Kipling Rudyard; [Arthur Rackham, Illus]Biblio.com
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1906ref. 33412New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1906. First edition and the first with illustrations. Four illustrations in colour by Arthur Rackham. 8vo publisher’s original green cloth the spine and upper cover lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt and black with the design of the famous caravelle sailing ship. t.e.g 8 277 pp. A very pleasing copy the gilt and cloth bright. FIRST EDITION AND THE FIRST WITH THE RACKHAM ILLUSTRATIONS. The English edition was not illustrated. Stories from English history told by romantic characters to two children over whom Puck the fairy had cast a midsummer spell. It can count both as historical fantasy – since some of the stories told of the past have clear magical elements and as contemporary fantasy – since it depicts a magical being active and practicing his magic in the England of the early 1900s when the book was written. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1909ref. 28248New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1909. First American edition specifically produced for the Christmas season of 1909. As the English but this copy bound in the olive green cloth variant. With 30 color plates tipped-in within ornamental borders and with black and white drawings on almost every page all by W. Heath Robinson. Descriptive tissue guards each with a miniature line illustration. Pictorial title and fifty-nine black and white illustration sin the text. Title printed in red and black. Large 4to original olive green cloth lettered and elaborately decorated in gilt with fine pictorial designs on the upper cover and spine. An unusally nice copy of this lovely book the binding and text are both very fine and the plates all pristine and as mint the cloth and gilt quite bright and very well preserved. FIRST EDITION OF THIS VERY BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WORK BY RUDYARD KIPLING. THE W. HEATH ROBINSON ILLUSTRATIONS ARE SUPERB BY ANY MEASURE. The trade edition of this volume was issued to benefit the "Daily Telegraph" National Bands Fund and includes the text of a speech given by Kipling on the subject: "From the lowest point of view a few drums and fifes in a battalion are worth five extra miles on a route march." Robinson’s highly sensuous illustrations perfectly complement Kipling’s poems of British seafaring around the world. The grand poem SONG OF THE ENGLISH is followed by six subsidiary poems likely composed while the Kiplings were living in Vermont. The theme underlying much of this collection is that the English are the Chosen under the Lord. This is one of Kipling’s earliest verses specifically setting out his vision of the British Empire and the duties which it imposes on the English people. His definition of 'the English' is wide certainly embracing the people of the overseas Empire Australia New Zealand Canada South Africa but arguably also the Americans among whom he lived in the years working on the collection. "The next important task I undertook was the illustration of an edition of Rudyard Kipling's A SONG OF THE ENGLISH to be published.in the year 1908. It became necessary for me to meet the author and discuss the proposed book with him. For this purpose I traveled down to Burwash where he lived at that time. This was an excursion I shall always remember. I was met a Heathfield and journeyed thence in a motor-car. There were few cars on the road in those days and this in itself was a joyful experience as we drove through the pleasant Sussex lanes. Bateman's the house at Burwash where Rudyard Kipling lived was a fine old building with stone mullioned windows. It was in the midst of wind-blown Sussex country. Three was a faint smell of the sea in the air wafting across the few miles of country from the shore where the Coastwise lights of England watch the ships of England go. It was a fitting setting in which to find the author of A SONG OF THE ENGLISH. He met and entertained me with a quiet affability which speedily removed the shyness I felt at first in his presence. Before long I was quite at home with him. His own knowledge of illustration gave him an appreciation of the artist's point of view. While making suggestions he realized that the illustrator must have a free a hand as possible. His sympathetic understanding of my part in the undertaking made me feel tha I was consulting with a brother artist. I spent a happy and for me a helpful day. It was a great inspiration for the work I had in hand to be in such close association with the author's interesting personalty. i am always glad to remember that he was satisfied with my illustrations to his book." W. Heath Robinson MY LINE OF LIFE. pp. 126-127 Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1902ref. 54433New York: Doubleday Page and Co. 1902. first american edition. Hardcover. Fair. 7 x 10 in. Green pictoral cloth boards. B&W plates. Stated September 1902 printing/ Condition is FAIR ; front inner joint pulled from spine with stitching holding at top but front board is loose holding ok. Ffep detached but present. Covers have some faint darker stains around spine tail. spine toned. Wear to corners and spine ends. Text clean and unmarked one plate has a small edge tear and some marks in the margin. Child. Stax. Doubleday, Page and Co. hardcover
ref. AA/HC/13941-ALiterature; Minature Book. 156 Pgs. Owners name inscribed and scratched out on inside cover. Blue cloth boards with gilt emblem of an elephant and lettering has very slight edgewear on corners and fading. Sunning to edges. BOOK VG. hardcover
