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1906ref. 238FIRST EDITION AND 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. First edition and the first with illustrations. Four illustrations in color 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. 8 277 pp. A very pleasing copy gilt and cloth bright only light age evidence with slight rubbing to the tips and spine ends and slight bowing of the binding. Uncut with pages largely unopened with no previous ownership signatures. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1898ref. 1030201898 Edition: Doubleday & Mc Clure. Very Good. 1898. Hardcover. 1898 Edition by Doubleday & McClure. Green gilt text bright illustrated boards Very Good mild shelf wear to edges. Book is firm in binding age toned endpapers 431 pages 7 b&w illustrations by various artists. Frontispiece b&w illustration of steam engine by W.D. Stevens with tissue guard. Free of any markings not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 431 pages . Doubleday & Mc Clure hardcover
1979ref. 78388London: Muller Blond & White. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1979. Second Edition. Hardcover. 584109490 . Hardcover in dust jacket. 1987 reprint edition of 1979 original. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in fine As New condition crisp and clean with tight binding and sharp corners. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Comprehensive reference work. 4to. 242 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar. Heavy--will require additional postage if shipped outside the U. S. . Muller, Blond & White hardcover
1926ref. 48719London: A & C Black 1926. Hardcover. Illustrations by Malcolm Patterson. 8vo. Pale grey paper over boards. Ca. 50pp. 16 Illustrations. Very good. Faint binding edgewear with spine and edges age toned but internally tight and near fine. Tight and decent first edition of these back-to-back poems -- Kipling's "A Rector's Memory" and de le Mare's "A Memory -- published as a fundraiser for the University of St. Andrews' Student Welfare Scheme. The line drawings and etchings that follow illustrate various views of this ancient Scottish university. Small family crest bookplate on front pastedown SCIO CUI CONFIDO" -- I know in whom I trust designed by English illustrator and artist Fred Roe 1864-1937. Laid in is an interesting 8vo promotional handbill from A & C Black advertising this title and a second smaller 24mo handbill for a different Black title "St. Andrews Treasury of Scottish Verse". An interesting Kipling curiosity. A & C Black hardcover
1937ref. 45386New York: The Sun Dial Press 1937. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue cloth with silver spine lettering and decorations. viii 322pp. Frontispiece line drawings pictorial endpapers. Very good. Binding faintly edgeworn with spine lightly sunned. Tight and decent edition issued in conjunction with the 1937 release of the Spencer Tracy/Lionel Barrymore/Freddie Bartholomew film treatment featuring Bartholomew's portrait as Harvey Cheyne as frontispiece and endpapers a photo montage of film scenes. This was the childhood copy of future U.S. Senator from Illinois Adlai E. Stevenson III b. 1930 -- son of the two-term Illinois governor and twice presidential candidate. His large boldly pencilled 7-year-old ownership siognature graces the inner flyleaf. The Sun Dial Press hardcover
1906ref. 41725New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1906. Hardcover. Illustrations by F.H. Townsend. 8vo. Light grey cloth with gilt lettering and front board color plate. 80pp rectos only. Tissue-guarded color frontispiece 14 full-page tissue-guarded color plates as called for. Very good. Faint binding wear else internally fine; 1906 nonauthorial gift inscription on front pastedown. A superb tight first U.S. edition of this odd tale about a home in southern England inhabited by a blind woman and numerous children who turn out to be ghosts. A lovely copy. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
ref. 1261Slight forward leaning still very good. folio society hardcover
1915ref. 2311200090Century New York 1915. Hardcover. Very Good. Near fine. Bound in publisher's green cloth with black elephant on front. Gilt cover lettering. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. xiii 303 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. Century, New York hardcover
1949ref. 2210050080Doubleday Page 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. 8x5x1. Interesting provenance given as a gift by Roland B. Scott. 1949 printing. Hardcover and dust jacket. Tears to jacket. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Good binding and cover. Gift inscription to Roland Scott Jr. from his parents on verso. Bookplate of Scott also on verso. "Roland B. Scott was a Washington pediatrician who founded Howard University's Center for Sickle Cell Disease and received international acclaim for researching the painful genetic blood disorder that predominantly affects blacks. Dr. Scott was chairman of pediatrics at Howard from 1949 to 1973 and also had a private pediatric practice in the city. By the 1950s with a growing reputation for his sickle cell research he was among the first black doctors granted privileges at such facilities as Children's and Providence hospitals according to press reports at the time. The Washington Post noted then that several hospitals had an 'unwritten ban against Negro physicians.' Dr. Scott started the Center for Sickle Cell Disease in 1972 with a grant from the National Institutes of Health and remained director until his retirement in 1990." - Washington Post Obit. Doubleday, Page hardcover
