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1899ref. 7388New York: Doubleday & McClure 1899. Book. Very Good . Cloth. First US Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Both volumes bound in green cloth with gilt lettering to spines. There is a little soiling to the upper edges and some rubbing to the cloth at the outer extremities of boards and spines. Both have previous owner's name to front endpage and bookplate to front pastedown. Doubleday & McClure Hardcover
1909ref. 003932New York: Doubleday / Page and Company 1909. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First American and separate edition. With extracts from the contemporary magazine in which it appeared. Blue cloth over boards with gold and silver decoration pictorial endpapers and colour illustrations. Very light rubbing to covers soiling to top-edge and ownership signature neatly on title-page. A surprisingly fresh copy considering it is close to 100 years old!. Doubleday / Page and Company Hardcover
1953ref. ZB251421LONDON 1953. volumes 20 22-23 25 43 47-48 56-62 66 69-71 1953-1997 mostly original paper wrappers PRICE IS FOR THE LOT. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. LONDON unknown
1903ref. ZB329474London: Hodder & Stoughton 1903. folio approx. 30 pp. well illustrated and with the tipped presentation plate ads original paper wrappers minor ownership markings & some external wear else good Other contributors include Quiller-Couch et al. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. London: Hodder & Stoughton unknown
1890ref. 51815Longman's Magazine 1890. 8vo. First Edition Sole Publication; modern grey boards upper board with printed paper label a near fine copy. The short story was never collected. Livingston 67. Longman's Magazine, hardcover
1901ref. 395London: Macmillan 1901. First edition first printing. Original publisher's dark red cloth. VG. Considered one of Kipling's best novels the story follows the adventures of an Irish orphan in British India blending espionage cultural exploration and spiritual mentorship. Condition: VG Complete. Original cloth. BOOK INFO Published in 1901 by Macmillan in London. First edition first printing. In its original dark red cloth covered boards with gilt spine lettering and an inset gilt medallion of an elephant on the front board. Top edge gilt. Octavo 8" x 5.25". Collated and complete including half-title publisher ads and all plates: vi 413 3 10 b&w plates. ABOUT THE AUTHOR & WORK Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English short-story writer poet and novelist celebrated for works like The Jungle Book Kim and the poem If-. Born in British India in 1865 his vivid storytelling often drew on Anglo-Indian life and British imperial themes. Awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature he was the prize's first English-language recipient. KIM - The protagonist Kimball O'Hara known as Kim is the orphaned son of an Irish soldier and mother. He grows up as a street vagabond in Lahore blending seamlessly into local society despite being white. Kim befriends a Tibetan lama who is on a spiritual quest and becomes his disciple traveling with him along the Grand Trunk Road. This journey introduces Kim to the world of espionage as he occasionally works for Mahbub Ali a Pashtun horse trader and British secret service operative. The novel explores Kim's dual identity as both a sahib and a streetwise native highlighting his struggle between freedom and duty CONDITION REPORT The book is in VG condition. Exterior and binding: Slightly cracked front hinge and frond a board a little loose otherwise firmly bound. Cloth is colorful and unfaded scarce to find. Spine is not sunned. Gilt spine lettering is vivid and bright. Rubbed spine tips lightly rubbed extremities. Light rubbing to gilt elephant medallion. Interior: Pages are clean and bright. An occasional light smudge or sign of light handling. A few pages with some light dust soiling. Moderate foxing to endpapers and an infrequent light spot within text. Dated in faded contemporary ink on FFEP. All in all a collectible copy in much nicer condition than normally found one of Kipling's best and most famous novels. Macmillan unknown
1897ref. 72779London: Macmillan and Co. 1897. First UK edition. Preceded in the U.S. by just one month. The tale of a railroad tycoon's spoiled fifteen year-old son who is washed overboard from a transatlantic steamship and rescued by the crew of a fishing schooner. Unable to convince them of his family's wealth he's forced to work as a cabin boy to earn his keep. Basis for the 1937 movie of the same name starring Spencer Tracy who won an Academy Award for his role. 8vo gilt-stamped deep blue cloth boards; all edges gilt; black coated endpapers; 245 pages plus 2 pages of ads. Illustrated with frontispiece and twenty full-plate drawings by I. W. Taber. Bright and near fine with spine somewhat shaken spine ends and corners lightly rubbed and touch of spotting to rear cover. Macmillan and Co. unknown
1902ref. 72780London: Macmillan and Co. 1902. First edition. Twelve charming fanciful stories for children interspersed with poems. Chapter initials and full-plate illustrations by Kipling; text explaining the pictures on opposing pages. In small 4to unsigned modern binding of three-quarter red leather over red cloth boards; gilt-lettered spine with five raised bands; 249 pages. Interior is near fine with few pages showing mild stains to margins and touch of pale red damp staining to upper corners of last few leaves offset from bound-in original covers. Binding is quite bright and fine. Macmillan and Co. unknown
ref. BAY12-00185Easton Press. Used - Like New. leather_bound. Text block firm and clean binding unblemished boards straight without highlights or underlining. Fine like new condition. Nearly as new Easton Press. Supporting Bay Area Friends of the Library since 2010. Well packaged and promptly shipped. Easton Press hardcover
