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1906réf. 125313Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz 1906. First Tauchnitz edition of Kipling's collection of historical fantasy tales. Octavo original wrappers. In good condition. Set in multiple periods of English history Kipling's Puck stories are each narrated to two children living near Burwash in the High Weald of Sussex in the area of Kipling's own house Bateman's by people magically plucked out of history by the elf Puck or told by Puck himself. Puck who refers to himself as "the oldest Old Thing in England" is better known as a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. The genres of the stories range from authentic historical novella A Centurion of the Thirtieth On the Great Wall to children's fantasy Dymchurch Flit. Each story is bracketed by a poem which relates in some manner to the theme or subject of the story. Bernhard Tauchnitz unknown
1914réf. 2021393New York: Doubleday Page 1914. American Edition later printing. Hardcover. good. Arthur RACKHAM. Octavo 277 pages embossed green cloth front hinge tender The four color plates by Arthur Rackham did not appear in the English edition Livingston 300 Doubleday, Page hardcover
1906réf. 461878New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1906. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Decorated green cloth printed in black and gilt. Substantial chip on front fly else a bright very good copy. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1906réf. 006313New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1906. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Arthur Rackham. 8vo 8 277 1pp. Beautiful First Printing of the First American Edition published two months prior to the English Edition. Bound in original pictorial green cloth with titles and viking ship vignette stamped in black gilt on the front board and spine. t.e.g. Four colored plates by Arthur Rackham present which were not present in the English Edition. Housed in a red cloth-covered chemise and matching quarter red morocco and red cloth slipcase. Bookplate on front paste-down.of popular American Author George Barr McCutcheon best known for the "Graustark" novels as well as"Brewster's Millions" made into several films of the same name. Bookseller ticket of Lauriat's of Boston on ffep. Square tight and clean throughout. Mild rubbing to hinges edges and tips. A hint of off-setting on the ffep from the bookplate but quite minor. Very well-preserved. A most handsome collectable copy. Doubleday Page & Co hardcover
1906réf. 53962New York: Doubleday Page & Co. 1906. First U.S. edition and the first edition with illustrations by Rackham. A fantasy book for children with frontispiece and four full-page colored illustrations by Rackham tipped in. 8vo green cloth stamped in black and lettered in gilt; top edge gilt. Small hole in rear endpaper at hinge which is starting at the final blank; otherwise very good to near fine with just a bit of rubbing to tips. Pages largely unopened. Doubleday, Page & Co. unknown
1906réf. 55496London Macmillan & Co 1906. 8vo. In publisher's original full red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and a circular gilt elephant head illustration on the front board. Spine with light miscolouring and capitals with a bit of wear otherwise a fine and clean copy. X 306 4 pp. First edition. hardcover
1906réf. 26605London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1906. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. Pp. x 306 10 - publ. adverts. dated 20.9.06 with 20 black & white illustrations by H.R. Millar. Original maroon cloth with a gilt embossed "Ganesha" roundel - an elephant head with a lotus in its mouth a recognizable Kipling "logo" which symbolizes wisdom foresight and good luck. Another ancient symbol Kipling used for over 40 years was the swastika a Hindu good luck symbol. In Sanskrit the word means "fortunate" or "well-being". Once the Nazis had usurped the swastika Kipling ordered that it should no longer adorn his books. Covers lightly rubbed and scuffed corners bruised spine ends starting shaken rear hinge split revealing the mull front hinge split between p. x and title of first story. Tanning to endpapers else interior clean and bright. A nice copy of the first edition. Macmillan and Co., Limited Hardcover
1906réf. Pa635London: Macmillan and Co. 1906. 1st edition 1st issue . Red Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. half-title frontis. 306pp. with gilt device of elephant Maroon cloth gilt. Trifle toned to the spine and some minor foxing esp.the end-papers but a sound tight copy in the publisher's original buckram binding. A couple of tiny cloth nicks. A collection of ten stories and sixteen poems. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS. Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1906réf. 05454PUCK OF POOK'S HILL Doubleday Page & Co. 1906 first American edition a bright vg/near fine copy with the Rackham full color full page illustrations none of which were present in the English edition. Doubleday, Page & Co. unknown
1906réf. 05455PUCK OF POOK'S HILL Doubleday Page & Co. 1906 first American edition save for some touch-up work with a bit different green shade of ink at the corner tips and spine hinges some light brown staining to three leaves a bright vg/near fine copy with the Rackham full color full page illustrations none of which were present in the English edition. Doubleday, Page & Co. unknown
1914réf. kip083aLondon: Macmillan & Co Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Spine darkened with staining to lower end. Edge-wear. Endpapers browned. Teg. Ribbon marker. 1914. Limited Edition of 1050 copies. Pale blue papered boards with cream cloth spine. 250mm x 180mm 10" x 7". 230pp. . Macmillan & Co Ltd hardcover
2013réf. SONG1447478428Pook Press 2013-02-27. Illustrated. hardcover. Used: Good. 7.00x0.94x10.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Pook Press hardcover
1906réf. 132207Toronto: The MacMillan Company of Canada Limited 1906. Hardcover. near fine. 1st Canadian Edition. x306pp. Octavo. Original publisher's red cloth; spine title in gilt with Ganesha device to front board in gilt. Spine slightly faded; minor shelfwear to crown and foot corners lightly rubbed. Upper edge gilt. Ruled title page. 20 B/W plates from etchings including frontis with tissue guard in pagination. Advertisements bound in at rear. A tight clean copy; plates clear and bright. near fine Stewart 306. Kipling's classic. A collection of 10 stories and 16 poems roginally published in the "Strand" journal. With illustrations by H.R. Millar. 1906 The MacMillan Company of Canada Limited hardcover
