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1996réf. 126315New York: Sarpedon 1996. Hardcover. fine. 1st edition. 320pp. Matching octavos. ISBN for vol2.: 1-885119-50-X. Red cloth vol.1 and Green cloth vol.2 with gilt lettering. Illustrated endpapers. Half-title. Illustrated with B/W maps and photographs. Appendices and indices included. No markings of any kind on boards or pages. Tears on top corner and head ragments of original price-sticker still on back of vol1 dust jacket. Sold as a set. fine With the help of his father Rudyard Kipling's only son John enlisted underage with the Irish guards in 1914 and was killed in 1915 at the Loos. Kipling who is thought to have blamed himself heavily for the death of his son took it upon himself to write a regimental history of the Irish Guards in the Great War as a "monument to his son's service". He lends the full powers of his decadent prose in this rich description of the battlefields and the fighting men who lived and died there. 1996 Sarpedon hardcover
1923réf. 7544London: Macmillan and Co. . Very Good. Second Edition. Hardcover. Boards with minor rubbing to extremities. Endpapers yellowed. Former owner's notes on front free endpaper.; Red boards with gilt vignette and gilt spine lettering. Top edge gilt. Kipling describes the battles that his son was killed in and that changed his life; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 344 310 pages . 1923. Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1923réf. 42528London: MacMillan 1923. 1st edition. Near Fine. octavo. orig. cloth xvi 344pp. maps plans The War service of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards from 1914 to 1918. Inc. powerful accounts of the Guards on the Somme in 1916 & 1917. Cloth slightly flecked o/w nice clean copy MacMillan hardcover
1997réf. 21575Staplehurst: Spellmount 1997. 1st ed. thus. New Book. octavo. dust jackets 320 223pp. maps appends. Honour roll indexes Nicely produced edition of KiplingÕs masterpiece. Fine reference Spellmount unknown
1996réf. 2-1873376723Spellmount Publishers Ltd 1996. Hardcover. New. 320 pages. 9.69x6.61x1.10 inches. Spellmount Publishers Ltd hardcover
réf. 0260842443.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 0260860220.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1923réf. 894F37London: Macmillan and Co 1923 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6.5". Not Stated. The two volume first edition of Rudyard Kipling's account of the actions of the Irish Guards in the First World War in the very scarce original dust wrappers. The first edition first impression of this work.In the very scarce publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers.Edited and compiled from the diaries and papers of the Guards Kipling details their importance in the war. The first volume covers the first battalion and the second volume discusses the second battalion and includes extensive appendices.With seven maps to volume I and four to volume II. Collated complete.Two pages of advertisements to the rear of volume II.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. In the publisher's original cloth binding with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip heads and tails otherwise externally excellent. Front hinge of volume II strained. Dust wrappers age toned to back strips. Loss of paper to tail of rear wrap of volume I with small losses to head and tail of back strip. Light edgewear to volume II back strip tail with more significant edgewear and a closed tear to the head. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean with instances of light spotting to first and last few leaves most prominent to volume II. Very Good Macmillan and Co hardcover
réf. 1333244592.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1923réf. biblio38834Doubleday Page & Company; First Edition 1923. XVI334 pages. 7 Maps. NearFine Hardcover no dj. Black cloth Bookplate with Spine title. Gilt stamping in Front Gilt top edge. No wear. Clean Unmarked throughout. Strong Tight binding and hinges. 9.25"x6.2"x1.3". be4x297. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1997réf. 150535Sarpedon January 1997. Hardcover. Like New/As New. Sarpedon hardcover
réf. 61340820The History Press Limited . Papeback. New. pp. 320 The History Press Limited unknown
réf. 697255470Leonaur Limited . Hardback. New. pp. 336 Leonaur Limited hardcover
réf. 697257456Leonaur Limited . Hardback. New. pp. 288 Leonaur Limited hardcover
1929réf. 898T26London: Cassell & Company Limited 1929. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A smart copy of the cheap edition of this account of the author's own life and experiences in India. Cheap edition. The life and experiences of the author in India with reference to the voyage life in Hazara snake charmers street dogs Mount Abu Sikh landlords kindness of neighbours Kashmir religion state systems Queen Victoria leaving India and more. Written by Sir Walter Roper Lawrence an English member of the British Council of India and author who served in the Indian Civil Service in British India. With an introductory letter by Joseph Rudyard Kipling an English novelist short-story writer poet and journalist who was born in British India. In the original full blue cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting throughout. Further spotting to the endpapers. Very Good Cassell & Company, Limited hardcover
réf. 1162224932.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1899réf. 355490722574New York: Doubleday 1899. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. New York: Doubleday & McClure 1899. First American Edition. 4 95 pages. Publisher's white pictorial boards printed in dark olive and light green title page printed in red and black. A bookseller's ticket to the rear paste-down and the merest hint of foxing to the fore-edge otherwise a fine copy in the VERY RARE ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S GLASSENE DUSTWRAPPER. A remarkable survival. Scarce with these attributes. Photographs/scans available upon request. Doubleday hardcover
réf. 135492133X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1899réf. 121608New York: Doubleday and McClure Company 1899. First edition of Kipling's classic short story which first appeared in Harper’s Short Stories in September 1890. Octavo original publisher's decorated cloth. In fine condition. House in a custom half morocco and chemise case. 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. Doubleday and McClure Company hardcover
réf. 014181First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Fine with minor wear to this copy. Uncommon. paperback
1899réf. 69750New York : Doubleday And McClure Co 1899. First Edition. Hardback. A good plus copy in the original title-blocked and pictiorial cloth. Dust-dulling and toning with rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 95 pages; Description: 95 p. ; 17 cm. Subject: Fiction -- Fictional Characters. Notes : 1st U.S. Edition New York : Doubleday And McClure Co hardcover
1899réf. 5474New York: Doubleday and McClure Company 1899. First Thus. Very Good. First thus and first standalone American edition of this story. Bound in cream pictoral cloth over boards with the illustration of an elephant walking though a jungle on the front and back. Slight darkening of the spine some scuffing though minor and from rubbing at edges. The interior is clean and clear. Pages: 4 95 Dimensions: 69/16 x 4¼ x 7/16. Doubleday and McClure Company unknown
1899réf. 2010111312Doubleday and McClure New York 1899 later printing book was pirated but likely 1st copy written US printing. Copyright on verso 1899 Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Special Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Doubleday and McClure New York hardcover
1987réf. Q-0002177250HarperCollins Publishers 1987-03-16. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! HarperCollins Publishers hardcover
1908réf. mon0004201896John Lane The Bodley Head 1908T. hardcover. Good. . John Lane The Bodley Head hardcover