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Best.-Nr. 443280Woodstock. Paperback. Good. The Decadents Symbolists and Anti-decadents series is a collection of poetry from the 1890s published by Woodstock Books. It includes works by various authors exploring the themes and styles prevalent during that period such as decadence symbolism and the reactions against them. 1996 hardback in very good condition. This is a beautifully bound volume in blue and light grey cloth. The dust cover is in good condition. Woodstock paperback
Best.-Nr. B9781015958371Hardback. New. hardcover
1619Best.-Nr. 933Y31London: Methuen and Co Ltd 1916-1927. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A very smart five-volume set of poetry collections from Rudyard Kipling including a first edition copy of 'The Years Between'. A selection of five volumes containing the poetry of Rudyard Kipling.With the first edition first impression of 'The Years Between' and later editions of the remaining works. Each bound in the publisher's original maroon cloth. Rudyard Kipling was an English short-story writer poet and novelist best known for his works of fiction including 'The Jungle Book' and 'The Man Who Would be King'. He is considered a significant literary figure for his works' vivid portrayals of British India and its explorations of themes of imperialism and clash of cultures. This set demonstrates wonderful examples of Kipling's poetry including 'The Barrack-Room Ballads' which contains some of his best-known works including 'Gunga Din' 'Tommy' 'Mandalay' and 'Danny Deever'. The entirety of this set comprises the following volumes:'Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses' 1916 'The Years Between' 1919 'The Seven Seas' 1919'Departmental Ditties' 1922'The Five Nations' 1927With thirty-one pages of publisher's advertisements to 'Barrack' thirty-two pages to 'Years Between' and thirty-one to 'Departmental Duties'. In the original cloth bindings. Externally very smart with fading to the spines and light bumping to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with contemporary ink inscriptions to the front free endpapers of 'Barrack' 'Seven Seas' and 'Five Nations'. With offsetting to the endpapers and the odd spot heaviest to the endpapers of 'Seven Seas'. Very Good Methuen and Co Ltd hardcover
1989Best.-Nr. 1150342M. F. Mansfield and Company 1989. Hard cover. Good/No jacket. Rebound in leather. The covers corner edges are chipped and worn with the edges of the spine also being worn and chipped. The binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked. M. F. Mansfield and Company unknown
1892Best.-Nr. 1716184363ABSThacker Spink & Co. 1892. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1892. Third Edition. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Minor thumb marking foxing and moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to half title page. Hinges are lightly cracked with netting exposed but boards remain firmly attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with visible staining tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with noticeable chipping fraying and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Thacker, Spink & Co. hardcover
1904Best.-Nr. 09192402VAPhiladelphia PA: Henry Altemus Company Undated but appears to be #14 of the Altemus' Illustrated Vademecum Series 1904. Pale green leatherbound volume with Altemus "Nasturtium" pastedowns on front cover gilt titles and decorations on cover and spine 247 pages. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Previous owner's name written inside front cover but otherwise clean and unmarked. Endpapers and pages lightly toned. Covers lightly age soiled; very light wear to spine extremities. Text block intact; solidly bound although front hinge shows some looseness. Original slipcase missing. ABOUT THE BOOK: This is a book of a series of songs and poems dealing with the late-Victorian British Army and mostly written in a vernacular dialect. It was originally published in two parts: the first set in 1892 the second in 1896. The series contains some of Kipling's most well-known work including the poems "Gunga Din" "Tommy" "Mandalay" and "Danny Deever" which helped consolidate Kiplings early fame as a poet. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rudyard Kipling 1865 - 1936 was an English journalist novelist poet and short-story writer. He was born in British India which inspired much of his work. Kipling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was among the United Kingdom's most popular writers. In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature as the first English-language writer to receive the prize and at 41 its youngest recipient to date. He was also sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and several times for a knighthood but declined both.--Wikipedia. Henry Altemus Company hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0265311934.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 026738775X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0265367115.