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1937ref. 11998RUDYARD KIPLING'S VERMONT FEUD Countryman Press 1937 first edition fine in vg slip-case with some slight chipping to the spine section of the paste-on attached to the slip-case. Illustrated. #649 of 700 SIGNED by the author and the artist. Countryman Press unknown
1890ref. 11447DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS AND OTHER VERSES United States Book Company / Lovell 1890 first American edition light wear to the edges of the spine t.p.e.'s gold-gilt beveled edges a just about vg copy. United States Book Company / Lovell unknown
1891ref. 05445MINE OWN PEOPLE Lovell Coryell 1891 first American edition a vg copy with a long introduction by Henry James. Among the first of the authors books to be published in the U.S. While this copy does indeed have a Table of Contents page that is placed after the printed facsimile letter in Kipling's hand and a title page as Lovell Coryell & Co. along with their address and no date printed at the base of same and furthermore has a binding where the base of the cloth spine is blank that is not stamped with any publisher information all which seem to be indices that suggest that this is a later issue this copy not only has a printed page following the half-title page which reads in total "This edition of my collected writings is issued in America with my cordial sanction / Rudyard Kipling / London March 1891" but also has the portrait frontispiece which is said NOT to be part of the Lovell and Coryell issue !!! Also it is not quite clear as to why the Lovell and Coryell issue does not "precede" the United States Book Company issue if in fact the United States Book Company is the successor "to" the John W. Lovell Company. Lovell, Coryell hardcover
1906ref. 05454PUCK OF POOK'S HILL Doubleday Page & Co. 1906 first American edition a bright vg/near fine copy with the Rackham full color full page illustrations none of which were present in the English edition. Doubleday, Page & Co. unknown
1993ref. 00498STRANGE DREAMS Bantam 1993 first edition fine in wraps. Uncorrected proof. Contributions by Jorge Borges Orson Scott Card C. J. Cherryh Lucius Shepard Rudyard Kipling Jack Vance Theodore Sturgeon Greg Bear Robin McKinley Edgar Pangborn John Varley Harlan Ellison Nancy Kress et.al. Signed by author/editor Stephen Donaldson. Bantam Books paperback
1909ref. 05457A SONG OF THE ENGLISH Hodder & Stoughton 1909 first edition a bright vg copy with 30 full color full page tipped-in plates by W. Heath Robinson. Hodder & Stoughton unknown
1897ref. 03204LIFE ON A GREENLAND WHALER in McClure's Magazine for March 1897 first American edition some light wear and tear to the covers some chipping to the spine extremities else vg in wraps. Also contains chapters 8 & 9 of CAPTAIN'S COURAGEOUS by Kipling. McClure paperback
1888ref. 05443RARE TYPESCRIPT COLLECTION being 17 typed manuscripts with the authors own hand corrections 11 of which were originally published in "TURNOVERS" and the Civil and Military Gazette 1 from the St. James Gazette and 5 that have just been recently published for the first time in 1986. They total 74 leaves with the upper right corner of some of them exhibiting wear and tear never entering anywhere near the text. All were published initially in the period 1884 thru 1891 these being later typed copies and represent a truly rare opportunity of acquisition for the serious collector. They are: A DAY OFF A SELF MADE MAN HOT WEATHER COUNCILS TILL THE DAY BREAK THE BURDEN OF NINEVEH THE HOUSE OF SHADOWS AN INTERESTING CONDITION THE PIT THAT THEY DIGGED AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY THE LONGEST WAY ROUND THE OLD STATION THE KILLING OF HATIM-TAI IN GILDED HALLS HIMALAYAN COUNCILS THAT DISTRICT LOG BOOK THE CASE OF ADAMAH and THE HILL OF ILLUSION. An historic gathering which at one time was sent by the authors British agency to his American publisher in an attempt to thwart another piracy by the Dodge Publishing Co. e.g. ABAFT THE FUNNEL. Authors photograph included. Housed in most handsome custom made tray-case. More information available upon request. N.p. unknown
