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1890ref. 249895New York: Harper & Brothers 1890. First edition. Portrait. xii 182 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Light blue green printed wrappers spine worn back cover separating else a Very Good copy of this rare fragile book. In half blue morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition. Portrait. xii 182 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Collection of six stories previously published in various Harper serials the last story The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney being a piracy. No. 680 in Harper's Franklin Square Library series. This publication is the first time a portrait of Kipling appears in one of his books. This copy retains the front and back wrappers; the inside front wrapper here lists series titles from 680 to 589 where Richards reports 681-590. Richards A 43; Ballard XXXIII; Stewart 76; Livingston 57 Harper & Brothers unknown
ref. 0728386N.Y.: George Munro's Sons 1896. Fair. 1st thus edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Used Fair in wraps some browning; up wrap/1st leaf detached. Sm 8vo 98 Contai ns 5 short stories in all omitting only "The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvan ey" from the regular issue. Series: Munro's Library of Popular Novels No. 191 issued May 14 1896. See Livingston #60 and Supplement p113. Keywords: Fiction KIPLING RUDYARD ENGLISH LITERATURE 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH FICTION LI VINGSTON #60 SHORT STORY MUNRO GEORGE. George Munro\'s Sons [1896] paperback
ref. 0267344473.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 1333679041.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1890ref. GEN28-C-25London: Harper and Brothers 1890. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. The first American edition of this collection of short stories by Kipling WIth frontispiece engraving of the author. Containing The Courting of Dinah Shadd The Man Who Was A Conference of the Powers Without Benefit of Clergy On Greenhow HIll The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney and a biographical sketch of Kipling by Andrew Lang. In a cloth binding. Externally sound though with some marks and bumping. Loss to spine label. Front hinge strained. Slight wear to the head of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Pages are generally bright and clean. Very Good Harper and Brothers hardcover
1890ref. 36281NY: Harper & Brothers. Good with no dust jacket. September 1890. First Edition. Paperback. The Courting of Dinah Shadd and Other Stories With a Biographical and Critical Sketch by Andrew Lang. 1st American edition preceding the first authorized American edition. In The Athenaeum of October 4 1890 on the authority of Mr. Kipling it was stated that these stories had been collected by Messrs. Harper without permission and they were accused of literary piracy an accusation which Harper denied. Livinston 57. Xii 182 ads 2 pp. Losses to the paper spine and inner margins of wraps corners slightly rounded. Ownership scrawled on title page. Marginal pencilling to ads a cello tape repair. First time a portrait of Kipling appears in one of his books. This along with "Holy War" 2 leaves. Lon: Methuen & Co. nd Written 1917 at top of p2. Toned. Lot consists of 2 pieces. . Harper & Brothers paperback
1900ref. E24356Irvington NY: Cosmopolitan 1900. Softcover. Good. Full issue of the magazine from November 1900. A particularly sought after issue as it contains the first installment of H.G. Wells' "The First Men In The Moon" with illustrations by E. Herring; opening installment of "The Way That He took" by Kipling with illustrations by Gordon R. Grant; "What Communities Lose by the Competitive System" by Jack London an article that won the $200 Cosmopolitan Prize for pieces on 'Loss by Lack of Cooperation". 104 pp. plus a section at rear of photographs of notable plays and actors of the day and a large section of ads most illustrated and a few color tinted at rear. Tight but good only with chipping about the edges of the wrappers and some staining light tidemarking outer portions of a good number of pages. Cosmopolitan unknown
1900ref. 1746: Rare issue containing a previously unpublished articke by Jack London entitled "What Communities Lose by the Competative System" and the first publication of "The First Men on the Moon" by H.G. Wells part one of a serialization. in excellent condition for its age and poor quality paper. The covers show their age: age-toning light soiling chips and a few small tears along the edges. Also the back cover has a very narrow fold along the front edge originaly the covers overlapped the pages by a narrow margin. Otherwise pages are clean clear without tears marks folds fosing or toning. Tight binding. Complete issue of the magazine from November 1900. See photos. G-3 Cosmopolitan Magazine paperback
1900ref. 149566Boston: Alfred Bartlett 1900. Rare August 1900 issue of The Cornhill Booklet containing Rudyard Kipling's "Occasional Poems." Duodecimo original wrappers volume one number two printed in red and black illustrated with the original detached portrait of Kipling from an etching by William Strang laid in. In very good condition. Illustrated and designed by H.W. Colby. Rudyard Kipling’s occasional poems reflect his distinctive ability to merge public commentary with poetic craft transforming topical or ephemeral subjects into enduring reflections on empire duty and human character. Written primarily during his years in British India and later reprinted in collections such as Departmental Ditties and Other Verses 1886 these works—originally composed for newspapers and limited pamphlets—combine wit irony and moral insight to capture the social texture of colonial life. Alfred Bartlett unknown
1937ref. 7813London: The Macmillan Co 1937. The Sussex Edition. Very Good . One of 575 numbered sets signed by the author in the first volume. Leaves measuring 240 x 160 mm with the set occupying 141 cm 55 in of shelf space. A Very Good set. Bound for the publisher by James Burn & Co. in full reddish-brown Niger morocco. Double ruled in gilt. Spine in six compartments with raised bands. Top edge gilt. Sunning and speckling to some spines and some rubbing to raised bands and edges. Very clean throughout. Printed in Edinburgh by R&R Clark Ltd. on handmade paper. The Sussex Edition which has become the most desirable collected edition of Kipling's works was edited by Kipling himself and including two volumes of previously uncollected prose. The edition published the year after Kipling's death was intended as a complete retrospective on Kipling's career and the definitive edition of his works. The superbly produced set of course includes Kipling's most lauded fiction - The Jungle Book Kim and Just So Stories - as well as his poems and nonfiction capturing the scope of his literary output. A contemporary review in the Times Literary Supplement lauded the production: "The publishers are justified in the use of the epithet 'superb' to describe this edition. The fine hand-made paper and Bembo type are equally satisfactory but perhaps the binding is still more notable. It is.Niger leather lettered and simply ornamented in gold. The volumes.are comparatively slim and so easy to hold; and they have an air of durability and of being meant for reading as well as for keeping which is not always the case with éditions de luxe." Very Good . The Macmillan Co unknown books
1987ref. 115575ABLondon:, Allen;, 1987. 22,5 cm. XIII, 427 S., Ill. Oln. - OS. Schnitt minimal fleckig. Namensschild auf Vorsatz. Sonst gut bis sehr gut.
