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1973Best.-Nr. 011544Avon CT: Limited Editions Club 1973 375 pgs. Green & Blue cloth decorative stamped and titled in gilt housed in a blue & green paper covered slip case with small nicks. A selection of shorter works by Kilpling illustrated in color and b&w by Charles Raymond. #1303 / 2000 copies signed by the artist. Signed by Artist. Signed Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Charles Raymond. Thick 4to. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1901Best.-Nr. 158791901. From The Times March 15 1900. Published by the Imperial South African Association. London: Printed by George Edward Wright The Times Office 1901. First Edition following its appearance in March 1900 both in The Times of London and in The Mail of Cape Town. The Imperial South African Association was founded "to uphold British supremacy and to promote the interests of British subjects in South Africa."; specifically this piece "inveighs against the supposedly friendly or neutral Boers and their liberal sympathizers as 'traitors' to the Cape and the Orange Free State quotes by Richards. It was never collected in any other Kipling book. This is a near-fine copy slight discoloration around the sole rusted staple. Richards A167. Housed in a morocco-backed slipcase with inner chemise. unknown books
1889Best.-Nr. 613723Allahabad: Messers A. H. Wheeler & Co 1889. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 96pp. Rebound in early half red cloth and marbled paper covered boards. Original printed front wrapper affixed on front board. Rear wrap and ads lacking. Bookplate of Victor Scharrer on verso of titlepage small name stamp of a previous owner partly effaced on titlepage boards modestly rubbed and worn a pleasing very good copy. Issued in A. H. Wheeler & Co’s Indian Railway Library No. 4. Messers A. H. Wheeler & Co hardcover books
1909Best.-Nr. 157971909. One page on Kipling's "Bateman's Burwash Sussex" stationery. 14th Aug. 1909. This letter addressed to "Dear Sir" but with the recipient's name and address "9 King's Cross Road W.C." typed below reads: I have received your letter of the 12th together with the file of correspondence which I return herewith. I am only sorry that as I know nothing about the business side of inventions it is out of my power to assist you. Yours truly signed: Rudyard Kipling. We do not know who John Proctor was; nor did Kipling -- but Proctor had apparently sent a whole file regarding some invention he was working on. Perhaps he contacted Kipling because he knew the famous author had written an 1893 book titled MANY INVENTIONS The letter is in very good condition a couple of small holes and tape-marks not affecting print. Basic content but a fine example of Kipling's signature. unknown books
1933Best.-Nr. 158391933. Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran & Company 1933. Original light yellow wrappers lettered in green. First Editions being the American copyright issues -- 75 copies each issued two weeks apart in March 1933 to coincide with their periodical appearances in French and in English. This is a series of sketches that together form a personal memoir documenting Kipling's lifelong affection for France from a childhood trip with his father to the Paris Exhibition of 1878 to beyond the Great War. This title was published four months later in England bound in blue cloth. Both volumes are in fine condition. Richards A412; Stewart 600. unknown books
1897Best.-Nr. 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 books
1932Best.-Nr. 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 books
1892Best.-Nr. 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 books
1992Best.-Nr. 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 books
1898Best.-Nr. 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 books
1932Best.-Nr. 612265Garden City: Doubleday Doran 1932. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. First American edition. Stain on the jacket resulting on a small paper remnant adhering to the front board and the rear panel of the jacket attached to the rear board thus only fair in an about fair dust jacket. Doubleday Doran hardcover books
1906Best.-Nr. 612549New York: Doubleday Page 1906. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition. Octavo. Gray cloth gilt with applied illustration on paper. A little foxing mostly contained to tissue guards and frontispiece else near fine copy. Stories including the famous title story about ghosts of children. Bleiler Checklist title. Doubleday Page hardcover books
1994Best.-Nr. 601046Englewood Cliffs New Jersey: Prentice Hall 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine. Third edition. 804pp. Illustrated in color. Tiny bump on front board sunned spine near fine. Although not marked in any way this copy is from the library of contributor Charlotte Zolotow with a publisher's complimentary letter laid in. Zolotow was an editor and publisher at Harper’s celebrated children’s books department and the acclaimed author of over 65 children’s books. A collection of short stories by Charlotte Zolotow Isaac Bashevis Singer Jack London Isaac Asimov Rudyard Kipling Ray Bradbury Beverly Cleary F. Scott Fitzgerald C. S. Lewis and more. Prentice Hall hardcover books
