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1906Best.-Nr. 996H32New York : Doubleday Page & Company 1906. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Arthur Rackham. A first American edition of Kipling"s "Puck of Pook"s Hill" illustrated with colour plates by Arthur Rackham. In the publisher's original green cloth binding.First published in Britain in 1906 this is the first American edition published in the same year. With four colour plates by illustrator Arthur Rackham including a frontispiece. Collated complete.A collection of interlinked historical fantasy stories in which the mischievous spirit Puck introduces two children to episodes from England"s past ranging from Roman Britain to the Norman Conquest.Arthur Rackham 1867-1939 was one of the leading illustrators of the Golden Age of book illustration renowned for his distinctive line work and imaginative fantasy scenes. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Spine slightly faded. Hinge slightly cracked at frontispiece with frontispiece partially disbound but holding at lower gutter somewhat fragile. One or two vanishingly slight handling marks to boards. Bookplate of Theodore Zarifi to front paste down. Small ink annotation to rear paste down. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to fore edge. Very Good Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1913Best.-Nr. 1001H10London: Macmillan and Co. Limited; Hodder and Stoughton 1913-1919. Cloth. Good. 10 by 7. Rudyard Kipling. A limited Bombay Edition of Kipling"s works complete in twenty-five volumes including the scarce Handbook to the Poetry signed by Rudyard Kipling to the half-title of the first volume. In the publisher"s original quarter cloth binding with paper-covered boards.The first volume is flat signed by the author Rudyard Kipling to the half-title. A limited Bombay edition one of 1050 copies printed by R. & R. Clark from Herbert P. Horne"s design with blocks lent by Chatto & Windus. The Bombay edition was initially published in 20 volumes and limited to 1000 copies. Kipling continued to write and it eventually grew to 31 volumes but the last 11 volumes were limited to 500 copies only.The collected Bombay Edition of Kipling"s prose and verse gathering his principal novels short story collections and poetry from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Complete in twenty-five volumes. Comprising:1913 Vol I. Plain Tales from the Hills. This copy is flat signed by the author Rudyard Kipling to the half title. 1913 Vol. II Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys: In Black and White.1913 Vol. III Wee Willie Winkie; Under the Deodars; The Phantom "Rickshaw and Other Stories.1913 Vol. IV From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches; Letters of Travel Volume I. 1913 Vol. V From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches; Letters of Travel Volume II. 1913 Vol. VI Life"s Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People1913 Vol. VII The Light That Failed.1913 Vol. VIII The Naulahka: A Story of West and East by Rudyard Kipling and Wolcott Balestier.1913 Vol. IX Many Inventions.1913 Vol. X "Captains Courageous": A Story of the Grand Banks.1914 Vol. XI The Jungle Book.1914 Vol. XII The Second Jungle Book.1914 Vol. XIII The Day"s Work.1914 Vol. XIV Stalky & Co.1914 Vol. XVI Just So Stories for Little Children. Illustrated with twenty-two plates and in-text vignettes after drawings by Rudyard Kipling. Collated complete. 1914 Vol. XVII Traffics and Discoveries.1914 Vol. XVIII Puck of Pook"s Hill 19051906.1914 Vol. XIX Rewards and Fairies.1914 Vol. XX Actions and Reactions.1914 Vol. XXI Departmental Ditties; Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses.1914 Vol. XXII The Five Nations; The Seven Seas.1914 A Handbook to the Poetry of Rudyard Kipling by Ralph Durand.1915 Vol. XXIII Songs from Books.1917 Vol. XXIV A Diversity of Creatures.1919 Vol. XXV The Years Between; The Muse Among the Motors.Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 becoming both the youngest and the first English-language writer to receive the honour to date he remains its youngest recipient. Henry James said: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius as distinct from fine intelligence that I have ever known." Externally sound. Slight discolouration to boards and spines with the odd minor handling marks and spot of damp staining. Previous bookseller"s discreet label to the rear pastedown of "A Handbook to the Poetry." Slight offsetting to endpapers heavier to older copies. Several volumes with cracked joints and hinges including Handbook XI XIV XXIIXXIII VIII VII and III; in places binding materials partially exposed with minor fraying and occasional small closed tears boards generally slightly loose but holding. Cracking more pronounced to volumes XIV VII and VIII. Spines of volumes I and VI loose holding only at the cloth of the front joint with slight loss and fraying to the cloth. Volume V with rear joint cracked slight fraying and minor loss to the cloth spine slightly loose but holding. Volume X with a small closed tear to the gutter of the rear pastedown. Slight loss to the spine labels of volumes VII and IV slightly obscuring the text. Internally firmly bound with hinges slightly strained in places but sound. Pages generally bright and clean with light scattered spotting to the first and last few leaves and the occasional spot to the rough-cut fore edges; slight offsetting to the first and last leaves. Volume I flat signed by the author to the half-title. Slight cockling to the fore edges. Silk ribbon bookmarks frayed. Good Macmillan and Co., Limited; Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1914Best.