Kipling, Rudyard; Nicholson, JackBiblio.com
1989Best.-Nr. 4013636U.S.A.: Picture Book Studio Audio. 0887080839 Cassette included. Story read by Jack Nicholson. Music by Bobby McFerrin . Relates how the rhinoceros's lack of manners resulted in his baggy skin and bad temper. . Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. Later Edition. 1989. Picture Book Studio Audio hardcover
1988Best.-Nr. 12306Saxonville MA: Rabbit Ears Books 1988. First Thus. Oblong Hardcover in color illus boards in matching jacket with audio cassette all in matching color illus sleeved box. Fine unmarked all items. Scarce package in great condition: wonderful Kipling story with glowing artwork while the companion tape offers brilliant score and memorable reading by Nicholson - all in custom box. Box is 10-1/2 x 11-1/2; book is 10-1/2 x 8-3/4 unnumbered pp color illus; cassette runtime 10 mins each side. Rabbit Ears Books hardcover
Best.-Nr. Z1-ZZ-001-00564Macmillan Children's Books. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Macmillan Children's Books unknown
1942Best.-Nr. 157177New York: Garden City Publishing Company 1942. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Open tearing along panel edges. 3 inch open tear at top of rear panel. Illustrations by F. Rojankovsky. Garden City Publishing Company hardcover
1923Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 1846163994.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1931Best.-Nr. 983H31London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1931. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". Reginald Cleaver. The first edition of 'Humorous Tales' from Rudyard Kipling illustrated with twenty-three lively drawings by Reginald Cleaver. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. First edition. With twenty-three illustrations by Reginald Cleaver an early twentieth century British cartoonist known for his work in Punch Magazine and The Daily Graphic. Collated complete. A collection of humorous tales including: The Legend of Mirth The First Sailor Pig His Gift and The Village that Voted the Earth was Flat. Written by Rudyard Kipling an English novelist short story writer poet and journalist born in British India which inspired much of his work. Best known for The Jungle Book and Just So Stories. In the original red cloth binding. Externally very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. One or two very slight handling marks to boards. Previous owner's contemporary inscription to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1931Best.-Nr. 846T93London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1931. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Reginald Cleaver. A beautifully illustrated collection of humorous short stories from Kipling. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and twenty-two plates. Collated complete. A collection of humorous tales including: The Legend of Mirth The First Sailor Pig His Gift and The Village that Voted the Earth was Flat. Written by Rudyard Kipling an English novelist short story writer poet and journalist born in British India which inspired much of his work. Best known for The Jungle Book and Just So Stories. Illustrated by Reginald Cleaver a British cartoonist notable for his work in Punch and The Daily Graphic. In the original red cloth binding. Externally very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1998Best.-Nr. 150210Torino: Einaudi 1998. Cm. 215 pp. xxx 2 525 3. Con tavole a colori f.t. Leg. edit. in tela sovracoperta. Entro custodia rigida ill. Perfetta conservazione in stato di nuovo. Collana: I Millenni. Einaudi hardcover
Best.-Nr. 68292361-75Orion Publishing Group Limited. Used - Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Orion Publishing Group, Limited unknown
Best.-Nr. 47059592like new. unknown
Best.-Nr. 1436325579.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2011Best.-Nr. 009009Whittington Gloucestershire England: Nomad letterpress circa 2011. Limited and numbered broadside. Broadside. This limited and numbered letterpress broadside of Kiplings iconic poem is number 27 of 94. It was printed circa 2011 by Nomad letterpress operating out of the historic Whittington Press near Cheltenham Gloucestershire using Cason and wood types on Zerkell mould-made paper. Copy number 45 of this edition is held in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum where it is preserved under accession number E.797-2014. The print measures 51 x 38 cm. It is mounted on heavy white card within a recessed beveled cut border the mount measuring 65.5 x 51.5 cm with 7 cm top and side margins and an 8mm lower margin. We presume that it was issued thus; this unblemished copy remains within the original plastic wrapping as originally sold by Henry Sotheran Limited with their original invoice attached to the verso. Please note that we chose to leave this plastic cover in place when photographing the item in the interest of preserving condition. This item will be packed flat with our customary care and posted at cost depending on the buyers shipping preference. IF- was first published in October 1910 in Rewards and Fairies Kiplings collection of eleven stories and twenty-three poems that was a continuation of the Puck stories first told in 1906s Puck of Pooks Hill. To capitalize on the immediate and immense popularity of IF- the publisher of the American edition of Rewards and Fairies Doubleday Page & Company swiftly followed with a separate publication in 1910. A British edition followed in 1914 published the first month of the First World War. Although the poem was not collected and published until 1910 inspiration for the poem occurred 