1902ref. 05453JUST SO STORIES Macmillan 1902 first edition very modest fraying to the spine extremities spine lettering all but gone as is common with this title occasional faint foxing else a very good to very good plus copy in the publishers original pictorial cloth. Illustrated by the author. Among the authors most collected books revealing for the first time How The Camel Got His Hump How The Rhinoceros Got His Skin How The Leopard Got His Spots etc. A classic of Victorian children's literature. Macmillan hardcover
1897ref. 05447CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS" Macmillan 1897 first edition gold-gilt lettering and art work on spine somewhat dulled some rubbing to spine extremities and corner tips some light scattered foxing else a tight bright vg copy with unbroken inner hinges and all edges in gold-gilt as called for with bright gold pictorial stamping on deep blue cloth on the front cover. A most handsome book. Illustrated. The source book for the film of the same name. Macmillan hardcover
1933ref. 00563THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH GIFT BOOK Hodder & Stoughton 1933 first edition some light soiling to the white cloth covers scattered foxing to the page edges else a tight vg copy in the publishers original binding. Contributions by Barrie Kipling Bowen Hilton Blackwood de la Mare and others as well as many full color illustrations including two vintage full color double-page spreads of the full Disney compliment Mickey Minnie Donald Goofy Pluto Clarabel et.al. Great stuff !!! Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1908ref. 05456ABAFT THE FUNNEL B. W. Dodge 1908 first edition second state pictorial binding with lettering in red as opposed to gold fine in like pictorial dust-wrapper. Collects many pieces that were originally printed in the Civil and Military Gazette which were first collected in Turn-overs around 1889. B. W. Dodge 1908 unknown
1906ref. 05455PUCK OF POOK'S HILL Doubleday Page & Co. 1906 first American edition save for some touch-up work with a bit different green shade of ink at the corner tips and spine hinges some light brown staining to three leaves a bright vg/near fine copy with the Rackham full color full page illustrations none of which were present in the English edition. Doubleday, Page & Co. unknown
1893ref. 05446THE RECESSIONAL AND DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES Dodge N.d. first edition front cover with some soiling spine somewhat tanned else a vg copy. A Dodge pirated edtion not listed in Livingston or Martinbell. Dodge 1893 unknown
1899ref. 05451THE BRUSHWOOD BOY Doubleday & McClure 1899 first edition a bright very good to very good copy in gold silver and black stamped pictorial binding. Profusely illustrated by Orson Lowell. Doubleday & McClure unknown
1893ref. 10900TRUE FIRST EDITION TOM SAWYER ABROAD in ST. NICHOLAS Magazine 1893-1895 Century first edition 4 Volumes Volumes 21 & 22 Parts 1 & 2 of each some wear to spine extremities and corner tips else a good to very good set in the publishers original highly decorated cloth. Also contains several EPISODES OF Palmer Cox's THE BROWNIES the first 4 stories from Kiplings JUNGLE BOOK Rikkii-Tikki-Tavi Tiger! Tiger! Mowgli's Brothers Toomai of the Elephants along with Howard Pyle's JACK BALLISTERS FORTUNE complete along with HERO TALES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY complete by Theodore Roosevelt et.al. A wonderful grouping. Century hardcover
1900ref. 11186HONEYMOON IN SPACE complete in Pearson's Magazine for January thru June 1900 Vol. 9 first edition a vg or better copy with marbled paper edges and fine contents bound in burgundy cloth boards with highly decorated black cloth spine with gold-gilt lettering and gold-gilt stamped design. Wonderfully and profusely Illustrated. Also contains works by Robert Barr A GAME OF CHESS & THE SILENT CASTLE Barry Pain 6 episodes complete of NATURES NEXT MOVES Allen Upward 6 episodes complete of HISTORIC MYSTERIES Rudyard Kipling GARM -A HOSTAGE Edith Nesbit THE EYE OF X.J.X. Baroness Orczy THE REVENGE OF UR-TASEN which is the authors 4th appearance in print Raphael Sabatini THE COWARD which is likewise the authors 4th appearance in print and today remains uncollected Halliwell Sutcliffe 6 episodes complete of Willowdene Will's NIGHT-ROAD ROMANCES B. Fletcher Robinson A TRUE STORY being a 10 stanza 100 line poem about golf which is illustrated Herbert Hamilton THE CYCLE IN WAR illustrated with photos W. Bob Holland THE PASSING OF THE WESTERN DESPERADO illustrated with photos of actual American outlaws K. & Hesketh Prichard THE DERELICT OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC Charles Emerson Cook PICTURES BY TELEGRAPH Herbert C. Fyfe TELEPHOTOGRAPHY Mrs. Hinde LION HUNTING BY A LADY illustrated with photos et.al. Pearson's hardcover