-Nr. 151124London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1914. The Bombay Edition of Kipling's collection of historical fantasy tales. Octavo bound in three quarters morocco over cloth covered boards by Morrell with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels top edge gilt marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. Set in multiple periods of English history Kipling's Puck stories are each narrated to two children living near Burwash in the High Weald of Sussex in the area of Kipling's own house Bateman's by people magically plucked out of history by the elf Puck or told by Puck himself. Puck who refers to himself as "the oldest Old Thing in England" is better known as a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. The genres of the stories range from authentic historical novella A Centurion of the Thirtieth On the Great Wall to children's fantasy Dymchurch Flit. Each story is bracketed by a poem which relates in some manner to the theme or subject of the story. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
Best.-Nr. NEA1/1/1382026Heinemann and Balestie. English Library. Hardcover. Good . Cover contains moderate shelf wear. Pages in good shape front end page contains previous owner ex libris stamp. Title page contains previous owners name written in pen. Binding tight and firm. Title plate missing on spine. Heinemann and Balestie hardcover
1926Best.-Nr. 9033449London: Macmillan 1926. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Illustrated by Maxwell with an introductory poem by Kipling. Stunningly illustrated throughout by Maxwell in color. Bound in blue cloth with spine and cover stamped in gilt. Book is in fine condition. Dust jacket has wear and sunning to spine. 7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches. 94 pages. Macmillan hardcover
1898Best.-Nr. 1003H34New York: The Century Co. 1898 . Paperback. Good. 10" by 7.5". Various. A scarce copy of the January 1893 issue of the celebrated monthly children"s magazine St. Nicholas featuring the first appearance of Rudyard Kipling"s story "The Potted Princess" profusely illustrated throughout. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps.A single issue of the celebrated monthly children"s magazine St. Nicholas containing Rudyard Kipling"s story "The Potted Princess."Richly illustrated in monochrome throughout. First appearing in this issue Kipling"s tale forms part of his sequence of stories concerning Punch and Judy set in colonial India. The story was later collected in Kipling"s short-story collection Many Inventions 1893 published later the same year by D. Appleton and Company in New York and Macmillan and Co. in London.Founded in 1873 and edited by Mary Mapes Dodge St. Nicholas became one of the most influential illustrated magazines for young readers running continuously from 1873 until 1943 it was highly regarded for attracting many of the most prominent literary figures of the period including Mark Twain Louisa May Alcott Frances Hodgson Burnett Joel Chandler Harris and Kipling.Publisher's advertisements to front and rear including a coloured advertisement of Pear's Soap to rear. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Externally a little worn. Rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in the odd small chip closed tear and crease. Loss to head and tail of spine. Light scattered spotting and the odd handling mark to wraps. Wraps characteristically age toned. Loss to lower corner of rear wrap towards joint. Wraps detached from staple binding fragile but holding to joint. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots and the odd minor handling mark to fore edge. Good The Century Co. paperback
1928Best.-Nr. B7297New York: Doubleday Doran & Company. 1928. Hinges broken. . Binding: Full green pictorial cloth boards. Notes: Joseph Rudyard Kipling 1865 – 1936 was an English journalist novelist poet and short-story writer. He was born in British India which inspired much of his work. Kipling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was among the United Kingdom's most popular writers. Henry James said "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius as distinct from fine intelligence that I have ever known." In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature as the first English-language writer to receive the prize and at 41 its youngest recipient to date. He was also sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and several times for a knighthood but declined both. Following his death in 1936 his ashes were interred at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. Size: 8vo. 240 x 170 mm Illustration: Very good example of this classic volume. Illustrated. Pages: 249 pp. Category: Book Literature; Doubleday, Doran & Company. hardcover
