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2011ref. DADAX1241212333British Library Historical Print Editions 2011-03-01. paperback. New. 9.69x0.95x7.44. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. British Library, Historical Print Editions paperback
1895ref. 110820Macmillan & Co. London. 1895 1897. Macmillan & Co. London. 1895 1897. In two volumes. Hardback. Original blue cloth with gilt illustrations to spines and upper boards. All page edges gilt. The Jungle Book is a first edition second issue and The Second Jungle Book is the third printing of the first edition. There is a lean to the spine of the first volume which is also slightly faded and frayed to head of spine corners rubbed and small light patches of rubbing to covers and a light stain to back cover. The Second Jungle Book is a very bright and clean copy with slight rubbing to extremities. Pages to both vols. browned and foxed otherwise a very good set. hardcover
1915ref. 149769London 1915. First edition of this short patriotic speech. Quarto unpaginated single sheet of stiff white paper folded once. Delivered at the Mansion House on January 27 1915. In very good condition. Rudyard Kipling’s National Bands 1915 is a wartime pamphlet preserving a speech he delivered at London’s Mansion House to support the Daily Telegraph’s National Bands Fund an initiative aimed at sustaining military music as a vital component of morale and public ritual during World War I. Issued as a small separately circulated tract—and often later encountered as an insert to fundraising editions of A Song of the English—the pamphlet exemplifies Kipling’s broader mobilization of literary authority in service of patriotic and civic causes. unknown
1900ref. 149566Boston: Alfred Bartlett 1900. Rare August 1900 issue of The Cornhill Booklet containing Rudyard Kipling's "Occasional Poems." Duodecimo original wrappers volume one number two printed in red and black illustrated with the original detached portrait of Kipling from an etching by William Strang laid in. In very good condition. Illustrated and designed by H.W. Colby. Rudyard Kipling’s occasional poems reflect his distinctive ability to merge public commentary with poetic craft transforming topical or ephemeral subjects into enduring reflections on empire duty and human character. Written primarily during his years in British India and later reprinted in collections such as Departmental Ditties and Other Verses 1886 these works—originally composed for newspapers and limited pamphlets—combine wit irony and moral insight to capture the social texture of colonial life. Alfred Bartlett unknown
ref. ANAIS-1786750511Welbeck Editions. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Welbeck Editions hardcover
ref. 121375London Macmillan and Co. 1906. . First edition first printing; 8vo 200 x 140 mm; half title frontispiece title page nineteen illustrations in black & white unobtrusive ownership signature and date to font free endpaper spotting to prelims otherwise pages are clean despite usual age-toning small ink stain to p165 small 1 cm tear to p197; publisher's red cloth gilt- blocked medallion to front board gilt lettering to spine minor shelf wear otherwise very good condition; x 306pp 3 advertisements. A collection of ten short stories two young children encounter a mischievous sprite 'Puck'. He introduces them to historical and mythological figures which allow the author to explore themes of nationalism and identity. Set in the Sussex countryside it is worth noting that Kipling himself lived in Sussex for most of his adult life on returning to the motherland. It is more than apparent that he felt a deep connection to the landscape which clearly inspired his writing. Livingston 116 London, Macmillan and Co., 1906. hardcover
ref. 121373London Macmillan and Co. 1895. . First edition; 8vo 195 x135 mm; 39 text illustrations including head and tail-piece vignettes and historiated initials contemporary gift inscription to ffep usual age-toning and spotting to prelims blemish to pp 176-177; publisher's blue cloth decoratively ruled and pictorially stamped in gilt on front cover spine lettered in gilt all edges gilt embossed front cover unusually bright despite minor shelf wear and small stain to front cover in very good condition; 2 blank 6 238pp 2 advertisements. The Jungle Book is a 'collection of stories published in 1894; it's sequel The Second Jungle Book published in 1895 contains stories linked by poems. The stories tell mostly of Mowgli an Indian boy who is raised by wolves from infancy and who learns self-sufficiency and wisdom from the jungle animals. The book describes the social life of the wolf pack and more fancifully the justice and natural order of life in the jungle. Among the animals whose tales are related in the work are Akela the wolf; Baloo the brown bear; Shere Khan the boastful Bengal tiger who is Mowgli's enemy; Kaa the python; Bagheera the panther; and Rikki-tikki-tavi the mongoose.' Merriam-Webster's Encyclopaedia of Literature. Livingston 116 London, Macmillan and Co., 1895. hardcover
1919ref. 53326London: Metheun and Co Ltd 1919. First Edition Second Issue Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Very good /very good. 159p 22p Metheun Book Catalogue in back. First Edition in a Second Issue Dust Jacket with 8/6 on spine. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Red cloth boards have minor wear to extremities spine end sunned. End papers offset. Top edge gilt. Tan dust jacket is darkened along spine with creasing rubbing nicks and closed tears along edges. Metheun and Co Ltd hardcover
ref. 121374London Macmillan and Co. 1906. . First edition first printing; 8vo 200 x 140 mm; half title frontispiece title page nineteen illustrations in black & white discreet ownership signature and date to title page usual age-toning; publisher's red cloth gilt- blocked medallion to front board gilt lettering to spine minor shelf wear small bruise to lower spine otherwise very good condition; x 306pp 3 advertisements. A collection of ten short stories two young children encounter a mischievous sprite 'Puck'. He introduces them to historical and mythological figures which allow the author to explore themes of nationalism and identity. Set in the Sussex countryside it is worth noting that Kipling himself lived in Sussex for most of his adult life on returning to the motherland. It is more than apparent that he felt a deep connection to the landscape which clearly inspired his writing. Livingston 116 London, Macmillan and Co., 1906. hardcover
ref. 121314London Macmillan and Co. 1894; 1895. . First editions first printing; 2 vols 8vo 18.5 x 13 cm; richly illustrated with historiated initials head and tail-piece vignettes and full page plates tipped-in typewritten letter signed by Kipling publisher's ads to rear of second work previous ownership in pen to front free endpaper and to title of first work a little toned and slightly soiled; 20th-century blue morocco gilt by Riviere & Son pictorial onlaid morocco vignettes to upper covers within gilt arabesque borders gilt spines in 6 compartments rebacked preserving the original spines original publisher's blue cloth covers and spines bound in at rear of each vol. silk doublures frayed with areas of loss spines and extremities rubbed with slight loss housed in a custom-made blue cloth felt-lined slipcase; vi 2 212; 6 238 2 adspp. Bound by Riviere & Son with tipped-in signed typewritten letter. A handsome set of the first editions first printings of Kipling's classic two-novel series The Jungle Book and its sequel The Second Jungle Book bound by Riviere & Son in onlaid pictorial blue morocco gilt with a tipped-in typewritten letter signed by Kipling. London, Macmillan and Co., 1894; 1895. hardcover
ref. 121527London Methuen and co. 1903 . First edition; 8vo 200 x 130 mm; usual age-toning gilt top-edge spotting to fore-edges others untrimmed browned endpapers; publisher's red buckram cloth gilt titling to spine boards are sunned corners bumped otherwise very good condition; xvi 215pp 1 38 ads. First published in 1903 Kipling's The Five Nations included a number of new poems as well as several that had been previously published notably Recessional of 1897. In 1903 the United Kingdom consisted of four nations: England Ireland Scotland and Wales. It was soon suggested that Kipling's 'five nations' were the 'five free nations of Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa i.e. Cape Colony and the islands of the sea i.e. the British Isles - all dominated by Britons; and except in the last case by recent settlers. Kipling is chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism tales and poems of British soldiers in India and his tales for children. London, Methuen and co., 1903, hardcover
