1926ref. 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
1895ref. 7926London: Macmillan and Co 1895. First editions. Very Good Near Fine. A handsome set. Publisher's blue cloth bindings stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. Dark green endpapers. Slight wear to the spine ends and corners of The Jungle Book a little foxing internally otherwise very clean and fresh throughout. A Very Good copy. The Second Jungle Book presenting very well indeed front hinge a little tender bookeller's ticket to foot of front free endpaper verso. A Near Fine copy overall. Both volumes illustrated throughout with contributions by J. L. Kipling W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny in The Jungle Book; the author's father Lockwood Kipling C.I.E. illustrated The Second Jungle Book. This set contained in a custom blue cloth slipcase. Few books have shaped the imagination of childhood quite like Kipling's Jungle Books. First published in 1894 and 1895 these two volumes introduced the world to Mowgli Baloo Bagheera Kaa and Shere Khan. The timeless stories blended fable folklore and imperial adventure into one of the most enduring classics of English literature. The Jungle Book 1894 includes the first appearance of "Mowgli's Brothers" "Kaa's Hunting" and "Tiger! Tiger!" alongside such favorites as "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi." The Second Jungle Book 1895 continued the talesdeepening the Mowgli cycle and adding enduring pieces like "The King's Ankus" and "Red Dog." Together the two books form the complete Mowgli canon. First edition sets in original cloth are increasingly scarce especially when both volumes present well. These are the foundational works of Kipling's career - the stories that earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature 1907 and secured his place in the canon of English storytelling. Based on folktales and legends that Kipling learned during his childhood in India the Jungle Books were met with huge success upon publication and continue to enthrall readers of all ages to this day. According to Professor Edwin L. Miller their publication "caused even severe critics of Kipling's previous work to admit that he is a writer of inspired genius." Largely focused on man's relationship to nature the Jungle Books in part narrate the tales of Mowgli a human "man-cub" raised by wolves as he tries to find his proper place in the world. As he struggles with his own identity he finds allies and adversaries among the animal communities through which he travels. They also include the story of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the heroic mongoose who would later inspire an animated short voiced by Orson Welles. For contributions like these Kipling became the first English-language writer and the youngest ever to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Very Good Near Fine. Macmillan and Co unknown
1899ref. 87497New York: Doubleday & McClure Co 1899. First Edition. First printings. Two octavo volumes. Green cloth hardcovers; xv460 x400pp. Mild trace of rubbing at spine ends and board corners; corners lightly tapped otherwise a clean tight and unmarked set very Near Fine. Collected dispatches from India most originally published in The Pioneer between 1887 and 1889. The American edition precedes the British by one year. Doubleday & McClure Co unknown
1932ref. 54791London: Macmillan 1932. First Edition. First Printing. 16mo 20cm. In original red cloth titled on spine in gold with elephant badge to front board top edge gilt in original printed tan dust jacket; list of other publications facing the title page; viii 400pp. A clean square copy cloth slightly darkened at spine edges and corners lightly rubbed: Very Good. In the original dust jacket chipped at head with cellotape repairs to verso at head and upper flap folds: Good. Not in LIVINGSTON. Macmillan unknown
ref. 90674Lausanne Verlag Payot & Cie 1917 Auflage: 1. Halbleinen; fester schwarz/rot marmorierter Einband mit rotem schwarz bedrucktem Titelschild dunkelbordeauxfarbener Rücken / Anz. Seiten: 55 / 135 x 19 cm / Zustand: gut leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Einband etwas berieben und leicht fleckig Schnitt und Papier etwas gebräunt Lausanne, Verlag Payot & Cie, 1917, Auflage: 1. unknown