1905Best.-Nr. 960Z24Leeds: J. W. Bean & Son 1905. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A very scarce anthology of verse for children collected from the works of the most eminent poets and inscribed by Holbrook Jackson's brother. The first edition the paperback variant.A very scarce work.Inscribed by Holbrook Jackson's brother: 'To G.H. from J.C.J 9.5.05'. With an owner's stamp to the title page belonging to 'M. G. Jackson' a member of Jackson's family. The third published work of Holbrook Jackson an anthology of verse for children. A charming anthology compiled "with the idea of appealing to the capacity for wonder and delight in the things of daily life and the more real things of the imagination". Including selections of the poetical works of William Blake Rudyard Kipling William Morris Shakespeare Christina Rossetti Alfred Lord Tennyson and more as well as Holbrook himself.Compiled by the journalist writer and publisher George Holbrook Jackson. A noted journalist who worked for numerous magazines during his career Jackson is known as being one of the leading bibliophiles of his time. He founded in the Flying Fame Press alongside Ralph Hodgson and Claud Lovat Fraser and had a long association with English small presses.One page of adverts to the rear.Undated dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. In the publisher's original paper covers. Externally generally smart with slight sunning to the spine and extremities with loss to the head and tail of the spine with covers separating from the text block to the tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Owner's stamp to the title page. Very Good J. W. Bean & Son paperback
1897Best.-Nr. 1885London: MacMillan & Co 1897. First Edition. Near fine. Isaac Walton Taber 1857 - 1933. Small 8vo. 7 3/8 x 4 3/4 185 x 121 mm; half-title frontispiece title viii 245 2 advertisements; 22 engraved plates including frontispiece by I. W. Taber. Original blue cloth with gilt designs and lettering on front board and spine black coated endpapers all edges brightly gilt. No dust jacket very light bumping at head and tail of spine otherwise binding in excellent condition as are all the pages clean bright and unmarked. Martindell 61; Sutherland Victorian Fiction p. 104. One of the great nineteenth-century English adventure novels Captains Courageous follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr. the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon after he is saved from drowning by a Portuguese fisherman off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. After being tossed overboard an ocean liner Harvey meets Disko Troop captain of the small fishing boat We're Here who refuses to take the young man back to port but agrees to take him on as part of the crew. Over the course of the novel Harvey befriends the captain's son Dan who helps the arrogant millionaire develop into a hard-working honest young man who is self-reliant and content with living simply. The novel originally appeared as a serialization in McClure's between November 1896 and May 1897. In 1900 Teddy Roosevelt extolled the book in his essay "What We Can Expect of the American Boy" praising Kipling for describing "in the liveliest way just what a boy should be and do". "The work has always been popular in the USA and various versions have been filmed." Sutherland p. 104. The English journalist novelist poet and short-story writer Joseph Rudyard Kipling 1865 - 1936 was born in British India which inspired much of his work. Captains Courageous was written in a particularly prolific period of Kipling's career when he lived in Vermont with his young family. There he produced a profusion of poetry as well as The Jungle Book. MacMillan & Co unknown
1895Best.-Nr. 967Z11London: Macmillan and Co 1895. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". J. Lockwood Kipling. The first edition of Rudyard Kipling's sequel to his renowned novel 'The Jungle Book' with illustrations throughout by J. Lockwood Kipling. The first edition first impression. Illustrated throughout by John Lockwood Kipling with monochrome vignettes. The sequel to Kipling's popular novel 'The Jungle Book' this work includes five short stories featuring Mowgli the "man-cub" and three unrelated short stories mainly set in India. Written by Joseph Rudyard Kipling an English novelist short-story writer poet and journalist born in British India. In the publisher's original cloth. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with light edgewear including very small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine a slight lean minimal fading to the spine and the odd very minor mark to the boards. Hinges starting. Internally firmly bound with bright pages and light spotting throughout heaviest to the front and rear. Owner's inscription to the half title. Very Good Macmillan and Co hardcover
2013Best.-Nr. mon0000552747Raintree 2013-03-14. Paperback. Good. 0.3997 in x 24.9810 in x 16.7872 in. Ex-library book usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. Raintree paperback
1894Best.-Nr. 149681London: Macmillan 1894-95. First editions of both volumes of The Jungle Book. Octavo two volumes original blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt all edges gilt engraved tissue-guarded frontispiece illustrated by J. L. Kipling W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. Near ownership inscriptions. An exceptional example. The Jungle Book is a collection of fables which provide moral instruction by using animals anthropomorphically. Each story begins and ends with a verse and the original publications contain some illustrations created by Rudyard's father John Lockwood Kipling. The inspiration for the book is evident. Kipling was born in India and he spent his childhood there. Interestingly Kipling wrote these stories when he lived in Vermont. The Jungle Book is used to develop the morale of the junior element of the Scouting movement "The Cub Scouts". The name of the head wolf "Akela" has been traditionally given to each Cub Scout pack leader. At least fifteen movies were released based on Kipling's stories beginning with Elephant Boy in 1937. A live-action anticipated version of Jungle Book will be released in October of 2018 by Warner Brothers. Macmillan hardcover
