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1900rif. 0102205Methuen & Co.; 1900. Red/Orange cloth covered boards. Ex Library book. Faded to edges. Gilt lettering to spine. Page edges seem to be hand cut. Corners bumped. Mild foxing to end papers. Previous owners hospital library book plate to first paste down and cardboard ticket wallet to rear. Preowned. No ISBN. Methuen and Co. hardcover
1928rif. 45470Macmillan 1928. 8vo. First Edition with title in red and black; red cloth upper board blocked in gilt gilt back gilt top a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter chafed at headband. With personal bookplate on front paste-down and 4pp publisher's catalogue at end. Macmillan, hardcover
rif. SONG178243710XUsed: Good unknown
1985rif. 143249London: Folio Society 1985. First Edition; Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Owner bookplate on FEP. Light staining on rear slipcase panel. Illustrations by Ian Ribbons. Folio Society hardcover
rif. 9888341677.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1899rif. 021575UK: Macmillan 1899. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good /No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J L Kipling W H Drake P Frenzeny. 1st Printing 1899 in the Uniform Edition and very un-common. This format became the normal publication for all future printing of Kiplings new works. An attractive book. Book is very good with light rubbing to cloth edges. Quite bright cloth and spines. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16196 Macmillan hardcover
1934rif. BOOKS317700London UK: Macmillan and Co. VG/NO DUSTJACKET. 1934. Hardcover. 8vo. 278 pp. Full leather in original box. Box is slightly soiled. . Macmillan and Co. hardcover
rif. 0679435921.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1904rif. 020443London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Light bumping to corners. Near Fine. Literary Ephemera. Publisher's red cloth with gilt elephant on front cover and small swastika symbol. Laid in is a small promotional folded leaflet from the publisher advertising this book as well as books by Edith Wharton H. G. Wells and others. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1906rif. 147583London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1906. First edition first impression of one of Kipling's major books very rare in the dust jacket. Puck of Pook's Hill brings together ten stories and 16 poems which had previously appeared in journals. Octavo. Frontispiece and 19 full-page monochrome illustrations by H. R. Millar 4 pp. of publisher's advertisements at end. Original red cloth spine lettered in gilt gilt Ganesha device to front cover top edge gilt. With dust jacket. Corners a touch bumped the binding otherwise bright and firm internally clean and fresh. A very good copy in good only jacket small tape repairs to verso slight wear to extremities spine panel toned. Richards A205; Stewart 306. hardcover
1897rif. 321595London: Macmillan 1897. First edition. With illustrations by I.W. Taber. viii 245 1 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt a.e.g. Almost fine. Bookplate of F. Storck. Taber I.W. First edition. With illustrations by I.W. Taber. viii 245 1 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Richards A103; Stewart 160; Livingston 136; Martindell 68; Ballard LXXXI B; Grolier 224 Macmillan unknown
1898rif. 752R55London: Macmillan And Co. 1898. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None. A well-preserved first edition of this account of the Royal Navy at sea by Rudyard Kipling. Most renowned for 'The Jungle Book' 'Kim' and 'Just so Stories' Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 is seen as a pioneer for the short story form and a classic author of children's fiction. He was born in India the inspiration behind a vast amount of his writings which include 'The Jungle Book' 'Just So Stories' and 'Kim'. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 becoming the youngest ever recipient and first English language writer to do so.'A Fleet in Being' is a series of military articles on the subject of the Royal Navy in 1898.In the publisher's original paper wrap bindings with a pictorial cover. In paper wraps. Externally generally smart a touch of discolouration to the front board and spine with some loss to the paper of the tail of the spine and a chip to the head. Internally firmly bound pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed Macmillan And Co. unknown
1925rif. 210615-MB48Doubleday Page and Company 1925. Good red cloth cover with gilt decorations 1925 Color and black and white illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Cover. Illus. by Kipling J Lockwood; C. I. E.; Drake W. H. Doubleday, Page, and Company Hardcover
1932rif. 147638London: MacMillan 1932. Vintage Copy. Hardcover. Good in boards. Owner personalization on front pastedown. "4" inked on FEP. Open tear on front spine edge. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian. MacMillan hardcover
