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12mo., First UK Edition, on laid paper; handsomely bound in full red morocco, gilt back, an attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Collects six articles originally published in two newspapers, the Daily Telegraph (London) and the Sun (New York). They were subsequently published as individual pamphlets in the US; this is their first appearance in book form. Livingston, 397.
In-16 (cm 18x10,7), pp. XXXIV+846+indice, leg. edit. in similpelle verde con titolo in oro al dorso, sovracop. trasparente, custodia in cartonato, ritratto dell'autore b.n. all'antiporta. Prefazione di V. Beonio-Brocchieri. Traduzione di A. Levi, L. Berti, M. Ettlinger-Fano, U. Pittola, G. Celenza, Collana "Scrittori del mondo: i Nobel". BUONO
In 16o, pp. 266, br. a cura di U. Ammirata, ottimo (6801/ KIPLING - IL SECONDO LIBRO DELLA JUNGLA - LETTERATURA INGLESE 1800)
Paris Mercure de France 1946, 2 volumes In-8 brochés, 269 + 294 pages. Trés bon état. Traduit par louis FABULET et Ch. FOUNTAINE-WALKER.
8vo., First Edition, First Issue, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, and 9 plates, tiny neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original red cloth, upper board blocked with Ganesha elephant's head in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, backstrip very faintly faded at extreme head and tail else an unusally bright, clean, crisp copy. With the nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of J. Chamberlain on front paste-down, and complete with 2pp. publisher's advertisement at end showing price of 6s. The illustrations are by Kipling's father. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Livingston, 250.
In-8°, pp. 287, brossura editoriale. Usura diffusa con qualche lieve strappo senza mancanze alla brossura.
Mm 130x190 Brossura cucita di pp. 236, fioriture leggere alla copertina e al testo. Piccoli strappi al dorso. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
8vo., First Edition, with title in red and black; red buckram, upper board with 'elephant's head' medallion blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With 4pp of publisher's advertisements at end. Collects three groups of letters originally published in periodicals: 'From Tideway to Tideway' (The Times), 'Letters to the Family' (The Morning Post) and 'Egypt of the Magicians' (Nash's Magazine). SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Livingston, 454.
In 16, cm 12 x 19, pp. 236. Intonso, Brossura editoriale
Hartmann 1932, In-8 broché, 319 pages. Trés bon état. Traduction de Jacques VALLETTE , introduction d'André MAUROIS
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in red and black, and 19 full-page illustrations in the text, neat contemporary signature on title; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, original gilt from upper board and backstrip mounted on new and separate leaves at front, custom-made-slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 8pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Collects ten historical tales. Livingston 299.
In 8 (21x13) Legatura in tela con sovracoperta illustrata a colori. Pp: 773 Ottimo
In-8 (cm. 20.80), tela editoriale, titoli in oro su tasselli al dorso, pp. XV, (1), 773, (7), con un ritratto dell’Autore in bianco e nero in antiporta. A cura di Luigi Berti. Conservata la scheda bibliografica editoriale. Leggerissima ammaccatura ad una punta. Carte minimamente brunite, soprattutto ai tagli; peraltro, volume in ottimo stato (nice copy).
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 11 plates; pictorial blue cloth, upper board blocked in black and lettered in gilt, gilt back, primrose endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
8vo., First Edition, with title in red and black, and 4 plates; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, Anning-Bell's gilt 'elephant' emblem from upper board mounted on new and separate leaf at front, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 10pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Kipling's collection of historical fantasy and short stories includes the first appearance of the well-known poem 'If'. Bleiler 344.
8vo., with title in red and black; original black cloth, gilt back, a nesar fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The Definitive Edition, incorporating all four versions of the 'Collected Verse', was first published in 1940. A bright copy of the most extensive collection of Kipling's verse.
8vo., First Edition thus, with title-vignette and numerous illustrations in the text; printed cloth, burgundy morocco back lettered in gilt, red top, red endpapers, a near fine copy. Published in the Folio Poets series. The publisher's slip-case is not present with this copy.
Mercure de France 1930, In-8 broché, 255 pages. Couverture tachée, intérieur en très bon état. Exemplaire correct.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 20 plates and numerous wood-engraved head- and tail-pieces by A. S. Hartwick, preliminaries very lightly spotted, frontispiece guard moderately spotted and offset to title, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original pictorial blue cloth gilt, fife and drummer boys from plate facing p.58 elaborately blocked in gilt on upper board, pictorial back gilt, all edges gilt, a very bright, crisp, clean copy. Collects seven stories first published between 1888 and 1890. Livingston, 133; Martindale 67; Stewart 157.
8vo., 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.
3 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.
8vo., 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).
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and title in red and black; original red buckram, upper board blocked with elephant's head motif in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, a near fine copy in unclipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper, the latter rubbed at extremities. With newspaper portrait mounted on front free endpaper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., 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.
8vo., Second Impression, with several illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, sewed as issued, front wrapper mildly sunned, small label scar on rear wrapper, a good, clean copy. With a long A.L.s from the Rt. Revd Eric Treacy, Bishop of Wakefield, loosely inserted. Published in the same month as the first impression.