1996Best.-Nr. 601051Upper Saddle River New Jersey: Prentice Hall 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine. Fourth edition. 804pp. Illustrated in color. Sunned spine near fine. A collection of short stories by Charlotte Zolotow Isaac Bashevis Singer Jack London Isaac Asimov Rudyard Kipling Ray Bradbury Beverly Cleary F. Scott Fitzgerald C. S. Lewis and more. Prentice Hall hardcover books
1992Best.-Nr. 1394303Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1992. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. In Very Good condition. Sealed in original plastic shrink wrap. Bound in publisher's decorated green leather with paneling and gilt lettering to spine. Edges of textblock gilt. Shelved in Easton Press. 1394303. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Easton Press hardcover books
1895Best.-Nr. 1397515New York: The Century Co 1895. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 324 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's orange cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Spine and extremities faded to black. Fraying with some material loss to cloth at head and tail of spine. General shelf wear to edges and corners of boards. Top edge of textblock gilt. Previous bookseller's sticker adhered to front pastedown. Minor staining to front free endpaper and pastedown. Shelved in Case 14. 1397515. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Century Co hardcover books
1897Best.-Nr. 1397627New York: The Century Co 1897. Early Edition. Hardcover. Octavo viii 323 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Sunning to spine. Spine cocked. General shelf wear primarily to head and tail of spine and to corners of boards. Mild soiling to rear board. Top edge of textblock gilt. Previous bookseller's stamp to front pastedown. Previous owner's signature to front free endpaper. Age toning throughout. Shelved in Case 14. 1397627. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Century Co hardcover books
1896Best.-Nr. 1397631New York: D. Appleton and Company 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo vii 209 pages. In Very Good condition Spine grey cloth with gilt lettering and inlay. Spine darkened by UV damage head of spine worn. Minor shelfwear and soiling board corners bumped. Top of textblock gilt moderatly worn. Textblock exterior agetoned interior clean. Former owner's inscription on front endpaper. Shelved case 0. 1397631. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1899Best.-Nr. TB33378New York: The Century Co. 1899. Reprint of 1899. Very near fine in decorated green cloth covered boards with red black and gilt decorations on the front board and with the top edge of the text block gilt. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with the spine very slighlty tanned and with minor rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the lower tips of the boards. The blank first free end page is missing. Originally printed in the United States in 1897. Without a dust jacket. 323 pages of text with all 21 of the illustrated black and white plates present as called for in the table of contents. A very presentable collectible copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. The Century Co. hardcover books
1911Best.-Nr. 596772London: Macmillan and Co 1911. Softcover. Very Good. Later printing. Quarto. 2 62pp. Red cloth covered boards stamped in black and gilt. Owner name on the front free endpaper light scattered foxing owner sticker on the front board and wear to the boards and spine still a very good copy lacking the dust jacket. For voice and piano. Plate number 11754. Includes 12 songs: "When the Cabin Portholes" "The Camel's Hump" "This Uninhabited Island" "I Keep Six Honest Serving-Men" "I Am the Most Wise Baviaan" "Kangaroo and Dingo" "Merrow Down" "Of All the Tribe of Tegumai" "The Riddle" "The First Friend" There Was Never a Queen Like Balkis" and "Rolling Down to Rio. Macmillan and Co unknown books
1904Best.-Nr. 587851London: Charles Sheard & Co 1904. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Folio. Two nested bifolia making eight pages. Composer's name stamp and "file copy" stamp on the front cover outer bifolium separating a bit at both ends of the fold light edgewear and toning a very good and complete copy. For voice and piano. Plate imprint "Lichenberg. E." The following note is printed above the music "The blossoms of the Australian Wattle Tree a species of Acacia emit a remarkably fragrant perfume more particularly after rain: the sudden recognition of this scent on an occasion during the Transvaal campaign awakens thoughts of 'Home sweet home' in the breast of an Australian Trooper." Gerard F. Cobb is primarily remembered for his musical settings to Kipling's words this perhaps being his last such composition as he passed away in March of the year it was published. This song is unrecorded by OCLC and appears equally scarce in the trade; in fact the only references we can find to the piece online are are The Kipling Society citing a record of it in Rudyard Kipling A Bibliographical Catalogue by James McGregor Stewart and a 2005 recording released by ABC Records-Australia on an album titled When the Empire Calls. A rare and intriguing piece. Charles Sheard & Co unknown books
