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1915WRCLIT77703Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co. 1915. Cream wrappers printed in green. Faint smudge to upper wrapper otherwise near fine. First edition. Printed in an edition of seventy-five copies for copyright protection preceding by one day the appearance of the article in the press and constituting the first appearance in book form or otherwise. STEWART 394-A. RICHARDS A282. Doubleday, Page & Co. unknown books
1915122463London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1915. First edition of this collection of nautical essays and poems. 12mo original illustrated wrappers. In near fine condition. A very sharp example. 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 unknown books
1980299759Norwalk: Easton 1980. hardcover. fine. Gentleman David. Illustrated by David Gentleman. 383 pages. Tall thick 8vo gilt-stamped green leather all edges gilt silk moire endpapers. Norwalk: Easton Press 1980. A fine copy.<br/><br/> 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series.<br/><br/> Easton unknown books
1968WB17104Lunenburg VT: The Limited Editions Club 1968. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Copy 81 of a total edition of 1500. Large 8vo. Signed by David Gentleman illustrator. Excellent copy in slipcase. <br/><br/> The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1948121799Garden City and New York: Doubleday & Company Inc 1948. The Book Club edition of Kipling's Jungle Books. Octavo two volumes original cloth. Illustrations by Albert Watson. Foreword by Nelson Doubleday. Near fine in very good dust jackets. Book design by Oscar Ogg. Author photograph by Elliot and Frey Ltd. Kipling's Jungle Books center on the story of Mowgli an orphaned 'man-cub' who is raised in the jungle of India by wolves where he comes to learn the Laws of the Jungle. A major theme throughout the books is abandonment followed by fostering as in the life of Mowgli echoing Kipling's own childhood. Another is law vs. freedom; the stories are not about animal behavior but about human archetypes in animal form. The books remain popular to this day and have been adapted several times for film and other media including the classic Walt Disney 1967 animation and its 2016 remake. Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover books
194010432ELondon: Macmillan 1940. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the British release of the film based on Kipling’s classic tale starring Ronald Colman Walter Huston and Ida Lupino. With a small spot of orange paint on the front free endpaper and pages tanned as usual else very good in a very good lightly dust soiled dust jacket with some interior tape reinforcement tearing at the spine and a couple of small chips and tears. The front panel of the jacket is a graphic drawing of a swashbuckling Ronald Colman involved in an intense sword fight with Arabs. Macmillan unknown books
1915WRCLIT77657London: Macmillan & Co. 1915. Printed wrappers. First British edition preceded by the U.S. copyright printings of the constituent articles. Small paperclip offset to top edge of front wrapper otherwise fine. RICHARDS A276. STEWART 383. Macmillan & Co. unknown books
1919120789London: Methuen and Co. Ltd 1919. The Dominion edition of this collection of 45 poems often considered Kipling's darkest work. Octavo original decorated cloth. In very good condition. 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. Kipling's The Years Between includes: The Benefactors The Choice A Death-Bed Epitaphs Natural Theology A Pilgrim's Way and The Song of the Lathes. Methuen and Co., Ltd hardcover books
1906WN270140New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1906. Some offsetting and paste action on endpapers. TEG other edges untrimmed. Exceptionally clean attractive paper pictorial on upper cover. . First American Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by F.H.Townsend. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Doubleday, Page & Company Hardcover books
1930121847London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1930. First British edition of Kipling's beloved children's classic as told by Boots the dog. Octavo original cloth illustrated by G. L. Stampa. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket which is 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. 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
1935WRCLIT41664Garden City: Doubleday 1935. Cloth and decorated boards. First U.S. edition limited to nine hundred and fifty copies. Unfortunate adhesive booklabel of a noted Kipling collector else about fine in corner worn slipcase. STEWART 623. Doubleday hardcover books
1935WRCLIT29445Garden City: Doubleday 1935. Cloth and decorated boards. First U.S. edition limited to nine hundred and fifty copies. Fine in corner worn slipcase with short cracks at end panels. STEWART 623. Doubleday hardcover books
1925121873London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1925. First edition of this collection of two Kipling stories. Octavo original cloth elaborately decorated in gilt with illustrations in color by F. H. Townsend. 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. 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
1938121883New York: Doubleday Doran & Company 1938. First edition of Kipling's beloved dog story. Octavo original cloth. Frontispiece illustration by Marguerite Kirmse. Near fine in the scarce original 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. Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover books