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0282296433.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 1334376646.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1892Best.-Nr. 59074E-083: Methuen and Co. Very Good. 1892. Leather. Leather. 12mo. United States Book Company New York No Date 1890. Vi 270 pgs. Possibly the first edition of the US edition address present to the title page but unfortunately not in the original boards. Bound in limp brown leather by Palmer Howe & Co Manchester UK with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards light scuffing and wear present to the boards. Top edge gilt. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A collection of 42 poems all but eight of which had appeared previously in The Scots Observer and other periodicals with sixteen also having been included in Departmental Ditties Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses in 1890. It contains several of Kiplings most famous poems such as Gunga Din Fuzzy- Wuzzy Mandalay and The Ballad of East and West. E-083; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 270 pages . Methuen and Co hardcover
1918Best.-Nr. mon0000021066METHUEN 1918. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. forty-seventh edition on red cloth faded spine METHUEN hardcover
1899Best.-Nr. LTH11-B-18London: Methuen and Co. 1899. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 4.5". None. A collection of ballads and poems by Rudyard Kipling. Fifteenth edition. Joseph Rudyard Kipling 30 December 1865 18 January 1936 was an English short-story writer poet and novelist. He is chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India and his tales for children. Re-bound in a half vellum binding with blue cloth covered boards. Externally generally smart lightly rubbed in places. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with some scattered light foxing. There is a bookplate to the the front pastedown. There is also an ink inscription and a binder's stamp to the verso of front free end papers. Very Good Indeed Methuen and Co. hardcover
1899Best.-Nr. 010944Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1899. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Full leather . Marbled endpapers . First American Edition . An excellent copy . The leather is well preserved . The graphics are bright on the fronf board . The interior is bright and clean no marks of any kind . This is one of Kipling's most interesting works and is now very scarce . Thomas Y. Crowell Company hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1025349938.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1899Best.-Nr. 020391Alex Grosset and Company. Publisher's green cloth with bright gilt titles on front and spine. No DJ. . Fine. Hardcover. 1899. Alex Grosset and Company hardcover
1899Best.-Nr. 42031New York Crowell 1899 hardcover. Includes four color plates by W.William St John Harper. Extra title-page decoration and presumably the gilt cover decoration by TBH Theodore Brown Hapgood. -- Hardcover bright gilt cover art 253 pages. Condition: very good minus lavender cloth cover is lightly and irregularly sunned; foxing to outer pages including the Hapgood woodcut margins; no jacket issued. Crowell hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1025291093.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 50142153like new. unknown
1900Best.-Nr. 0101492Red cloth bound boards with gold lettering to spine. Spine faded. Inscription to front - Yealering West Australia 1929. Some small signs of age spotting. A.L.Burt and Company hardcover
Best.-Nr. 15-5861London: Methuen 1892. 8vo. 208 pp. plus 16 pp. ads in rear. Very good in brown cloth covers a little rubbed with sun-fading and soiled with various inscriptions and notes within ex-libris John Ruyle label f.e.p. very light foxing & minor yellowing throughout. First Edition. London: Methuen, 1892. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 15-2404London: Methuen 1892. 8vo. 208 pp. plus 16 pp. ads in rear. Very good in brown cloth covers a little rubbed and soiled with various inscriptions and notes within ex-liris John Ruyle label f.e.p. very light foxing throughout. London: Methuen, 1892. hardcover
Best.-Nr. LIPO00006Chicago & New York: Rand McNally & Company WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. No date from binding design we would guess within a few years of 1900. Sage green cloth with gilt titles and gilt & red decoration on front board and spine top edge gilt 278 pp 4 ff b & w plates glossary. Boards moderately rubbed soiled & spotted first few leaves tide-marked shaken hinge reglued. Attractively bound and printed on cream-colored laid paper with only the faintest browning to edges; the title page is printed on much thinner stock and tipped in possibly a cancel used when a publisher buys sheets of a book from another publisher to issue under its own name. Contains 84 poems. Shipping weight 2 lbs. . VG/No dj. 19 X 13 cm. Rand, McNally & Company Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 45409369-nnew. unknown