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ref. 75488London: Macmillan and Co. 1895. Children's Illustrated FIRST EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.4 238 2. With in-text illustrations by the author's father John. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to spine and upper boards. All edges gilt; dark navy endpapers. Contents clean neat ink ownership 'Rosamund Fawcett Christmas 1895' some gentle spotting rear inside paper joint cracked some rubs to covers spine dulled. Generally well kept. The second of Kipling's famous 'Jungle Books' featuring man-cub Mowgli and his friends. London: Macmillan and Co., 1895 unknown
2005ref. 000313London : The Folio Society 2005 Book measures 24x17cm Bound in original publishers cloth with gilt title lettering. Binding in fine condition in original publishers slip case. Internally pages clean near fine. A very good clean copy. The Folio Society hardcover
2026ref. x-9378715869CBY PRESS 2026. Hardcover. New. 544 pages. 8.49x1.42x11.24 inches. CBY PRESS hardcover
1924ref. 1021W1London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1924. Leather. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 7" by 4.5". J. Lockwood Kipling; W. H. Drake; P. Frenzeny. A pair of full calf illustrated editions of Kipling's beloved children's novels featuring an unclipped dust wrapper. A smart pair of Rudyard Kipling's most popular children's works both bound in smart original red calf with gilt motifs to front boards and spines. Volume one additionally features the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated by a variety of artists including English art teach and father of the author John Lockwood Kipling. Volume one features seventeen unlisted monochrome plates and additional monochrome vignettes throughout. No other collation records available. Volume two illustrated with monochrome vignette illustrations throughout. decorated with gilt top edges. Bound in original red calf. Vol1 with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Vol1 has backwards lean. Moderate bumping to extremities. Small losses to heads and tails. Moderate age toning to endpapers. Mild rubbing to spines. Vol2 front hinge very slightly starting but firm. vol1 dust wrapper generally smart. Moderate chipping to dust wrapper extremities. Moderate sunning to dust wrapper spine. Notable age toning and spotting to dust wrapper reverse. Internally firmly bound. Vol2 rear blank leaf unopened. Mild cockling to vol2 text block extremities. Pages generally bright and clean. The odd spot to vol2 text block edges. Very Good Indeed Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1906ref. 1005W33London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1906. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5.5". J. L. Kipling; W. H. Drake; P. Frenzeny. Kipling's popular Jungle Book duology in original uniform binding and richly illustrated throughout. A pair of Uniform edition copies of Kipling's most popular work and its sequel - The Second Jungle Book.Bound in original red cloth featuring textured gilt motifs to the front boards and gilt top edges.Volume one features sixteen monochrome plates and numerous further vignette illustrations. No other collation records available.Volume two features frequent monochrome vignette illustrations throughout.Times article pasted to volume one front paste down on 'A Real Mowgli'. Bound in red cloth. Externally generally smart with moderate shelf wear. Vol1 front joint and vol2 rear joint starting. Notable fading to spines. Mark to vol1 front board. The odd marks to boards. Moderate damp staining to vol1 rear board extremities. Article pasted to vol1 front paste down. Ink inscriptions to front free endpapers. Large closed tear to vol1 front free endpaper. Moderate age toning to endpapers. Internally firmly bound with moderate strain. Pages generally bright and clean. Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1986ref. 1021W2Oxford: Clarendon Press 1986. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A very smart pair of titles on the literary ephemera of Rudyard Kipling both with unclipped dust wrappers. An insightful pair of works collecting Kipling's miscellaneous observational and poetic works published alongside passages of biography. Both volumes very smart in the original publisher's cloth with original unclipped dust wrappers. The uncommon title volume one features a monochrome frontispiece and monochrome vignettes throughout. Volume two features four double-sided monochrome plates and monochrome vignette illustrations throughout. Collated complete. Volume one is a first edition volume two is a reprint published in the same year as the first edition. Bound in original cloth. Both volumes in original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally very smart. Dust wrappers very smart. Moderate sunning to dust wrapper spines. The odd spot to vol1 dust wrapper fly leaves. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Moderate scattered spotting to text block edges. Near Fine Clarendon Press hardcover