1906ref. 1021J4New York: Doubleday 1906. First edition. Disbound. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". Arthur Rackham. A first American edition of Kipling's Puck of Pook's Hill beautifully illustrated with colour plates by Arthur Rackham. The first American edition first published in Britain in the same year. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Illustrated with four colour plates by illustrator Arthur Rackham including a frontispiece. Collated complete. A compendium of fantasy tales in which the mischievous spirit Puck introduces two children to episodes from England's past. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham a leading Golden Age book illustrator renowned for his line drawings and unique watercolour washed illustrations. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to fore edge. A number of uncut leaves. Very Good Indeed Doubleday unknown
1933ref. 043422London: Hodder and Stoughton 1933. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. large Octavo. pp XVIII 819. 1st printing. Very slight foxing to end papers. Internally as new. DJ protected spine sunned. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1910ref. 11820Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1910. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. 8.1 x 5.6 inches. Four full page mono plates by Frank Craig. Fine leather binding of recent full red morocco. The spine with five raised bands the compartments ruled decorated and lettered in gilt. Decorative floral gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt. A lovely attractively bound copy. -- Contains the classic Kipling Poem "If". Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1910 hardcover
ref. 482757Macmillan's Pocket Library. Hardcover. Good. Just So Stories by Rudyard KiplingPubl. Macmillan's Pocket Library 1921Blue boards with gilt edges and designs on cover. NB. No dust cover.Christmas messages written on the front fly dated 1924. Pre-Nazi pattern designs Hindu Peace Swastikas on the cover and facing title page. Macmillan's Pocket Library hardcover
ref. 482879Macmillan and Co Limited. Hardcover. Fair. Some wear on the spine but in fair condition considering age. Inscription on the inside of the cover dated 1909. Macmillan and Co Limited hardcover
ref. alb899bc5f5886abb72Artist Galina Zolotovskaya M. Dom 1995. For further details or photo requests of available books please contact us. Delivery times may be extended due to extra pre-shipment handling and fast shipping options are not available. If your order is needed by a certain date please let us know in advance. SKUalb899bc5f5886abb72 unknown
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1901ref. 11684Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1901. FIRST EDITION. 1st impression. 8vo. 8 x 5.4 inches. Ten mono plates by J. Lockwood Kipling. A little foxing to the endpapers and slightly to the first couple of leaves otherwise a very good fresh and clean copy throughout. Attractive previous owner engraved bookplate to the front pastedown endpaper. In the original publishers dark red cloth binding. Front board with circular gilt elephant device. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Very good sharp corners and the gilt still bright on the spine and front board. Some very light marking to the cloth and an area of bubbling to the spine but still a better copy than usually encountered. Overall very good indeed. Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1901 hardcover
1930ref. 1252A020London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1930. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: v 1 93 2. Very Good Plus. 6.75 x 8.75 inches 17 x 22 cm. First printing. The deluxe leather edition. Flexible blue calf leather binding with gilt illustration to both covers. Gilt decorated turn-ins. All edges gilt. A few very light marks to covers. Marbled endpapers with tanning. Very clean text throughout. Previous owner's name to half title page. Includes the original glassine jacket heavily creased and the scarce original box with fading; side panel of lid has some stains and is split to one corner. Richards: A392. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 6.75 x 8.75 inches 17 x 22 cm. Macmillan and Co. Limited hardcover
2013ref. ANAIS-0957148313Palazzo Editions 2013-11-01. Illustrated. hardcover. Good. 9.4X7.8X1.2. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Palazzo Editions hardcover
2005ref. 042585London: The Folio Society 2005. 1st Thus. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket. large Octavo. George Tute. pp XVIII 403. 2nd printing. An unread book in a fine condition slipcase which shows slight sunning otherwise is in as new condition. The Folio Poets Series. The Folio Society hardcover
1992ref. 042579London: The Folio Society 1992. 1st Thus. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket. small quarto. Maurice and Edward Detmold. pp Both complete. 1st printing. The Second Jungle Book published in 1994 both unread books in an as new condition slipcase. The Folio Society hardcover
1898ref. 80953London:: William Heinemann 1898. First English edition; Library issue on Japanese vellum with edges stained red and 1898 calendar. publisher's illustrated boards with vellum spine. The top 2-1/2 inches of the spine has been destroyed--otherwise an attractive copy with slight dust-soiling to the rear board. Folio. Illustrated throughout in color by William Nicholson. Words by Rudyard Kipling. Richards A105. William Heinemann, hardcover
1896ref. 81072New York:: D. Appleton and Company 1896. First edition after the American copyright edition known in six copies. publisher's decorated cloth in dust jacket. A bright very near fine copy in the extremely scarce jacket which is slightly tannedwith a some shallow chipping to the front panel and backstrip and a larger 1/2" chip to the unprinted rear panel. 8vo. D. Appleton and Company, hardcover
ref. Z1-M-011-02940New American Library. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. New American Library unknown
1941ref. 52119New York: Doubleday Doran & Company 1941. Burwash edition limited edition no. 566 of 1010 sets twenty-eight volumes signed by Kipling in volume I 8vo. Portrait frontispiece in volume I front endpapers in nine volumes stuck or partially stuck together. Later maroon morocco over the original maroon buckram t.e.g. upper cover to volume 4 with some damp stain and wear and also to the upper cover of volume 27 to a lesser extent. (New York): Doubleday, Doran & Company unknown