1900rif. b44726New York: S.S. McClure & Co. 1900. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Very good in original wrappers with wear at the spine extremities and a tiny sticker on the front panel. S.S. McClure & Co. paperback
1912rif. LTH26-B-5London: Hodder and Stoughton 1912. Vellum. Very Good. 10.5" by 8". None. A scarce edition de luxe of the Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling. In a lovely vellum binding Limited edition number thirty-one of a limited print run of five-hundred signed by the publishers. Printed on English hand-made paper. Joseph Rudyard Kipling was a English journalist novelist poet and short story writer. Born in colonial India Kipling spent his school days in England. Though for a time Kipling returned to India he eventually settled in England. One of the leading authors of the 19th and 20th century he is perhaps famous for his charming novel 'The Jungle Book'. In a paper vellum binding with gilt lettering to the spine and front board. Externally a trifle rubbed. Boards are warped. Top tie is broken. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1893rif. GEN26-C-24London : Macmillan and Co. 1893. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5";. None. Two works by Rudyard Kipling. Uniformly bound in publisher's blue cloth bindings. Being the November 1893 second reprint of Many Inventions published the same year as the first edition and the february 1893 reprint of Life's Handicap. This is the fourth reprint issued two years after initial publication. With 54 pages of publisher's adverts to the rear of Life's Handicap. Life's Handicap is a collection of short stories about the British in India. Many Inventions is another anthology of short stories 12 of which had previously appeared in various publications such as The Atlantic Monthly and The Strand Magazine. In original cloth bindings with gilt stamped detailing to the head of boards and to spine. Externally generally smart with bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of spines. Patches of rubbing to the joints and extremities. Front hinge to Life's Handicap is strained but firm. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown of both volumes Angus &Robertson. Internally binding to both volumes is slightly strained in places particularly to Many Inventions. Pages are generally bright with spotting to the first and last few pages heaviest to endpapers. Otherwise occasional light spots. Very Good Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1920rif. GEN19-I-4London : Macmillan and Co 1920-1932. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None. Two works by Rudyard Kipling of travel writing and short stories. First editions. Rather uncommon in the original dustwrappers. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in England in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature making him the first English-language writer to receive the prize and to date he remains its youngest recipient. In cloth covered bindings with original unclipped dustwrappers. Externally very smart with just slight bumping to head and tail of spines. Dustwrappers are generally smart with slight chipping and the odd small closed tear. One very small hole to the spine panel of one dustwrapper. Internally firmly bound bright and clean. Near Fine Macmillan and Co hardcover
1899rif. GEN26-C-23London : Macmillan and Co. 1899-1926. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". None. A two volume set of Rudyard Kipling first editions. Comprising of Stalky and Co. as well as Debits and Credits the works here show the breadth of Kipling's abilities with the former book a novel and the latter a collection of short stories poems and scenes for a play. Both volumes are decorated with Kipling's signature elephant to the boards a nod to his time in and love for India something also related to in the Hindu symbols found to the endpages. Stalky and Co. features the bookplate of one G.W. Bell. In decorative cloth binding with gilt detailing. Externally quite smart there is some wear to the boards extremities and joints as well as some sunning to spines. The hinge of Stalky and Co. is tender. Internally the pages are generally firmly bound although there is some light strain in places and are bright and clean throughout aside from the odd instance of spotting throughout. Very Good Indeed Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1911rif. LTH18-F-5London: Macmillan and Co 1911. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. A smart copy of this anthology by Rudyard Kipling. Puck of Pook's Hill is a historical fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling published in 1906 containing a series of short stories set in different periods of English history. The stories are all narrated to two children living near Burwash in the area of Kipling's own house Bateman's by people magically plucked out of history by the elf Puck or told by Puck himself. Puck who refers to himself as "the oldest Old Thing in England" is better known as a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. The genres of particular stories range from authentic historical novella A Centurion of the Thirtieth On the Great Wall to children's fantasy Dymchurch Flit. Each story is bracketed by a poem which relates in some manner to the theme or subject of the story. In a half-calf binding. Externally smart though with some sunning to the spine and some light rubbing. Internally firmly bound. Ink signature to recto of front free-endpaper. Pages are mainly bright and clean. Very Good Indeed Macmillan and Co hardcover
1909rif. 144356New York: B. W. Dodge & Company 1909. First edition first issue with gilt lettering an unauthorized piracy by Dodge and Company reprinting Kipling's contributions from various Indian newspapers. The first issue can be distinguished by the gold lettering on the spine and front cover; in response to the piracy Kipling instructed his regular American publisher Doubleday to produce a rival publication to undercut the piracy. To compete with the new authorized version Dodge & Company bound remaining sheets of the book in a binding using a cheaper red lettering rather than gilt. Richards notes that the publisher apparently retained many unsold copies for the number of surviving fine dust jackets implies that a cache of copies was issued many decades later. Octavo. Original blue cloth spine and front cover lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. A fine copy in near-fine jacket with only very light shelfwear. Richards A227; Stewart 324. hardcover
rif. 85110New York M. F. Mansfield No date ca1898. Hardback 8vo. 7.5 x 5 inches. In maroon polished full morocco leather fine binding by “G.P. Putnam & Sons.” Raised banding and gilt lettering and paneling to spine. Gilt paneled boards. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. In stunning near fine condition. Some minor darkening to edges of endpapers. Gilt binders stamp to bottom edge of front board. No penned inscriptions or marks. Occasional foxing spots to early few pages. Page edges rough cut. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 93pp. With B&W frontis portrait and 6 coloured plates. New York, M. F. Mansfield, No date (ca1898) hardcover
1930rif. 732K19London: Macmillan 1930. Cloth. Near Fine. 8" by 6". G. L. Stampa. An exceptional early copy of this charming humorous work from noted author Rudyard Kipling. Fourth impression published the same year as the first edition. With charming vignette illustrations throughout by G. L. Stampa. Lacking the original dustwrapper. Thy Servant a Dog is a charming collection of short stories told from the perspective of Black Aberdeen Terrier Boots. In the original red cloth binding with pictorial detail to the front board. Externally in excellent condition with just minor bumping to the extremities and the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with marginal age toning due to paper used. Near Fine Macmillan hardcover
1926rif. 61424London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1926. 8vo. vi 416 pp. Contemporary red half calf over red cloth. Raised bands to spine with gilt devices & lettering. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Bound by Ramage. Fading to spine. Bookplate to front pastedown. Boards clean. Internally clean. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1926. Macmillan and Co., Limited 1926 hardcover
1888rif. 54564Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler & Co. 1888. First edition. "Indian Railway Library No. 2." Rebound in full leather by "C. Fox" with original first-issue front cover bound in 2 pages of ads as called for at front and first 6 pages of ads called for at rear lacking final leaf with ad page vii. Printed label affixed to 3rd page of ads above "Plain Tales from the Hills" reading "From/ A. H. Wheeler & Co. Allahabad/ and/ All Railway Bookstalls" not recorded in Richards A15 and with rear cover bound in with illustration usually seen on IN BLACK AND WHITE which was No. 3 in the series Richards A16. As this copy has been rebound we assume the rear cover from the later volume was bound in either by mistake or design versus it representing some sort of variant of the original binding. 8vo slender gilt-stamped full green leather with raised spine bands inner gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers. Armorial "Think and Thank" bookplate on front pastedown. Very good to near fine with spine toned to brown tiny chip to lower corner front wrapper archival tape repair to front ad leaf where starting to split along the hinge and few small edge tears to text block. A.H. Wheeler & Co. unknown