ref. 75623London: Macmillan and Co. 1894; 1895. Children's Illustrated LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITIONS first impressions. Two volumes. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.viii; 212; pp.6 238 2. With frequent in-text illustrations by the author's father John as well as a frontispiece and a number of full page plates to volume I. Elegantly hand-bound in full dark blue morocco with raised bands to spine gilt titles and decoration inner navy cloth joints marbled endpapers sewn endbands and all edges gilt. Contents generally clean with a few light spots/reading marks exteriors as new. The Jungle Book and its sequel comprise a selection of short stories-the best-known being the three tales centring on the adventures of the abandoned 'man cub' Mowgli. Other popular tales include 'Rikki-Tikki-Tavi' the story of a heroic mongoose and 'Toomai of the Elephants' the tale of a young elephant-handler. London: Macmillan and Co., 1894; 1895 unknown
ref. 75617Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Co. 1914. Children's Short Stories SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Large octavo 24 x 17cm pp.14 195 5; pp.12 245 5. Printed on fine hand-made paper by the Country Life Press. The first volume SIGNED by the author in black ink to an additional half-title. Recently re-bound in navy full morocco with gilt titles to twin red labels further gilt tooling to spines and gilt roll-tooling to board margins. Top edges gilt others untrimmed with marbled endpapers. Gently toned throughout with very occasional small chips to margins. Otherwise a crisp clean pair in an attractive new leather binding. The Jungle Book and its sequel comprise a selection of short stories - the best-known being the three tales centring on the adventures of the abandoned 'man cub' Mowgli. Other popular tales from Kipling's work include 'Rikki-Tikki-Tavi' the story of a heroic mongoose and 'Toomai of the Elephants' the tale of a young elephant-handler. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1914 unknown
ref. REDVGAW8OBTADoubleday Page & Company. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1912ref. 004068Original photographic portrait. KIPLING Rudyard 1865-1936. Photographic portrait c.1912. 150 x 205 mm. Matte photographic print on stout card. Very good the image clean and well preserved with only light handling wear and a few insignificant surface marks to the corner tips and blank reverse. A handsome vintage photographic portrait of Rudyard Kipling shown in profile holding his characteristic pipe. The image appears to date from around 1912 depicting Kipling at the height of his literary career shortly after receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 and during the period in which he produced works including Rewards and Fairies and A Diversity of Creatures. The pose closely resembles portraits made during Kipling's 1912 studio sitting with E.O.Hoppe although the present photograph is unsigned and the photographer has not been identified. An attractive period literary portrait of the author of The Jungle Book. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1912. Original photographic portrait paperback
2005ref. GB001VYK2KWI3N01Folio Society 2005. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Folio Society 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
ref. 67769107-6Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
1894ref. 194336London: Macmillan and Co. 1894 & 1895. Thou art of the Jungle and not of the Jungle First editions in book form. Kipling's adventurous stories were based on folk tales learned during his childhood in India. The Jungle Book was serialized between 1893 and 1894 and became increasingly popular upon its publication as a book prompting calls for a second instalment. The Second Jungle Book completed the Mowgli saga with five stories that "are essential to its emotional rounding-out" Grolier. 2 works octavo. Half-tone frontispiece with tissue guard in Jungle Book both works with illustrations by William Henry Drake Paul Frenzeny and John Lockwood Kipling. Original blue cloth spines lettered in gilt pictorial designs to spines and front covers in gilt green coated endpapers gilt edges. Contemporary gift inscriptions in each volume. Cloth rubbed with minor spots of wear to extremities Jungle Book with faint crease to lower outer corner of front cover hinges cracked but sound marginal chip to p. 13/14 in Jungle Book. A very good set. Grolier Children's 100 52; Martindell 61 & 63; Richards A76 & A85. hardcover
1896ref. 195081London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd 1896. First edition. The tales were previously published in journals and comprise "With the Main Guard" "Drums of the Fore and Aft" "The Man Who Was" "The Courting of Dinah Shadd" "The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney" "The Taking of Lungtungpen" and "The Madness of Private Ortheris". Octavo. Tissue-guarded frontispiece 20 half-tone plates head- and tailpieces by Archibald Standish Hartrick. Original blue cloth spine lettered in gilt with gilt drum illustration drummer and fife player design on front cover in gilt black endpapers edges gilt. Bookplate of the Australian broadcaster John Laws; old catalogue description and related note loosely inserted. Spine gently toned extremities slightly rubbed contents bright. A very good copy. Richards E1-12; Stewart 157. hardcover
1977ref. 017276Published for the Sir Thomas Browne Institute. Leiden University Press 1977. Inscribed on free endpaper by Kipling also a typed letter signed by Kipling. Book measures 22x14.cm. xiv188pp. Bound in original publishers maroon cloth with gilt crest and lettering. Binding in near fine condition. Internally pages very clean. . Signed by Author. Cloth. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Published for the Sir Thomas Browne Institute. Leiden University Press Hardcover
