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1932réf. 028446UK: Macmillan 1932. Reprint . Decorative Cloth. Very Good /Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J L Kipling W H Drake. Reprints 1932. The Jungle Book bound in the Uniform style. Book is very good and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is good and quite bright. Loss to spine tips. Edges rubbed and nicked. Spine age toned. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 18408 Macmillan hardcover
1898réf. 71149London: W. Thacker and Co. 1898. 8vo. xix 208 pp. Half green calf over marbled boards with raised bands and gilt lettering and devices to tan spine. Top edge gilt. Very light wear to extremities with very light rubbing to boards and spine. Marble endpapers. Foxing to fore and bottom edge and scattered throughout. Includes black and white plates and in-text illustrations by Dudley Cleaver all complete. . Very Good. Half Calf. 1898. W. Thacker and Co. 1898 unknown
1992réf. x1017London: Folio Society 1992. Attractive set of Kipling's classic adventure & instructional tales for children including Mowgli Rikki-tikki-tavi Toomai of the Elephants; How Fear Came The King's Ankus; How the Camel got his Hump The Cat that Walked by Himself many more. Jungle Book first printing thus 1992 is illustrated in color by the Detmold brothers Second Jungle Book first printing thus 1994 has the Detmolds' 1910-11 b/w illustrations from The Illustrated London News "recreated in colour" by Eccles; Just So the second printing thus 1992 features Kipling's own line drawings. Three volumes hardcovers in slipcases as pictured. Books show light wear near fine; minor scuffs to slipcases. A surcharge for expedited or international shipping of this heavy set may be required; please inquire for an accurate quote. . Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Maurice and Edward Detmold David Eccles . Quarto. Set. Folio Society Hardcover
1890réf. 006622New York: United States Book Company Successor to John W. Lovell Company 1890. This is a Very Good Plus copy of the First American Edition containing some of Kipling's most famous poems. Maroon cloth binding with titling and decorations in gilt on the spine and front cover; bevelled edges. The first state printing with "Lovell" on the spine. Clean text; vi 270 pages. Very bright and clear. Tiny touches of rub at the margins. A very nice copy. In an archival plastic protector. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. United States Book Company Successor to John W. Lovell Company Hardcover
1913réf. 028758UK: Macmillan 1913. First Edition Thus . Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Rudyard Kipling. 1st Edition Thus 1913. First coloured illustrated edition. Book is very good and bright. Nice clean contents. Edges lightly rubbed. Quite a bright example. Light cracking to endpaper gutters.More images can be taken upon request.Ref 18396 Macmillan hardcover
1905réf. 893M8London: Macmillan and Co. 1905. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 6". F. H. Townsend. The first edition of Kipling's story to be published separately from 'Traffics and Discoveries' with illustrations by F. H. Townsend. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding with pictorial gilt to the front board. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and fourteen colour plates. Collated complete. Kipling's semi-autobiographical story concerning grief and ghost children with beautiful illustrations by Frederick Henry Townsend 1868-1920 the first Art Editor of Punch Magazine. This work was first published in Scribner"s Magazine for August 1904 and collected in Traffics and Discoveries in the same year. This is the first edition to be published separately. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart though the spine and upper extremities to the front board are slightly darkened. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for offsetting to the paste downs and end papers. Very Good Indeed Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1921réf. 895Z20New York : Doubleday Page & Company 1921. First edition. Hardback. Very Good Indeed/Good. 7" by 4.5". None. The first edition of this very scarce transcribed speech by Rudyard Kipling in the original binding and the original glassine dust wrapper. The first edition. Very scarce. In the original quarter paper vellum hardback with the original vanishingly scarce glassine dust wrapper. This work features a transcribed speech by the popular author and poet Rudyard Kipling. This speech was delivered at the Royal Society of St. George on St. George's Day in 1920 and discusses what makes a true Englishman. Kipling mentions the popular author Daniel Defoe the author of 'Robinson Crusoe' and his pamphlet 'The True Born Englishman'.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. In the publisher's original quarter paper vellum hardback with the original glassine dust wrapper. Externally very smart with fading to the spine slight marks and shelf wear. Offsetting to the endpapers. Glassine wrap is generally smart with marks fading to the spine closed tears and loss to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned and clean pages. Very Good Indeed Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
réf. 94676Thacker Spink and Co. Calcutta 1888 3rd edition. In brown cloth bevelled covers with elaborate gilt device on upper board replicating a note from Kipling. Floral endpapers. In very good condition. Corners slightly rubbed. Mild foxing to edges. A few very minor marks. Else a clean and tight copy. Size 7.5 x 5.5 inches 85pp. plus 40pp.cat. Third edition of this collection of poems. Usually regarded as Kipling’s first book. Includes 10 new poems not included in the first or second editions. 'Diana of Ephesus' is included here but in no other editions. Thacker, Spink and Co., Calcutta 1888 3rd edition hardcover