1906ref. 2140436Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1906. 1st edition. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Millar H.R. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Red cloth gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Top edge gilt. 20 b/w plates. 306 pages. Bumping and wear along cover edges and to corners. Large split along cloth at back of spine; a little fraying; spine is also browned. Some marks and spots to covers. Name and date in ink to front pastedown. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd. hardcover
ref. 35303London.Methuen and Co. 1900. Hardcover. 12mo. 18cm 17th edition xix208p. title-pagevignette in contemporary half dark green calf and marbled boards raisedbands gilt decorated panel borders gilt titles gilt centre panelsdecorations bugles & drums matched marbled endpapers all edges giltprize presentation dated November 1899some slight edge wear else verygood to fine Hol. ~ An attractive copy in fine bindings with drum andbugle motif on spine. Many of the poems appeared formerly in the"National Observer" and "Atheneum" but also the collection includes newverses. London.Methuen and Co. 1900 hardcover
ref. 35384London. Methuen and Co. 1900. Hardcover. 12mo18cm seventh edition xv230p. title page vignette in contemporary half dark blue/green calf raised bands with gilt stamped with drum and bugle motif & gilt decorated borders in the panels gilt titles marbled boards and endpapers all edges gilt some slight wear and rubbing on the edges still a very good attractively bound copy Hmbnds. ~ prize presentation on the front free fly. London. Methuen and Co. 1900 hardcover
1909ref. 1309776Published by Hodder & Stoughton 1909. 1st edition. Hardback. Very Good. Illustrated by Robinson W. Heath. Very good condition with no wrapper. Deluxe limited to 500 copies. Large format 32 x 26cm. White vellum binding with gilt titles and vignettes. 30 lovely tipped-in colour plates mounted on cream card with green decorative borders and captioned paper guards. Top edge gilt others untrimmed. SIGNED by the artist this is copy no. 304. Spine and corners are slightly bumped and slightly grubby. Ties missing. Name plate to front pastedown. There is slight bookworm or silverfish damage to the front endpaper and some slight foxing to contents but generally a very nice copy. Published by Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
ref. 0786122056.Gcassette. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1923ref. 126193The First UK printings published by Macmillan and Co. Limited London in 1923. 8vo. 2 vols.; publisher's red cloth embossed with the regimental badge of the Irish Guards in gilt to the upper boards; lettered in gilt along backstrips; together in the rare brown wrappers printed in black with publisher s devices to upper cover and spine; and a list of advertisements for Kipling s works to the lower panel; priced 40/- net to spine; upper edges gilt; with 4 double-page and 7 single-page maps by Emery Walker showing the first and second battalions respectively and printed in red and black; The BOOKS are in Very Good condition. Clean copies a little toned to the text block with some minimal rubbing and bumping to the edges of the cloth boards in places ; previous bookseller description affixed to the ffep of Vol I. The seldom found WRAPPERS are in Very Good condition ; chipped to spine ends with a little loss but none affecting text; some chips leading to some small closed tears and a little loss to the upper edges in places; spine of Vol II wrapper with a 7cm split along fold and two tears extending horizontally across the backstrip; unusual still in this condition. The wrappers are protected in removable Brodart archival covers. Provenance: with the attractive bookplate of Lucy and Bernard Heinemann to the front paste-downs. First edition first UK printing with contemporary insurance policy advertisement bookmark loosely inserted. An extensively researched work covering the movements and actions of the Irish Guards from their mobilisation the First Battalion on 4th August 1914 the Second from the 15th July 1915 through to Armistice day. The Irish Guards were one of the first regiments to be mobilised and they remained on the Western Front for the duration of the war. They took part in one of the bloodiest battles of 1914 the battle of Ypres as well as the Battle of the Somme and faced huge casualties throughout the duration of the war. Their motto Quis Separabit which appears on the covers of this work translated from the Latin as "Who shall separate us" and comes from the Order of St Patrick. Kipling had good reason to focus his attention on this particular regiment. Upon the outbreak of the First World War the author s only son John was keen to enlist and after failing a series of medical examinations due to poor eyesight it was his father who eventually succeeded in getting him a place being lifelong friends with Lord Roberts former commander-in-chief of the British Army and colonel of the Irish Guards. John joined the Irish Guards and at the battle of Loos was sent into fight two days into the battle in a reinforcement contingent. Missing in action he was presumed dead in service to his country and his body was not formerly identified until 1992. Kipling was devastated by his loss and consumed with guilt at his part in arranging his son s placement. He later wrote in Epitaphs of the War "If any question why we died / Tell them because our fathers lied." Recollection fades from men s minds as common as life closes over them Kipling writes here in his introduction. It is for the sake of these initiated that the compiler has loaded his records with detail and seeming triviality since in a life where Death ruled every hour nothing was trivial. A fascinating historical record scarce in the jackets and often regarded as one of the finest examples of regimental history. Collectible More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Macmillan and Co., Limited, London hardcover
