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1918Best.-Nr. 895Q11New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1918 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 7.5" by 5". None. A very smart first edition of Rudyard Kipling's collection of letters home from soldiers stationed in India in 1915 and 1916. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth with paper covered boards. Lacking the dust wrapper. Written by English novelist and short story writer Rudyard Kipling who was born in India with this country inspiring much of his work. This work was originally published in American Saturday Evening Post in six parts in 1917 and then published in book form as it is here in 1918. This collection is comprised of four stories reading as letters home from soldiers in India between 1915-16. The first two stories in the collection 'A Retired Gentleman' and 'Fumes of the Heart' are told from the view of injured soldiers on the North-West Frontier. 'The Private Account' depicts an Afghan family reading a letter from their soldier son while the final story 'A Trooper of Horse' presents a soldier's letter home to his mother in France. It is suggested that the idea behind these letters is to provide intelligence to those at home with the framework of the book coming from censored letters written by Indian soldiers.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. In the publisher's original quarter cloth with paper covered boards. Lacking the dust wrapper. Externally excellent with light shelf wear and a little darkening to the spine and spine label. The odd handling mark. Internally firmly bound with bright clean pages. Near Fine Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1927Best.-Nr. 898P19New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1927. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 10" by 7.5". Donald Maxwell. The first edition of this collection of poems by Rudyard Kipling colourfully illustrated by Donald Maxwell. The first edition of this work. From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.An anthology of twelve poems by Rudyard Kipling collected together 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 colour plates and colour headpieces by Donald Maxwell.Rudyard Kipling is best known for his novel 'The Jungle Book' however he was a prolific writer of poems novels and short stories. Being born in India inspired much of his work and he went on to become one of the most popular writers of his time. Kipling became the Lord Rector of St Andrews University in 1922. In the original publisher's cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally smart. A few light marks to the boards. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Spots to the fore edge. Dust wrapper is a little edge worn with a few small closed tears and chips heavier to the head of the spine. Wraps are age-toned with some light handling marks. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional scattered spot. Very Good Indeed Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1897Best.-Nr. 895T25London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1897. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". J. Lockwood Kipling. A smart third impression of the sequel to The Jungle Book featuring more stories about Mowgli the "man-cub." Third impression originally published 1895. Illustrated throughout. The sequel to 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. Illustrated by John Lockwood Kipling an English art teacher illustrator and museum curator. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Hinges starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Very Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1914Best.-Nr. 898Z3London: The Daily Telegraph 1914. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 11" by 9". Arthur Rackham; Edmund Dulac etc. A first edition of this tribute to King Albert with contributions by important public figures and authors and illustrations by popular artists. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated with a frontispiece monochrome plates and sixteen coloured plates. Collated completeA tribute to King Albert the Belgian King and the people of Belgium at the start of the First World War with morale-boosting contributions from statesmen artists novelists and other important figures. The work includes poems and prose from Edith Wharton Jack London Winston Churchill Claude Debussy Rudyard Kipling H. Rider Haggard Thomas Hardy and G. K. Chesterton as well as colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham Maxfield Parrish Edmund Dulac and Kay Nielsen among others.Undated dated by copies held on Jisc. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally smart with marks to the boards bumping to the extremities a very slight lean a closed tear to the head of the spine and very small damp stains to the rear board. Offsetting to the endpapers with a past owner's name in ink to the front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound with occasional light spotting and light age toning. Tipped in plate facing pp. 32 loose but present. Very Good The Daily Telegraph hardcover