19968vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece and 8 coloured plates; pictorial red cloth, upper board blocked in black and lettered in gilt, gilt back, primrose endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
1929ref. 9027London: Macmillan and Co 1929. First English edition 8vo pp. xv 1 447 1; 17 plates; top of spine worn extremities rubbed lightly binding slightly askew short tear to front endpaper else a very good copy in original decorated maroon leather binding stamped in gilt a.e.g. Macmillan and Co unknown books
1930ref. 77808London: Macmillan & Co Ltd 1930. 8vo.Illustrated. First edition thus. 447 pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and decorations to the spine and front board. Top edge gilt. With black and white illustrations throughout by L. Raven-Hill. Slight lean to binding rubbing to the spine and corners and some markings to the covers. Internally clean. . Very Good. Gilt Decorated Cloth. First Edition Thus. 1930. Macmillan & Co, Ltd 1930 hardcover
ref. 1025528220.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 1025534328.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1937ref. 7813London: The Macmillan Co 1937. The Sussex Edition. Very Good . One of 575 numbered sets signed by the author in the first volume. Leaves measuring 240 x 160 mm with the set occupying 141 cm 55 in of shelf space. A Very Good set. Bound for the publisher by James Burn & Co. in full reddish-brown Niger morocco. Double ruled in gilt. Spine in six compartments with raised bands. Top edge gilt. Sunning and speckling to some spines and some rubbing to raised bands and edges. Very clean throughout. Printed in Edinburgh by R&R Clark Ltd. on handmade paper. The Sussex Edition which has become the most desirable collected edition of Kipling's works was edited by Kipling himself and including two volumes of previously uncollected prose. The edition published the year after Kipling's death was intended as a complete retrospective on Kipling's career and the definitive edition of his works. The superbly produced set of course includes Kipling's most lauded fiction - The Jungle Book Kim and Just So Stories - as well as his poems and nonfiction capturing the scope of his literary output. A contemporary review in the Times Literary Supplement lauded the production: "The publishers are justified in the use of the epithet 'superb' to describe this edition. The fine hand-made paper and Bembo type are equally satisfactory but perhaps the binding is still more notable. It is.Niger leather lettered and simply ornamented in gold. The volumes.are comparatively slim and so easy to hold; and they have an air of durability and of being meant for reading as well as for keeping which is not always the case with éditions de luxe." Very Good . The Macmillan Co unknown
ref. 65418London: Macmillan and Company 1937-39. LIMITED EDITION 119/525 SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 35 vols 8vo. 24 x 16 cm. Titles printed in white within russet frames printed on handmade paper with watermark Ganesha original saddle tan morocco by James Burn & Co. covers with double gilt-fillet border spines gilt-lettered in six compartments marbled endpapers top edges gilt on rough others uncut Presentation inscription to first blank "Darling Rick /from /Mummy & Daddy with best love/ Anberley Court/Stroud/ Gloucestershire/ May 1937-38" Very slight variable fading to spines as uual. A fine set. The ulitimate deluxe and definitive edition of Kipling's works including two volumes of previously unpublished prose and verse. Supposedly many unbound sets of the text were destroyed during the Blitz further reducing the actual limitation. Richards D23 London: Macmillan and Company, 1937-39. unknown
2023ref. x-9358480580Happy Hour Books 2023. Hardcover. New. 914 pages. 6.00x2.19x9.00 inches. Happy Hour Books hardcover
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ref. 9358480580.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1929ref. 006456London: Macmillan and Co. 1929. First Edition . Leather. Very Good. Octavo. L. Raven-Hill. Fine Binding. Three-quarter red morocco leather over marbed boards green morocco label raised bands gilt title and decoration on spine marbled endpapers t.e.g. 7.5 x 5 inches. 447 pages; 17 illustrations including frontis by L. Raven-Hill. SIGNED Binding stamped "Bound by Jas. MacDonald Co. NY." Printed by R. & R. Clark. Showing some general wear and rubbing to extremities internally clean. A handsomely bound copy with a strong shelf presence Macmillan and Co. hardcover
ref. 9358480572.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 145382748X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback