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réf. 1025463757.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 1025458966.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1970réf. SBBI-mon0000147915Penguin Classics 1970. paperback. Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining water damage writing missing dustjacket etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Penguin Classics paperback
1897réf. 52393London: Macmillan and Co. 1897. 8vo. viii 339 1 pp. Contemporary red half calf over marbled boards by Matthews & Brooke of Bradford spine with raised bands gilt lettered direct to two panels and with a gilt flower device repeated to the others marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Slightly uneven discolouration to the spine mild rubbing to extremities else very good. London: Macmillan and Co. unknown
réf. 1025801547.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 0359167454.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1891réf. 53658Philadelphia Pa: J B Lippincott 1891. First Edition. Original wraps. Very good. 97p octavo. Complete in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine January 1891 issue. Copyrighted in 1890 by Lippincott but first printed here. Front cover just hanging on. 32p ads plus 168p text plus 31p ads. Poet Eugene Field's copy with his small engraved bookplate. On the copyright page of "The Light that Failed" is inscribed "This copy of "The Light that Failed" came from the library of my father Eugene Field. Eugene Field II Sept 10 1923" Unique thus. Enclosed in a very good blue cloth and blue morocco slipcase gilt titled. Author's First Novel. J B Lippincott paperback
1890réf. 158361890. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co. January 1891 actually Dec 1890. Original printed wrappers. First American Appearance of this novel occupying almost the entirety 97 pages of this monthly issue. Lippincott's Monthly Magazine was on a roll! Over the course of twelve months they introduced readers to three amazing novels: Arthur Conan Doyle's THE SIGN OF FOUR complete in the February 1890 issue Oscar Wilde's THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY complete in the July 1890 issue and then this one. In February 1890 Kipling's agent A.P.Watt had negotiated for Kipling to deliver to Lippincott this novel -- for which they issued a UK copyright edition in November 1890 the true first edition. New York publishers John Lovell / United States Book Co. with London agent Wolcott Balestier and Kipling in-law were all set to publish this in early December 1890 when. The book's publication was held up until the American magazine version. could appear on the newstands in late December in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine cover-dated January 1891" Richards. This is a remarkably bright copy fine except for chipping away of the bottom quarter-inch of the spine. Quite uncommon in this condition. Richards E1-E3 plus see his A49-A51. Housed in a worn folding cloth case which bears the bookplate of Oliver Brett later 3rd Viscount Esher. unknown
1892réf. 006852Chicago & New York: Rand McNally & Company Publishers 1892. Kipling's first novel a bit of a romance may have been unloved by the critics but not by the readers. This is a Very Good copy of an erly pirate edition. Scarce. Light tan wraps with titling in red. Illustrated front cover of shipboard readers; rear cover is an advert for a railroad. Clean text; 219 pages with 21 pages of adverts for household goos medicines railroads and yes books. Cheap pulp paper stock is tanned but quite clear and readable. Chips to the front cover. An intersting find for the Kipling completist. In an archival plastic protector. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Rand, McNally & Company, Publishers Paperback
réf. 1023098660.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 5200490like new. unknown
1901réf. mon0000184882Regent 1919-01-01. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. EX LIBRARY BOOK Regent hardcover
réf. 12450744like new. unknown
réf. 1406503169.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 1434627063.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1891réf. 002105London: Macmillan & Co. 1891 1891. FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol. inscribed by Kipling on the title-page "Alick Watt from the much indebted author Mar : 91:" bound in the publisher's original gilt stamped blue cloth inner and outer hinges fine head and foot of spine fine internally clean and bright A VERY GOOD COPY. Kipling's first novel. Inscribed to the son of the of A. P. Watt the literary agent to Kipling London: Macmillan & Co., 1891 hardcover