1894ref. 10862THE JUNGLE BOOK Century 1894 first American edition a tight bright vg copy in the publishers original gold-gilt pictorial binding. As new facsimile dust-wrapper is available for a modest fee. Please inquire if interested. Thank you. Century unknown
1896ref. 12370THE TRUE FIRST EDITIONS "CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS" & ST. IVES in McClures Magazine for 1896-1898 first edition 3 volumes #8 9 & 10 November 1896 through April 1898 some light wear to the corner tips some light rubbing and scuffing else vg or better copies bound in half leather with marbled boards and raised spines. Also includes the work of Walt Whitman thrice Arthur Conan Doyle thrice John Kendrick Bangs Browning Stephen Crane twice Robert Barr 4 times S.P. Langley Guglielmo Marconi Mark Twain Fridtjof Nansen as well as writings about Benjamin Franklin U.S. Grant Alexander Hamilton Abraham Lincoln William T. Sherman George Washington John Wilkes Booth Henry Clay Grover Cleveland Heavier Than Air Aeroplanes Andrew Jackson The Civil War The Klondike Gold Fields The Log of the Mayflower Queen Victoria John Quincy Adams The Andree Party Balloon Expedition to the Pole Wireless Telegraphy The Railroads et.al. Century hardcover
1932ref. 12372LIMITS AND RENEWALS Doubleday Doran 1932 first American edition a bright near fine copy in a vg/vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. Doubleday, Doran unknown
1894ref. 12778MY FIRST BOOK Chatto & Windus 1894 first edition some rubbing to fore edge corner tips and bottom cloth edges inner hinge just starting spine a bit tanned else a tight near vg copy in the publishers original pictorial cloth binding. Author contributions by Walter Besant James Payn W. Clark Russell Grant Allen Hall Caine George R. Sims Rudyard Kipling Arthur Conan Doyle M. E. Braddon F. W. Robinson H. Rider Haggard R. M. Ballantyne Israel Zangwill Morley Roberts Jerome K. Jerome David Christy Murray Marie Corelli Bret Harte "Q" Robert Louis Stevenson et.al. Accompanied by 185 illustrations. Ads in rear dated September 1893. Formerly the copy of fellow Victorian author Egerton Castle with his bookplate on the f.p.d. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1897ref. 12779MY FIRST BOOK Chatto & Windus 1897 first edition sheets with a new tipped in title page fore edge corner tips slightly bumped spine somewhat tanned else a very tight vg copy. Author contributions by Walter Besant James Payn W. Clark Russell Grant Allen Hall Caine George R. Sims Rudyard Kipling Arthur Conan Doyle M. E. Braddon F. W. Robinson H. Rider Haggard R. M. Ballantyne Israel Zangwill Morley Roberts Jerome K. Jerome David Christy Murray Marie Corelli Bret Harte "Q" Robert Louis Stevenson et.al. Accompanied by 185 illustrations. Chatto & Windus unknown
1924ref. NF0076SMOKE RINGS AND ROUNDELAYS Castle 1924 first edition near fine copy in pictorial stamped leather binding. Contributions by Dickens Fielding Kipling Stevenson Thackery and many others. A twenty page bibliographical guide to the authors tobacco literature is included. Castle 1924 hardcover
ref. 41326New York: Tarry at the Taft. Hardcover. Circa 1930s. One of the "Tarry at the Taft" book series complimentary copies of literary classics provided by the Hotel Taft in New York now The Michelangelo. 244p advertisement on rear pastedown for the Hotel St. George pool on Clark Street in Brooklyn back then one of the largest indoor saltwater swimming pools in the United States. Both hotels were by the same company Bing & Bing. Some wear to extremities fading to spine. Very good-. ; Octavo. Tarry at the Taft hardcover
1945ref. 17451Paris: Rombaldi 1945. Softcover. Pergaminumschlag mit kleinen Randeinrissen Rücken oben und unten etwas bestossen. 8°. Or.br. mit Pergaminumschlag Nr. 173 von 930 Ex. sur papier velin. Grossbritannien und Nordirland; 20. Jahrhundert; Rombaldi, paperback