860 resultados
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 books
1893ref. 537773London: George Routledge & Sons Limited 1893. Hardcover. Near Fine. Two volumes: Vol. I. May-October 1893; Vol. II. November 1893-April 1894. Thick octavos. Illustrated with plates and in-text illustrations. Contemporary dark blue morocco gilt spines in six compartments front covers lettered in gold edges sprinkled red. Front cover of each volume professionally re-jointed hardly perceptible a near fine set with modest wear at the edges of the spine and boards. The scarce first two volumes of this important literary magazine noted for its first appearance contributions by leading writers of the nineties. Included in this set are two full-page illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley: “Black Art” and “A Kiss of Judas”; five poems and one Jungle Book story by Rudyard Kipling Thomas Hardy’s short story “An Imaginative Woman” and Bram Stoker’s “The Man from Shorrox”. Also included is Swinburne’s famous poem “Astrophel” and Israel Zangwill’s “Without Prejudice” in twelve installments. A handsomely bound bright set. A list of selected contributions is available. George Routledge & Sons, Limited hardcover books
1926ref. 612352London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press 1926. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Introduction by G.K. Chesterton. Octavo. xiii 169pp. Blue cloth with bright white printed spine label. Scattered foxing near fine in a very good dust jacket with spine ends and corners nicked light foxing housed in a green leather and cloth slipcase embellished in gilt. Containing "The Royal Society of Literature" by the Most Hon. The Marquess of Crewe K.G. President R.S.L.; Ballads by Mrs. Margaret L. Woods; "A Franciscan Poet - Jacopone da Todi" by Evelyn Underhill; "Christina Rossetti" by Walter De La Mare "Swinburne and Baudelaire" by the Hon. Harold Nicolson; "The Art of the Biographer" by A.C. Benson; and Address by Mr. Rudyard Kipling. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press hardcover books
1900ref. 526952Cincinnati Ohio: No Publisher 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 547pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait of Grand Master E.L. Lyburger. Beveled blue cloth boards stamped in gilt. Covers have light wear at tips of spine and corners else a very good copy with gilt stamping bright; front and rear hinges are started due to quality of paper of endpapers text is fresh and clean. This publication also prints a poem by Rudyard Kipling The Mother Lodge on page 94-95 noting that Kipling was a Freemason. Most of the book pages 88 to 404 is devoted to 'Report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence' including detailed information about 'English-speaking Grand Lodges' in the United States listed by each state and including 'Indian Territory' Canada by province Great Britain New Zealand Australia etc. and a section devoted to thirteen 'None English-speaking Grand Bodies' including Cuba Mexico and Puerto Rico. This publication for the year 1900 as well as previous 'Proceedings' include discussions of African-American masons see page 119 179 206 etc which includes discussion of "Negro Lodges and Grand Lodges" and the difficulties with acceptance in Washington page 119 and "Clandestine Negro Masonry" page 178 referencing Washington in the section devoted to the Indian Territory and further reference to Washington and former "Prince Hall Lodge" members in the Louisiana section page 206. Previous Grand Lodge publications also discussed rejection of 'colored' Grand Lodges by some white Grand Lodges with particular reference to the failure of 'Ohio recognition' in a specific instance in 1877 which stated: "As predicted in our last annual address the proposed recognition of our grand lodge by the grand lodge of whites of this state has failed. While I anticipated the result I must confess that the manner in which it was brought about surprised and disappointed me. followed by a long discussion of the events." OCLC locates no copies of this October issue. No Publisher hardcover books
1921ref. 501463Novo Portu New Haven: Yalensi Yale 1921. Softcover. Very Good. First American edition. Edited by Aluredus D. Godley. 12mo. 67pp. Text in Latin and English. Cardboard covers with printed wrappers affixed. Contemporary owner name on front fly endpapers and edges faintly foxed wrappers unevenly faded with modest edgewear about very good. A parody – Kipling's and Graves' odes in the style of Horace interspersed with English translations. The first work published on the fund of the Colorado Yale Alumni Association. Yalensi [Yale] unknown books
1936ref. 550866New York 1936. Unbound. Near Fine. Gelatin silver photograph. 4.75" x 6.5". Near fine. Printed captioned reports Kipling's then recent medical emergency. The author pictured from the chest up smoking a pipe. unknown books