ref. 1279554835.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1931ref. 5241Sq Quarto 22.5x19.5 cm. wrappers 22pp. With superb wood engravings by David Petrovich Shterenberg 1881-1948 Ukrainian painter and graphic artist who held high positions in arts of the early Soviet era. This was the only book he illustrated with gravures. Shterenberg taught at VKhUTEMAS co-founded INKhUK and left a body of fine work which was suppressed by party pressure and died a forgotten figure. He is a major figure of Russian modernism and its avant-garde legacy. Kipling's work here is liberally translated by Samuil Marshak from Just So Stories. OCLC traces one holding worldwide NYPL. This is a wonderful visual work. OGIZ Molodaia Gvardiia paperback
1923ref. 046121London: Doubleday. nice set; . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1923. Doubleday hardcover
1909ref. 241202024CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1909-01-01. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Please Read 2 Volumes Part 1 and 2 - No marks on text - My shelf location - 57-e-6 CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS hardcover
1918ref. 241202023Scribner 1918. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Please Read 1908 Printing - 2 Volumes part 1 and 2 - Previous Owners stamp inside - No marks on text - My shelf location - 57-e-5 Scribner hardcover
1908ref. 1358919London: Macmillan & Co 1908. Softcover. 12mo; 31 pages; G; Red paper covers with no text; on spine; Covers have wear to corners and edges chipping along spine edges; Textblock has bookplate on inside of front cover age toning to pages; RWO; NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Wegewood Section. 1358919. Special Collections. Macmillan & Co unknown
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1896ref. 055435London: MacMillan & Company. Very Good. 1896. Hardcover. Hardcover no dustjacket 21 illustrations by Hartrick frontis illustration with tissue-guard 7 stories 1896 date on title page with no other mention of printing or date original gilt-blocked cloth all edges gilt creasing/wear to the spine-ends and corners areas of surface-rubbing on spine-edge gilt spine-title is dulled but readable mild cock to the spine but binding holding well; 172 pages . MacMillan & Company hardcover
1926ref. 6653New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1926. First American Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good. Donald Maxwell. Quarto. 94 pages 24 mounted color plates. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering in dust jacket with light wear at spine ends and slight age toning at spine. First edition stated. Internally clean and bright. Doubleday, Page & Company unknown
1938ref. 040655NY / Cambridge: Edgar H. Wells / Harvard U Press 1938. First Editions. Original Cloth. Very Good. Two volumes. pp: xviii 523; xv 333. Facsimiles of Kipling title-pages; index in each volume. Bound in brown cloth gilt spine titles. 8.5" x 5.75" Prior owner's address label and name in both volumes. Edgar H. Wells / Harvard U Press unknown
1892ref. 038620New York & London: Macmillan 1892. Second Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: vi 379 12publisher's ads. Bound in terracotta cloth decorated in gilt and brown. 7.5" x 5" Livingston Kipling Bibliography 86: "Kipling evidently wrote a libretto from the story. The headings to Chapters V VI VIII and XX are from 'Libretto of Naulahka'.". Macmillan unknown
1899ref. 038617New York: Doubleday and McClure 1899. First US Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: v119; frontispiece printed in orange and black 16 plates on text stock others in the text. Bound in pictorial blue cloth stamped in black gilt and silver top edges gilt decorated endpapers; prior owner's book ticket and bookplate else clean and bright. 7.75" x 5" Livingston Kipling Bibliography 209. Bleiler Checklist of Fantastic Literature 170. Doubleday and McClure unknown
1902ref. ST19567-092London: Macmillan and Co 1902. FIRST EDITION. 236 x 182 mm. 9 1/4 x 7 1/8". 4 p.l. first leaf blank 249 3 pp. Pleasing later deep red morocco with gilt-ruled border raised bands gilt-ruled compartments gilt lettering new endpapers. With many black & white illustrations by Kipling 22 of which are full-page. Grolier Children's 57; Stewart 260. Covers and spine very slightly faded leather with a few faint marks and dings a number of small defects internally none remotely serious. An attractive copy. This collection of imaginative fables is the only book in Kipling's corpus to have been illustrated by the author himself. Originally conceived as bedtime stories for the author's daughter the tales and poems included here tell how the first letter and alphabet came to be the origin of animals such as the armadillo and how several animals came to look the way they do the camel for example was sanctioned with a hump for his laziness. Written in a playful and rhythmic style the stories have enchanted generations of young people and earned a place among the classics of children's literature. Macmillan and Co unknown
1998ref. 5826166Oxford Clarendon Press 1998. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item800grams ISBN:9780198117612 Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
ref. 4836673Short description: In Russian. Kipling Joseph Rudyard. Stories from the lives of children and animals in India. A.S. Suvorin. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU4836673 unknown
