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1937ref. 010169Doubleday Doran. DJ in archival cover small and large chips toning. Stated first edition. 252 page offering is presented in the publishers original brilliant red cloth with gold titles. $2.50 price on the flap. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1937. Doubleday, Doran hardcover
1937ref. mon0001003937Macmillan and Co. 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Pages clean and bright no markings light wear to edges. Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1937ref. GB00B2ABBMSI5N01Macmillan 1937. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Macmillan hardcover
1998ref. G8120612663I5N00Asian Educational Services 1998. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Asian Educational Services hardcover
2020ref. BIBHB0170535502020. Hardcover. New. About the Book;-This book is a short autobiography of the seminal English poet and author Rudyard Kipling. Kipling wrote it in the last year of his life; the unfinished text was prepared for publication by his wife. It has remained in print since its first publication in 1937. It offers a unique insight into the life and mind of this prolific man of letters who strove to uphold the Victorian values of patriotism duty and obedience; yet simultaneously sympathized with outlaws and children. This autobiography outlines his unhappy childhood years in the 'House of Desolation' his doting parents and the pride he took in his work. The chapters of this book include: A Very Young Person The School Before Its Time Seven Years Hard The Interregnum The Committee of Ways and Means South Africa The Very-Own House etc. This book is proved to be handy in the context of autobiography. About the Author:-Joseph Rudyard Kipling 1865 � 1936 was an English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist. He was born in India which inspired much of his work. His works of fiction include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories including ""The Man Who Would Be King"" 1888. His poems include ""Mandalay"" 1890 ""Gunga Din"" 1890 ""The Gods of the Copybook Headings"" 1919 ""The White Man's Burden"" 1899 and ""If�"" 1910. He is seen as an innovator in the art of the short story. His children's books are classics; one critic noted ""a versatile and luminous narrative gift."" The Title 'Something Of Myself: For My Friends Known And Unknown written/authored/edited by Rudyard Kipling' published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121240444 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 255 Pages. The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol: hardcover
1937ref. mon0000979407Macmillan 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Pages clean and bright no markings light wear to edges. Dust Jacket unclipped. Macmillan hardcover
1936ref. 4797New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1936. Measuring approximately 8.25" x 5.75" with 252 numbered pages. This book is in good plus condition. Minor bumping to both ends of spine. Gilt lettering and design on spine still full and vivid. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Dust jacket is in fair condition. Minor chipping to both ends of spine and around all edges of jacket. Heavy sunning on spine. Moderate staining on both panels. Original 2.50 price on front flap. This is an autobiography of Rudyard Kipling. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #N8-5. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc unknown
1937ref. 010512London: Macmillan And Co 1937. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. This is the red leather-bound 'pocket edition' of 1937 the year of first publication without the amendments made by Kipling's widow to subsequent printings. All in VG clean and bright internal order with just some toning and minor spotting to endpapers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Red leather boards with bright gilt decoration to front and titling to spine. Good unclipped d/j a little worn and lightly marked. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church reg.1099831. 12mo. 237pp Macmillan And Co hardcover
ref. 0333328221.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 152826519X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 0140042075.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1920ref. 83941Little Rock: Incunabula Bookshop 1920. Limited. paperback. fine. 8vo original gray printed wrappers. Little Rock: Incunabula Bookshop 1920. First American Edition. Stewart 477. One of only 100 numbered copies. Incunabula Bookshop unknown books
1920ref. 19259Little Rock: The Incunabula Bookshop 1920. First edition. Gray paper wrappers. Bump to lower spine else a near fine copy. Unpaged 12 pp. 8vo. 8 1/2 x 6 in. Number 44 of a limited edition of 100 copies. Originally published in "The Author" London July 1 1891. A satire directed at the American copyright bill. Livingston 458. Stewart 477. The Incunabula Bookshop unknown books
1920ref. 19259Little Rock: The Incunabula Bookshop 1920. First edition. Gray paper wrappers. Bump to lower spine else a near fine copy. Unpaged 12 pp. 8vo. 8 1/2 x 6 in. Number 44 of a limited edition of 100 copies. Originally published in "The Author" London July 1 1891. A satire directed at the American copyright bill. Livingston 458. Stewart 477. The Incunabula Bookshop unknown
