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1891033085New York: Lovell Coryell & Company 1891. Authorized edition 1891 early printing of first American edition. Maroon cloth over beveled boards gilt decorative lettering frontis portrait in black and white. Some rubbing to the extremities good hinges sound text block clean pages with no names or other markings. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Lovell, Coryell & Company Hardcover
1898752R55London: Macmillan And Co. 1898. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None. A well-preserved first edition of this account of the Royal Navy at sea by Rudyard Kipling. Most renowned for 'The Jungle Book' 'Kim' and 'Just so Stories' Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 is seen as a pioneer for the short story form and a classic author of children's fiction. He was born in India the inspiration behind a vast amount of his writings which include 'The Jungle Book' 'Just So Stories' and 'Kim'. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 becoming the youngest ever recipient and first English language writer to do so.'A Fleet in Being' is a series of military articles on the subject of the Royal Navy in 1898.In the publisher's original paper wrap bindings with a pictorial cover. In paper wraps. Externally generally smart a touch of discolouration to the front board and spine with some loss to the paper of the tail of the spine and a chip to the head. Internally firmly bound pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed Macmillan And Co. unknown
1892045599New York: Macmillan & Co. 1892 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st US Edition. A series of songs and poems expressing a popular view of the common soldiers and sailors of the British imperial forces in late Victorian times. Written in popular dialects with memorable verses and cadencies Danny Deever Gunga Din Mandalay they appealed to all levels of the pubic and were recited and sung everywhere with patriotic enthusiasm. First American edition of this anthology The UK edition was issued a few days later under the shorter title of "Barrack Room Ballads' Neat dark blue binding with gilding on spine on top of text block and on the horse motif on the front cover. 207p 8p of Ads.Crisp tight unmarked text.The leaf before the half title is missing else fine Richards A68; Stewart 109 . Macmillan & Co. hardcover
18981250310.29<p>The Roycrofters East Aurora NY 1898. Arts Crafts Printing Roycroft . Very Good. 8vo hardcover. Suede binding. Vg condition. Presentation copy inscribed by Elbert Hubbard on the front endpaper to George H. Daniels General Passenger Agent for the New York Central Railroad and an early patron. Covers and contents clean no marking or writing. Binding square and tight 90 pp.</p> The Roycrofters, East Aurora, NY hardcover
1893000406London: MacMillan and Co 1893. FIRST EDITION first printing. Original pebbled blue cloth blind and gilt stamped vertical borders on front cover extending around the spine top edges untrimmed. Book is cocked front cover slightly discolored. ix i 365 & ipp. and 6pp. of ads. Stewart 118. Overall in GOOD condition. UncleAndy. First Edition. Full Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. MacMillan and Co Hardcover
189472493London : Chatto & Windus 1894. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Professionally recased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Scans etc. On request. ; 309 pages; Description: xxiv 309 p. : ill. ports. ; 21 cm. Subjects: Kipling Rudyard 1865-1936. Departmental ditties and other verses. Authors English--Biography. Authorship. Includes Kipling's discussion of his ""Departmental ditties and other verses"" on p. 91-97. References: Stewart J. M. Kipling 644. Livingston F. V. M. Kipling 112. London : Chatto & Windus hardcover
1893026159UK: Macmillan 1893. First Edition 5th or later Printing. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st edition 5th Imp 1893 Same format a the first edition. Bookplate of Charles Hibbert Henry Williamson's father in law. The Hibbert's were a wealthy middle class family in Devon. Williamson' met his daughter Ida Loetitia at various hunting meets and fell in love. Kipling's collection of short stories on the British in India and the Supernatural. From a large collection of Henry Williamson's and his family's books. Includes a specially commissioned small bookplate affixed inside the book confirming this. Book is very good with quite bright boards. Spine tips lightly rubbed. Contents good. Light age toning. More images can be taken upon request. ref 17593 <br/> <br/> Macmillan hardcover