1897ref. 195084London: Macmillan & Co. Limited 1897. First British edition of Kipling's only novel set entirely in America. "Kipling thought he'd written a great story. He wrote to Conland Dr. James Conland the dedicatee after the book had begun to appear serially 'I tell you that tale will be a snorter'" Gidmark p. 71. The work was originally serialized in Pearson's Magazine between 1896 and 1897 having been written while the newlywed Kipling was living in Vermont. The British edition was published one month after the American edition. Octavo. Tissue-guarded frontispiece 21 half-tone plates by I. W. Taber. Publisher's 2 pp. advertisements at rear Original blue cloth spine and front cover lettered in gilt fishermen designs on spine and front cover in gilt black endpapers edges gilt; original jacket spine and panels mounted to endpapers. Bookplate of the Australian broadcaster John Laws; old cataloguing slip loosely inserted. Binding bright gentle rubbing to edges minor foxing to initial leaves contents sharp: a near-fine copy. Richards A103. Jill B. Gidmark ed. Encyclopaedia of American Literature of the Sea and Great Lakes 2001. hardcover
1894ref. 188654London: Macmillan and Co. 1894. Original Jean Jullien dust jacket First edition in book form the "First Editions: Re-covered" copy. This copy includes a unique dust jacket by Jean Jullien. The acrylic gouache painting on two sides of acetate shows Mowgli Baloo and Bagheera peering through an opening in the forest. The acetate allows their view to be the original pictorial design of elephants on the front cover of the binding. A charity auction to benefit the House of Illustration was held on 11 December 2017. Book illustrators fashion artists painters and artists were asked to choose a book which appealed to them. A first edition was then obtained and the artist provided a unique dust jacket. With reference to his choice of book Jullien stated that "I grew up watching and loving the Disney version and am always interested in revisiting popular culture landmarks. I find that their endurance to time and iteration is a tribute to their efficiency and quality". The charity's concept for artists to engage with a first edition is particularly effective here as the original binding plays a new illustrative role with Jullien's dust jacket. Jean Jullien b. 1983 is an acclaimed French graphic designer and illustrator whose work has been published by Phaidon Press. His "Peace for Paris" symbol went viral through news coverage and social media in the wake of 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris. This copy includes a bookplate for Edward Lowrey together with an ownership signature on the preliminary blank "Lowrey Broomhaugh". Lowrey b. 1830 is listed in the 1881 census as a steam ship owner and manager living at Broomhaugh House in Northumberland. Octavo. Frontispiece with illustrations within the text by William Henry Drake Paul Frenzeny and the author's father John Lockwood Kipling. Original blue cloth spine lettered and illustrated in gilt front cover with pictorial design in gilt green coated endpapers edges gilt. With original dust jacket by Jean Jullien signed on front flap. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Binding worn lower joint split loss to head of skewed spine joints split some browning and foxing; some minor scratches and minor loss to gouache on jacket: a good copy in near-fine jacket. Grolier Children's 100 52; Martindell 54; Richards A76. hardcover
1897ref. 177128London: Macmillan & Co. Limited 1897. First British edition of Kipling's only novel set entirely in America. Kipling wrote the novel while living in Vermont; it was serialized in Pearson's Magazine in 1896-97. The British edition was preceded by the American edition by one month. Octavo. Frontispiece with tissue guard illustrations to text by I. W. Taber 2 pp. publisher's advertisements at rear. Original blue boards spine and front cover lettered and with decorations in gilt black coated endpapers gilt edges. Spine cocked and toned foxing to contents. A very good copy. Richards A103; Stewart p. 152. hardcover
1902ref. 190118London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1902. His sole self-illustrated book First edition of Kipling's famous collection of 12 stories and 12 poems including "How the Camel Got His Hump" and "How the Leopard Got His Spots". "The stories told with Kipling's oratorical diction and whimsical humour clearly increase in complexity as the book progresses" Grolier. Octavo. With 12 black and white illustrations by the author. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in crimson morocco spine lettered and decorated gilt raised bands single rule to boards gilt onlay of elephant and snake to front board twin rule to turn-ins blue endpapers gilt edges. A fine copy. Grolier Children's 100 57; Martindell 99; Richards A181; Stewart 260. hardcover