1926ref. 159101926. Maxwell Donald. Illustrated by Donald Maxwell. With an Introductory Poem by Rudyard Kipling. London: Macmillan and Co. 1926. Original light blue-grey paper-covered boards with vellum spine with dust jacket. First English Edition published on the same day as the American -- of which this is one of 500 large-paper copies signed by Kipling. This is a collection of 24 previously-published poems plus a previously-UNpublished introductory poem accompanied by 24 full-page color plates by Donald Maxwell. As Richards points out Maxwell -- related to Kipling by marriage -- had been an accomplished naval artist/correspondent during the Grear War and was a frequent visitor at the Kiplings' "Bateman's." Near-fine light foxing on the boards in a very good-plus jacket faint foxing a couple of small edge-chips. There is an ownership signature dated October 30 1926 -- eleven days after publication. Richards A365; Stewart 525. unknown books
1965ref. 580821Princeton: Princeton University Library 1965. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 8pp. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Small initials on first wrap small crease on rear wrap very good or a little better. Exhibition catalog. Princeton University Library unknown books
1927ref. 159111927. Illustrated by Donald Maxwell. Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company 1927. Original light blue-grey paper-covered boards with vellum spine. First American Edition of which this is one of 150 large-paper copies signed by Kipling this being copy #6; there was also a UK signed edition but it consisted of 500 un-numbered copies. This is a collection of previously-published Kipling poems plus a previously-UNpublished concluding poem "The Scholars" accompanied by twelve color plates by Donald Maxwell plus 22 monotone head- and tail-pieces. As Richards points out Maxwell -- related to Kipling by marriage -- had been an accomplished naval artist/correspondent during the Great War and was a frequent visitor at the Kiplings' "Bateman's." This is a near-fine copy slight browning at the edges of the boards; there is no jacket but the only jacket issued with this large-paper issue was a glassine one. Richards A370. unknown books
1914ref. 158761914. New York: Sully & Kleinteich n.d. Three consecutive annual calendars each consisting of 52-53 weekly leaves each page with an aphorism from a Kipling work within a heavy paper wrapper bound at the top with rawhide. Leaves and wrappers printed in orange and green 1914 & 1915 or orange and black 1916. These undoubtedly-unauthorized American calendars came out during the first three years of The Great War across the Atlantic ironically they bear Kipling's favorite Indian symbol of good fortune the swastika. Each page week bears a quote from a Kipling work such as "And a woman is only a woman but a good cigar is a smoke." Sully and Kleinteich was a publisher of paper goods such as moving-picture books for children and calendars. "1914" reads "New York Sully and Kleinteich" on the front cover and has the S&K monogram on the rear; "1916" has just the S&K monogram; "1915" has no indication of publisher at all but clearly matches the other two. "1914" and "1915" are in remarkably near-fine condition; "1916" is lacking most of its horizontal spine and there is some edge-wear to the wrappers. All three are uncommon. Not in Livingston or Stewart. unknown books
1894ref. 557607New York: Scribner & Co 1894. Softcover. Good. Periodical. Illustrated by Howard Pyle A.B. Wenzell and others. Octavo. 56pp. P.661-804pp. 57-132pp. Pictorial wrappers. Light dampstain on a few pages and wrappers wrappers worn and torn on extremities with some loss of the spine good only. "The Grasshopper and the Ant" by A.B. Frost "McAndrews' Hymn" by Rudyard Kipling. Contributions by Albert Lynch Emile Friant Philip Gilbert Hamerton Robert Grant Cosmo Monkhouse Hannah Parker Kimball Walter Launt Palmer Brander Matthews Archibald Lampman Dorothea Lummis Francis Lynde H.C. Bunner Eva Wilder McGlasson and George W. Cable. Scribner & Co unknown books
1891ref. 157961891. Kipling John Lockwood. A Popular Sketch of Indian Animals in their Relations with the People. With Illustrations. London: Macmillan and Co. 1891. 2 pp undated ads plus 55 pp ads dated May 1891. Original terra-cotta cloth pictorially decorated in black and gilt. First Edition of this volume written and illustrated by Rudyard Kipling's father -- the genesis of his son's two JUNGLE BOOKs similarly illustrated by his father and of JUST SO STORIES illustrated by Rudyard. Each chapter is about a different type of Indian animal "Of Monkeys" "Of Elephants" "Of Camels" "Of Reptiles" etc. -- profusely illustrated by Lockwood himself as well as to a lesser degree by several others. BEAST AND MAN IN INDIA also includes the first appearance of several pieces by Rudyard -- two poems verse headings for nine of the chapters and extracts from two letters. With some leaves still unopened this is a near-fine copy of this attractively-bound book spine slightly darkened some foxing within. Quite uncommon. Richards B4; Stewart 104. unknown books
1912ref. 606447Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne 1912. Softcover. Very Good. First edition complimentary copy not intended for sale. Folio. 2 19pp 3 ads. Stapled wrappers. "Complimentary Copy" stamp on the front cover soiling and rubbing to the wrappers and light edgewear very good. Five instrumental songs for piano: "The Jungle" "Dawn." "rikki-Tikki-Tavi and the Snake" "Morning Song in the Jungle" and "Dance of the Elephants. B. Schott's Söhne unknown books
1942ref. 582846Boston: E.C. Schirmer Music Co 1942. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. 6 87pp. Illustrated wrappers. Rubbing to the wrappers else near fine. For multiple voices and piano. Plate imprint "E.C.S. No. 1320." Libretto adapted from the Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling who won the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature. E.C. Schirmer Music Co unknown books
1898ref. 604807London: Charels Sheard & Co 1898. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Arranged by Alfred Lee. Folio. Two nested bifolia making eight pages. Outer bifolium nearly separated along the fold soiling to the exterior and light bumping to the corners still a very good and complete copy. For voice and piano. Plate imprint "But that's another story." The front cover states that this song was "Suggested by Rudyard Kipling's Famous Bon Mot" and "Sung with the greatest success by the quaint G.W. Hunter" alongside a black and white portrait of whom we presume is Hunter. This piece is unrecorded by OCLC and it appears to be equally scarce in the trade. Charels Sheard & Co unknown books
1910ref. 591134London: The Frederick Harris Company 1910. Softcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Small octavo. 8pp. Stapled photographically illustrated wrappers. One horizontal fold rubbed and a little tender at the edges of the fold very good. Advertisement for Recitations set to music by Dale. Prints the entirely of Kipling's contribution: "When Earth's Last Picture is Painted. The Frederick Harris Company unknown books
1928ref. 607671No place: Privately Printed for G. Engel 1928. Unbound. Fine. First edition. One tall quarto sheet folded to make four pages. Measuring 6¾" x 8¾" closed. Fine. Copy 82 of 90 copies printed with a limitation slip laid in. Privately Printed for G. Engel unknown books
1929ref. 607675No place: Privately Printed for G. Engel 1929. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Two tall quarto sheets folded and stapled to make eight pages. Measuring 6¾" x 8¾" closed. Fine. One of 100 copies printed according to a small advertisement laid in. Privately Printed for G. Engel unknown books
1938ref. 611741London: The Kipling Society 1938. Softcover. Very Good. A near-complete run of the first 48 issues lacking only Numbers 17 18 30 and 41. Slim octavos. Illustrated usually on plate per issue. Two issues with fold-out frontispieces of group dinners. Stapled wrappers. First two issues with an owner name on the front cover and one issue with a partially completed "Kipling Crossword" in pencil. Spines and a couple of wrappers sunned topedges and the occasional plate foxed modest wear and occasional soil a very good set. With club ephemera laid in as well as a small separate collection of club ephemera and three worn later issues from 1939-40. The Kipling Society unknown books
1907ref. 453985New York: The John Church Company 1907. Unbound. Fine. Sheet music. Quarto. 11 1 pp. Words by Rudyard Kipling. Music by Oley Speaks. Self-wrappers not stapled. Owner name Thomas Curtiss on cover. Trifle wear and soil tiny abrasion on rear wrapper still fine. A lovely copy. The John Church Company unknown books
1907ref. 554327New York: Review of Reviews 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. One volume of a six volume set. Black-and-white frontispiece. Blue-gray clothcovered boards stamped in black and gilt. Spine faded bumping to the spine ends and corners some soiling to the boards and the gutter neatly repaired very good. Review of Reviews hardcover books
1899ref. 322273New York: Doubleday McClure 1899. First Seperate edition one of 100 copies printed on hand-made paper. Portrait. 24pp. 12mo. Grey borads. Spine chipped at top of spine. First Seperate edition one of 100 copies printed on hand-made paper. Portrait. 24pp. 12mo. With a signed portrait tipped in after title-page signed in margin "Very sincerely yours Rudyard Kipling. Doubleday, McClure unknown books
1927ref. 570123New York: Review of Reviews Corp 1927. Softcover. Very Good. Volume XVII Number 101. Octavo. Moderate general wear. Spine ends neatly strengthened but with a bit of loss very good and sound. Features the stories "The Bull that Thought" by Rudyard Kipling "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D. H. Lawrence "A French Duel" by Mark Twain and two sonnets by John Keats among other material. Review of Reviews Corp unknown books
1933ref. 579429New York: Review of Reviews 1933. Softcover. Very Good. Periodical. Printed wrappers. Shallow loss at the spine ends small tears at the front spine folds abrasion on the front cover very good. Includes "The Inevitable White Man" by Jack London "The First-Class Passenger" by Anton Chekhov "Heart of Darkness Part Two" by Joseph Conrad "Sea and Sardinia" by D.H. Lawrence "Frigates" by Emily Dickinson and more. Review of Reviews unknown books
1933ref. 193747New York: Review of Reviews 1933. Softcover. Good. Periodical. Printed wrappers. Dampstains on wraps and pages abrasions on rear cover good only. Includes "The Inevitable White Man" by Jack London "The First-Class Passenger" by Anton Chekhov "Heart of Darkness Part Two" by Joseph Conrad "Sea and Sardinia" by D.H. Lawrence "Frigates" by Emily Dickinson and more. Review of Reviews unknown books