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1899rif. 111086-3: MacMillan and Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1899. Uniform edition. Hardcover. MacMillan and Co. hardcover
rif. M09B-03005Weathervane Books. Used - Like New. Like New condition. Very Good dust jacket. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects. Weathervane Books unknown
1898rif. 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
1992rif. mon0000997448The Folio Society 1992. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Pages clean and bright Binding firm Light wear to edges Book in slipcase. The Folio Society hardcover
1994rif. mon0000997511The Folio Society 1994. Hardback. Very Good. in x in x in. First thus. Pages clean and bright no markings light wear to edges. Binding tight. With original slipcase. Green pen on spine of slipcase. The Folio Society hardcover
1897rif. 2352703New York: The Century Co 1897. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First American edition. Crease on rear board corner causing minor split to rear endpaper spine slightly toned ink name and a few small spots on front endpapers rear hinge just beginning to weaken. 1897 Hard Cover. 323 pp. Olive cloth gilt titles and decorations with black and red borders and accents engraved frontispiece and plates. "First published in 1897 'Captains Courageous' follows the adventures of Harvey Cheyne a spoiled rich young man who is accidentally washed overboard from a luxury ocean liner and is rescued by the Portuguese captain of a fishing boat and his hard scrabble crew. Kipling drawing on his own experiences living in Vermont fills this classic coming of age story with period details of late nineteenth-century American fishing whaling and railroad travel. Forced to work for his place on the ship fifteen-year-old Harvey must overcome his own stubbornness and privileged up-bringing as he learns to survive and even thrive in the harsh demanding and often dangerous life at sea. Through hard work and discipline Harvey learns the values of self-reliance and friendship as he becomes a skilled fisherman and an accepted and equal member of the crew. The novel is both a thrilling test of Harvey's character and an examination of class and privilege in nineteenth-century America. Exhilarating and ultimately redemptive the novel was heralded by Theodore Roosevelt in his 1900 essay 'What We Can Expect of the American Boy' as describing in the 'liveliest way just what a boy should be and do. The Century Co hardcover
rif. 204335New York: International Collectors Library N.D. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. International Collectors Library hardcover
1899rif. 204449New York: MacMillan Company 1899. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. MacMillan Company hardcover
1898rif. 204455London: MacMillan Company 1898. First Edition; Ninth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Lean to spine. MacMillan Company hardcover
1932rif. 607814Garden City: Doubleday Doran 1932. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Slight scattered foxing on first and last couple of leaves and on bottom page edges else a fine bright copy in lightly faded very good or better dust jacket. Doubleday Doran hardcover
1917rif. 607844London: Macmillan 1917. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. Red cloth gilt. Rear hinge neatly repaired corners a little bumped very good or better. Macmillan hardcover
1897rif. RK070London: W. Thacker & Co. 1897 With illustrations by Dudley Cleaver. Ninth edition Deluxe edition. One of 150 copies printed with two extra illustrations signed and numbered by publisher on tipped-in limitation slip this being number 68. Publisher's vellum spine and red cloth-covered boards with gilt illustration to front board spine lettered in gilt and tissue-guarded plates. Very good with a couple of tiny spots of dampstaining to front board a touch of toning to top part of rear board corners very lightly bumped light offsetting to endpapers previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper and some exposed webbing to pp. 96 and 97. Overall a sturdy and attractive copy. Departmental Ditties is Rudyard Kipling's first collection of poetry which he published when he was only 21. The poems which explore British military life first appeared in the Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore where Kipling worked as assistant editor. Kipling continued to revise and expand the collection in subsequent editions. Some of the poems included in the collection are: "Army Head-quarters" "Study of an Elevation in Indian Ink" "Pink Dominoes" "The Lovers' Litany" "As the Bell Clinks" and "Christmas in India.". Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Dudley Cleaver. London: W. Thacker & Co. hardcover
1973rif. 049394Easton Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. Hardcover. Beautiful dark red leather boards with decorations in gold front and rear. Title on spine in gold between raised bands. Gilt edges moire endpapers attached ribbon marker. Text pages are crisp and clean. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Easton Press hardcover
1892rif. 157451892. London: William Heinemann 1892. 8 pp undated ads. Original salmon cloth decorated in brown. First Edition of Kipling's only serious attempt at literary collaboration. A Vermonter Wolcott Balestier was an American author and publisher's agent in London; in fact in 1890 he and Heinemann had founded the Heinemann & Balestier publishing house in Leipzig books in English for the Continental market. He had written about the American "Wild West" and Kipling of course had written about India. THE NAULAHKA a misspelling of "naulakha" which in Hindu means nine lakhs i.e. 900000 rupees is an odd tale that combines these two environments into "A Story of East and West" -- a man from a Western boom-town attempts to get possession of a fabulous jewel in India. In December 1891 six months before this was published Balestier suddenly died at age 29 of typhoid fever in Dresden. Kipling had met Wolcott's sister Carrie and just a month after Wolcott died she became Kipling's wife; the Kiplings built their first home in Vermont and in memory of her brother named it "Naulakha" -- spelled correctly. The newlywed Kiplings lived in Vermont for four years toward the end of which Kipling wrote CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS about the Massachusetts fishing fleet; but it all came crashing down when Wolcott's brother Beatty was arrested for assaulting Kipling -- there was an altercation after Kipling had created a little garden on land he owned but had allowed Beatty to hay: the Kiplings fled to England. This is an unusually clean copy just about fine a hint of rubbing at the spine ends; such condition is scarce for this book in view of its soil-prone salmon-colored binding. Richards A66; Stewart 105; Livingston 85. unknown
