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réf. 160155New York: Manhattan Press. Good. N.D. Hardcover. An edition in good condition with general wear from life on a shelf and some discoloration. There is a previous owner's signature inked on the front flyleaf ; This book like many of Rudyard Kipling's is full of tales of adventure and heroism. Many of the tales are set in India a country that Kipling knew well. In Black and White Kipling tells the story of two men one white one black who go on a journey together. The white man is out to conquer the world while the black man is there to serve him. The journey is difficult but the two men overcome all obstacles together. Ultimately the black man proves himself to be a better man than the white man and the two men become friends.; 32mo; 118 pages . Manhattan Press hardcover
réf. 160153New York: Manhattan Press. Good. N.D. Hardcover. An edition in good condition with normal shelfwear and slight discoloration. A previous owner's ink signature is on the front flyleaf; Soldiers Three is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. In these tales Kipling explores the themes of patriotism duty and honor. Each story is told from a different point of view giving the reader a broad glimpse into the lives of Kipling's characters.; 32mo; 165 pages . Manhattan Press hardcover
réf. 160151New York: Manhattan Press. Good. N.D. Hardcover. A good conditioned edition with normal shelfwear and some slight discoloration. There is a signature from a previous owner inked on the front flyleaf ; The Gadsbys are a quirky endearing family of nine children who love to spend their summers on their family's remote farm. One summer the youngest Gadsby Willie falls in love with Dinah the daughter of the farm's hired hand. Dinah is already in love with another boy but she is determined to find a way to court Willie. Along the way the Gadsbys must overcome obstacles such as the fact that Dinah and Willie come from very different backgrounds and Dinah's father doesn't approve of her suitors. In the end Dinah and Willie are able to overcome their differences and are married.; 32mo; 103 pages . Manhattan Press hardcover
réf. 160148New York: Manhattan Press. Fair. N.D. Hardcover. An edition in fair condition. The spine is becoming loose and the volume bears general shelfwear. There is an ink signature of a previous owner on the front flyleaf; Kipling's Wee Willie Winkie is a story of a mischievous little boy who gets into all sorts of mischief. It is a delightful read that is sure to keep children entertained.; 32mo; 177 pages . Manhattan Press hardcover
réf. 160147New York: Manhattan Press. Good. N.D. Hardcover. A good edition with general shelfwear and slight discoloration. There is aprevious owner's ink signature on the front flyleaf; This book is a collection of short stories set in the fictional hill station of Simla. The stories are about Indian men and women who live in the station and their interactions with Europeans.; 32mo; 302 pages . Manhattan Press hardcover
réf. 160149New York: Manhattan Press. Good. N.D. Hardcover. An edition in good condition with normal shelfwear and slight discoloration. There is a previous owner's pencil signature on the front flyleaf; The Light That Failed is a story of love loss and redemption. The novel follows the journey of two families the Mee family and the Chough family as they are both affected by the Great War. The Mee family is a wealthy family that is struggling to keep their business afloat while their son Rudyard is away fighting in the war. The Chough family is a family of coal miners who are struggling to make ends meet while their son Willie is away fighting in the war. Rudyard and Willie meet each other while they are both in the trenches and become friends. Willie tells Rudyard about the horrors of the war and Rudyard tells Willie about his dreams of becoming a writer. The two families are able to connect through their shared experiences of the war and they are able to heal their wounds. The Light That Failed is a story of hope and redemption.; 32mo; 313 pages . Manhattan Press hardcover
réf. 160152New York: Manhattan Press. Fair. N.D. Hardcover. An edition in fair condition. The spine is loose and there is normal shelfwear to the exterior. A signature from a previous owner is inked on the front flyleaf; Kipling's Departmental Ditties Ballads Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses are poems about life in the military. They are full of humor and are often about the simple things in life.; 32mo; 255 pages . Manhattan Press hardcover
réf. 160150New York: Manhattan Press. Good. N.D. Hardcover. A volume in good condition with normal shelfwear and slight discoloration. There is a previous owner's ink signature on the front flyleaf; After Rudyard Kipling's death in 1936 his widow Josephine decided to destroy all of his unpublished work. However in 1975 she donated American Notes to the University of Vermont. The book is a collection of Kipling's thoughts on the United States written in 1898.; 32mo; 267 pages . Manhattan Press hardcover