ref. 121525London Macmillan and Co 1904 . First edition; 8vo 200 x 140mm; bookplate to ffep gilt top edges extremely mild spotting to fore-edges; publisher's red cloth gilt-blocked elephant medallion to upper panel gilt titles mild sunning to spine corners are bumped very good condition; vi 393pp 22 ads. First published in 1904 this classic collection of Kipling's short stories and poems includes The Captive Poseidon's Law The Runners The King's Task Steam Tactics The Return of Children They and Our Fathers Also. London Macmillan and Co, 1904, hardcover
ref. 121524London 1917. . First edition; 8vo 200 x 140 mm; spotting to prelims imprint left to endpapers from bookmarks; publisher's original red cloth gilt blocked medallion to front board corners are bumped gilt lettering to spine unclipped dust jacket browned spine upper panel shows signs of shelf wear loss to corners binding remains firm and secure very good condition; viii 422pp 2 4 ads. A fine collection of prose intermingled with verse. Stories include: The Dog Hervey; The Village that Voted the Earth was Flat; The Edge of the Evening; The Horse Marines; The Vortex; Mary Postgate. London, 1917. hardcover
1924ref. 151070London: Hodder & Stoughton 1924. First edition this classic selection of Kipling's songs for children. Octavo original cloth illustrations by Leo Bates with 8 tipped-in color plates. Boldly signed by Rudyard Kipling on the title page. Letter of provenance laid in which states that the book was signed for the then-owner's father who attended Caterham School in Surrey near Batermans. The book was signed by Kipling at an old boys day and then gifted as per the inscription to his future wife an admirer of Kipling's work. In good condition. Rare and desirable signed. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1912ref. 150966London: Hodder & Stoughton 1912. First limited edition De Luxe of the definitive collection of Kipling's verse. Royal octavo bound in full limp vellum with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel top edge gilt decorated with turquoise initials. One of 500 numbered copies this is number 466. Signed by the publisher and printer on the limitations page. In near fine condition. Rudyard Kipling was the celebrated author of classic poems such as "Mandalay" "Gunga Din" "Recessional" and "The White Man's Burden" Kipling won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. "The family and the Empire were the poles about which his genius turned" DNB. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1914ref. 151116London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1914. The Bombay edition of this collection of 13 Kipling short stories mainly written between 1893 and 1896 while Kipling was living in Vermont. Octavo bound in three-quarters morocco over cloth covered boards by Morrell with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels top edge gilt marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1913ref. 151115London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1913. The Bombay edition of this collection of Kipling poems and tales. Octavo bound in three-quarters morocco over cloth covered boards by Morrell with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels top edge gilt marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1903ref. 353132London: Methuen and Co 1903. First edition with "David" on p. 56. xiii 215 pp. 38-pages publisher's advertisements dated July 1903. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth boards with gilt titles on spine chipping at head of spine t.e.g. spine sunned; overall a very good copy. First edition with "David" on p. 56. xiii 215 pp. 38-pages publisher's advertisements dated July 1903. 1 vols. 8vo. Stewart 276. Stewart 276 Methuen and Co hardcover
1914ref. 151124London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1914. The Bombay Edition of Kipling's collection of historical fantasy tales. Octavo bound in three quarters morocco over cloth covered boards by Morrell with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels top edge gilt marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. Set in multiple periods of English history Kipling's Puck stories are each narrated to two children living near Burwash in the High Weald of Sussex in the area of Kipling's own house Bateman's by people magically plucked out of history by the elf Puck or told by Puck himself. Puck who refers to himself as "the oldest Old Thing in England" is better known as a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. The genres of the stories range from authentic historical novella A Centurion of the Thirtieth On the Great Wall to children's fantasy Dymchurch Flit. Each story is bracketed by a poem which relates in some manner to the theme or subject of the story. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1917ref. 032148UK: Macmillan 1917. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good /Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rudyard Kipling. Reprint 1917. Includes the very rare wrapper. A lovely illustrated edition and very uncommon thus. Book is very good and bright. Nice clean contents. Small name to endpaper. The wrapper is good and quite bright. Small loss to edges. Light soiling and age toning to spine/covers. very bright. Edges lightly rubbed and nicked. Reprice label on spine. More images can be taken upon request.Ref17092 Macmillan hardcover
ref. 122541London Macmillan and Co. 1902. . First edition first impression second issue binding; large 4to 240 x 190 mm; 22 full-page illustrations by the author faint partial offsetting to endpapers faint contemporary gift inscription to front flyleaf discreet bookseller's label to front pastedown occasional minor thumb-soiling to blank fore-margins a hint of spotting to fore-edge of text block; publisher's red decorated cloth lettered in white minor rubbing to spine tips and corners front cover only slightly bowed pictorial dust-jacket a few closed tears and nicks to extremities loss to head of spine panel costing two letters small triangular area of loss to centre of spine panel long closed tears to head of front and rear panels discreetly repaired on verso traces of earlier repair to corners and head and foot of spine early inscription in black ink to front panel; a very good copy in the rare dust-jacket. A lovely copy in the exceptionally rare dust-jacket which unusually for the period reproduces an image different from that of the blocking on the boards. With a contemporary gift inscription to the front flyleaf: 'Alice M. L. Russell / from / John S. Russell / October 1902'. Followed by another endearing inscription presumably from the mother of the recipient to the front panel of the dust-jacket: 'This is the first edition of / Just So Stories / Dad went to great trouble to get it / therefore keep carefully'. Kipling's famous stories include: How the Whale Got His Throat How the Camel Got His Hump How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin How the Leopard Got His Spots The Elephant's Child The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo The Beginning of the Armadilloes How the First Letter Was Written How the Alphabet Was Made The Crab that Played with the Sea The Cat that Walked by Himself and The Butterfly that Stamped. The Chinese white pigment commonly used for the decorative blocking on the first issue binding famously tended to flake off and a new ink was used for the more commonly encountered second issue. Richards A181. London, Macmillan and Co., 1902. hardcover
1928ref. B7297New York: Doubleday Doran & Company. 1928. Hinges broken. . Binding: Full green pictorial cloth boards. Notes: Joseph Rudyard Kipling 1865 – 1936 was an English journalist novelist poet and short-story writer. He was born in British India which inspired much of his work. 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 in Westminster Abbey. Size: 8vo. 240 x 170 mm Illustration: Very good example of this classic volume. Illustrated. Pages: 249 pp. Category: Book Literature; Doubleday, Doran & Company. hardcover
1901ref. 72582London 1901. 8vo. Originalt rødt helshirtingbind med vignett i gull på fordekkelen. Frontispiece. 4 413 1 blank 2 s. annonser s. Illustrert utenom pagineringen.8vo 20.3x13.5 cm. Original red cloth author's roundel in gilt on front cover gilt lettering on spine top edge gilt. Frontispiece 4 413 1 blank pp 2 pp adverticing. Illustrated apart from pagination. . Macmillan and Co. Limited Engelsk. To første sidene med små pletter. Lite navn i samtidig hånd på forsatsbladet. Illustratøren av de ti plansjene var John Lockwood Kipling. FØRSTE UTGAVE.First edition. Title page and frontispiece cover slightly foxed. Small name in hand writiing on flyleaf. hardcover
1917ref. 71107London 1917. 8vo. Originalt rødt helshirtingbind med vignett i gull på fordekkelen. viii 441 s. Macmilland and Co. Limited Engelsk. Første utgave. Med navn i samtidig hånd på forsatsbladet. unknown
1908ref. 68093Ldn. 1908. 8vo. Elegant privat skinnryggbind med opphøyde ryggbånd og ryggforgylling. Helt gullsnitt. xvi 407 s. Macmillan and Co. Limited Engelsk. Ex libris. unknown