1923réf. 895Z14London: Macmillan and Co. 1923. Leather. Good. 8" by 6". None. A collection of tales intended for boy scouts by the celebrated Rudyard Kipling bound in full crushed morroco with a slipcase. Reprint. First published the same year in November with this edition being published in December. Bound in full crushed morocco with a cardboard slipcase. This work features of short stories and poetry based on the land and oceans. Rudyard Kipling was the Boy Scouts commissioner at the time and intended these works to be used by scouts and guides.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. Bound in full crushed morrocco with a cardboard slipcase. Externally generally smart with fading to the spine with loss to the head and tail and two closed tears to the tail minor bumping to the extremities of the boards and minor marks to the boards. Endpapers renewed with slight offsetting and scattered spotting. Internally generally firmly bound with only slight signs of strain in places. Half title retained. Pages bright and generally clean with spotting to the front and rear blanks and tidemarks to the rear blank. The slipcase is sound with fading and rubbing to the extremities and joints tender. Good Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1895réf. 895Z28London: Macmillan and Co. 1895. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5.5". None. Two collections of stories by the Nobel Prize winning author Rudyard Kipling. Two volumes. In the publisher's original cloth. This set features two collections of stories by Rudyard Kipling the celebrated Nobel Prize winning author poet and journalist. The works include 'Soldiers Three' a collection of wartime stories 'The Story of Gadsbys' a collection of eight dramatic stories 'Wee Willie Winkie' and 'Under the Deodars'. Publisher's advertisements to the rears.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with fading to the spines heaviest to 'Wee Willie Winkie' with slight marks to the boards and bumping and rubbing to the extremities. Bookplates belonging to A. P. Watt to the front pastedowns with hinges starting to 'Soldiers Three'. Internally generally firmly bound with signs of strain in places. Pages lightly age toned and clean. Very Good Indeed Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1910réf. 897Q7London: Hodder & Stoughton 1910 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 6". None. A leather-bound first edition of Kipling's eulogy to King Edward VII with this particular copy hailing from the library of Kipling's literary agent A. P. Watt and Son. First edition. In a contemporary full calf binding. From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. 'The Dead King' was written as Rudyard Kipling's tribute to King Edward VII after his death on the 6th of May 1910. The entire writing and publication time was eleven days being published initially in The Times The Morning Post and other newspapers on the 18th of May. This poem reads as a traditional elegy from medieval times being an altogether touching tribute to a man who Kipling regarded as a wise and dedicated monarch who served the country well. Bound in full purple calf. Externally generally smart with rubbing to the extremities and spine causing loss the the leather in places. Light bumping and loss to the leather at the head and tail of the spine. Leather lifting a little to the head of the board. Fading to the spine and extremities. The odd mark to leather. Spotting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the occasional spot mainly to the first and last pages. Very Good Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
2005réf. 314105London: Folio Society 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Philip Bannister. All five volumes Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase. Small crack on slipcase top corner. Crack held with tape on slipcase bottom corner. Light rubbing on slipcase rear panel. Folio Society hardcover
1905réf. 854B60London : Macmillan and Co. 1905. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". F. H. Townsend. A first edition copy of They by Rudyard Kipling with lovely colour illustrations. A first edition copy of this published in book form. 'They' was originally published in Scribner's Magazine in August 1904. This enchanting story has strong echoes of Rudyard Kipling's own life and concerns a motorist driving across Sussex in the summer time. With illustrations by F. H. Townsend. With fourteen colour plates and a frontispiece.Collated complete. In the original cloth binding. Externally very smart with some fading to the spine and light marks to the boards. Previous owner inscriptions to the front free endpaper and bookseller sticker to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1997réf. 47996Spellmount Staplehurst 1997. 2 vols. roy. 8vo. with very numerous illustrations and maps many coloured in outline in the text and endpaper maps; cloth red/green respectively gilt backs a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Vol I: The First Battalion; Vol. II: The Second Battalion. Kipling undertook the history of the regiment in WWI following the death in action of his son John at the Battle of Loos whilst serving with the Second Battalion; a personal tragedy from which the author never fully recovered. After five and a half years of research 'done with agony and bloody sweat' the work was immediately recognised as both a military and a literary masterpiece. This much needed re-issue of the original edition of 1923 is augmented with a considerable number of previously unpublished photographs of places and events together with a thoughtful foreword by the editor of the 'Kipling Journal'. Enser p.66; White p. 45 both recording the original edition. Spellmount, Staplehurst, hardcover
1909réf. 191633London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. First trade edition. Hardcover. An attractive edition of this work by Kipling. Features 30 tipped in color plates along with some additional black and white illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. A close to near fine copy in illustrated blue cloth boards with all tissue guards present and with some scattered foxing to the page edges and internally some very minor fraying to the base of the spine and a small vintage bookstore sticker to the rear pastedown. No dust jacket. Despite the minor flaws a very pleasing copy. Hodder & Stoughton unknown
réf. 8496834387.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1907réf. 862F56London: Macmillan and Co 1907 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". F.H. Townsend. A lovely copy of the first edition of this charming fantasy novel from Rudyard Kipling illustrated with colour plates. The first edition of this work illustrated with twelve colour plates by F.H. Townsend an illustrator and the art editor of Punch magazine. Collated complete.Kipling's novel follows British army officer George Cottar following him from childhood and into his first posting to India. During his placement Cottar dreams of a young girl a dream that always starts with a heap of brushwood near the shore. Upon his return to England he meets the girl who has also been dreaming of him. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to spine head with discolouration to back strip. Boards bright. Tail of front hinge lightly strained but firmly held. Internally binding a touch strained. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good Macmillan and Co hardcover
1899réf. mon0003287696A. Grosset & Co 1899-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0.8000 10.1000 5.9000. A. Grosset & Co hardcover
1962réf. 29148NY: The Limited Editions Club. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1962. Limited Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Limited edition No. 85 of 1500 copies. Signed by the illustrator on the Limitation Page. Quarter bound in publisher's brown leather over gilt embossed khaki boards gilt lettering and decoration on spine gilt mystic maze decoration on covers. Illustrated with 16 full-page full-color plates including two double-page spreads hand-colored by Frank Hudec as well as in-text drawings historiated initials and head and tail-pieces by Robin Jacques. Introduction by Charles Edmund Carrington. Printed on vellum-finished rag stock. The LEC monthly letter August 1962 No. 344 and slip Number Ten are laid in. The volume is in virtually perfect pristine condition unmarked unread tight square and clean. The light-brown slipcase is solid and whole with slight wear on the rear panel and one small hole on the spine else fine. FINE. The Limited Editions Club Series. Color Plates. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. ix iii 283 1-Limitation pp . The Limited Editions Club hardcover
réf. 23763London: Macmillan and Company Ltd. 1894 & 1895. First edition in book form first printing of both volumes. First edition in book form first printing of both volumes. With the tipped in signature of Rudyard Kipling. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full navy blue morocco illustrated and ruled in gilt to the upper and lower boards; five raised bands gilt ruled and illustrated compartments titles in gilt to the spines. Gilt decorated board edges inner dentelles triple ruled in gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Publisher's original cloth bound in at the rear of each volume. 'The Jungle Book' with an engraved frontispiece by William Henry Drake complete with tissue guard as issued and many illustrations throughout the text by the author's father John Lockwood Kipling William Henry Drake and Paul Frenzeny. 'The Second Jungle Book' with numerous illustrations throughout the text by John Lockwood Kipling and a single page of publisher's adverts at the rear as issued. A fine set the bindings square and tight without fading or wear. The contents are clean and bright throughout without foxing or previous owner's inscriptions. Both volumes are housed in a blue cloth ribbon pull slipcase. Tipped in at the front free endpaper of The Jungle Book is a slip of paper signed in black ink by the Nobel Prize winning author Rudyard Kipling. A beautifully presented and appealing set of this classic of nineteenth-century children's literature charting the adventures of the "man-cub" Mowgli and his jungle-dwelling friends. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: Macmillan and Company Ltd. 1894 & 1895 hardcover
1990réf. 76140Iowa City: University of Iowa Press 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Each volume is inscribed by editor Thomas Pinney to Gordon Van De Water past president of the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles on the title page. The first two of six volumes in this "annotated edition based on the more than six thousand letters preserved in public and private collections all over the world." Octavo two volumes: xxxviii 386 p. with 8 illustrations vi 390 p. with 8 illustrations. Original black cloth bindings with gilt titles. Remainder mark to the bottom edges. Light bumping to the corners and tips with a bit of mild wear to the dust jackets; otherwise very good. University of Iowa Press hardcover