1942ref. 308021Randall Thompson Book and Music. Solomon and Balkis The Butterfly That Stamped Opera in One Act. Boston Mass.: E. C. Schirmer Music Co. c. 1942. Plate Number E.C.S. No. 1320. Wraps Quarto 12 x 9 in. 87 pp. ads. Very Good a bit of sunning on the edges of the wraps else fine. Vocal Score. Errata slip tipped in. Libretto adapted from "Just So Stories" by Rudyard Kipling. "The first performance of the music of Solomon and Balkis was given under the auspices of the Columbia Workshop James H Fassett Musical Director over WABC and affiliated stations . . . on Sunday March 29 1942 Howard Barlow conducted the Columbia Concert Orchestra." Eileen Farrell sang the role of the Egyptian Queen. "The Butterfly when he stamps causing Solomon's own castle to crumble at the sound makes a noise like a small darning needle." E.C. Schirmer Music Co. paperback
1896ref. 1351210London: MacMillan and Co. Limited 1896. 1896 Reprints. Hardcover. Octavo three volumes. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in full navy leather armorial bindings with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spines. Mild shelf wear and soiling to all volumes. All corners bumped and rubbed and mild wear to all joints. Some wear to crowns and tail of spines. Upper edges of text blocks gilt. Original owner Henry Arthur Johnstone's ex libris in blind tooled leather as front free endpaper for all volumes and previous owner's bookplate at all front pastedowns. Some age-toning to textblocks. Pages clean. Shelved above Homer/Virgil. 1351210. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. MacMillan and Co., Limited hardcover books
1915ref. 342124Garden City New York: Doubleday Page/Review of Reviews 1915. Hardcover. Very Good. Authorized edition. Very good in red cloth top edge gilt some minor fade spots on the spine top edge gilt has chips endpapers are browned lacking the dust jacket. Doubleday, Page/Review of Reviews hardcover books
1890ref. 531279New York: John W. Lovell Company 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Illustrated pale brown boards. Some rubbing and modest soiling a nice very good copy. John W. Lovell Company hardcover books
1890ref. 531280New York: John W. Lovell Company 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Illustrated pale brown boards. Owner's name on first blank some rubbing and modest soiling spine lettering dull else very good copy. John W. Lovell Company hardcover books
1899ref. 393532Boston: Desmond Publishing Co 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. Early reprint. Decorative red cloth stamped in gilt top edge gilt. Spine faded and cocked with ends bumped gutter cracked before Preface still a very good copy. Desmond Publishing Co hardcover books
ref. 160153New York: Manhattan Press. Good. N.D. Hardcover. An edition in good condition with normal shelfwear and slight discoloration. A previous owner's ink signature is on the front flyleaf; Soldiers Three is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. In these tales Kipling explores the themes of patriotism duty and honor. Each story is told from a different point of view giving the reader a broad glimpse into the lives of Kipling's characters.; 32mo; 165 pages . Manhattan Press hardcover books
18968vo., Second Impression thus, bookplate scar on front paste-down; original blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and blind, gilt back, uncut, black endpapers, backstrip very lightly sunned else a remarkably well-preserved bright, clean copy. With 6pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end, and a small printed portrait of the author mounted on front free endpaper verso. For the first Macmillan edition of the previous year the text was revised and two stories - 'Of Those Called' and 'The Wreck of the Visigoth' - added. To Soldiers Three. In this second impression these two tales were omitted and a new story - 'L'Envoi' - added to The Story of the Gadsbys. Scarce, especially in this condition. Livingston 119 (recording the first edition of the previous year).
18933 works in 1 vol., 8vo., Mixed Editions, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; red cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, decorative endpapers, backstrip mildly sunned, very neatly recased,a very good, clean copy.
18908vo., Third Edition thus; original illustrated wrappers, sewed as issued, wrappers with small losses at edges else a bright, clean copy. In the pale green wrappers of Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington with Wheeler's Indian Railway logo on front. Collects seven tales: The God from the Machine, Private Learoyd's Story, The Big Drunk Draf, The Solid Muldoon, With the Main Guard, In the Matter of a Private, Black Jack. ALL EARLY ISSUES ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
1900ref. RO60002866Macmillan & Co Ltd. 1900. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Plats abîmés, Dos satisfaisant, Mouillures. 353 pages, hardcover.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
