapted into a play two silent films and a drama film. Ward, Lock, and Co. unknown
1902ref. 69666London: Macmillan and Co 1902. BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE; KIPLING Rudyard. BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE binder. KIPLING Rudyard illustrator. Just So Stories for Little Children. Illustrated by the Author. London: Macmillan and Co. 1902. Full Description: KIPLING Rudyard. Just So Stories for Little Children. Illustrated by the Author. London: Macmillan and Co. 1902. First edition of Kipling's famous collection of twelve stories and twelve poems including "How the Camel Got His Hump" and "How the Leopard Got His Spots." Small quarto 8 3/4 x 6 5/8 inches; 224 x 170 mm. 6 249 1 blank 1 printer's device 1 blank pp. Bound without the initial blank leaf. Twenty-two full-page illustrations. With the original publisher's red cloth bound in at the back. The cloth is with the first issue flaked white ink. Bound by Bayntun in full red levant morocco. Gilt-rule border on covers. Front cover stamped in gilt with an elephant and a palm tree. Spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt in compartments. Gilt board edges and turn-ins. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Some minor finger smudging. A small closed repaired tear to contents page not affecting text. A near fine copy. "These twelve stories with an equal number of poems written 'for little children' were drawn from the store of 'make believe' tales that Kipling told to his own children. All of the stories but one "How the Alphabet Was Made" had appeared in periodicals between 1897 and 1902 but none of the verses had been published before 1902" Stewart. This book has the distinction of being the only one illustrated by Kipling. Gumuchian 3526. Livingston 267. Martindell 99. Osborne Collection I pp. 362-363. Stewart 260. HBS 69666. $1000. Macmillan and Co unknown
ref. 115644Macmillan and Co. Limited London. 1901. Macmillan and Co. Limited London. 1901. First edition. Hardback NO DW. Illustrated with b/w plates and with b/w frontis and foxed tissue guard. Maroon cloth gilt boards with gilt insignia to upper. Corners and edges are rubbed and spine sunned. Head and tail of spine rubbed and frayed and both hinges are split and fraying. Top page edges gilt and others are browned. Overall a lovely clean copy. hardcover
1888ref. 378679Allahabad: A. H. Wheeler & Co 1888. First edition with the first state of the wrappers without the shading around the "No. 4" and "One Rupee. 8 106 vii ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green printed wrappers with illustration by John Lockwood Kipling. Fine copy. Bookplate of Everett. Green cloth slipcase and chemise. First edition with the first state of the wrappers without the shading around the "No. 4" and "One Rupee". 8 106 vii ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Superior copy of this early Kipling title Indian Railway Library No. 4. Stewart 46; Richards A17 A. H. Wheeler & Co unknown
1891ref. 378678Allahabad and London: A. H. Wheeler & Co. Sampson Low Marston & Company Ltd. London 1891. First English Edition. 96 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original grey-green printed illustration by Brownlow Fforde Indian Railway Library No. XIV advertisements on inside and back covers. Minor chipping. Very good. First English Edition. 96 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. With the printed slip regarding the title tipped into the front. Stewart 94; Richards A60 A. H. Wheeler & Co., Sampson Low, Marston & Company Ltd., London unknown
1977ref. 017276Published for the Sir Thomas Browne Institute. Leiden University Press 1977. Inscribed on free endpaper by Kipling also a typed letter signed by Kipling. Book measures 22x14.cm. xiv188pp. Bound in original publishers maroon cloth with gilt crest and lettering. Binding in near fine condition. Internally pages very clean. . Signed by Author. Cloth. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Published for the Sir Thomas Browne Institute. Leiden University Press Hardcover
ref. 116468ABNew York: The Limited Editions Club; 1962. 26 cm. 283 S. Ill. Ohldr. - Schuber. Exlibris auf Vorsatz. Sehr guter Zustand. One of 1500 handnumbered copies signed by the illustrator. 1962 unknown
ref. 116459ABLunenburg Vermont: Printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club; 1968. 27 cm. 383 Ohldr. - OSchuber. Exlibris im Einband. Sonst sehr gut. Limited copy 588/1500 signed by the artist David Gentleman. 1968 unknown
