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1908rif. 030238UK: Macmillan 1908. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. M and E Detmold. 1st Edition 1908. Presentation copy with a stamp stating so on the title page. Rare Thus. This is either a presentation from the author or the publisher to His Agent. A. P. Watt 1834-1914 founder of A. P. Watt & Son in 1875 the world's first literary agents.1st printing of this book with new illustrations by M and E Detmold. Sixteen full colour plates. Book is very good and bright. Edges rubbed in places. Gilt work a little dulled. Contents quite good. Pages slightly age toned and darkened endpapers. More images can be taken upon request.Ref 16053 Macmillan hardcover
1912rif. 015439London: Hodder & Stoughton 1912. De Lux edition printed on Japanese vellum limited to 100 signed copies. Book measures 27.5x21.cm. Bound in full calf gilt titles and tooling along with swastika symbol to the spine front and rear panels along with a embossed gilt elephant on the front board top edges gilt others uncut. Calf lightly rubbed some minor abrasion wear. Generally bindings in very good condition. Internally pages clean. A very nice copy. The anthology Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling which was released by Hodder & Stoughton in 1912 is an outstanding compilation that encompasses the vast array of poetic accomplishments associated with Kipling. This signed and limited-edition deluxe copy not only exemplifies his lyrical prowess but also constitutes a significant artefact of literary history. Featuring Kipling's autograph and bound in opulent materials this edition is a collector's delight and a testament to the enduring legacy of one of the most renowned authors in British history. Limited Edition. Calf. Very Good. Large 8vo. Hodder & Stoughton Paperback
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2012rif. 12245London; Folio Society 2012. 2012. Hard Cover. Number 174 in a limited edition of only 1000 copies only. Quarto pp.197. With 14 tipped in colour illustrations including frontispiece and a numbered hand-printed etching SIGNED by the artist and 9 further monochrome tail-pieces. Vellum quarter binding with titles blocked in 22-carat gold to spine blocked in four metallic foils; top edge gilt; tan pictorial endpapers. Printed on Cordier Wove paper and housed in a copper-coloured solander box with title label laid on and promotional prospectus loosely inserted. An extremely handsome copy which is in Fine condition and appears unread with no annotations or inscriptions. Slipcase shows small areas of unobtrusive surface scuffing and single small bruise to one edge; near fine condition. Sumptuous edition which contains all twelve of the iconic Just So Stories along with 'The Tabu Tale'. With an Introduction by Michael Morpurgo and glorious illustrations by Niroot Puttapipat. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery. London; Folio Society, 2012. hardcover
1926rif. 029451UK: Macmillan 1926. New Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good /Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. J L Kipling W H Drake P Frenzeny. 2nd Imp of the New Thin Edition 1926. A single volume collecting the two Jungle books together. Book is very good and very bright. Gilt work bright. Contents good. Inscription to endpaper and tape ghost burn marks. The wrapper is good and quite bright. Small closed repair tear to top edge. Edges rubbed nicked and with small loss to the corners and spine tips. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18730 Macmillan hardcover
1894rif. KIPLINGR016335Macmillan London. 1894 & 1895. Two volumes both first editions. Octavo. pp viii 212; viii 238 2 adverts. Black and white illustrations in the first volume by J. L. Kipling W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny and in the second volume by J. Lockwood Kipling alone. Original blue pictorial buckram covers gilt. All edges gilt.Armorial bookplate on each front pastedown; ownership signature on the half-title of the first volume. Inner hinges cracking. Some light spotting to blanks of second volume. Scuffing to heads and tails of spine and corners of covers. As often the gilt on the second volume is brighter than on that on the first. A very good set. Macmillan, London. hardcover
2011rif. SKU0631189Penguin Classics 2011-11-29. paperback. New. 5x0x7. New Textbook Ships with Tracking Penguin Classics paperback
1899rif. KIPLINGR016625Macmillan. London. 1899. First edition. Octavo. pp xii 272. Two pages of adverts at rear. Nine stories. Original red cloth with gilt elephant device on upper cover. Top edge gilt.Bookplate on front pastedown. A bit of spotting to endpapers. Small snag to tail of spine where there is also a small patch of fading. Very good. Macmillan. London. hardcover