1896réf. 870M30London: Macmillan and Co. 1896-1898. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". A. S. Hartrick; I. W. Taber. Two smart early printings of the first editions of these works by the popular author Rudyard Kipling. The second printing first reprint of the first edition of Soldier Tales published November 1896 a month after the first edition and the third printing second reprint of the first edition of 'Captains Courageous' published January 1898 three months after the first edition. Both bound in the publisher's original cloth bindings with pictorial gilt to the front boards. All edges gilt. Illustrated to Soldier Tales with a frontispiece and twenty further plates. Illustrated to 'Captains Courageous' with a frontispiece and twenty-one plates. Collated complete. Two works from the popular author Rudyard Kipling a prolific writer of poems novels and short stories best known for his novel 'The Jungle Book'. Soldier Tales consists of seven short stories including 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. Illustrated throughout by the Scottish painter A. S. Hartrick 1864-1950. Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks is a novel which follows the adventures of Harvey Cheyne Jr. the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon after he is saved from drowning by a Portuguese fisherman in the north Atlantic. Illustrated throughout by I. W. Taber 1830-1912. This novel originally appeared as a serialisation in McClure's. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally fairly smart with some fading to the spines and light shelf wear to the extremities and head and tail of the spines. Spines are a little slanted. Front hinge to Soldier Tales is slightly strained but is held firmly. Internally firmly bound. To Soldier Tales pages are bright and clean apart from the odd spot to the first and last few pages. To 'Captains Courageous' pages are bright but spotted throughout. Very Good Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1930réf. 874V14London: Macmillan and Co 1930. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 6". G. L Stampa. A Kipling story of friendship and discovery told from the perspective of dogs. The first edition in book form. First published in the Liberty in the United States and Cassell's magazine in the UK in the same year. A children's story told from the perspective of dogs who play the main role within the narrative. Kipling comments on society through how he uses the dogs to see the human world. Humans in form of owners are judged through how their dog behaves. This edition is with black and white vignettes by G. L. Stampa an artist known for illustrating the Punch magazine. The illustrations are important to how the story is narrated. They are fun and playful giving unique characters to the dogs. The main character Boots was inspired by Kipling's black Aberdeen terrier. In a half calf binding. Externally generally smart with slight rubbing to the boards. Slight loss to the back corners caused by rubbing. Fading to the front board near spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with occasional spotting. Clean vignette illustrations. Contemporary ink inscription dated 1930 to front blank. Very Good Macmillan and Co hardcover
1937réf. 165903London: Macmillan and Company 1937-39. The most desirable collected edition The Sussex Edition number 72 of 525 sets only signed by the author in the first volume and containing two volumes of previously uncollected prose. Published after Kipling's death on 18 January 1936 this magnificent posthumous edition saw a small limitation and became even rarer following the destruction of many unsold sheets during the German bombing of London. In his last years and with his health failing Kipling remained determined to finish editing this "great retrospective work" which was first proposed in 1928. The edition was "fuller than that of any other. Kipling saw the proofs of at least 21 of the edition's 35 volumes before his death" and it is now "among the most prized and most expensive of all modern editions" Pinney p. 231. 35 vols large octavo. Printed on handmade paper with Ganesha watermark. Fly-titles printed in orange. Original full russet niger by James Burn & Co. spines lettered in gilt raised bands ruled in blind twin gilt fillet bordering covers turn-ins ruled in gilt and blind marbled endpapers top edges gilt and red on the rough other edges uncut. Bindings slightly darkened occasional light scuffs and internal marks otherwise clean. A near-fine set. Richards D23; Stewart pp. 577-80. Thomas Pinney The Letters of Rudyard Kipling vol. 6 1990. hardcover
1913réf. 874V13London: Macmillan and Co 1913. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5". None . Following the narrative of Henry Cheyne Jr Kipling explores themes of growth and development to enable the narrator to mature into a young man. Fourth edition of the uniform edition. The Story was originally published in 1897 and the first uniform edition published in 1899.This children's book follows the life of Harvey Cheyne J.r and his development through adventure and experience. A social commentary is hidden within the child's narrative.In the canon Kipling this novel is important being the only one set in North America. He draws on his experience and observations of living in Vermont. Kipling explores childhood growth and development through a variety of different genres which include adventure railway literature and social commentary. Kipling explores childhood from both the perspective of children and adults making this book accessible to a wider readership. In a half calf binding. Externally generally smart with slight rubbing to the boards and spine. Front hinge strained after front blank. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with marginal age toning. Contemporary ink inscription to front blank. Very Good Macmillan and Co hardcover