1906Best.-Nr. 899Y3New York : Doubleday Page & Company 1906. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Arthur Rackham. The first American edition of Rudyard Kipling's anthology of historical fantasy tales with four evocative illustrations by Arthur Rackham. The first American edition of this work first published in 1906.With four intricate colour plates by renowned illustrator Arthur Rackham including tissue-guarded frontispiece. Collated complete. A historical fantasy work by Rudyard Kipling a series of short stories set across different periods of English history. Rudyard Kipling was an English novelist short story writer poet and journalist. He was born in British India a setting which inspired much of his work. In the publisher's original cloth boards with pictorial design and gilt details. Externally very smart. Light shelf wear to boards extremities and joints. Minor bumping to head and tail of spine. Gilt rubbed away in places. Contemporary ink inscription to front free end paper dated May 6th 1907. Another small ink inscription to rear paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot. Closed tear to 247/8 approximately 2 inches. Very Good Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1929Best.-Nr. 898T26London: Cassell & Company Limited 1929. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A smart copy of the cheap edition of this account of the author's own life and experiences in India. Cheap edition. The life and experiences of the author in India with reference to the voyage life in Hazara snake charmers street dogs Mount Abu Sikh landlords kindness of neighbours Kashmir religion state systems Queen Victoria leaving India and more. Written by Sir Walter Roper Lawrence an English member of the British Council of India and author who served in the Indian Civil Service in British India. With an introductory letter by Joseph Rudyard Kipling an English novelist short-story writer poet and journalist who was born in British India. In the original full blue cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting throughout. Further spotting to the endpapers. Very Good Cassell & Company, Limited hardcover
Best.-Nr. 375238171X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 3752361352.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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1920Best.-Nr. 853T33London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1920. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. The collected letters and articles of Rudyard Kipling's travels from 1892 to 1913. A collection of letters and articles written during Kipling's travels from India to Burma China Japan and the United States en route to England. Written by Rudyard Kipling an English novelist short-story writer poet and journalist best known for the novel Jungle Book and the Just So Stories. Kipling was born in British India which inspired much of his work. In the original red cloth binding. Externally very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities only. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light shelf wear and minor chipping which has been sympathetically repaired with paper to the head of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1896Best.-Nr. GT1249London: Methuen and Co. 1896. 1st UK edition . Hardback. Vg. 8vo. half-title xv 230pp pub. cat. dated October 1896 39ipp. Pub. brown-red cloth gilt. with uncut fore-edge. No gilt image to the front cloth. Untrimmed fore-edges Methuen and Co. hardcover
1908Best.-Nr. 861P33London: Francis Griffiths 1908. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A scarce first edition science fiction novel depicting a war between Britain and the States versus Japan and Germany. The first edition of this scarce work.A 'Future War' genre novel by American author Arthur Wellesley Kipling.'The New Dominion' is sci-fi novel in which the USA and Britain are fighting against Japan and Germany an eerie prediction of the Second World War.Four pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally smart with a mark to the front board and a small mark to the rear board. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spots to the fore edge. Ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with some spotting. Very Good Francis Griffiths hardcover
1958Best.-Nr. 861P43New York; London: Ace Books INC; Horwitz Publications; Gold Star; Roberts & Vinter LTD; Compact SF 1958-68. Paperback. Very Good. 6.5" by 4"; 7" by 4"; 7" by 4.5". None. A nice set of five vividly bound science fiction paperbacks including tales by Rudyard Kipling Eric Frank Russell and J. G. Ballard. A lovely selection of five science fiction paperbacks in their original vivid wraps. This set includes;'Six Worlds Yonder' and 'The Space Willies' by Eric Frank Russell published in 1958.'Tarzan and the Snake People' by Barton Werper published in 1964. One page of adverts to the rear.'Science Fantasy' Vol 22 No 67 for September and October 1964. 'New Worlds' Vol 49 No 161 for April 1966.'False Fatherland' by A. Bertram Chandler published in 1968.'Science Fantasy' includes a short story by Rudyard Kipling titled 'Easy As A. B. C.'.'New Worlds' includes 'The Assassination Weapon' by J. G. Ballard and eight other tales including Michael Moorcock's 'Consuming Passion'. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally smart. Light age-toning and spots to the wraps. Minor creasing to the spine of 'Six Worlds Yonder'. Ink to the front wrap of 'Science Fantasy'. Internally firmly bound. Pages are age-toned with some spots spots heavier to 'Tarzan'. Prior owner's ink inscription to the verso of the wrap of 'Six Worlds Yonder'. Ink to the contents pages of 'Science Fantasy'. Very Good Ace Books INC; Horwitz Publications; Gold Star; Roberts & Vinter LTD; Compact SF paperback
1890Best.-Nr. 859A36Calcutta: Thacker Spink and Co. 1890. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. The fourth edition in the original cloth of Rudyard Kipling's anthology of verses. The fourth edition of this work. A collection of poems by the renowned author Rudyard Kipling. Seen in both blue and maroon variant cloth binding.This work originally appeared in 1886 on the 'Civil & Military Gazette Press' in Lahore and was reprinted in Calcutte in the same year with multiple further editions following. Kipling tended to add poems with each new edition both to the 'Ditties' and the 'Other Verses.' Twenty-four leaves of publisher's catalogue to rear. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally generally smart with light bumping and chipping to head and tail of spine and extremities back strip darkened. Front free endpaper was pasted to front pastedown. Library stamp to half title with library marks to front and rear title page and no further marking. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Good Thacker, Spink and Co. hardcover
1896Best.-Nr. 874V4London : Methuen and Co. 1896. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None . A collection of poetry and ballads focusing on the role of the British Empire overseas. An early edition published the same year as the first edition of 150 copies printed on handmade paper. Publisher's advertisements have been discarded. Bound in half crushed morocco. A collection of poems and ballads aimed at children focusing on themes of adventure and British pride. The vast scale of British Empire is explored in relation to colonialism for a child audience. Kipling condenses themes of British power and wealth to make it accesible for children. Kipling explores themes of British imperialism and the role of colonial rule within the 19th century through a series of short ballads and poems to demonstrate the vastness of the British Empire. In a half crushed morocco binding. Externally generally smart but with slight rubbing and cracking to the joints. Slight loss to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with spotting to the first and last few pages. Pages roughly cut. Very Good Methuen and Co. hardcover
1912Best.-Nr. 841B85Toronto: The Musson Book Company Limited 1912. Cloth. Good. 11" by 9". W. Heath Robinson. A smart copy of Song of The English by Rudyard Kipling with lovely colour plates. A Canadian edition. A Song of the English was first published in the English Illustrated Magazine in May 1893. The theme that underlies this collection of poetry is that the English are chosen under the lord so long as they obey the law. This volume is beautifully illustrated with thirty colour tipped in plates by W. Heath Robinson.Collated complete. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Externally very smart with some bumping to the extremities and head and tail of the spine and fading and rubbing to the rear joint. Previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper dated 1909. Front hinge is starting and is generally firm. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Good The Musson Book Company Limited hardcover
1912Best.-Nr. 838W42London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1912-1918. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 7" by 5". None. Three works from Macmillan's Pocket Kipling Series in the original publisher's binding and unclipped dust wrappers. Three works by Rudyard Kipling in the original publisher's cloth bindings and unclipped dust wrappers. Published as part of Macmillan's Pocket Kipling Series. Includes the following works: The Day's Work 1912 Songs from Books 1915 and "Captain"s Courageous" A Story of the Grand Banks 1918. A lovely collection of pocket sized early edition novels songs and collections of short stories. With decorative red and black title pages. In the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrappers. Externally very smart. There is some wear to the extremities of the dust wrappers resulting in some loss and some small tears particularly to the heads and tails of the spines. Prior owner's colour markings to the rear board of the dust wrapper of 'The Day's Work'. To the binding there is some minor bumping to the heads and tails of the spines and to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1931Best.-Nr. 846T93London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1931. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Reginald Cleaver. A beautifully illustrated collection of humorous short stories from Kipling. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and twenty-two plates. Collated complete. A collection of humorous tales including: The Legend of Mirth The First Sailor Pig His Gift and The Village that Voted the Earth was Flat. Written by Rudyard Kipling an English novelist short story writer poet and journalist born in British India which inspired much of his work. Best known for The Jungle Book and Just So Stories. Illustrated by Reginald Cleaver a British cartoonist notable for his work in Punch and The Daily Graphic. In the original red cloth binding. Externally very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
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