1909Best.-Nr. 970Y30London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1909-1911. Leather. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A charming set offering Rudyard Kipling's short stories and travel writings uniformly presented in half calf by Bickers & Son. This four-volume set comprises three works from English journalist novelist poet and short-story writer Rudyard Kipling 'From Sea to Sea' complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in signed half calf by Bickers & Son. Kipling is best known for the beloved 'Jungle Book' duology as well as 'Kim' the 'Just So Stories' and many short stories. Within this set are two of his short story collections 'Life's Handicap' 1911 sixth impression of the Uniform Edition and 'Many Inventions' 1911 sixth impression of the Uniform Edition. The third and fourth volume make up his travel articles 'From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches: Letters of Travel' Vol I 1911 sixth impression and Vol II 1909 fifth impression which document his 1889 travels from India to Burma China Japan and the United States en route to England. Uniformly bound in signed half calf by Bickers & Son with cloth boards and marble endpapers. Externally smart with rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spines. Marks to the boards heaviest to 'Sea to Sea' Vol I and to all spines. Internally firmly bound. With only the odd spot to the endpapers otherwise bright and clean. Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1917Best.-Nr. 022153Burwash Sussex 8 January 1917. Framed Letter. Not examined out of frame. Appears Fine. Handwritten two-page letter SIGNED "Rudyard Kipling" on his Bateman's Burwash Sussex stationery to Monsieur Paul Lambotte. In full: "I am of course honoured to be on the Committee of the Emile Verhaeren's memorial but it seems to me that if he is to be adequately honoured by England it should be officially and for that purpose you must have the Poet Laureate Robert Bridges to deliver the oration and I think you would find Mr. Edmund Gosse would agree with this. I hope before long that we may have the pleasure of meeting you again at -- our common London home." Attractively and professionally matted and framed to an overall size of 15" x 12-1/2." unknown
1518Best.-Nr. 022154Naulakha Waite Vermont 15 June 1896. Framed Letter. Not examined out of frame. Appears Fine. Humorous handwritten one-page letter SIGNED "Rudyard Kipling" on his Naulakha Waite Vermont stationery to William Livingston Alden. In full: "Many thanks for your kind little note. It's a rummy land this side but there's a heap of material that I've got out of it. however i shall be clearing out in the Fall to get the taste out of my mouth. You see the devil of it is that a reporter once found out from a hired Swede girl that I occasionally sat down to dinner in that kind of rig which the downtrodden subjects of an effete monarchy call evening dress. Since then I have been considered with suspicion. But you'll see me come along in time back to civilization with a bicycle and a fishing-rod." Attractively and professionally matted and framed with a photographic reproduction of Kipling to an overall size of 15-1/2" x 13." Alden was an American journalist humorist and writer of fiction. He had been Consul General in Rome 1885-89 and from 1892 until his death in 1908 he lived in London where he was a regular contributor to magazines. The letterhead is of interest as in 1895 the U. S. Postmaster General authorized a special post office since Kipling received more mail than the largest business in the area. Waite Vermont existed solely in the home of and was named for the Kiplings' neighbor Anna F. Waite who was appointed Postmistress. The Kiplings left Vermont not long after this letter was written never to return Waite Vermont ceased to exist the following year. Today philatelists prize the Waite postmark being the only post office ever created for an individual. Kipling wrote THE JUNGLE BOOK and CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS in Vermont. It is said that Kipling's Naulakha is where skiing was introduced to Vermont and the site of the state's first tennis court. unknown
1903Best.-Nr. 148872London: Methuen and Co 1903. Finely bound edition of Kipling's notable poetry collection. Duodecimo bound in three-quarters morocco with gilt titles and pictorial tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands all edges gilt marbled endpapers title page vignette. In very good condition inscription to the second free endpaper. First published in 1903 Kipling's The Five Nations included a number of new poems as well as several that had been previously published notably Recessional of 1897. In 1903 the United Kingdom consisted of four nations: England Ireland Scotland and Wales. It was soon suggested that Kipling's "five nations" were the "five free nations of Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa i.e. Cape Colony and 'the islands of the sea' i.e. the British Isles" - all dominated by Britons; and except in the last case by recent settlers. That suggestion was endorsed some one hundred years later. Methuen and Co unknown
1902Best.-Nr. B7205Toronto: George N. Morang & Co. 1902. . Very good example. Ownership inked on upper occasional spots to interior else crisp. Edition: First Canadian edition. Binding: Illustrated cloth boards rebacked preserving original cloth. Top edges gilt. Notes: Joseph Rudyard Kipling 1865 – 1936 was an English journalist novelist poet and short-story writer. He was born in British India which inspired much of his work. Kipling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was among the United Kingdom's most popular writers. Henry James said "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius as distinct from fine intelligence that I have ever known." In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature as the first English-language writer to receive the prize and at 41 its youngest recipient to date. He was also sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and several times for a knighthood but declined both. Following his death in 1936 his ashes were interred at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. Size: Quarto 245 x 180 mm Pages: 249 pp. Category: Book Literature; George N. Morang & Co., hardcover
1913Best.-Nr. 149048New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1913. First edition of this selection of lines from Kipling's works for each day of the year. Duodecimo bound in full suede with gilt titles to the front panel pictorial endpapers frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition inscription to the second free endpaper. 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. Thomas Y. Crowell Company unknown
1927Best.-Nr. 977F21London: Macmillan 1927 . First edition. Vellum. Very Good Indeed/Fair. 12.5" by 10". Donald Maxwell. A signed limited edition poetry collection from Rudyard Kipling accompanied by a signed leaf from Kipling in which he has copied out a stanza of his poem 'Epitaphs of War'. A signed limited edition from Kipling with this being one of 500 large paper copies produced.With an additional loosely inserted leaf signed by Kipling and dated September 1925 in which he has written out the penultimate stanza of his 1919 poem 'Epitaphs of War': 'We counterfeited once for your disport/ Men's joy and sorrow: but our day has passed./ We pray you pardon all where we fell short/ Seeing we were your servants to this last'An anthology of twelve poems by Rudyard Kipling collected together by him from a selection of his poetical collections.Including 'Harp Song of the Dane Women' From 'Puck of Pook's Hill' 'The Liner She's a Lady' from 'The Seven Seas' 'Song of the Red War-Boat' from 'Rewards and Fairies' and more.Illustrated with twelve mounted colour plates and further vignettes by Donald Maxwell.Collated complete. In the publisher's original quarter vellum binding with unclipped dust wrapper and cloth covered slip case. Externally vibrant with back strip lightly age toned and stab mark to centre of back strip. Slip case in very good condition with bumping and rubbing to perimeters and cloth age toned. Major losses of dust wrapper at head of front wrap and head and tail of rear wrap lacking entirety of back strip. Major closed tears and folds to front wrap towards fore edge. Dust wrapper age toned. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed Macmillan hardcover
1919Best.-Nr. 1233E090London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1919. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: ix 159 31. Very Good Minus/Very Good. 5 x 7.75 inches 13 x 19.5 cm. Dust jacket: Original jacket with a little light foxing and very slight edge wear. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Plus. Book: Red buckram binding. Top page edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Fading to spine. Marking to spine and rear board. Foxing to page edges a few small spots to text. Richards A320. Overall book condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5 x 7.75 inches 13 x 19.5 cm. Methuen & Co. Ltd. hardcover
1925Best.-Nr. 1233E095London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1925. 1st Edition Thus . Hardback. Printed pages: vii 282 2. Very Good/Very Good. 5.25 x 8 inches 14 x 20 cm. Dust jacket: Original jacket. Spine browned and has slight wear to ends. Creasing to lower edges. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: First uniform edition. Red buckram binding with gilt elephant motif to front board. Top page edge gilt. Light foxing to page edges. Tanning and light foxing to endpapers. A few occasional patches of light foxing to text. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 5.25 x 8 inches 14 x 20 cm. Macmillan and Co. Limited hardcover
1919Best.-Nr. JK4593Hodder & Stoughton 1919. Inclusive Edition Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author. Three Volumes Complete; 1919. Limited to 100 copies this set #22 and signed by Kipling. Three volumes bound in white vellum with gilt titles; top boards lifting with slight curve; mild wear; top edges gilt; 8vo 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; deckled edges; no jackets or slipcases. Each volume numbered and signed by Rudyard Kipling on limitation page; interiors are clean and unmarked; gutter starting at rear of Volume I; 317 323 and 291 page. Additional photos available upon request. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1899Best.-Nr. 935Z7London: George Newness 1899. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. Rudyard Kipling's first collection of verse bound in a decorative crushed half morocco binding. The 'Sixpenny Series' edition. First published in 1886. Bound in crushed half morocco with marbled paper to the boards and floral gilt details to the spine. Rudyard Kipling's first collection of verse including works such as 'Departmental Ditties' 'To the Unknown Goddess' and 'Arithmetic on the Frontier". Kipling was a popular English journalist poet and author best known for his work 'The Jungle Book'. Bound in crushed half morocco. Externally excellent with fading to the spine slight rubbing to the fore edge. Internally firmly bound with age toned pages and the odd spot heavier to the front and rear. Very Good Indeed George Newness hardcover
1902Best.-Nr. 935T3London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1902. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9.5" by 7". Rudyard Kipling. A first edition of this charming collection of stories from Rudyard Kipling for young readers illustrated by the author. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-two plates and the odd in-text image. Collated complete. A collection of origin stories for children illustrating how animals acquired their distinctive features such as how the leopard got his spots. Written and illustrated by Joseph Rudyard Kipling an English novelist short-story writer poet and journalist best known for The Jungle Book Kim and this collection of tales. In the original full red cloth binding. Externally sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small closed tear to the head and tail of the spine. Hinges starting but firm between pages 34 and 35. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Further spotting and light age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. A 2" closed tear to page 91/92. Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1899Best.-Nr. 943Y60London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1899-1937. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5.5". None. A smart collection of Rudyard Kipling's beloved works including the first editions of 'Traffics and Discoveries' 'Debits and Credits' and others. A terrific selection of Rudyard Kipling's short stories poems and travel writings. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth binding. With Kipling's signature elephant head stamped in gilt to the front boards. Kipling was an English journalist novelist poet and short-story writer perhaps best remembered for 'The Jungle Book' a short-story collection depicting the adventures of Mowgli a boy raised in the jungle by wolves. Kipling wrote many popular volumes of poetry and short stories as well as a book of articles about his 1889 travels from India to Burma China Japan and the U.S. en route to England included here in two volumes. The entirety of this set comprises the following works:'Wee Willie Winkie Under the Deodars The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Stories' 1899 - The first impression of the Uniform Edition. 'From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches: Letters of Travel Volume I' 1900 - The first UK edition.'From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches: Letters of Travel Volume II' 1912 - Sixth impression. 'Kim' 1902 - Third impression. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates by the author's father J. Lockwood Kipling. Collated complete. 'Life's Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People' 1903 - Third impression of the Uniform Edition.'Many Inventions' 1904 - Third impression of the Uniform Edition. 'Traffics and Discoveries' 1904 - First edition with no further impression remarks. 'Puck of Pook's Hill' 1906 - First edition with no further impression remarks. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nineteen plates. Collated complete. 'The Jungle Book' 1906 - Seventh impression of the Uniform Edition. With illustrations by J. L. Kipling W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny.'The Second Jungle Book' 1906 - Fourth impression of the Uniform Edition.'The Naulahka: A Story of West and East' 1906 - Co-authored by Kipling with Wolcott Balestier. The second impression of Macmillan's edition first transferred in 1901. 'Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsby's in Black and White' 1909 - Fifth impression of the Uniform Edition. 'Actions and Reactions' 1910 - Third impression. 'The Light That Failed' 1916 - Tenth impression of the Uniform Edition. 'The Day's Work' 1918 - Ninth impression of the Pocket Edition. 'Debits and Credits' 1926 - First edition with no further impression remarks. 'Limits and Renewals' 1932 - First edition with no further impression remarks.'Something of Myself: For My Friends Known and Unknown' 1937 - First edition with no further impression remarks. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original red cloth binding. Externally smart. With rubbing and bumping to the extremities and fading to the spines. With the rubbed bookplate of one Dudley Borron Myers to the front pastedown of 'Wee Willie Winkie'. Marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with several instances of offsetting and light spotting to the endpapers. Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