réf. 160146New York: Manhattan Press. Good. N.D. Hardcover. An edition in good condition with some general wear from life on the shelf and discoloration. A prior owner's signature is inked on the front flyleaf; Introduction by Henry James. ; 32mo; 249 pages . Manhattan Press hardcover
1928réf. 124505Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. Very Good. 1928. Hardcover. A Very Good edition that has bumping to the very corners and general shelfwear to the board surfaces ; Kim is a young man who is kidnapped by the British and taken to India to become a fighting soldier. He is mistreated and is forced to do things he doesn't want to do. He escapes and makes his way back home.; 8vo; 284 pages . Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc. hardcover
1932réf. 26852London: Macmillan and Co. Limited. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1932. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. First English and true first edition published two weeks before the American edition on 7 April 1932. Just about fine condition in dust wrapper one of the nicer copies to be found only minor signs of use hint of foxing to page edges. Richards A402 Livingston 577 Stewart 588; Kipling's final collection of short stories published shortly after the death of his only son. Limits and Renewals contains fourteen short stories and nineteen poems three of the stories were published here for the first time; 8vo; vi vii-viii 2 3-400 pages . Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
réf. 124330New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company. Very Good. Cloth. A gently shelfworn Very Good edition ; The Sahib Edition of Rudyard Kipling: Story of the Gadsbys in Black and White is a collection of short stories about the Gadsbys a white English family who move to a country estate in India. The Gadsbys are a family of misfits who are forced to adapt to life in India and must deal with issues like racism poverty and disease. Kipling explores the themes of family culture and identity in this collection of stories.; 8vo; 338 pages . P. F. Collier & Son Company hardcover
réf. 124324New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company. Very Good. Cloth. A soiled edition with some rubbing to the edges in Very Good condition ; The Sahib Edition of Rudyard Kipling: Mine Own People tells the story of a man who is torn between his loyalty to his people and his loyalty to the British Empire.; 8vo; 338 pages . P. F. Collier & Son Company hardcover
réf. 124327New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company. Very Good. Cloth. An aged and shelfworn edition that has some creasing to the rubbed edges in Very Good condition ; The Sahib Edition of Rudyard Kipling: Plain Tales from the Hills is a collection of stories written by Rudyard Kipling. The book is a compilation of Kipling's shorter works and it was published in 1897. The book is a collection of stories written by Rudyard Kipling. The book is a compilation of Kipling's shorter works and it was published in 1897.; 8vo; 356 pages . P. F. Collier & Son Company hardcover
réf. 124329New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company. Very Good. Cloth. A Very Good edition with rubbed edges and a starting spine hinge ; The Sahib Edition of Rudyard Kipling: the Light That Failed is a collection of short stories published in 1922. The stories are about the British Empire and its decline.; 8vo; 355 pages . P. F. Collier & Son Company hardcover
réf. 124323New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company. Very Good. Cloth. A scuffed and edgeworn Very Good condition with other age related wear ; The Sahib Edition of Rudyard Kipling: Letters of Marque is a collection of letters written by Rudyard Kipling during his time as a captain in the British East India Company's service. The letters detail Kipling's life as a captain in the company his experiences in India and his thoughts on life and the world around him.; 8vo; 254 pages . P. F. Collier & Son Company hardcover
réf. 124321New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company. Very Good. Cloth. A Very Good edition that is somewhat aged and shelfworn ; A compilation of Rudyard Kipling's most famous works The Sahib Edition of Rudyard Kipling: under the Deodars American Notes by Rudyard Kipling is a great addition to any library.; 8vo; 376 pages . P. F. Collier & Son Company hardcover
réf. 124322New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company. Very Good. Cloth. An edition with general soiling and wear in Very Good condition ; This book is a collection of stories about soldiers. Some of them are about British soldiers in India while others are about soldiers in other countries.; 8vo; 313 pages . P. F. Collier & Son Company hardcover
réf. 124328New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company. Very Good. Cloth. An edition in Very Good condition that is soiled and bears other wear associated with age; The Sahib Edition of Rudyard Kipling: the Phantom Rickshaw is a book that tells the story of a man who is cursed with a rickshaw that never stops moving even when he is not pushing it.; 8vo; 362 pages . P. F. Collier & Son Company hardcover
1919réf. 22552London: Methuen and Co. Ltd. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1919. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A rather charming first edition dark red buckram boards lettered in gold on spine in almost Fine condition some isolated foxing spots on rough-trimmed fore-edges spine ever so lightly sunned top edges gilt. Many pages still unopened. In the scarce dust-wrapper with a few minor closed tears. With 32 pages of Methuen's advertisement bound in at the end as required. Richards A320 Martindell 164 Livingston 442 Stewart 434; This title seems to refer to Kipling's years between the onset of the war in South Africa and the conclusion of the Great War in Europe. The collection contains forty-five poems and a series of epitaphs; 8vo; xvi149 32 pages . Methuen and Co. Ltd. hardcover
1924réf. 29731Garden City New York: Doubleday Page & Company. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1924. Second Edition. Hardcover. A most handsome Second American edition in just about Fine condition with only limited signs of edgewear. Issued in sage-green boards the front cover lettered in green upon a white paper label. Lightly browned dust-jacket shows portrait of Kipling on front and original price of $1.00 on inside flap. Livingston 487; Rectorial address delivered at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland on October 10 1923. Originally published as "Man's Desire for Independence" in The London Times. Kipling became Rector of St. Andrews in 1922. "You know that there is no loneliness equal to the loneliness of youth at war with its surroundings in a world that does not care." ; 8vo; 33 pages . Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1923réf. 29876London: MacMillan and Co. Limited. Near Fine. 1923. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A first English edition gilded title on original red cloth in just about near Fine condition showing little rubbing and sunning to spine. Also issued in gray paper wrappers. Livingston 486; Rectorial address delivered at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland on October 10 1923. Originally published as "Man's Desire for Independence" in The London Times. Kipling became Rector of St. Andrews in 1922. "The sole revenge that Maturity can take upon Youth for the sin of being young is to preach at it. When I was young I sat and suffered under that dispensation." ; 16mo; 32 pages . MacMillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1923réf. 29877London: MacMillan and Co. Limited. Fine. 1923. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. A charming first English edition in Fine condition grayish blue card wrappers. Ruled and lettered in dark blue. 20000 copies printed. Also issued in red cloth. Livingston 486 Richards A343; Kipling became Rector of St. Andrews in 1922 and gave this rectorial address at his inauguration the University of St. Andrews in Scotland on October 10 1923. Originally published as "Man's Desire for Independence" in The London Times. "The sole revenge that Maturity can take upon Youth for the sin of being young is to preach at it. When I was young I sat and suffered under that dispensation." ; Small 8vo; 32 pages . MacMillan and Co., Limited paperback
1932réf. 34310New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1932. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Cloth. First American edition/first printing following the first English edition in the same year and preceding the limited edition by Charles Scribner's Sons. Near Fine condition lightly soiled endpapers in alike dust jacket with minor rubbing and edgewear. Richards 403 Livingston 578 Steward 589; Kipling's final collection of short stories published shortly after the death of his only son. Limits and Renewals contains fourteen short stories three of which were published here for the first time; 8vo; iv v-vi 2 3-371 3 pages . Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc. hardcover
1923réf. 34337Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1923. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Cloth. An attractive set of first American editions in two volumes. Both volumes in Near Fine condition with minor rubbing to edges paper labels on spine lightly chipped. Top edges gilt. Lacking the rare dust-jackets. Richards A341 Livingston 483 Stewart 504; Kipling's history of the Irish Guards in World War I recounting details of various engagements. Meticulously researched from primary sources including several maps ; Vol. 1 & 2; 8vo; viii ix-xviii 334; xiv 307 1 pages . Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover