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1951rif. 126348London: Published for The British Council and the National Book League by Longmans Green & Co. 1951. First edition of Dobree's work on Kipling the man and the writer. Octavo original wrappers frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In near fine condition. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Published for The British Council and the National Book League by Longmans, Green & Co. unknown
2021rif. x-8195012191Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd 2021. Paperback. New. 564 pages. 5.50x1.26x8.50 inches. Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd paperback
1924rif. NF0076SMOKE RINGS AND ROUNDELAYS Castle 1924 first edition near fine copy in pictorial stamped leather binding. Contributions by Dickens Fielding Kipling Stevenson Thackery and many others. A twenty page bibliographical guide to the authors tobacco literature is included. Castle 1924 hardcover
rif. 06188London: Macmillan & Co. Limited 1903. Beauty That Hath Terror in It" The Detmold Brothers' Sublime and Unsettling Vision of The Jungle Book The Magnificent Original 1903 Folio Portfolio with Sixteen Superb Color Plates KIPLING Rudyard. DETMOLD Maurice & Edward J. illustrators. Sixteen Illustrations of Subjects from Kipling's "Jungle Book" by Messrs. Maurice & Edward Detmold. London: Macmillan & Co. Limited 1903. First edition. Reportedly limited to 500 copies for England and America. Folio 21 3/8 x 15 1/2 inches; 543 x 394 mm. Title-page contents leaf and sixteen magnificent color plates tipped onto white boards within gray window mounts each accompanied by a protective cover sheet bearing the title and a short extract from Kipling's text. Title-page and list of illustrations expertly repaired at folds; second plate description with short marginal tear; some light foxing to text leaves and mounts only. The plates themselves are remarkably clean fresh and beautifully preserved. Original publisher's green cloth portfolio front cover decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt retaining one of the two original green silk ties. An excellent example of one of the most magnificent and celebrated achievements of Edwardian book illustration exceptionally scarce complete with all sixteen plates. Published in 1903 when the extraordinary twin brothers Maurice and Edward Julius Detmold were just twenty years old this monumental portfolio represents the culmination of their artistic collaboration and one of the finest visual interpretations of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book ever produced. The sixteen superb compositions reveal an astonishing maturity of conception and execution. Combining meticulous natural history observation with an intensely personal decorative imagination the Detmolds created a world at once beautiful mysterious and faintly menacing in which the distinction between the natural and the supernatural seems perpetually uncertain. Animals are rendered with extraordinary anatomical precision their musculature fur scales and movement observed with almost scientific exactitude. Yet these are far more than zoological studies. Wolves possess an almost monumental dignity; panthers move with a sinister effortless grace; serpents coil with hypnotic inevitability; and the great tiger Shere Khan emerges as an embodiment of majestic and terrifying power. The brothers' remarkable understanding of animal character is matched by their sensitivity to atmosphere and composition. Their creatures appear not merely as participants in Kipling's narratives but as independent beings endowed with intelligence memory and an almost human consciousness. Particularly striking are the representations of Mowgli whose slender youthful figure is repeatedly contrasted with the formidable creatures surrounding him. His vulnerability is balanced by a quiet assurance suggesting his extraordinary position between the human and animal worlds. The Detmolds avoid the sentimentality often associated with illustrations of childhood instead emphasizing Mowgli's intimate identification with the jungle and its inhabitants. In the celebrated scenes depicting Bagheera Baloo Akela and the Monkey People the artists achieve an extraordinary balance between narrative drama and decorative design. The Monkey People particularly in their ruined architectural surroundings are among the most unsettling creations in the series their restless gestures and grotesque attitudes suggesting a strange parody of human society. Equally remarkable is the brothers' use of color. Their sumptuous yet carefully controlled palette of burnished browns smoky grays subdued greens and golden ochres lends the compositions an almost dreamlike quality. Subtle gradations of tone together with intricate patterns of foliage fur and stone produce a richness and unity of design seldom equaled in contemporary illustration. The original large-format plates possess a depth delicacy and painterly quality that cannot be fully appreciated in the considerably reduced reproductions of the later book edition of 1908. Presented individually within their original window mounts they have the presence and visual authority of original watercolors. Indeed so successful were these images as independent works of art that many portfolios were subsequently broken up their individual plates removed for framing. The survival of a complete portfolio particularly one retaining its original publisher's cloth case and with the plates in such fresh condition is consequently especially desirable. The contemporary critical reception was enthusiastic. Reviewing the London exhibition of the original paintings the Manchester Guardian of November 5 1903 declared that the brothers: "are able to prevent their work from ever sinking to the level of mere illustration". The reviewer particularly admired the depiction of the Monkey People in the Cold Lairs describing it as: "full of character subtle observation and invention". Of the representation of Bagheera in Mowgli and the Red Flower the reviewer memorably observed that it possessed: "something of that beauty which hath terror in it". The same review praised the convincing and engaging portrayals of Baloo Nag Kaa and Akela recognizing in the Detmolds' work an extraordinary fusion of imaginative invention and naturalistic observation. A report published in the New York Times on December 5 1903 stated that the edition was strictly limited to 500 copies for England and America emphasizing the exclusivity of this magnificent production from the outset. The portfolio is particularly significant in the history of the Detmold brothers' careers. Born in 1883 Maurice and Edward developed their exceptional artistic talents together displaying an early and remarkable aptitude for the representation of birds animals and the natural world. Their close collaboration produced some of the most distinctive illustrated publications of the opening years of the twentieth century. Tragically Maurice took his own life in 1908 bringing their artistic partnership to a premature end. Edward continued to enjoy a distinguished career as an illustrator but the works produced jointly by the brothers retain a unique place in the history of British illustration. As Richard Dalby observed the paintings were admired for their realistic detail and decorative arrangement while Diana Johnson identified the extraordinary tension between their scientific naturalism and ornamental imagination a combination capable of producing images both fanciful and profoundly disturbing. A masterpiece of the Golden Age of Illustration this spectacular portfolio stands among the finest achievements of the Detmold brothers and one of the most beautiful and psychologically compelling interpretations of Kipling's immortal jungle stories. Complete examples of the original 1903 folio portfolio are increasingly difficult to obtain and the present copy with all sixteen plates clean and fresh and preserved in its original gilt-decorated publisher's portfolio is an especially attractive survival. London: Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1903 unknown
1903rif. 000134London: Macmillan and Co. 1903. Sixteen finely executed illustrations mounted and protected by part-printed paper overlays contained in a later half-calf silk lined portfolio. The portfolio has raised bands spine in four panels panels bordered with gilt single rule volute corner pieces title in gilt to second panel illustrators to third place and date to fourth silk ties to each edge. Rubbed to extremities spine very slightly faded. Title page chipped and quite heavily repaired slightly grubby with several small closed tears the list of illustrations leaf is again chipped with repairs to edges. The part-printed overlays are lightly foxed and browned to edges chipped to top edges one or two spots of foxing to the mounts the illustrations are all bright and clean. For the Detmolds see Houfe page 115. First Edition. Plates Loose in Folder. Good. Illus. by Detmold Maurice and Detmold Edward. Elephant Folio. Macmillan and Co. Hardcover
rif. 413112Hardcover. Good. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Twenty volumes of literature - novels poetry and plays - in twentieth century hardcover editions as shown. The books are a bit worn in places in line with age. If you would like to browse the other books our shop has available online please click on our shop's name. hardcover
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rif. 452323Clarendon. Hardcover. Fair. Board covers scratched and bumped. Spine has gilt lettering is scuffed and has a small tear at the top. Text edges a little rough and a few loose pages. Clarendon hardcover
1948rif. mon0000584583Random House 1948T. hardcover. Acceptable. 3.8071 in x 24.1117 in x 17.5127 in. NOT an ex-library book. Well read with some wear but still very useable. With Dust Cover. Random House hardcover
1963rif. 100051598Rombaldi / les prix nobel de littérature 1963. Bon état cependant couvertures ternies intérieurs frais bonne tenue des reliures. in8. 1963. Cartonné. 11 volumes. 11 volumes collection des prix nobel de littérature: 1902-Mommsen: Histoire de Rome 1906Carducci: Oeuvres poétiques 1904-Echegaray: L'affront lavé; La mort sur les lèvres 1907-Kipling: La lumière qui s'éteint 1908-Eucken: Le sens et la valeur de la vie 1910-Heyse: L'arrabbiata Le garde-vignes; Résurrection 1917-Pontoppidan: Le visiteur royal 1919-Spitteler: Prométhée et Epimethée 1921-France: Le crime de Sylvestre Bonnard 1924-Reymont: L'apostolat du Knout; Nouvelles 1928-Unset: Printemps Rombaldi / les prix nobel de littérature unknown
2024rif. ABD-9789355241108Oxford Book Co. 2024. New. Oxford Book Co. unknown
2024rif. ABD-9789355241108Oxford Book Co. 2024. New. Oxford Book Co. unknown
2022rif. SBS-9781637856659Excelic 2022. Hardcover. New. Excelic hardcover
2022rif. SBS-9781637856659Excelic 2022. Hardcover. New. Excelic hardcover
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2013rif. Gyan-9789332892224Isha Books 2013. Hardcover. New. 18.78 x 12.43 x 3.38 cm. English Isha Books hardcover
2013rif. Gyan-9789332892224Isha Books 2013. Hardcover. New. 18.78 x 12.43 x 3.38 cm. English Isha Books hardcover
1955rif. 123050London: Macmillan & Co Ltd 1955. First edition of Carrington's famed biography of Kipling. Octavo original cloth. With an autograph note signed by Lafcadio Hearn adhered to the front pastedown which reads "Kipling is priceless - his single story of Purima Bayal is worth a Kingdom; I & his suggestive moral of human life is such a miracle! I can't tell you what pleasure it gave me. - Lafcadio Hearn." Japanese writer of Greek-Irish descent Lafcadio Hearn is best remembered for his books about Japanese culture which offered the Western world a glimpse into a largely unknown but fascinating culture at the time. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription. An exceptional association. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Macmillan & Co Ltd hardcover
2024rif. x-1843847191Ds Brewer 2024. Paperback. New. 206 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.44 inches. Ds Brewer paperback
2019rif. __1843845288Ds Brewer 2019. Paperback. New. 203 pages. 9.00x6.50x0.75 inches. Ds Brewer paperback
2020rif. __1843845601Ds Brewer 2020. Paperback. New. 210 pages. 9.00x6.50x0.75 inches. Ds Brewer paperback
rif. 15-6019New York: Carnegie Hall 1897. THEATER PROGRAM. 12mo. 8 pp. Stapled Wraps Very Good with small tear on spine creasing rubbing and minor staining. Illustration on cover. Program for May 1 1897. New York: Carnegie Hall, 1897. paperback
rif. 12764ARTNew York: Hearst's International Library Company Circa 1914 188 pp. Original blue cloth covers moderately soiled and rubbed. Light fraying to corners and spine ends. Front hinge starting. Evidence of small price label removed from top corner of front blank endpaper. Light scattered foxing. Illust. w/ tipped-in color plates and b/w plates. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hearst's International Library Company Hardcover
rif. 15605Printed by The Medici Society Ltd. London. Introductory note by Parish dated 'Christmas 1945 Bateman's Burwash Sussex.'. 8pp. landscape 12mo. Saddle-stitched into light-brown printed wraps. In good condition lightly-aged. A tasteful production with two full-page illustrations by 'T. O'B. Horsford' captioned 'Bateman's' and 'The Hall'. Introductory note by Parish inside the front cover: 'The following article was written for the Kipling Society's Journal and is here printed by courtesy of its Editor.' The piece begins: 'It was not long after our arrival in 1940 as the tenants of Bateman's that we learnt that Mr. Kipling had a sister and we wondered what manner of lady she might be little expecting ever to meet her. Judge then of our pleasure when last July five years later a letter arrived from Mr. Brooking founder of our Society saying that Mrs. Fleming whose home was in Edinburgh was on a visit to London and had expressed the wish to see Bateman's again and that he would escort her. The date was fixed for July 10th and at midday I met them at Etchingham station. Now how better can I describe this most charming little lady than by saying that she was exactly what you would wish a sister of Mr. Kipling to be.' A letter from Mrs Fleming to Parish dated from 6 West Coats Edinburgh on 17 September 1945 is printed over one and a half pages. Surprisingly scarce: no copy in the British Library or on OCLC WorldCat and the only copy traced on COPAC in the National Trust collections. Newspaper cutting of letter from Evelyn C. Johnson of Elloughton regarding 'Burne-Jones's St. Cecilia window' loosely inserted. Printed by The Medici Society Ltd., London. [Introductory note by Parish dated 'Christmas, 1945 | Bateman's | Burwash, Sussex.'] paperback