1619ref. 1026N32London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1916-1918. Leather. Good Only. 7" by 4.5". Rudyard Kipling; J. Lockwood Kipling; H.R. Millar. Twelve pocket editions of Rudyard Kipling adventures excellent travel companions filled with adventure and excitement. Twelve pocket editions of short story collections and novels by the prolific British author Rudyard Kipling published between 1916-1918. In the publisher's decorative original soft red leatherette. These charming pocket editions allow readers to enjoy the Nobel-Prize winning author with ease and on the go being perfect travelling companions as these short stories and novels dive into exotic adventures. Considered a master of the short story this selection includes historical fiction seen in Puck of Pook's Hill and Kim what is often considered his masterpiece set during The Great Game. - Kim. Contains a frontispiece and all nine other illustrated plates by Rudyard's father J. Lockwood Kipling. Collated complete. 1918 first pocket edition 1908.- Soldiers Three; the Story of the Gasbys; In Black and White 1917 first pocket edition 1907.- Just So Stories. Contains full-page and in-text illustrations by Kipling throughout 1915 first pocket edition 1908.- 'Captain Courageous': A Story of Grand Banks 1916 first pocket edition 1907.- Stalky and Co. 1917 first pocket edition 1908.- Traffics and Discoveries 1917 first pocket edition 1908.- Plain Tales from the Hills 1916 first pocket edition 1907.- Puck of Pook's Hill. Contains all twenty full-page illustrations by H.R. Millar. Collated complete 1917 first pocket edition 1908.- Rewards and Fairies. Contains all four illustrated plates by Frank Craig. Collated complete 1918 first pocket edition 1910.- The Day's Work 1918 first pocket edition 1908.- Life's Handicap 1917 first pocket edition 1907. - Many Inventions 1917 first pocket edition 1907. In the publisher's decorative original soft red leatherette. Externally the odd faint handling mark to covers and front glit decoration intact. Knocks to the extremities. Minor loss to heads of spines heavier to Kim and Just So. Rear cover and final couple of leaves and blanks of Plain Tales and Day's Work are loose with rear joint of Work holding only by tail. Small splits to heads of joints of Just So Handicap and Soldiers a little heavier to Kim and heaviest to Day's Work with split stretching to center of front joint. Small puncture to tail of spine of Many Inventions. Fading to Kim covers. Faint browning to end papers with offsetting to free end papers of Work Soldiers Kim Stalky Traffics Rewards and Many Inventions. Internally final leaf of Plain is loosening from hinge strain to tails of hinges between pp.83-94 and between ppp.96-97 of Just So final leaf of Day's Work bound with loose rear cover with pp.404-405 hinge failed. Pages are bright and mostly clean with minor age toning and a couple of faint spots to first leaves of Rewards and faint offsetting to first couple leaves of Kim. Good Only Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1919ref. 004251Privately printed. KIPLING Rudyard 1865-1936. Mr. Rudyard Kipling's Striking Words to the Strikers. privately printed 1926. 4 pp. in original printed paper wrappers 190x130mm. Text printed on two internal pages only. Light toning and marking with minor handling wear. Very good. Privately circulated pamphlet reproducing extracts from Kipling's poetry published in The British Gazette during the General Strike of May 1926. The verses invoke obedience to the law national solidarity and restraint. Includes the Gazette editor's farewell message. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1919. Privately printed paperback
1898ref. A1-LT-KIP-HC-1898London: Macmillan and Co. 1898. Seventh printing 1898 reprint. Hardcover. Good. J. L. Kipling; W. H. Drake; P. Frenzeny. 1898 Macmillan printing of Rudyard Kipling's classic in the attractive original blue cloth with gilt elephants and mahouts on the front board and all edges gilt. Contains the Mowgli stories alongside 'Rikki-Tikki-Tavi' 'The White Seal' and 'Toomai of the Elephants' with illustrations by J. L. Kipling the author's father W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. A period ownership inscription dated March 1899 adds to the charm of this Victorian copy. Condition: Cloth rubbed with fraying and some loss at the head and tail of the spine; corners bumped and worn; front inner hinge starting; endpapers lightly soiled with ownership inscriptions; text block age-toned. London: Macmillan and Co. 1898. Early printing: 'First Edition 1894. Reprinted 1894 twice 1895 1896 1897 1898.' Illustrated by J. L. Kipling W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny with frontispiece. Original blue cloth front board pictorially stamped in gilt with elephants and mahouts spine lettered and decorated in gilt; all edges gilt. Period ownership inscription 'Emma Green March 1899' and a later pencilled name on the front free endpaper. Cloth rubbed with fraying and some loss at the head and tail of the spine; corners bumped and worn; front inner hinge starting; endpapers lightly soiled. Text block sound with light age-toning. Macmillan and Co. hardcover
ref. 603698New York: Hurst & Company N.D. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Tanning along text block edges. Light shelfwear throughout boards. Small portion of text block detaching from spine. Crease in REP.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 144 pages. Hurst & Company hardcover
1996ref. 603734New York: Books of Wonder 1996. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Barry Moser. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 148 pages. Books of Wonder hardcover