15 years earlier in the person of Leander Starr Jameson 1853-1917 leader of the failed Jameson Raid of that year against the Boer Republic of Transvaal that helped precipitate the Second Anglo-Boer War. Despite the fiasco much of the British public treated Jameson as a dashing hero Kipling admired him greatly and in his autobiography Something of Myself Kipling said that "If" was drawn from Jameson's character. The character flaws of the poems muse are an irony. The poems association with the collective anonymized slaughter of the First World War is another irony. This was no accident. Indeed a 1916 edition of the poem was produced in an edition of 30000 as a Xmas and New Year card from the Ladies Buffet staff to the soldiers embarking for the front through Waterloo Station; Kipling waived his royalty cutting the reprint cost. The poems enshrinement of firmness of character and temperament in the face of adversity became inextricably linked to the patriotic offering and sacrifice of so many British sons to the decidedly inglorious trenches of the First World War. The association was undoubtedly difficult for Kipling who lost his own and only son to the war. John Kipling who had been commissioned in the Irish Guards at the outset of the war had gone to France in August 1915; in September a month after his eighteenth birthday he was reported wounded and missing in the battle of Loos. His body was never found in Kipling's lifetime: the grave was identified in 1992. John's death coincided with the onset of Kipling's suffering from the undiagnosed duodenal ulcer that tormented the last twenty years of his life and that at last killed him. None of the ironies attendant to the poems inspiration and application diminish its beautifully lyrical and enduringly compelling exhortations. References: Victoria & Albert Museum; Richards A269; ODNB Nomad letterpress unknown
Best.-Nr. 1857996658.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1914Best.-Nr. 009008London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1914. First English separate edition pamphlet issue. Pamphlet. This is the pamphlet issue of the British first stand-alone publication of Kiplings most famous poem IF- published the first month of the First World War. These are scarce on the market rendering mere survival noteworthy. This copy is in very good condition. The gray card covers remain complete and firmly attached to the contents. There is a contemporary owner name initials and an indecipherable surname inked at the upper right front cover corner just above the double-ruled border. The covers show lightly toned extremities the front cover shows some small spots and moderate soiling and the fore edge corners are lightly bumped. The contents are clean with a touch of trivial spotting. IF- was first published in October 1910 in Rewards and Fairies Kiplings collection of eleven stories and twenty-three poems that was a continuation of the Puck stories first told in 1906s Puck of Pooks Hill. To capitalize on the immediate and immense popularity of IF- the publisher of the American edition of Rewards and Fairies Doubleday Page & Company swiftly followed with a separate publication in 1910. This British edition followed in 1914. There were two issues of this first separate British edition. Macmillan published IF- in July 1914 as both a leaflet and a pamphlet bound in card stock of various shades of gray or brown measuring 16.2 x 11.4 cm lettered and ruled in deep purplish-red. In this pamphlet issue the front cover served as the title page and the text was printed on both sides of two paginated leaves with COPYRIGHT" at the foot of p.4 and advertisements for Kiplings works on the recto and verso of the back cover. Kiplings bibliographer notes three printings of this pamphlet issue the second in September 1914 and third in August 1915 noting that for later issues the year at the bottom of the front cover changes. Although the poem was not collected and published until 1910 inspiration for the poem occurred 15 years earlier in the person of Leander Starr Jameson 1853-1917 leader of the failed Jameson Raid of that year against the Boer Republic of Transvaal that helped precipitate the Second Anglo-Boer War. Despite the fiasco much of the British public treated Jameson as a dashing hero Kipling admired him greatly and in his autobiography Something of Myself Kipling said that "If" was drawn from Jameson's character. The character flaws of the poems muse are an irony. The poems association with the collective anonymized slaughter of the First World War is another. It seems hardly coincidental that this first separate British edition was issued during the first month of the First World War. Indeed a later 1916 edition of the poem was produced in an edition of 30000 as a Xmas and New Year card from the Ladies Buffet staff to the soldiers embarking for the front through Waterloo Station; Kipling waived his royalty cutting the reprint cost. The poems enshrinement of firmness of character and temperament in the face of adversity became inextricably linked to the patriotic offering and sacrifice of so many British sons to the inglorious trenches of the First World War. The association was undoubtedly difficult for Kipling. Fourteen months after this copy of IF- was published Kipling lost his own and only son to the war. John Kipling who had been commissioned in the Irish Guards at the outset of the war had gone to France in August 1915; in September a month after his eighteenth birthday he was reported wounded and missing in the battle of Loos. His body was never found in Kipling's lifetime: the grave was identified in 1992. John's death coincided with the onset of Kipling's suffering from the undiagnosed duodenal ulcer that tormented the last twenty years of his life and that at last killed him. None of the ironies attendant to the poems inspiration and application diminish its beautifully lyrical and enduringly compelling exhortations. References: Richards A269; ODNB Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown
1910Best.-Nr. 11849Doubleday Page and Company. New York. 1910. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION U. S. IN PUBLISHERS DELUX LEATHER BINDING. Precedes the first U. K separate edition by 4 years. Oblong 8vo. 4.4 x 6.4 inches. 8 double leaves uncut at the top held in by a white cord tie. Each double leaf has a red rule and dot border the text printed in black with red initial letters. Half title has "IF" printed in red within an ornamental black panel the same printed onto the front board with the addition of the author's name. The Publishers note on page 5 appears in four different variants with priority unknown and this copy has variant iv. In the rare original delux publishers dark green morocco leather binding with gilt ruling and lettering to the front panel Richards binding variant i. There is some mottling to the leather on the front panel. The rear board has a faded area to the top half. Inner front hinge cracked but holding firm. Overall the binding is in very good condition and the gilt is still bright and sharp. Neat three line pencil inscription on the front blank free endpaper dated Xmas 1911. Internally this is a clean and bright copy. An attractive copy of this uncommon little book. Published probably November 1910 very shortly after the Poem first appeared in the book Rewards and Fairies October 1910 this separate publication was issued to capitalise on the huge and instant popularity of what has become Kipling's most enduring work of verse. A poll taken by the BBC in the UK in 2005 voted it as Britain's favourite Poem polling twice as many votes as the number 2 choice Lord Tennyson's The Lady of Shallot. Originally written in 1895 IF was inspired by the actions of Dr. Leander Starr Jameson a British Officer whose forces were defeated by the Boers in 1895 but who was portrayed as a victorious hero by the British press the poem is a powerful masterclass in maintaining the British stiff upper lip. ---- David Alan Richards. Rudyard Kipling. A bibliography. A244. Doubleday, Page and Company. New York. 1910 hardcover
1924Best.-Nr. 11850Doubleday Doran and Company. New York. 1924. REPRINT SEPARATE EDITION U. S. Originally published in 1910. Oblong 8vo. 4.4 x 6.4 inches. 8 double leaves uncut at the top. Each double leaf has a green decorative border the text printed in black. Half title has "IF" printed in black within an ornamental green panel the same printed onto the front board with the addition of the author's name and a floral decoration. A remarkably clean and bright copy in original off white boards with decorative green border and black lettering and decoration to the front panel. Small blindstamp of Nicholson's Bookshop Richmond Ind on both blank free endpapers. A fine copy in the very rare original plain white paper dustwrapper. The wrapper has a few small closed tears to the edges but without any loss and it is complete. An attractive copy of this uncommon reprint edition of Kipling's most enduring work of verse in the rare dustwrapper. In 36 years of dealing in rare English literature this is only the second copy I have seen in the dustwrapper. A poll taken by the BBC in the UK in 2005 voted it as Britain's favourite Poem polling twice as many votes as the number 2 choice Lord Tennyson's The Lady of Shallot. Originally written in 1895 IF was inspired by the actions of Dr. Leander Starr Jameson a British Officer whose forces were defeated by the Boers in 1895 but who was portrayed as a victorious hero by the British press the poem is a powerful masterclass in maintaining the British stiff upper lip. Doubleday, Doran and Company. New York. 1924 hardcover
1910Best.-Nr. 11861Doubleday Page and Company. New York. 1910. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION U. S. Precedes the first U.K separate edition by 4 years. Oblong 8vo. 4.4 x 6.4 inches. 8 double leaves uncut at the top of the pages. Each double leaf has a dark green rule and dot border the text printed in black with green initial letters. Half title has "IF" printed in green within an ornamental black panel the same printed onto the front board but in red with the addition of the author's name. This version with the green colour printing is Richards' variant a. The text pages are clean and fresh and have been professionally re-cased into the binding but without the blank endpapers otherwise a very good copy in the publishers original light brown paper covered boards; - Richards' binding variant iii a- with a couple of small chips and some rubbing and bumping to the spine and a little minor marking to the rear board but overall is a very good example. The Publishers note on page 5 appears in four different variants with priority unknown and this copy has variant ii. Despite being re-cased this is an attractive and clean bright copy of this uncommon little book. Published probably November 1910 very shortly after the Poem first appeared in the book Rewards and Fairies October 1910 this separate publication was issued to capitalise on the huge and instant popularity of what has become Kipling's most enduring work of verse. A poll taken by the BBC in the UK in 2005 voted it as Britain's favourite Poem polling twice as many votes as the number 2 choice Lord Tennyson's The Lady of Shallot. Originally written in 1895 IF was inspired by the actions of Dr. Leander Starr Jameson a British Officer whose forces were defeated by the Boers in 1895 but who was portrayed as a victorious hero by the British press the poem is a powerful masterclass in maintaining the British stiff upper lip. --- David Alan Richards; Rudyard Kipling. A Bibliography A244. Doubleday, Page and Company. New York. 1910 hardcover