1993réf. SONG0192825755OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1993-04-08. paperback. Used: Good. 4.56x0.88x7.38. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS paperback
1927réf. 6012London: MacMillan & Co Ltd. 1927. Small 8voPrize Binding. 306 pp Full Morocco Red Leather binding all edges gilt with 20 full page b/w illustrations previous owners inscription to front free end paper slight fading to the spine gilt school emblem to front board lockers Park and gilt tooling to all sides lettering to the spine a beautiful tight clean copy. . Near Fine. Full Morocco. 1927. MacMillan & Co Ltd. 1927 unknown
1906réf. RK010London: Macmillan and Co. 1906 First edition. Near fine in publisher's original red cloth with some fading to the spine and darkening of the boards and a former owner's bookplate. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. London: Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1906réf. 28355London: Macmillan & Co 1906. First edition 8vo pp. x 306 4 ads; 20 plates; light shelf wear but generally a very good sound copy in original maroon cloth gilt medallion on upper cover gilt lettering on spine t.e.g. red cloth chemise and red cloth slipcase. Livingston 299. Macmillan & Co unknown
réf. 11111Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited 1906. First Canadian edition. Octavo red cloth with gold medallion stamped on upper board t.e.g. pp. x 306; with twenty illustrations by H.R. Millar. Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature 1907. Previous owner's names on front free endpaper pencil notes regarding a previous purchase of this book on the rear paste-down endpaper spine is just slightly faded covers show pale spotting especially at the gutters else a very good copy. No dust jacket. Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada, Limited, 1906. First Canadian edition. hardcover
réf. 000441New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1906 Good/No Jacket. First Edition. The first American edition of this Kipling tale illustrated with 4 color plates by Arthur Rackham. The English edition of the same year was p ublished sans Rackham illustrations. Original green pictorial cloth shows several small spots on front cover below Kiplings name and wrinkling to cloth on bottom third of front board. Interior text and plates are clean and book is solidly bound with strong hinges and no other faults. Gilt lettering on cover and spine is bright. But for the puckering to cloth and some rubbing to extremities a better than average copy of this title. Livingston 300. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906 Hardcover
1906réf. 000446New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1906. Original Cloth. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The first American edition of this Kipling tale illustrated with 4 color plates by Arthur Rackham. The English edition of the same year was published sans Rackham illustrations. Original green pictorial cloth. Mull exposed at half-title but hinges intact and still strong. Gilt lettering on cover and spine is bright. A nice copy near very good. Livingston 300. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Doubleday, Page & Company Hardcover
1906réf. 003115London: Macmillan and Co. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. X 306 pages 4 pages advertisements. Red cloth covers witih gilt lettering on spine and circular gilt elephant head illustration on front board. Top page edges gilt. Spine faded. Some fading to cloth covers. Some rubbing to edges of spine and boards. Slight fraying to cloth at corners of boards. <1/4" chip to cloth at head corner of front board. There is a 1 1/2" split to the gutter at the front hinge. Rear hinge intact. Gift inscription on half-title page dated "Christmas 1906". Contents: Weland's Sword; Young Men at the Manor; The Knights of the Joyous Venture; Old Men at Pevensey; A Centurion of the Thirtieth; On the Great Wall; The Winged Hats; Hal o' the Draft; 'Dymchurch Flit'; The Treasure and the Law. ; 8vo . Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1906réf. 533Toronto : Macmillan 1906 . First Canadian Edition . VG . 8VO . Illustrated with black and white plates by Millar. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and Kipling's Ganesha motif in gilt on front cover. TEG. Spine slightly faded very light wear to corners. Several marks on covers. All in all a very bright solid and attractive copy. The Canadian edition was printed in Great Britain and is identical to the British first except for the title page. Stewart 250. Macmillan hardcover
1995réf. 216960London: Folio Society 1995. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by H. R. Millar. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase. Folio Society hardcover
1906réf. 1021J4New York: Doubleday 1906. First edition. Disbound. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". Arthur Rackham. A first American edition of Kipling's Puck of Pook's Hill beautifully illustrated with colour plates by Arthur Rackham. The first American edition first published in Britain in the same year. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Illustrated with four colour plates by illustrator Arthur Rackham including a frontispiece. Collated complete. A compendium of fantasy tales in which the mischievous spirit Puck introduces two children to episodes from England's past. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham a leading Golden Age book illustrator renowned for his line drawings and unique watercolour washed illustrations. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to fore edge. A number of uncut leaves. Very Good Indeed Doubleday unknown
réf. ria9781025933313_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; "Puck of Pook's Hill" and "Rewards and Fairies" are masterful collections that blend historical fiction folklore and fantasy. The narrative follows two children Dan and Una who accidentally summon Puck-the "oldest Old Thing in Engla hardcover