1914ref. 56974MacMillan & Co. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1914. Hardback. Please note that this is a heavy item and will incur extra shipping. ; The first 25 volumes of The Bombay Edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling plus the Handbook to the Poetry consisting of 1.Plain Tales from the Hills 2. Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys: In Black and White. 3. Wee Willie Winkie. Under the Deodars. The Phantom 'Rickshaw and other stories. 4. & 5. From Sea to Sea and other sketches. Letters of Travel. 6. Life's Handicap etc. 7. The Light that Failed. 8. The Naulahka A Story of West and East. By R. Kipling and Wolcott Balestier. 9. Many Inventions. 10. 'Captains Courageous'. 11. The Jungle Book. 12. The Second Jungle Book. 13. The Day's Work. 14. Stalky & Co. 15. Kim. 16. Just So Stories. Illustrated by the author. 17. Traffics and Discoveries. 18. Puck of Pook's Hill. 19. Rewards and Fairies. 20. Actions and Reactions. 21. Departmental Ditties. Barrack-Room Ballads and other verses. 22. The Five Nations. The Seven Seas. 23. Songs from Books. 24. A Diversity of Creatures. 25. The Years Between. The Muse Among the Motors. First volume signed on the half-title blue boards all slightly age-toned some foxing and off-setting on endpapers pages age-toned at outer edges top edges gilt though dusty all other edges untrimmed some joints exposed but binding generally tight no previous ownership marks vol i front board upper corner creased and slightly loose all silk ribbons frayed labels on three volumes slightly nicked with some loss corners bumped on some volumes vol vi cloth spine torn at top and bottom some marks on other spines slight tear on vol xxiv. Limited edition of 1050 sets. . MacMillan & Co hardcover
1930ref. FB7273 /10Red cloth binding with black title and dog on the spine and front board. We provide an in-depth photographic presentation of this item to stimulate your feeling and touch. More traditional book descriptions are immediately available. G. L Stampa illustrator. First edition. 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 the form of owners are judged through how their dog behaves. This edition is with black and white vignettes by G. L. Stampa is 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. Pages bright and clean. Clean vignette illustrations. Joseph Rudyard Kipling 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936 was an English journalist novelist poet and short-story writer. He was born in British India which inspired much of his work. Kipling's works of fiction include the Jungle Book duology The Jungle Book 1894; The Second Jungle Book 1895 Kim 1901 the Just So Stories 1902 and many short stories including "The Man Who Would Be King" 1888. His poems include "Mandalay" 1890 "Gunga Din" 1890 "The Gods of the Copybook Headings" 1919 "The White Man's Burden" 1899 and "If—" 1910. He is seen as an innovator in the art of the short story. His children's books are classics; one critic noted "a versatile and luminous narrative gift". 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 part of the South Transept of Westminster Abbey. Kipling's subsequent reputation has changed with the political and social climate of the age. The contrasting views of him continued for much of the 20th century. Literary critic Douglas Kerr wrote: "Kipling is still an author who can inspire passionate disagreement and his place in literary and cultural history is far from settled. But as the age of the European empires recedes he is recognised as an incomparable if controversial interpreter of how the empire was experienced. That and an increasing recognition of his extraordinary narrative gifts make him a force to be reckoned with." Macmillan & Co. hardcover
1899ref. 9032199New York: Alex. Grosset & Co 1899. 1st. Hardcover. Good. First American edition. Bound in publisher's original yellow-orange cloth with spine stamped in red cover stamped in red and illustrated black. Top edge gilt. Illustrated frontispiece. Two illustrated plates in black and white. Several pages unopened. Mild rubbing to corners and head and heel of spine not through cloth. Darkening to cloth front back and spine. 5 x 7 1/4 inches. Alex. Grosset & Co hardcover
1988ref. 1038741686Athlone Press 1988. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding with general signs of previous use. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Clean interior pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Athlone Press hardcover
1944ref. FB5722 /1CIn a protective Box. board binding. Dimensions are for the box. We provide an in-depth photographic presentation of this item to stimulate your feeling and touch. More traditional book descriptions are immediately available. This is a nicely boxed edition of the US forces wartime publication on Kim which was intended to provide US troops with a better insight to the thinking Britisher. A collectors copy. Kim is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling. It was first published serially in McClure's Magazine from December 1900 to October 1901 as well as in Cassell's Magazine from January to November 1901 and first published in book form by Macmillan & Co. Ltd in October 1901. The novel is notable for its detailed portrait of the people culture and varied religions of India. "The book presents a vivid picture of India its teeming populations religions and superstitions and the life of the bazaars and the road." The story unfolds against the backdrop of the Great Game the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia. The novel popularized the phrase and idea of the Great Game. Armed Services (USA).