1899GEN26-C-23London : Macmillan and Co. 1899-1926. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". None. A two volume set of Rudyard Kipling first editions. Comprising of Stalky and Co. as well as Debits and Credits the works here show the breadth of Kipling's abilities with the former book a novel and the latter a collection of short stories poems and scenes for a play. Both volumes are decorated with Kipling's signature elephant to the boards a nod to his time in and love for India something also related to in the Hindu symbols found to the endpages. Stalky and Co. features the bookplate of one G.W. Bell. In decorative cloth binding with gilt detailing. Externally quite smart there is some wear to the boards extremities and joints as well as some sunning to spines. The hinge of Stalky and Co. is tender. Internally the pages are generally firmly bound although there is some light strain in places and are bright and clean throughout aside from the odd instance of spotting throughout. Very Good Indeed Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1896874V4London : Methuen and Co. 1896. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None . A collection of poetry and ballads focusing on the role of the British Empire overseas. An early edition published the same year as the first edition of 150 copies printed on handmade paper. Publisher's advertisements have been discarded. Bound in half crushed morocco. A collection of poems and ballads aimed at children focusing on themes of adventure and British pride. The vast scale of British Empire is explored in relation to colonialism for a child audience. Kipling condenses themes of British power and wealth to make it accesible for children. Kipling explores themes of British imperialism and the role of colonial rule within the 19th century through a series of short ballads and poems to demonstrate the vastness of the British Empire. In a half crushed morocco binding. Externally generally smart but with slight rubbing and cracking to the joints. Slight loss to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with spotting to the first and last few pages. Pages roughly cut. Very Good Methuen and Co. hardcover
1890035083Allahabad: A H Wheeler 1890. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Type: Book pp 96 85 93. Re-backed. Prior owner details to FEP. Believed 2nd edition of Under the Deodars 1st edition of The Story of th Gadsbys and 4th edition of Soldiers Three. A H Wheeler hardcover
1899BIBLIO-51308The Roycroft shop East Aurora 1899. Limited edition of 950 copies. Limp green suede gilt cover-title and blindstamped ship image on front cover red endpapers 8vo. 93 pp printed in red and black blue hand-coloured initials. A collection of 27 poems attractively printed at the Roycroft press. Yeats states that the edition was suppressed with "about 60 copies in circulation from 100 illuminated and 950 plain copies" kipling Journal December 1952. Copy No. 721 signed and numbered by Elbert Hubbard. Bookplate of Charles H. Milburn on front free endpaper. Inevitable creasing to papp edges but Very Good in a used chemise and card slipcase. The Roycroft shop, [East Aurora], 1899 unknown
189854774Boston: Privately Printed 1898. First Thus. Sextodecimo 15cm; sewn; issued in stiff paper wrappers lettered from the types of the title page; 4 leaves- title and text; frontispiece; vignette designed by E.J Clark printed in red is repeated throughout occupying half of each page; light rubbing; upper rear corner of back cover has tiny nick; Very Good lacking the envelope. <br /> <br /> Inspiration for the 1909 Broadway production A Fool There Was by Porter Emerson Browne and subsequently the 1915 silent film "A Fool There Was" starring Theda Bara. LIVINGSTON 151; wikipedia. Privately Printed unknown
1898307522London: Macmillan & Co 1898. Softcover. Very Good. First edition wrappered issue. Pictorial blue wrappers. Light wear at the extremities a very good or better copy. Stewart 191. Macmillan & Co unknown
1892033583Calcutta: Thacker Spink & Co 1892. Book. Very Good-. Hardcover. 208pp. Brick cloth boards gilt titles on spine. Binding secure spine straight corners a bit bumped. FFEP loose but still attached. Slight foxing to pages prior to body of text. Clean unmarked text block apart from the expected age toning. Deckle edged pages. 16pp of publisher's ads in back. Rear hinge just showing. Variously credited as first Indian edition printed from the English sheets and third edition. Either way an early Kipling edition hailing from Calcutta. Scarce. Thacker, Spink & Co Hardcover
1897206280New York: Century Co 1897. Hardcover. VG: Writing graphite cursive analytical and stamp on front free end page. Notations on the table of contents. Clean body pages. A green casebound book with gilt text on the spine. viii 323 pages; contains black-and-white illustrations. Century Co hardcover
1897206279New York: Century Co 1897. Hardcover. VG: Wear to the corners and edges. Crack between front end pages. Previous owner name on front free end page. Faint stains and warping to the pages. Readable with solid binding. A green casebound book with gilt text on the spine. viii 323 pages; contains black-and-white illustrations. Century Co hardcover
