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1889ref. 62188Calcutta: Thacker Spink and Co. London: W. Thacker and Co 1889. Second edition with "Kidnapper" reading on contents page. 1 vols. 8vo. Original olive green cloth with ornamental bands at top and bottom of front cover spine lettered in gilt upper cover lettered in black rubbed some fraying and soiling squash endpapers some light spotting and browning generally marginal 32 pages publisher's advertisements at back dated December 1889. Second edition with "Kidnapper" reading on contents page. 1 vols. 8vo. Richards 22; Stewart 18; Livingston 24 Thacker, Spink and Co., London: W. Thacker and Co unknown
1933ref. 10929Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran 1933. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo 8 pp. Original cream wrappers printed in green fine. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo 8 pp. One of a small number of copies printed for American copyright. Stewart 616; Livingston 591 Doubleday, Doran unknown
1916ref. 10916Garden City NY: Doubleday Page 1916. First Edition. 8 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cream wrappers printed in green; old fold else fine. In red morocco-backed case spine worn. First Edition. 8 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. One of a small number of copies published for American copyright. Stewart 400; Livingston 407 Doubleday, Page unknown
1917ref. 10917Garden City NY: Doubleday Page 1917. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo 8 pp. Original cream wrappers printed in green fine. In red morocco-backed case spine worn. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo 8 pp. One of a small number of copies published for American copyright. Stewart 455; Livingston 419 Doubleday, Page unknown
1926ref. 62185London: Macmillan And Co. Limited 1926. First edition. 416 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth gilt lettering and Ganesha vignette t.e.g. Fine in dust jacket chipped at head of spine and adjoining back panel with small portion wanting else fine. First edition. 416 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Stewart 519 Macmillan And Co., Limited unknown
1919ref. 42680London: Methuen & Co 1919. First edition. xiii 159 pp 32 pp. of adds. 1 vols. 8vo. Crimson cloth t.e.g. rest uncut. Tan dust jacket printed in blue. Spine of dust jacket slightly faded minor wear else fine. First edition. xiii 159 pp 32 pp. of adds. 1 vols. 8vo. Stewart 434; Livingston 442 Methuen & Co unknown
1899ref. 225047New York: Charles Scrtibner's Sons 1899. 18 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarter tan calf and marbled boards some spine labels lost else very good. 18 vols. 8vo. Charles Scrtibner's Sons unknown
1909ref. 30659New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1909. First American Edition. 30 color plates by W. Heath Robinson. 1 vols. 4to. Gilt green cloth. Spine a little faded else very good. Robinson W. Heath. First American Edition. 30 color plates by W. Heath Robinson. 1 vols. 4to. Doubleday, Page & Co unknown
1911ref. 38303Oxford: at the Clarendon Press. London Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton 1911. First English Edition. Illustrated by Henry Ford. 250 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Blue cloth stamped in white maps on endpapers. Fine. First English Edition. Illustrated by Henry Ford. 250 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Stewart 356 at the Clarendon Press. London Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton unknown
1891ref. 7001New York: United States Book Company Successors to John W. Lovell Company 1891. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original maroon cloth with gilt decoration to front board and to spine. First combined editions as well as the first hardbound edition of each. A little light shelfwear to the cloth along the lower edges of the boards and spine a little rubbing to the gilt letterig on spine. United States Book Company Successors to John W. Lovell Company Hardcover
1899ref. 7388New York: Doubleday & McClure 1899. Book. Very Good . Cloth. First US Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Both volumes bound in green cloth with gilt lettering to spines. There is a little soiling to the upper edges and some rubbing to the cloth at the outer extremities of boards and spines. Both have previous owner's name to front endpage and bookplate to front pastedown. Doubleday & McClure Hardcover
1909ref. 003932New York: Doubleday / Page and Company 1909. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First American and separate edition. With extracts from the contemporary magazine in which it appeared. Blue cloth over boards with gold and silver decoration pictorial endpapers and colour illustrations. Very light rubbing to covers soiling to top-edge and ownership signature neatly on title-page. A surprisingly fresh copy considering it is close to 100 years old!. Doubleday / Page and Company Hardcover
1953ref. ZB251421LONDON 1953. volumes 20 22-23 25 43 47-48 56-62 66 69-71 1953-1997 mostly original paper wrappers PRICE IS FOR THE LOT. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. LONDON unknown
1903ref. ZB329474London: Hodder & Stoughton 1903. folio approx. 30 pp. well illustrated and with the tipped presentation plate ads original paper wrappers minor ownership markings & some external wear else good Other contributors include Quiller-Couch et al. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. London: Hodder & Stoughton unknown
1890ref. 51815Longman's Magazine 1890. 8vo. First Edition Sole Publication; modern grey boards upper board with printed paper label a near fine copy. The short story was never collected. Livingston 67. Longman's Magazine, hardcover