ref. 317139New York: Black's Readers Service N.D. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Gilded top text block edge. Silk ribbon page marker. Black's Readers Service hardcover
1980ref. 64198Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1980. Limited Edition. 8vo. 27cm x 18.5cm. Publisher's full green leather titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards. Clean and bright a fine unread copy. 383pp. Internally clean. Yellow silk endpapers. All edges gilt. Illustrated throughout by David Gentleman. Part of the "One Hundred Greatest Books Ever Written" series. The Easton Press unknown
ref. 069452476X.Gcassette. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
ref. 179768Macmillan and Co. 1924. 1st thin paper edition. 8vo 7½ x 5 ins. Original gilt decorated red cloth top edge gilt spine faded and light wear on upper board - otherwise bright VG in protective cover. Pp. vi 576 illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w plates and drawings in text by J. Lockwood Kipling and W.H. Drake previous owner's neat inscription on front free endpaper. Macmillan and Co., 1924 unknown
1946ref. FB2940 /11In the original dustsheet. Red cloth binding with gilt and black title on the spine. A FIRST IMPRINT The opening of the first story Beyond the Pale a cautionary tale reads: "MAN should whatever happens keep to his own caste race breed. Let the White go to the White and the Black to Black. Then whatever trouble falls is in the ordinary arse of things-neither sudden alien nor unexpected. This is the story of a man who wilfully stepped beyond the limits of decent everyday society and paid for it heavily. He knew too much in the first instance; and he saw too much in the second. He took too deep an interest in native life ; but he will never do so again." Reprint Society. hardcover
1901ref. 54794London: Macmillan 1901. First U.K. Edition. First printing. 16mo 20cm. In original red cloth titled in gilt on spine with elephant badge on front top edge gilt; plain endpapers; 2pp of publisher's ads at rear; vi 413 3pp; 10 illustrations by J. L. Kipling. With 1901 ownership inscription of George D. Herron and later bookplate of Dartmouth College Library to front endpapers. Bookseller's ticket of Brentano's Paris to rear pastedown. A pleasantly bright copy lacking the dustjacket gently rubbed front hinge largely cracked but holding: Very Good. George Davis Herron 1862-1925 was a clergyman Christian Socialist and advocate for the Social Gospel and the Socialist Party of America. Four months before the date of this inscription Herron was defrocked for divorcing his first wife and remarrying. The consequent scandal overshadowed his activity in the formation of the Socialist Party of America leading him to take his new family abroad ANB. LIVINGSTON 250. Macmillan unknown
ref. 83399Zürich Artemis Verlag 1961. Halbleinen; fester Einband farbig illustriertes Überzugspapier brauner Rücken / Anz. Seiten: unpaginiert / 266 x 344 cm / mit teils farbigen Illustrationen von Helen Kasser / Zustand: gut leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Einband etwas berieben Ecken bestossen Papier gebräunt Zürich, Artemis Verlag, 1961 unknown
1916ref. 45063London: Macmillan & Co 1916. Kipling wrote some fine pieces about . London: Macmillan & Co. 1916. Kipling wrote some fine pieces about "the sea" our own "Captains Courageous" among them. However this is the only analytical non-fiction writing he did on the topic of warfare at sea. It is a compilation of 13 newspaper articles on the subject. First edition in near fine condition unopened. 19.5 cm. 222 4 publisher's ads pp. . Macmillan & Co unknown
1888ref. 012140Allahabad: A H Wheeler 1888 sewn sheets in remains of printed paper wrappers 96pp lacks rear wrapper front wrapper well chipped to edges contents; Wee Willie Winkie Baa Baa Black Sheep His Majesty the King The Drums of the Fore and Aft contents generally tidy one page has some marginal ink scribbles not too unattractive some leaves of the final signature are detached but present a binding copy original pictorial greyish-green wraps titled & illustrated in black "Indian Railway Library No. 6" First English Edition sixth printing of the second issue of the first edition without the period after the H i.e. A.H Wheeler on the cover. undated 1888 states No 6 on the cover but is listed as number 4 on the advertisement 500 gram rate . reprint. Original Wraps. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. A H Wheeler paperback
1891ref. 008252LEIPZIG LONDON: HEINEMANN AND BALESTIER 1891. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Early title. Half calf Boards and spine rubbed and worn with some light marks prelims lightly foxed otherwise clean throughout. Good. HEINEMANN AND BALESTIER hardcover
1909ref. 9029020New York: B. W. Dodge & Company 1909. Hardcover. Very good. Unauthorized edition; precedes the first edition. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with horizontal designs printed the spine and cover with spine and cover lettered in orange silhouette of sailing ship on the cover.Minor wear at extremities otherwise fine. 360 pages. B. W. Dodge & Company hardcover
1890ref. 55971London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington Ld 1890. First U.K. Edition. Octavo 21.5cm. Grey pictorial paper wraps printed in black; vi 7-96pp. A straight and handsome copy 5" split to front joint minor tear at head of spine wrappers browned at edges internally clean: Very Good. One of the Railway Library series the paperbacks that "made Kipling's name in India and soon enough in England and America" ODNB. The first and second editions of 1889 were published in Allahabad. LIVINGSTON 36. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, Ld unknown
ref. 157494Hodder and Stoughton 1941. Definitive edition 2nd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered full morocco top edge gilt boards lightly marked - otherwise near Fine in rather battered box. Pp. xvi 844 on india paper previous owner's light pencil inscription on front paste-down. Hodder and Stoughton, 1941 unknown
1941ref. 57419Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company 1941. Limited Edition. No. 148 of one thousand sets signed by Kipling in the first volume. Twenty-eight octavo volumes; red gilt-blocked beveled cloth top edges gilt fore- and bottom edges untrimmed; in uniform dustjackets. Front endpapers with printed bookplates of Harry Bishop Clapp to each pastedown and James Glen Mead to each free endpaper. The latter have caused some mild rippling to the endleaves else a fresh fine set in the original printed dustwrappers uniformly fine and free of darkening or wear. The authoritative edition of Kipling's works rarely found in the original dustwrappers and almost unheard of in this condition certainly the finest set to reach the market in the past twenty or more years. RICHARDS D25. Doubleday, Doran & Company unknown
ref. 0763601357.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover