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1926005219London: J. A. Allen & Co. 1926. Near Fine wrappers lightly soiled. Originally appeared in "The Times" of London on July 8 1926. 8 pgs. with frontis portrait illustration. . First Issue. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. J. A. Allen & Co. Paperback books
1926WRCLIT40455London: J.A. Allen & Co. 1926. Printed wrappers. Portrait. First edition. About fine. STEWART 406. J.A. Allen & Co. unknown books
1926WRCLIT35981London: J.A. Allen & Co. 1926. Printed wrappers. Portrait. First edition. Two bookplates wrappers a bit dusty at edges very good. STEWART 406. J.A. Allen & Co. unknown books
1907121482London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1907. First separate edition of this Kipling children's classic. Octavo original blue cloth with gilt titles and vignette to the front panel illustrated by F. H. Townsend tissue-guarded frontispiece. In near fine condition. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover books
1903TB30767New York: Doubleday Page & Co. 1903. First Edition. Very good in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text and a black design of a Viking ship under sail on the spine with a larger version of the same repeated on the front board together with embossed black borders. A small octavo of 7 7/8 by 5 1/4 inches with light rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with a tiny prior owner's signature and date of "1903" on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket. 215 pages containing a collection of 53 poems. David Alan Richards Rudyard Kipling A Bibliography A191 Doubleday, Page & Co. hardcover books
1903WRCLIT41558London: Methuen and Co. 1903. Gilt polished buckram t.e.g. First edition. Leather bookplate offset endsheets darkened cloth rubbed head and toe of spine a bit frayed but a sound copy. STEWART 276. RICHARDS A190. Methuen and Co. hardcover books
1903WRCLIT41731New York: Doubleday Page & Co. 1903. Green cloth lettered in gilt stamped in black t.e.g. First U.S. edition. Adhesive booklabel of a noted Kipling collector modest wear at tips otherwise a tight bright copy. STEWART 277. RICHARDS A191. Doubleday, Page & Co. hardcover books
1903121348New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1903. First American edition of Kipling's notable poetry collection. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel black stamped vignette to the front panel. In very good condition. First published in 1903 Kipling's The Five Nations included a number of new poems as well as several that had been previously published notably Recessional of 1897. In 1903 the United Kingdom consisted of four nations: England Ireland Scotland and Wales. It was soon suggested that Kipling's "five nations" were the "five free nations of Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa i.e. Cape Colony and 'the islands of the sea' i.e. the British Isles" - all dominated by Britons; and except in the last case by recent settlers. That suggestion was endorsed some one hundred years later. Doubleday, Page & Co hardcover books
1915WRCLIT41541London: Macmillan and Co. 1915. Printed wrappers. First edition. Wrappers a bit dusty else a very good copy in collector's cloth wrapper. RICHARDS A283. STEWART 387. Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
1928121863Doubleday Doran & Company Inc: Garden City 1928. Later printing of Kipling's Just So Song Book. Quarto original illustrated boards. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Garden City hardcover books
1904121994London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1904. First British edition of this collection of twenty-four poems and short stories. Octavo original cloth with gilt elephant vignette to the front panel. In near fine condition. First published in 1904 this classic collection of Kipling's short stories and poems includes The Captive Poseidon's Law The Runners The King's Task Steam Tactics The Return of Children They and Our Fathers Also. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover books
1918WRCLIT74968London: Methuen 1918. Small octavo. Printed wrapper over stiff wrappers. First collective edition in this format including several of RK's war poems. A few minor foxmarks unfortunate adhesive booklabel of a noted Kipling collector else a very good copy. STEWART 420. REILLY WWI p.190. Methuen unknown books
19186384New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1918. 1st edition thus Livingston 414. Lt brown cloth with spine & front cover paper label. VG slt cock/some minor soiling to cloth & cover label. 101 pp 8vo. <br/><br/>A collection of 4 titles originally issued in 1917 as pamphlets: The Fumes of the Heart; The Private Account; A Retired Gentleman; & A Trooper of Horse. According to Cutler & Stiles only 60cc of each pamphlet were issued and most of those destroyed. According to Livingston the text of this collected version varies somewhat from that in the pamphlets. Doubleday Page & Co hardcover books
1982124503New York: The Viking Press 1982. Rare unrevised proof of The Portable Kipling. Octavo original wrappers with the publisher's date and price inscribed on the front panel. In fine condition. Rare. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. The Viking Press unknown books
1968WRCLIT63633New York: Burt Franklin 1968. Thick octavo. Cloth. Facsimile reprint of the 1927 first edition. Slight rubbing else very good with dust jacket as issued. A reprint of the 1938 supplement was published separately. Burt Franklin hardcover books
1973RKIPTAL00JKNLimited Editions Club 1973. Very Good. Kipling Rudyard. Tales of East and West. Raymond illustrator Charles. Avon CT: Limited Editions Club 1973. #1904 of 2000. 376pp. Illustrated. 4to. Half blue and half green cloth. Signed by author. Book condition: Very good. Book is immaculate having been protected by its slipcase which show slight surface wear and sunning. Signed by Raymond on colophon. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
19037491London: Methuen and Co 1903. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1903 true 1st edition with the Methuen advertising date July 1903. VG in its red cloth with bright gilt-lettering along the spine. Tasteful former owner bookplates at the front pastedown and the front free endpaper. Otherwise very clean. Octavo 215 pgs. plus publisher's ads. <br/><br/> Methuen and Co hardcover books
192628292London: Macmillan & Co 1926. First edition 8vo pp. 2 vi 416; very good copy in original red cloth gilt medallion on upper cover gilt lettering on spine t.e.g. A collection of 14 stories and 21 poems. Livingstone 506; Stewart 519. <br/><br/> Macmillan & Co hardcover books
192720540San Francisco: The Windsor Press 1927. First edition number 288 of 500 copies 8vo pp. 2 18 1; full-page color woodcut illustration by Howard Simon half-title and headlines printed in purple; original blue paper covered boards cover printed in green and pink; a few tiny spots to upper cover foot of spine with a bit of wear hinge loose at first gathering else very good. Ransom Private Press p. 448. <br/><br/> The Windsor Press hardcover books
1963133862New Britain CT: Elihu Burritt Library 1963. stiff paper wrappers. Miniature Books. Miniature Book 6.1 by 5.5 cm. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Bradbury REM Miniatures 2. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Preface by Robert E. Massmann table of comments. Typography by Massmann. Pages French-fold. Kipling's works selected by C. Donald Plomer. Elihu Burritt Library unknown books
1928WRCLIT72348London: Macmillan 1928. Gilt red cloth t.e.g. First collective edition including a number of war-related items. Bookplate on pastedown crown of spine faintly frayed otherwise very good and bright in dust jacket with shallow loss at crown of spine. RICHARDS A372. STEWART 536. Macmillan hardcover books
1924WRCLIT83945Chicago: American Crossarm & Conduit Co. 1924. Small folded leaflet 17.5 x 11.5 cm with facsimile of the letter printed on top panel. Laid into oversize printed wrapper 23.5 x 15cm. Fine but without the original mailing envelope. First unauthorized printing one of 200 copies prepared for private distribution by the owner of the original letter William M. Carpenter. RICHARDS B/31. STEWART 738. American Crossarm & Conduit Co. unknown books
1909120904New York: B. W. Dodge and Company 1909. First unauthorized edition second issue of Kipling's 1909 short story collection with red lettering to the spine and front panel. Octavo original publisher's decorated cloth with the titles stamped in red. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Published in this unauthorized or pirated edition months before the authorized edition was approved by Kipling and published Abaft the Funnel includes such short stories as The Fallen Idol The Shadow of His Hand The Three Young Men A Death in the Camp and Chautauquaed. B. W. Dodge and Company hardcover books
1935121476London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1935. First edition of the collected Puck stories. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles and vignettes to the spine and front panel illustrated by H. R. Millar and Charles E. Brock frontispiece in color. In very good condition. Ownership inscription. 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. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover books
1918121064Garden City: Doubleday Page & Company 1918. First edition first state of this collection of stories presented as letters from Indian and Afghan soldiers which first appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in May and June 1917. With "recuiting depot" on p. 78 line 1. Octavo original half cloth. In very good condition. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Presented as an anthology of letters from Indian and Afghan soldiers Kipling's The Eyes of Asia contains A Retired Gentleman The Fumes of the Heart The Private Account and A Trooper of Horse. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books