1914réf. 13144NY: Doubleday Page & Company for Review of Reviews 1914. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 5.5"x7.5". 339 pgs. Authorized Edition. Red cloth boards. Blindstamped on front w/hindu swastika symbol in circle w/cursive author's name. Doubleday colophon blindstamped on spine. Raised ribs that are flattened on spine w/gilt letters. Date on title page. Spine straight binding tight pages clean w/slight tone from age. Not x-library and unmarked. Mild shelf wear w/light soiling to back cover. Mild edge wear. Secure ship in cardboard w/track #. In 1/1878 Kipling was admitted to the United Services College at Westward Ho! Devon a school founded a few years earlier to prepare boys for the armed forces. The school proved rough going for him at first but led to firm friendships & provided the setting for his schoolboy stories Stalky & Co. published years later. During his time there he met & fell in love with Florence Garrard the model for Maisie in his 1st novel The Light That Failed initially published in 1890 in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Dick Heldar is a war correspondent & an artist known for the drawings he sends home to the London papers from wars in exotic places like Sudan. When he returns to London he attempts to make a career for himself as a serious artist & encounters his childhood sweetheart Maisie. They fall in love. Then he learns that a minor problem with his eyes is actually the onset of blindness incurable--the result of a head wound he took during the war. As his vision fails the light of everything around him--his life his hopes his dreams--fail with it. There are terrible choices to be made between the love of the woman he treasures & the love of the men who stood by him at the front. From Goodreads. Doubleday, Page & Company for Review of Reviews hardcover
1951réf. mon0000181389Macmillan 1951-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardcover/Hardback. Original dust cover laminated onto front cover. Some colouring of pages due to the age of the book. Clean copy in good condition. Macmillan hardcover
réf. 40-16459Doubleday Page & Company. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1890réf. 530764New York: United States Book Company 1890. Hardcover. Fine. First American edition boards issue. Red beveled cloth gilt. Attractive early bookplate a touch rubbing on the boards else fine. United States Book Company hardcover
1891réf. 121637London: Macmillan and Co 1891. First edition of Kipling's first novel. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles to the spine publisher's gilt emblem to the front panel. In very good condition. Written when Rudyard Kipling was 26 years old The Light That Failed is semi-autobiographical; being based upon his own unrequited love for Florence Garrard. Most of the novel is set in London but many important events throughout the story occur in Sudan and Port Said. It follows the life of Dick Heldar an artist and painter who goes blind and his unrequited love for his childhood playmate Maisie. Though it was poorly received by critics the novel has remained in print for over a century. It was also adapted into a play two silent films as well as a drama film. Macmillan and Co hardcover
1891réf. WB18282London: Macmillan 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Original blue gilt stamped cloth. Spine leaning otherwise a decent copy. Macmillan hardcover
réf. 160149New York: Manhattan Press. Good. N.D. Hardcover. An edition in good condition with normal shelfwear and slight discoloration. There is a previous owner's pencil signature on the front flyleaf; The Light That Failed is a story of love loss and redemption. The novel follows the journey of two families the Mee family and the Chough family as they are both affected by the Great War. The Mee family is a wealthy family that is struggling to keep their business afloat while their son Rudyard is away fighting in the war. The Chough family is a family of coal miners who are struggling to make ends meet while their son Willie is away fighting in the war. Rudyard and Willie meet each other while they are both in the trenches and become friends. Willie tells Rudyard about the horrors of the war and Rudyard tells Willie about his dreams of becoming a writer. The two families are able to connect through their shared experiences of the war and they are able to heal their wounds. The Light That Failed is a story of hope and redemption.; 32mo; 313 pages . Manhattan Press hardcover
1896réf. 305708London : Macmillan and Co. 1896. 1896 Reprint. Hardcover. Bookplate on front paste-down. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Some wear to spine. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 339 pages ; 25cm. Subjects: English fiction. London : Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1890réf. 25745Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1890 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Three issues bound in one volume. March and May 1890 January 1891. Binding is poor with insect damage to the surface and both front and rear hinges failing. Happily the contents are "fine." as-is. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . J. B. Lippincott hardcover