ref. RED2VJ3QXOJWDandelion Library Grolier Society 1967/67. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Dandelion Library (Grolier Society) 1967/67 hardcover
1897ref. 153245London: Macmillan and Co. 1897. First edition of Kipling’s classic tale of the Grand Banks cod fishery a coming-of-age story long regarded as one of the great novels of the nineteenth century. Octavo original blue cloth elegantly stamped and lettered in gilt all edges gilt with a frontispiece and 21 illustrations. In very good condition with rubbing inscription to the half-title page. Illustrated by I.W. Taber. Like his two Jungle Books Kipling wrote this morality tale of life aboard a New England fishing boat while living near Brattleboro Vermont his wife’s hometown. The book thus contains “something of his feelings about America—both his affection and his irritation” Carpenter & Prichard 296. “This is the only book of Kipling’s which is set entirely in America. All the characters are American. Not only that but the heart of the book—its moral in a single sentence—is one of Kipling’s main beliefs of this period expressed in terms essentially American or perhaps more particularly New England. He put it later in verse: ‘And the Gods of the Copy-book Maxims said: ‘If you don’t work you will die!’ It is a saga of hard physical work in conflict with natural forces. It is a book which could hardly have been written by anyone who did not admire Huckleberry Finn; it is a book whose claim to survival rests mainly on detail and it is all American detail” Mason 119. Macmillan and Co. hardcover
ref. 121531London Macmillan and Co. Ltd 1897 . First edition; 8vo 185 x 121 mm; half-title frontispiece tissue-guard title 21 engraved plates by I. W. Taber all edges gilt occasional light mostly marginal spotting otherwise very good; publisher's pictorial cloth with gilt-blocked decoration gilt titles shelf worn to extremities of spine rubbed corners otherwise very good condition; viii 245pp 1 2 ads 1. In Captains Courageous Kipling tells the story of the spoiled fifteen-year-old son of a millionaire who is lost at sea and finds himself rescued by the crew of a fishing schooner which proves to be a redemption of both character and body. London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1897, hardcover
ref. 112653London Macmillan and Co. 1901. . First edition; 8vo 250 x 145 mm; 10 monotone illustrations after bas-reliefs by John Lockwood Kipling the author's father near-contemporary ink ownership name dated 1903 to verso of half-title offsetting from frontispiece tissue guard to title-page else near-fine; mid-twentieth century half morocco over cloth top edge gilt gilt roundel to upper cover containing an elephant's head the Hindu Ganesha one of their favourite gods generally rubbed with minor soiling from handling but otherwise very good. London, Macmillan and Co., 1901. hardcover
1902ref. 032371UK: Macmillan 1902. First Edition 1st Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. R Kipling. 1st Edition 1st state 1902. Tipped in Kipling Burwash Letter to endpaper. Quite a bright book. A collection of Kipling's well-known animal stories including "How the Whale Got his Throat" "The Elephant's Child" and "The Butterfly That Stamped." With author's illustrations throughout. Book is very good with bright boards and spine. Spine tips/corners lightly rubbed. White printing is bright and much better than normal. Spine slightly faded. Contents good with foxing marking and thumbing to some pages. Much better example than normally appears. Ref Macmillan hardcover
1905ref. 379368London: MacMillan 1905. First Edition First Issue. Frontispiece and 14 other fullpage color illustrations by F. H. Townsend. 80 pp. printed on rectos only. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorially gilt-stamped white cloth; some marking on front and back covers; spine sunned with minor stain; minor edge-wear. First Edition First Issue. Frontispiece and 14 other fullpage color illustrations by F. H. Townsend. 80 pp. printed on rectos only. 1 vols. 8vo. Stewart 303 preceded by an American copyright issue. Stewart 303 preceded by an American copyright issue MacMillan hardcover
ref. 69133045-20Used - Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