196193661NY:: New American Library Signet Classics. Very Good. 1961. Paperback. CD65. Afterword by Marcus Cunliffe. Stated first printing of this Signet Classics mass market paperback. Previous owner's name on verso of front cover else very good or better in illustrated wraps. ; 334 pages . New American Library (Signet Classics), paperback books
1923WRCLIT83694London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1923. Gilt plum cloth. Frontispiece caricature fifty-one plates. The much enlarged second edition limited to 700 numbered copies for sale. Trace of tanning but a very good copy with shards of the dust jacket laid in. John Lane The Bodley Head hardcover books
19732264545The Limited Editions Club 1973. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Raymond Charles. Signed by illustrator. Limited edition #920 of 2000 copies. Signed by illustrator on limitation page. Includes publisher's slipcase. A few tiny scuffs to slipcase. 1973 Hard Cover. xiii 1 375 3 pp. A selection of short stories by the author of The Jungle Book who was also known for his poetry with an introduction by editor Bernard Bergonzi. Includes: Lispeth; The Bronckhorst Divorce-Case; The Madness of Private Ortheris; The Phantom 'Rickshaw; Baa Baa Black Sheep; On Greenhow Hill; The Man Who Was; Without Benefit of Clergy; The City of Dreadful Night; At the End of the Passage; The Finest Story in the World; Love-o'-Women; The Record of Badalia Herodsfoot; The Bridge-Builders; The Ship That Found Herself; Wireless; They; Mrs. Bathhurst; Mary Postgate; The Wish House; The Gardener; The Eye of Allah; Dayspring Mishandled. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
190623024New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1906. First American Edition. Octavo 21cm.; original grey blind-ruled cloth lettered in gilt color plate mounted to upper cover top edge gilt others uncut; 680pp.; color frontispiece 14 tissue-guarded plates. Cloth a bit soiled extremities toned light rubbing to spine ends else Very Good. Doubleday, Page & Company unknown books
1937121944Weston Vermont: The Countryman Press 1937. First edition of Van de Water's account of Kipling's feud with his brother-in-law in Dummerston which was made very public by local newspapers. Octavo original buckram illustrated with drawings by Bernadine custer. One of 700 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator on the limitation page this is number 132. Fine in the original slipcase which is in very good condition. Rudyard Kipling wrote the bulk of his best-known works in his now historic Shingle Style house Naulahka in Dummerston Vermont. Here Frederic Van de Water a close friend of Kipling's brother-in-law Beatty Balestier tells the story of the legendary family feud which flared up in a public trial and ultimately drove Kipling from Vermont. The Countryman Press hardcover books
1945154267Paris: Les Editions de la Table Ronde 1945. paperback. very good. Few illustrations by Cocteau Hugo Morel and others. 237pp. 4to printed wrappers small tear on front wrapper; Pages are uncut and unopened. Paris: Les Editions de la Table Ronde 1945. Text in French. Very good.<br/><br/> Limited edition. Number 1694 of 2150 copies printed.<br/><br/> Les Editions de la Table Ronde unknown books
1973122633Avon CT: The Limited Editions Club 1973. cloth slipcase. Limited Editions Club. small 4to. cloth slipcase. xiii 375 3 pages. Selected by Bernard Bergonzi and Illustrated by Charles Raymond. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Raymond LEC 464. Printed at The Connecticut Printers with design by Frank Lieberman. With Monthly Letter / prospectus loosely inserted. Well preserved copy. The Limited Editions Club unknown books
193211697NY: Doubleday Doran 1932. First edn. 8vo pp. 371. A fine copy in dj with a small triangular piece with 1" legs missing from the lower front cover not affecting any print. A collection of 19 new poems and 32 stories. Doubleday Doran unknown books
1926WRCLIT41666London: Macmillan and Co. 1926. Gilt red cloth t.e.g. Two bookplates slight flecking to cloth at edges trace of foxing to endsheets and edges several catalogue clippings tipped to rear pastedown but about very good in spine-darkened dust jacket with shallow chipping at head and toe of spine. First edition of this miscellany of stories and poems about half of the former having relevance to the War. Falls lauds the stories herein as "equal to the best their author achieved in the great old days." RICHARDS A363. STEWART 519. FALLS p.281 . Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
1926WRCLIT41675London: Macmillan and Co. 1926. Gilt red cloth t.e.g. Unfortunate adhesive bookplate of a noted Kipling collector edges a trifle rubbed slight offsetting to lower board else near very good and bright in dust jacket with large chips at head and toe of spine panel. First edition of this miscellany of stories and poems about half of the former having relevance to the War. Falls lauds the stories herein as "equal to the best their author achieved in the great old days." RICHARDS A363. STEWART 519. FALLS p.281 . Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
1926WRCLIT74637London: Macmillan and Co. 1926. Gilt red cloth t.e.g. Bookplate and ownership inscription of a bibliographer not of Kipling top edges sunned otherwise a very good bright copy in a good dust jacket with shallow chips at top edge and a small chip to the spine panel. First edition of this miscellany of stories and poems about half of the former having relevance to the War.15000 copies were printed. Falls lauds the stories herein as "equal to the best their author achieved in the great old days." RICHARDS A363. STEWART 519. FALLS p.281 . Macmillan and Co. hardcover books