18971397627New York: The Century Co 1897. Early Edition. Hardcover. Octavo viii 323 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Sunning to spine. Spine cocked. General shelf wear primarily to head and tail of spine and to corners of boards. Mild soiling to rear board. Top edge of textblock gilt. Previous bookseller's stamp to front pastedown. Previous owner's signature to front free endpaper. Age toning throughout. Shelved in Case 14. 1397627. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Century Co hardcover
1897002523New York: The Century Company 1897. One of Kipling's most popular novels and the source for Spencer Tracy's Academy Award in 1937. This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition issued the same year as the English version. Green cloth decorative cover featuring a sailing ship and stamped in black red and gilt. Clean text; 323 pages; top-edge gilt others rough deckle. Very slight lean very light bumps. Front gutter is starting to crack but without ill effect. A solid copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Century Company Hardcover
1900122350London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1900. First English edition of this collection of Kipling’s essays about his 1889 travels from India to Burma China Japan and the United States en route to England. Octavo original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt elephant emblem to the front panel top edge gilt. In very good condition with rubbing to the crown and foot of the spine. Ownership name. 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
189317938London:: Macmillan and Co. 1893. First edition. original blue gilt cloth. Old ink signature on half-title; a bright attractive near fine copy; very slightly shelf-slanted. 8vo. Macmillan and Co., hardcover
1892193054LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1892 1892. ORIGINAL TERRA COTTA CLOTH STAMPED IN GILT AND DARK RED; LIVINGSTON 85. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover. LONDON, WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 1892 hardcover
1890005025New York: United States Book Company Successor to John W. Lovell Company 1890. First published in 1888; this is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition Second Issue. An uncommon to scarce edition. Brown cloth binding; ruled titled and with decoration of two musicians on the front cover in maroon. Noted as "Indian Tales - I." Titling decoration and reproduced Kipling signature on the spine. Clean text; vi continues from 7 to 287 pages; dark blue endpapers. Title Page notes as "Authorized Edition." There is no publication date but 1890. Light rubbing around the margins; decorations on spine diminished so. Some spotting to prelims and TP. Cracked at the TP but holding nicely. Basically a sound copy of this uncommon book. In an arcvhival plastic protector. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. United States Book Company Successor to John W. Lovell Company Hardcover
1897005992New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1897 New York: Scribner's 1897. First edition. 8vo. Three-quarter brown morocco over marble boards gilt in the marble. Six compartments raised ridges floppy art nouveau-style flowers with curvy gilt framing gilt titles. Top edge gilt. Marble endpapers with previous owner bookplate. Frontispiece plate protective tissue. Rough-cut thick laid paper. 589 pp. in two volumes. Frontispiece protective tissue plus two illustrations in each volume. Light edgwear. Very good plus condition. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1899121634New York: Doubleday and McClure Company 1899. First separate American edition of Kipling children’s classic. Octavo original illustrated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel pictorial endpapers illustrated by Orson Lowell tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very condition. Bookplate. 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. Doubleday and McClure Company hardcover
1900149566Boston: Alfred Bartlett 1900. Rare August 1900 issue of The Cornhill Booklet containing Rudyard Kipling's "Occasional Poems." Duodecimo original wrappers volume one number two printed in red and black illustrated with the original detached portrait of Kipling from an etching by William Strang laid in. In very good condition. Illustrated and designed by H.W. Colby. Rudyard Kipling’s occasional poems reflect his distinctive ability to merge public commentary with poetic craft transforming topical or ephemeral subjects into enduring reflections on empire duty and human character. Written primarily during his years in British India and later reprinted in collections such as Departmental Ditties and Other Verses 1886 these works—originally composed for newspapers and limited pamphlets—combine wit irony and moral insight to capture the social texture of colonial life. Alfred Bartlett unknown