1992rif. 1401001Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1992. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Octavos Four Volumes. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's dark blue black green and red decorated leather boards respectively. All with paneling and gilt lettering to spines. Mild general shelf wear. Edges of textbock gilt lightly worn on top edges of all four volumes causing small visible tears in various places throughout interiors. With silk endpapers and silk ribbon bookmarks. Shelved above Easton Press. Copyright dates 1992 in all except Tales of East and West 1973. 1401001. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Easton Press hardcover
1900rif. 54336London: MacMillan. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volume set. First English edition. Original red cloth spine gilt gilt medallion front TEG. Lightly soiled some rubbing to points spine ends a bit pushed. Sound and square. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xiv 4972; ix4382 pages . MacMillan hardcover
1891rif. 611699London and New York: Macmillan and Co 1891. Hardcover. Good. First American edition. First issue sheets without "October" but with "Robert Drummond Electrotyper and Printer New York" printed on copyright page. Octavo. xvi 351pp. 1pp. poem 8pp. catalogue in rear. First issue binding in red pebbled cloth both blind and gilt-stamped. Gutters cracked lacking front fly spine ends and corners lightly rubbed and bumped a good only copy. Macmillan and Co hardcover
1906rif. 21406London: MacMillan & Co 1906. First edition first printing of 'Puck of Pook's Hill' First Issue with adverts at rear. Red boards with gilt elephant vignette to front board & gilt titles. A near fine copy. Clean boards with no marks of note. Nicking to spine tips. A touch of fading to the spine - rubbing to the spine tips and corners. No inscriptions. All plates present. A collection of short stories blending history fantasy and folklore. Set in England's Sussex countryside it follows two children Dan and Una who encounter Puck a mischievous sprite from English folklore. Puck introduces them to various historical characters including Roman soldiers and Norman knights who share tales of England's past. Through these stories Kipling explores themes of identity nationalism and the enduring spirit of England. The book serves as both entertainment and a celebration of English heritage showcasing Kipling's skillful storytelling and his love for the land and its legends. MacMillan & Co hardcover
1952rif. 206135New York: Doubleday 1952. Vintage Copy. Hardcover. Very Good in a Fair price clipped dust jacket. Owner name on FEP. All 4 flap corners clipped price remains. 2 inch open tear at top of front gutter. Doubleday hardcover
rif. 968498Harmondsworth Penguin Books penguin 60s 119519921987 xxpp. 32mo 11x14cm. Printed Wrappers. Softcovers. Good attractive copies. l Also for sale separately. paperback
1899rif. 611025London: Macmillan and Co 1899. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Red cloth gilt. Spine a little toned gilt device on front board a bit rubbed else a near fine copy. Macmillan and Co hardcover
1906rif. 235773New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1906. First US edition first printing. Publisher's green cloth pictorially stamped in black with image of a ship titled in gilt teg. Mild foxing frontis tissue-guard extremities rubbed front and rear hinges repaired internally clean a near fine copy. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham; extra-illustrated with thirteen additional half-tone illustrations depicting scenes alongside Kipling's stories. 277pp. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BRITISH FANTASY In a whimsy-laced journey through time the trickster Puck summons visitors from across England's past-from Roman legionaries to Norman knights and Magna Carta-era merchants-each weaving captivating stories steeped in history and folklore. Framed by evocative poems these vignettes blend fantasy with national legacy culminating in a celebration of England's evolving identity. The first US edition is notable for its four haunting color plates by Arthur Rackham absent from the British edition. This copy is further distinguished as an extra-illustrated example enriched by a previous owner with thirteen additional half-tone illustrations depicting scenes of Ancient Rome. The juxtaposition of Kipling's imaginative retelling of English history with Roman imagery creates a layered dialogue between text and illustration offering a fascinating glimpse into the interpretive creativity of early 20th-century collectors. Livingston 283. Doubleday, Page & Company unknown
1937rif. mon0000979407Macmillan 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Pages clean and bright no markings light wear to edges. Dust Jacket unclipped. Macmillan hardcover
1898rif. 611705London: Macmillan 1898. Hardcover. Fine. First English edition. Octavo. Blue cloth gilt. A fine copy. Housed in a custom chemise and slipcase. Slipcase shows some wear but it has protected the book which is bright and fresh splendidly. Macmillan hardcover
1926rif. 397653London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1926. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Good. Donald Maxwell. 95 pages. Hardcover. "This is one of five hundred large paper copies printed in 1926". SIGNED BY RUDYARD KIPLING. Full color tipped-in illustrations by Donald Maxwell. Moderate foxing to endpapers light foxing to some pages and a few illustrations. Dust jacket with foxing some light chipping along edges - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Record # 397653 Macmillan and Co. Limited hardcover