1910Best.-Nr. 11869Doubleday Page and Company. New York. 1910. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION U. S. IN RARE PUBLISHERS DELUX IMITATION LEATHER BINDING. Precedes the first U. K separate edition by 4 years. Oblong 8vo. 4.4 x 6.4 inches. 8 double leaves uncut at the top. Each double leaf has a green rule and dot border the text printed in black with green initial letters. Half title has "IF" printed in green within an ornamental black panel the same as the design stamped onto the front board with the addition of the author's name. This version with the green colour printing is Richards' variant a. The Publishers note on page 5 appears in four different variants with priority unknown and this copy has variant ii. A couple of very light spots to one page but overall this is a very good bright and clean copy throughout. In the very rare original delux publishers dark red imitation morocco leather binding with gilt ruling and lettering to the front panel Richards binding variant ii. Some wear to the surface of the binding at the spine and corners and the gilt on the front board is a bit dulled as usual but overall this is a very good and attractive copy of this rare little book. This imitation leather bound issue is by far the rarest of the three variant bindings published. In 36 years of dealing in English Literature and handling many dozens of copies of this edition in the paper covered boards and 20 copies in the delux green leather this is only the eighth time I have come across a copy in this red variant binding. Published probably November 1910 very shortly after the Poem first appeared in the book Rewards and Fairies October 1910 this separate publication was issued to capitalise on the huge and instant popularity of what has become Kipling's most enduring work of verse. A poll taken by the BBC in the UK in 2005 voted it as Britain's favourite Poem polling twice as many votes as the number 2 choice Lord Tennyson's The Lady of Shallot. Originally written in 1895 IF was inspired by the actions of Dr. Leander Starr Jameson a British Officer whose forces were defeated by the Boers in 1895 but who was portrayed as a victorious hero by the British press the poem is a powerful masterclass in maintaining the British stiff upper lip. ------ David Alan Richards. Rudyard Kipling. A Bibliography. A244. Binding variant ii. Text Variants ii a. Doubleday, Page and Company. New York. 1910 hardcover
1922Best.-Nr. 11796Doubleday Doran and Company Inc. New York. 1922. Very early reprint of 1921 edition in the publishers delux leather binding. 4.4 x 3.2 inches. Title page printed in red and black. Original publishers limp leather binding of bright red morocco with gilt tooled lettering and decoration to the front board. Mottled patterned endpapers. A little rubbing to the edges otherwise a fine and bright example of this scarce and charming little edition. Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. New York. 1922 hardcover
Best.-Nr. K01M-00301Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Atheneum Books for Young Readers unknown
2007Best.-Nr. Q-0689877994Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2007-03-27. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Atheneum Books for Young Readers hardcover
2011Best.-Nr. BN614912Giunti Junior 2011. 2011. Softcover. Il libro della giungla Il libro della giungla Rudyard Kipling Giunti Junior paperback
1887Best.-Nr. H40153London: Illustrated London News 1887. Hardcover. Good. Folio 15.75 x 12.25 inches old half leather and moire cloth boards good to very good light wear to binding some rubbing and weakening along outer joints small piece of leather missing from head of spine title on spine erroneously indicates this volume only contains Xmas numbers for 1897-98 when it actually contains quite a few others dating back to 1887 contents very good and sharp with original covers bound in. Contains both the 1887 and 1897 Jubilee issues the 1897 one entitled "Her Majesty's Glorious Jubilee.The Record Number of a Record Reign" has page after page of full page chromolithographs 12 in all plus covers very lavish and elaborate illustrations with the text pages having gilt decorated borders. Other issues include: Summer 1889 Summer 1890 both with Bret Harte stories Christmas 1890 Kipling's "Mr. Hauksbee Sits Out" Summer 1891 Christmas 1891 Bret Harte's "Their Uncle from California" Hardy's "The Son's Veto" and Barrie's "The Inconsiderate Waiter" Christmas 1892 Chromo cover Mrs. Moleworth's fairy tale "Princess Ice-Heart" Louis Wain illustrations of rabbits and dogs Frank Stockton story July 10 1893 "Wedding Number" marriage of Prince George to Princess Mary of Teck many engravings and articles about the royal families Summer 1894 "The Eternal Femine" by Israel Zangwill Bret Harte's "A Rose of Glenbogie" the aforementioned 1897 Jubilee issue with text by Sir Walter Besant; Summer 1898 H. G. Wells "The Man Who Could Work Miracles" a 2 pp. ballad by Cecil Aldin illustrated in color Bret Harte's "The Man and the Mountain" Christmas 1898 full page Louis Wain plate of cats in a snowball fight and much else. Lots of engravings some double-page throughout. Illustrated London News hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0714549541.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