1901ref. 395London: Macmillan 1901. First edition first printing. Original publisher's dark red cloth. VG. Considered one of Kipling's best novels the story follows the adventures of an Irish orphan in British India blending espionage cultural exploration and spiritual mentorship. Condition: VG Complete. Original cloth. BOOK INFO Published in 1901 by Macmillan in London. First edition first printing. In its original dark red cloth covered boards with gilt spine lettering and an inset gilt medallion of an elephant on the front board. Top edge gilt. Octavo 8" x 5.25". Collated and complete including half-title publisher ads and all plates: vi 413 3 10 b&w plates. ABOUT THE AUTHOR & WORK Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English short-story writer poet and novelist celebrated for works like The Jungle Book Kim and the poem If-. Born in British India in 1865 his vivid storytelling often drew on Anglo-Indian life and British imperial themes. Awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature he was the prize's first English-language recipient. KIM - The protagonist Kimball O'Hara known as Kim is the orphaned son of an Irish soldier and mother. He grows up as a street vagabond in Lahore blending seamlessly into local society despite being white. Kim befriends a Tibetan lama who is on a spiritual quest and becomes his disciple traveling with him along the Grand Trunk Road. This journey introduces Kim to the world of espionage as he occasionally works for Mahbub Ali a Pashtun horse trader and British secret service operative. The novel explores Kim's dual identity as both a sahib and a streetwise native highlighting his struggle between freedom and duty CONDITION REPORT The book is in VG condition. Exterior and binding: Slightly cracked front hinge and frond a board a little loose otherwise firmly bound. Cloth is colorful and unfaded scarce to find. Spine is not sunned. Gilt spine lettering is vivid and bright. Rubbed spine tips lightly rubbed extremities. Light rubbing to gilt elephant medallion. Interior: Pages are clean and bright. An occasional light smudge or sign of light handling. A few pages with some light dust soiling. Moderate foxing to endpapers and an infrequent light spot within text. Dated in faded contemporary ink on FFEP. All in all a collectible copy in much nicer condition than normally found one of Kipling's best and most famous novels. Macmillan unknown
1897ref. 72779London: Macmillan and Co. 1897. First UK edition. Preceded in the U.S. by just one month. The tale of a railroad tycoon's spoiled fifteen year-old son who is washed overboard from a transatlantic steamship and rescued by the crew of a fishing schooner. Unable to convince them of his family's wealth he's forced to work as a cabin boy to earn his keep. Basis for the 1937 movie of the same name starring Spencer Tracy who won an Academy Award for his role. 8vo gilt-stamped deep blue cloth boards; all edges gilt; black coated endpapers; 245 pages plus 2 pages of ads. Illustrated with frontispiece and twenty full-plate drawings by I. W. Taber. Bright and near fine with spine somewhat shaken spine ends and corners lightly rubbed and touch of spotting to rear cover. Macmillan and Co. unknown
1902ref. 72780London: Macmillan and Co. 1902. First edition. Twelve charming fanciful stories for children interspersed with poems. Chapter initials and full-plate illustrations by Kipling; text explaining the pictures on opposing pages. In small 4to unsigned modern binding of three-quarter red leather over red cloth boards; gilt-lettered spine with five raised bands; 249 pages. Interior is near fine with few pages showing mild stains to margins and touch of pale red damp staining to upper corners of last few leaves offset from bound-in original covers. Binding is quite bright and fine. Macmillan and Co. unknown
ref. BAY12-00185Easton Press. Used - Like New. leather_bound. Text block firm and clean binding unblemished boards straight without highlights or underlining. Fine like new condition. Nearly as new Easton Press. Supporting Bay Area Friends of the Library since 2010. Well packaged and promptly shipped. Easton Press hardcover
1906ref. 1021J4New York: Doubleday 1906. First edition. Disbound. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". Arthur Rackham. A first American edition of Kipling's Puck of Pook's Hill beautifully illustrated with colour plates by Arthur Rackham. The first American edition first published in Britain in the same year. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Illustrated with four colour plates by illustrator Arthur Rackham including a frontispiece. Collated complete. A compendium of fantasy tales in which the mischievous spirit Puck introduces two children to episodes from England's past. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham a leading Golden Age book illustrator renowned for his line drawings and unique watercolour washed illustrations. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to fore edge. A number of uncut leaves. Very Good Indeed Doubleday unknown
1933ref. 043422London: Hodder and Stoughton 1933. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. large Octavo. pp XVIII 819. 1st printing. Very slight foxing to end papers. Internally as new. DJ protected spine sunned. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1910ref. 11820Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1910. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. 8.1 x 5.6 inches. Four full page mono plates by Frank Craig. Fine leather binding of recent full red morocco. The spine with five raised bands the compartments ruled decorated and lettered in gilt. Decorative floral gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt. A lovely attractively bound copy. -- Contains the classic Kipling Poem "If". Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1910 hardcover
ref. 482757Macmillan's Pocket Library. Hardcover. Good. Just So Stories by Rudyard KiplingPubl. Macmillan's Pocket Library 1921Blue boards with gilt edges and designs on cover. NB. No dust cover.Christmas messages written on the front fly dated 1924. Pre-Nazi pattern designs Hindu Peace Swastikas on the cover and facing title page. Macmillan's Pocket Library hardcover
ref. 482879Macmillan and Co Limited. Hardcover. Fair. Some wear on the spine but in fair condition considering age. Inscription on the inside of the cover dated 1909. Macmillan and Co Limited hardcover
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