1910ref. 11869Doubleday Page and Company. New York. 1910. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION U. S. IN RARE PUBLISHERS DELUX IMITATION LEATHER BINDING. Precedes the first U. K separate edition by 4 years. Oblong 8vo. 4.4 x 6.4 inches. 8 double leaves uncut at the top. Each double leaf has a green rule and dot border the text printed in black with green initial letters. Half title has "IF" printed in green within an ornamental black panel the same as the design stamped onto the front board with the addition of the author's name. This version with the green colour printing is Richards' variant a. The Publishers note on page 5 appears in four different variants with priority unknown and this copy has variant ii. A couple of very light spots to one page but overall this is a very good bright and clean copy throughout. In the very rare original delux publishers dark red imitation morocco leather binding with gilt ruling and lettering to the front panel Richards binding variant ii. Some wear to the surface of the binding at the spine and corners and the gilt on the front board is a bit dulled as usual but overall this is a very good and attractive copy of this rare little book. This imitation leather bound issue is by far the rarest of the three variant bindings published. In 36 years of dealing in English Literature and handling many dozens of copies of this edition in the paper covered boards and 20 copies in the delux green leather this is only the eighth time I have come across a copy in this red variant binding. Published probably November 1910 very shortly after the Poem first appeared in the book Rewards and Fairies October 1910 this separate publication was issued to capitalise on the huge and instant popularity of what has become Kipling's most enduring work of verse. A poll taken by the BBC in the UK in 2005 voted it as Britain's favourite Poem polling twice as many votes as the number 2 choice Lord Tennyson's The Lady of Shallot. Originally written in 1895 IF was inspired by the actions of Dr. Leander Starr Jameson a British Officer whose forces were defeated by the Boers in 1895 but who was portrayed as a victorious hero by the British press the poem is a powerful masterclass in maintaining the British stiff upper lip. ------ David Alan Richards. Rudyard Kipling. A Bibliography. A244. Binding variant ii. Text Variants ii a. Doubleday, Page and Company. New York. 1910 hardcover
1965ref. 117472Hutchinson. London. 1965. Hutchinson. 1965. First edition. Hardback with DW. Illustrated with black and white photographs. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM AUTHOR with gift inscription to front endpaper: "Dear Edward It was most kind of you to feed and wine me at lunch . Yours Morton". Slightly worn to head and tail of spine otherwise a lovely clean copy in a slightly worn wrapper with spine sunned minor creasing to head and tail and small closed tear to upper joint. hardcover
1999ref. SKU-0619AK13410266University Of Iowa Press 1999. 1. Hardcover. Good. Good; Hardcover No Jacket; Withdrawn library copy with the standard library markings; The original dust jacket is missing and a transparent custom-fitted mylar jacket has been added as a replacement; Covers are shelfworn and edgeworn with a couple very small edge-dings; Textblock edges are unblemished except for a few tiny spot-marks to the top edge; Library stamps to the endpapers; Text pages are all clean & unmarked; Binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format 8.5" - 9.75" tall; 2.8 lbs; Black cloth covers with title in gold lettering along the spine; 1999 University Of Iowa Press; 620 pages; "The Letters of Rudyard Kipling Volume 4: 1911-1919" by Kipling and Pinney. University Of Iowa Press hardcover
1920ref. 1519001920. Rare typed letter signed by Nobel Prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling. Dated July 20th 1920 on Kipling's Bateman's Burwash Sussex letterhead the letter reads: Dear Sir I am in receipt of you letter of July 13th. asking me to give you a date to speak at Christ's Hospital some time during the term from Sept 14th. to December 17th. I very much regret that it is not possible for me to give you a date. My plans are very uncertain for the time covering this period and I do not find it possible to make any appointments so far ahead. With many regrets Believe me Yours faithfully "Rudyard Kipling." In near fine condition. Double matted and framed with a portrait of Kipling. The entire piece measures 20.5 inches by 16 inches. Rare and desirable. 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