rif. ria9780197222980_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This is the first critical edition of "The Receyt of the Ladie Kateryne" a text which chronicles Katharine of Aragon's arrival in England her triumphal entry into London 1501 her marriage to Prince Arthur and Prince Arthur's death hardcover
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1936rif. 029965UK: Macmillan 1936. Reprint . Full-Leather. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J L Kipling W H Drake. Reprint 1936. Omnibus edition of the Two Jungle Books bound in full leather. Illustrated. Book is very good and very bright. Nice clean contents. Includes the original card slip case which is worn and rubbed to the edges. More images can be taken upon request.Ref 18904 Macmillan hardcover
rif. 69886London: William Heinemann 1892. Literature FIRST EDITION first impression. Octavo 19 x 14cm pp.4 276 8. Publisher's peach cloth with titles in gilt to spine and in black to upper. All edges untrimmed. Contents clean no inscriptions last few leaves of ads are poorly opened with some tears to top margin inside paper joints started binding is sound with some scattered light marks to front cover. Shows well. A thrilling adventure novel not well received by the literati including Henry James but suitably captivating to J.H. Millar who deemed it in his review in Blackwood's Magazine to be as exciting as Treasure Island. After his co-author Balestier's sudden death Kipling named the home he built for himself in Dummerston Vermont after the book in memory of his friend. London: William Heinemann, 1892 unknown
2013rif. 014354Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2013. Complete in 3 volumes. Books measure 23.5x16.cm. xlviii 652pp xxxiii653-1550pp xxxii1551-2349pp. Bound in original publishers black cloth with gilt lettering. Very minor bumps on edges of boards. All bindings in very good clean near fine condition. Dust jackets have minor abrasion wear. Jacket in very good clean condition. Internally pages clean throughout. A very nice clean set. . Cloth. Very Good Plus Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo. Cambridge University Press Hardcover
rif. 66460London: Macmillan and Company 1897. Classic seafaring adventure FIRST EDITION first impression. Crown octavo 20 x 14cm pp.viii; 245; 1 blank; 2 ads. With 22 engraved illustrations by Taber including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth front board shows gilt titles and a scene in gilt of Harvey at hauling on a line in apparently rough seas gilt titles and a portrait of Manuel blowing a horn to spine; all edges gilt black endpapers. Mopderate toning/spotting throughout gift inscription in ink to half-title. The cloth is exceptionally well preserved with one small bump at crown and a few tiny rubs to extremities. A particularly fresh and bright binding. One of Kipling's more moralistic adventure tales which tells the story of Harvey Cheyne the spoiled and perennially annoying son of a railroad magnate. When he falls overboard and is picked up by fishermen who don't believe the story of his origins he is forced to work his way back to land. By the time he reaches he shore and his parents arrive to pick him up he has become a worthy and industrious young man meeting the whole checklist of virtues outlined by Kipling in "If London: Macmillan and Company, 1897 unknown
1919rif. 028549UK: Methuen 1919. First Edition Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1919. Signed by the author to the title page. Signed trade editions are very uncommon. Forty-five poems and a series of epitaphs. First appearance of 3 of the poems. Book is very good and bright. Spine a little lightened. Contents good. The wrapper is very good and very bright. Repriced on spine. Excellent provenance. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18468/18472 Methuen hardcover
rif. 66899London: Faber and Faber 1959. Driving anthology FIRST EDITION. Octavo 21 x 14cm pp.215. Publisher's red cloth in illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 15s. Contents clean no inscriptions. A fine copy in a very good jacket with one chip to the top edge of the front panel. Shows well. Contains 'James Bond Drives' being the thrilling motor chase originally published as chapter 20 of Moonraker entitled 'Drax's Gambit'. Fleming is also discussed at length within the introduction. Gilbert Jon. Ian Fleming: The Bibliography A3a page 115. London: Faber and Faber, 1959 unknown