1920ref. 2012240024New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine Binding with interesting provenance: Paul Mellon's Copy 32 volume set. Bound in fine 3/4 navy morocco over marbled boards. Gilt decorated spine compartments. 6 raised spine bands. Top edges gilt Marbled end pages. Hardcover. Some bindings weakened with cracked hinges. Four volumes with one board nearly detached. Plain Tales from the Hills The Phantom Rickshaw In Black and White; and The Jungle Book. Clean unmarked pages. Frontispiece illustration with tissue guard. Printed 1920-1937. A complete set of the edition published within Kipling's lifetime 4 volumes were added to the set posthumously. Contents: v. 1. Plain tales from the hills --v. 2. Soldiers three --v. 3. In black and white --v. 4. The phantom rickshaw --v. 5. Under the deoders --v. 6. The jungle book --v. 7. The second jungle book --v. 8. The light that failed --v. 9. The naulahka; a story of West and East written in collaboration with Wolcott Balestier --v. 10. Verses --v. 11. "Captains courageous" a story of the Grand banks --v. 12. The day's work --v. 13-14. From sea to sea --v. 15. Stalky & co --v. 16. Kim --v. 17. Just so stories for little children --v. 18. Traffics and discoveries --v. 19. Puck of Pook's hill --v. 20. Actions and reactions --v. 21. Rewards and fairies --v. 22. A diversity of creatures --v. 23. Five Nations ; The years between --v. 24. Letters of travel 1892-1913 --v. 25-26. The Irish guards in the Great War; edited and compiled from their diaries and papers --v. 27. Debts and credits --v. 28. A book of words --v. 29. Limits and renewals --v. 30. War writings and poems --v. 31. Land and sea tales --v. 32. Something of myself; index. Paul Mellon 1907-1999 was an American philanthropist and breeder/owner of thoroughbred racehorses. His fortune derived from the Mellon Bank created by his grandfather Thomas Mellon his father Andrew W. Mellon and his uncle Richard Mellon. His father was the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 1921-1932. Mellon's Rokeby Stables owned many successful racehorses including Kentucky Derby Winner Sea Hero. He was a trustee of the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame. He was created an Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and was awarded the National Medal of Arts and Humanities in 1997. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
ref. 1809250017Macmillan 1908-12-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 299 pp. illustrated. Contemporary brown leather school prize binding for St. Olave's Grammar School. Marbled endpapers and end pages. Fading to spine moderate rubbing to edges. Macmillan hardcover
1923ref. 1801080007Garden City N.Y. : Doubleday Page & Co 1923. Paperback. Good. 28 unnumbered pages : illustrations some color ; 24 x 28 cm. The just so stories painting books for children. 6 full page color illustrations faced by the same illustrations in line drawing for hand coloring by the child. Also contains double page and smaller black and white illustrations in text. Colored wrappers. Tear along spine cover. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Page & Co paperback
1923ref. 1801080006Garden City N.Y. : Doubleday Page & Co 1923. Paperback. Very Good. 28 unnumbered pages : illustrations some color ; 24 x 28 cm. The just so stories painting books for children. 6 full page color illustrations faced by the same illustrations in line drawing for hand coloring by the child. Also contains double page and smaller black and white illustrations in text. Colored wrappers. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Page & Co paperback
ref. IPLeKIPL95New York: The Heritage Press nd. 4to. pp. xiii 3 383. many colour plates & b/w text illus. cloth. slipcase. Hardcover. New York: The Heritage Press, [nd]. Hardcover
1927ref. IPLngKIP93London: Macmillan And Co. 1927. 1927. 4to. pp. xi 99 1. many illus. 12 full-page colour. top edge gilt cloth front cover bit bowed. First Edition illustrated by Maxwell. F. Hardcover. London: Macmillan And Co., 1927. Hardcover
1995ref. 102541London:: Folio Society. Fine. 1995. Hardcover. First edition thus. Fine in a fine slipcase. . Folio Society, hardcover
1973ref. 65-167BFrederick Muller 1973 1973. Vol One. Up to the End of the Great War. 468p. Photos. Very Oversize. Price clipped. Bookplate. Jacket slightly sunned. Fine/Near Fine Copy. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Frederick Muller, 1973 Hardcover
1979ref. 75-897BFrederick Mulller 1979 1979. 1st ed. . 242p. b/w Photos. Oversize. Jacket price clipped. Bookplate. Fine/Fine copy. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book. Frederick Mulller, 1979 Hardcover
1949ref. 3951San Francisco: Colt Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1949. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth spine pictorial boards. One of five hundred copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed; cloth on spine lightly rubbed. ; 0 pages . Colt Press hardcover
1902ref. 17567London: Hodder & Stoughton 1902. Edition Deluxe. Hardcover. Vellum moderately stained ties fraying internally fine. Original full limp vellum with gilt titles; teal silk ribbon ties; quarto; xixi 477 pp. Edition Deluxe Printed on English Handmade Paper Limited to 500 Copies this #402. Signed on limitation page by publisher and printer Stoughton & Constable. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1902ref. KipCB23This well loved 1902 First Edition contains some markings age spots and a few words written inside by child owner all shown in photos The boards are worn the spine has separation from the cloth of the underlying boards. there's bumping and some wear on the upper and lower spine. Front and back cover is acceptable with aging. all photos show the deficiencies damage and condition of the book George N Morang & Co hardcover
2005ref. 195250The Folio Society 2005. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Two scuff marks on top of slip case blind stamp from former owner on ep's little wear otherwise. The Folio Society hardcover
1925ref. 82667Garden City:: Doubleday Page & Company. Good. 1925. Hardcover. B001EUCL0W . Stated first edition. Octavo bound in red cloth with gilt lettering and design. Moderate shelf wear and aging brief gift inscription from 1925 on front free endpaper else good. No dust jacket. ; 576 pages . Doubleday, Page & Company, hardcover
2005ref. 102062London:: Folio Society. Fine. 2005. Hardcover. Complete in five volumes. Introduction by Andrew Lycett. First edition thus. All volumes are fine and housed in a fine slipcase. . Folio Society, hardcover
1990ref. 102075Norwalk:: Easton Press. Fine. 1990. Hardcover. Introduction by Charles Edmund Carrington. Collector's edition. Publisher's "Notes from the Archives" laid in. Quarto fully bound in blue leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along spine all edges gilt silk moire endpapers sewn-in ribbon book mark. Fine. ; 284 pages . Easton Press, hardcover