1896Best.-Nr. ST19567-086London: Methuen and Co 1896. First British Edition. 185 x 120 mm. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4". xv iii 230 pp. VERY ATTRACTIVE SCARLET POLISHED CALF GILT BY FROST stamp-signed on front flyleaf covers with double fillet border raised bands spine compartments with antique scrolling cornerpieces and centerpiece green and maroon morocco labels richly gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Engraved title page. Stewart 140; Livingston 131; Martindell 59. A group of seven leaves lightly foxed otherwise a virtually mint copy inside and out the decorative binding exceptionally bright. This is a very pleasing copy in quite an attractive leather binding of a collection of 51 Kipling poems including "Song of the English" "The Rhyme of the Three Sealers" and "The Story of Ung." Day writes that "people uninterested in poetry 'qua' poetry were thrilled by the splendor and spread of empire as glorified in this work. Kipling's Toryism made the mediocre Alfred Austin the poet laureate in 1896 but Kipling was the unofficial laureate of the British empire." One of Britain's best-known writers Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 is most famous for his works portraying the lives of the native population and colonialists on the Indian subcontinent. He was born in Bombay where his father ran an art school and he lived in India until the age of six. He was sent to school in England but chose to return to the East at 18. He proved to be a prolific author writing novels tales for children and adults and many poems. Kipling's wife was American and they lived for a time in Vermont but from 1896 the couple settled in England. Among his many honors are a Nobel Prize 1907 and the Gold Medal of the Royal Society of Literature 1926 which had previously only been awarded to Scott Meredith and Hardy. Copies of the present book are easy to find but they are not so readily available in reasonably priced pretty bindings like the one offered here. Methuen and Co unknown books
1973Best.-Nr. 2345215Avon Connecticut: The Limited Editions Club 1973. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 0x0x0. Raymond Charles. Signed by illustrator. Limited edition #920 of 2000 copies. Signed by illustrator on limitation page. Includes publisher's slipcase. A few scuffs to slipcase. 1973 Hard Cover. xiii 1 375 3 pp. Color and black-and-white illustrations by Charles Raymond. A selection of short stories by the author of The Jungle Book who was also known for his poetry with an introduction by editor Bernard Bergonzi. Includes: Lispeth; The Bronckhorst Divorce-Case; The Madness of Private Ortheris; The Phantom 'Rickshaw; Baa Baa Black Sheep; On Greenhow Hill; The Man Who Was; Without Benefit of Clergy; The City of Dreadful Night; At the End of the Passage; The Finest Story in the World; Love-o'-Women; The Record of Badalia Herodsfoot; The Bridge-Builders; The Ship That Found Herself; Wireless; They; Mrs. Bathhurst; Mary Postgate; The Wish House; The Gardener; The Eye of Allah; Dayspring Mishandled. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
2005Best.-Nr. 12242Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xx 386pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers corners and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. A very presentable first edition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This book presents ground-breaking research by leading international researchers on the nature functions and characteristics of social motivation. Its contributors focus on a variety of issues such as the functions of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and the subtle roles that habits and goals play in producing and maintaining motivated social behaviors. Recent discoveries in the psychology of motivation relevant to everyday social behaviors and clinical organizational educational and counseling practices receive particular attention.Publisher -Most comprehensive and up-to-date book currently available to offer an integrative treatment of social motivational phenomena -The contributors are all leading researchers who have made a major contribution to the field -The chapters represent a highly integrated approach and present new and previously unpublished work. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
1916Best.-Nr. 149461916. Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company 1916. Together four volumes. Original light yellow wrappers lettered in green. First Editions being the American copyright issues -- consisting of only 70 copies each published separately between October 18th and 30th 1916. Each volume consists of Kipling's account of specific sea warfare preceded by an original poem written for the occasion including Vol I's "Have you news of my boy Jack". As with THE FRINGES OF THE FLEET Kipling wrote these articles with the permission of the British Admiralty for appearance in British and American newspapers; he ceded copyright so that they could be used for propaganda purposes. Two months later they were all collected in Kipling's book SEA WARFARE. All four volumes are in fine clean condition the usual minor rusting of the staples. Richards A287; Stewart 402. unknown books