1900rif. 028998UK: Macmillan 1900. New Edition 2nd Printing. Cloth. Very Good . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J Lockwood Kipling. New Uniform Editions 2nd Imps 1900/1901. This new Uniform edition was used for all future Kipling works until he died. Illustrated throughout by J Lockwood Kipling. Full decorative cloth binding. Books are very good and bright. Contents good. Inscription to very foxed endpapers. More images can be taken upon request. Ref14973/16169 Macmillan hardcover
1888rif. KIPLINGR015124Thacker Spink and Co Calcutta. 1888. First edition. Second issue pictorial cloth the first issue cloth had no pictorial element but first issue point at page 192 the number is printed at the inside edge of the top margin. Octavo. pp xii 283. At the rear is the 32-page publishers' catalogue dated December 1887. Front cover printed in black the spine in gilt. Forty stories 28 of which had originally appeared in the Civil and Military Gazette. The others ''are more or less new''.Rear inner hinge starting to crack. Covers slightly marked and a bit rubbed at the edges. Very good. Thacker, Spink and Co, Calcutta. hardcover
1937rif. 165903London: Macmillan and Company 1937-39. The most desirable collected edition The Sussex Edition number 72 of 525 sets only signed by the author in the first volume and containing two volumes of previously uncollected prose. Published after Kipling's death on 18 January 1936 this magnificent posthumous edition saw a small limitation and became even rarer following the destruction of many unsold sheets during the German bombing of London. In his last years and with his health failing Kipling remained determined to finish editing this "great retrospective work" which was first proposed in 1928. The edition was "fuller than that of any other. Kipling saw the proofs of at least 21 of the edition's 35 volumes before his death" and it is now "among the most prized and most expensive of all modern editions" Pinney p. 231. 35 vols large octavo. Printed on handmade paper with Ganesha watermark. Fly-titles printed in orange. Original full russet niger by James Burn & Co. spines lettered in gilt raised bands ruled in blind twin gilt fillet bordering covers turn-ins ruled in gilt and blind marbled endpapers top edges gilt and red on the rough other edges uncut. Bindings slightly darkened occasional light scuffs and internal marks otherwise clean. A near-fine set. Richards D23; Stewart pp. 577-80. Thomas Pinney The Letters of Rudyard Kipling vol. 6 1990. hardcover
rif. 207Alkmaar Zeglis 8 - No 207: Macmillian and Co. Good Druk: 1 Binding: Gebonden Staat: Goed Jaar: 1895 Trefwoorden: Kipling Rudyard Kinderboek Macmillian and Co unknown
rif. 004198Airmont. Soft cover. See Description. uncredited; Roy Krenkel Oz. The graphic cardboard display case is still sealed and in Near Fine to Fine condition. All six of the paperbacks are in As New Very Fine and unread condition! Various printings. These Airmont Classics display cases are extremely uncommon. A wonderful set. The Airmont paperback Classic Series have interesting and generally very well done new cover art for each title usually with an insightful introduction. Airmont paperback
rif. 004196Airmont. Soft cover. See Description. uncredited. The graphic cardboard display case is still sealed and in Near Fine to Fine condition. All six of the paperbacks are in As New Very Fine and unread condition! Various printings. These Airmont Classics display cases are extremely uncommon. A wonderful set. The Airmont paperback Classic Series have interesting and generally very well done new cover art for each title usually with an insightful introduction. Airmont paperback
rif. 62247London: MacMillan and Co. Ltd. 1935. Fantasy Tales FIRST EDITION THUS first impression. Octavo 19 x 12cm pp.x; 670 4 ads. With colour frontispiece and full page illustrations. Publisher's red cloth gilt with top edge gilt in pictorial dust-wrapper priced 10/6. Contents clean school prize label binding a little mottled fragile jacket mostly complete with a few chips to upper panel and to crown with a few neat tape strips to reverse side. Very good uncommon in jacket. Kipling's complete series of popular tales told by 'Puck' traditionally a name for a malicious spirit or demon of popular superstition and from the 16th century the name of a mischievous goblin or Hobgoblin similar to that appearing in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' the fairy scene from which is acted out here. Bleiler; Checklist of Fantastic Literature 277. BMC No.11984; 'Edwardian Children's Books'. London: MacMillan and Co. Ltd. 1935 unknown