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19294017GC DOUBLEDAY 1929 1929. STIFF WHITE WRAPPERS; 13 PAGES FIRST AMERICAN EDITION VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. Soft cover. GC, DOUBLEDAY, 1929 paperback books
1915WRCLIT78950Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co. 1915. Tan boards pictorial label. Collective U.S. edition preceded by the copyright issues and printing a revised text. Near fine in lightly soiled and minimally chipped dust jacket. RICHARDS A284. STEWART 396. Doubleday, Page & Co. hardcover books
1919WRCLIT69922London: Methuen and Co. 1919. Red cloth stamped in gilt t.e.g. Pictorial vignette on title. First edition trade issue of one of the key collective volumes of Kipling's war verse. Leather bookplate on pastedown cloth a bit sunned and dusty else a very good copy in dust jacket with large chip at crown of spine costing a part of one letter some darkening and a long closed tear. RICHARDS A321. STEWART 434. REILLY WWI p. 191. Methuen and Co. hardcover books
1904D18350London: Macmillan 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Original red cloth. First issue ads at back with 35.8.04. In later state dustwrapper printed blue on brown. Edges of boards a bit rubbed in a DJ with light soil and edgewear but still a decent early 20th century jacket. Better than usual. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
1930WRCLIT83809New York: The Grolier Club 1930. Large octavo. Linen and gilt boards paper spine label t.e.g. Portrait. First edition. One of 325 copies printed at the Plimpton Press. Bookplate spine and boards a bit darkened at edges and slightly soiled one lower corner slightly bruised else very good. The Grolier Club hardcover books
1906021490London: Macmillan and Co 1906. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. Frontispiece 306pp. 2pp. ads. Illustrated with 11 engravings by H.R. Millar. includes 10 stories and 16 poems. Bound in red cloth centrally stamped in gilt with an elephant head spine lettering gilt corners bumped spine ends show a bit of wear with a damp stain near spine. From the library of Henry D. Moore Sherrerd who was from the Princeton volunteer ambulance service who received the Croix de Guerre by the French Government for bravery in removing wounded soldiers from the front in the worst of the fighting at Verdun. A good copy. Macmillan and Co unknown books
1904WRCLIT27475London: Macmillan 1904. Gilt cloth t.e.g. First British edition corrected '25.8.04' state of the ads. Fore- edge a bit foxed else a very good bright copy in somewhat tanned and chipped dust jacket. STEWART 295. Macmillan hardcover books
190928356New York: Doubleday Page and Company 1909. First American edition 8vo pp. 8 324; 8 plates; light wear to extremities else a very good copy or better in original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt and black. Livingston 324; Stewart 321. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Page and Company hardcover books
190920212London: Macmillan and Co 1909. First English edition 8vo pp. 6 302 12 ads; light soiling to spine and light wear to extremities else a very good copy or better in original maroon cloth. <br/><br/> Macmillan and Co hardcover books
19049001New York: Doubleday Page and Co 1904. First American edition 8vo vi & 363pp.; slight water-staining affecting rear cover bottom spine and rear endpapers minor wear to top and bottom of spine else a near fine copy in original green cloth with caravel design on front cover in black and gilt lettering and spine. Livingston 290. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Page and Co hardcover books
191775586London: Macmillan and Co. 1917. Octavo pp. i-iv v vi vii-viii 1-441 442 443-444: blank 445-448: ads title page printed in red and black original red cloth Ganesha device stamped in gold on front panel spine panel lettered in gold t.e.g. First edition. A mixed collection of fourteen stories and fourteen poems. Includes the first book appearance of the long tale of the future "As Easy as A.B.C." the sequel to "With the Night Mail" first published in FAMILY MAGAZINE in 1912. "The future world is dominated by the Ariel Board of Control which regulates the movements of massive dirigible airships . This story set in 2065 offers a more elaborate account of a society anxiously preoccupied with Malthusian problems and Marxian class conflict . In this story the dictatorial A.B.C. sends a new aircraft to sort out a rebellion in Illinois" Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-603. Also collects "In the Same Boat" 1911 a tale "of psychic horrors which becomes rationalized fantasy" and "Swept and Garnished" 1915 "Kipling's grimmest supernatural fiction" Clute and Grant. Anatomy of Wonder 1981 1-110; 1987 1-55; 1995 1-55 and2004 II-603. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1235. Clarke Tale of the Future 1978 p. 46. Clute and Grant eds The Encyclopedia of Fantasy p. 541. Clute and Nicholls eds The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction p. 670. Gerber Utopian Fantasy 1973 p. 146. Negley Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 641. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 152. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V pp. 2053-54. Bleiler 1978 p. 115. Stewart 408. Hairline crack along inner front hinge repaired else a fine bright copy. Bookplate of Indiana novelist George Barr McCutcheon 1866-1928 affixed to front paste-down. #75586 Macmillan and Co. unknown books
190946461909. FE. KIPLING Rudyard. ABAFT THE FUNNEL. New York: B.W. Dodge & Co. 1909. First edition pirated first issue binding. Among the earliest copies bound. Embossed and lettered in gold. The binding is textured to highlight the pictorial design. This copy has been over-opened between pages 8 and 9. There is some shelfwear at the heel crown and the outside corners. The gold lettering is bright though the black illustration has been rubbed in one spot. This is a very good copy. Livingston #328. unknown books
190995221New York: B. W. Dodge & Company 1909. Octavo pp. i-iv v-viii 1-360 original pictorial blue cloth front and spine panels stamped in red and black. First edition second binding. "'Abaft the Funnel' was a title first used for a series of eight stories written by Kipling for the CIVIL AND MILITARY GAZETTE which were first collected in TURN-OVERS volumes V VI and VII. These were written during Kipling's journey in 1889 from India to England via Burma China Japan and the United States . In 1909 B. W. Dodge & Company New York used the title for an unauthorized volume containing thirty stories letters and articles and one poem of which twenty-two of the stories and the poem has previously appeared in TURN-OVERS. In order to discourage the sale of the unauthorized edition Kipling instructed Doubleday Page & Company to issue a volume containing the same material and which was to retail at 19 cents . The first English printing was in volume XXX of the Sussex edition 1938." - Stewart 324. Touch of rubbing to cloth along bottom edges top edge of text block dusty else a fine copy in near fine pictorial dust jacket printed on tan paper stock with light wear along top edges two tiny closed tears at top edge of front panel and shallow chip from head of spine panel. #95221 B. W. Dodge & Company unknown books
1909124551London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1909. First British edition of Kipling's Actions and Reactions. Octavo original cloth with gilt elephant emblem to the front panel. In good condition. Ownership inscription. 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
1934121917London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1934. First edition of Kipling's Collected Dog Stories. Octavo original cloth decorated in gilt. In 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
1926122446Garden City: Doubleday Page & Company 1926. First American edition of one of the Nobel Prize-winning author's finest collections. Octavo original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel black stamped ship vignette to the front panel. Fine in the rare 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. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
1915122044London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1915. First edition of Kipling's France at War. 12mo original illustrated wrappers. 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 unknown books
1962WB17222New York: The Limited Editions Club 1962. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Signed by the illustrator Robin Jacques. Copy 81 of a total edition of 1500. Excellent copy in publisher's case. <br/><br/> The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1922122861Garden City: Doubleday Page & Company 1922. First editions of Kipling's collected prose and verse. 12mo two volumes original blue cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In very good condition. A charming set. 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, Page & Company hardcover books
1916120348London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1916. First edition of this compilation of thirteen newspaper articles written by Kipling in response to a request by the Admiralty in the midst of World War I. Octavo original blue cloth decorated in gilt pages uncut. Near fine in the 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
192019259Little Rock: The Incunabula Bookshop 1920. First edition. Gray paper wrappers. Bump to lower spine else a near fine copy. Unpaged 12 pp. 8vo. 8 1/2 x 6 in. Number 44 of a limited edition of 100 copies. Originally published in "The Author" London July 1 1891. A satire directed at the American copyright bill. Livingston 458. Stewart 477. The Incunabula Bookshop unknown books
1937122037Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company 1937. First American edition of Kipling's autobiography. Octavo original cloth frontispiece. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Kipling began work on the autobiography on 1 August 1935 and was last reported to work on it doing revisions on 26 December of the same year. He died on 18 January 1936. The unfinished manuscript was edited and prepared for publication by his wife Caroline Starr Balestier. After preliminary printing of selections from the text in a number of newspapers the book was published by Macmillan Kipling's established UK publisher on 21 December 1937. Kipling had stated the intention to deal in this account with "his life from the point of view of his work". He thus focuses on describing the inspiration genesis and workmanship of his literary creations while remaining reticent on most facets of his private life that are not directly connected to his works. Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover books
191426603London: Macmillan Company 1914. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. 3 pp. 16mo. Livingston 300 note p. 285. Stewart 308. Macmillan Company unknown books
19037226London: Methuen and Co. 1903. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Brown cloth over boards with gilt lettering stamped direct on spine top edge gilt; pp. xiii 3 215 1 38 ads. Spine and edges of boards sunned; spine tips gently rubbed; scattered foxing throughout as expected. VG overall. A handsome volume. <br/><br/> London: Methuen and Co. hardcover books
1923RKIPIRI00EFDoubleday 1923. Very Good. Kipling Rudyard. The Irish Guards in the Great War Edited and Compiled from their Diaries and Papers. Volume I:The First Battalion. Volume II:The Second Battalion and Appendices. 2 volumes. New York: Doubleday 1923. 1st American edition. 334 307pp. Indexed. 8vo. Book condition: Very good with slight cracks in front hinges and cracked rear hinge on volume II. Edges are bumped and lightly rubbed slightly frayed at spine ends. Lightly spotted and stained. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedowns. A palm-sized square of light discoloration is on verso of front free endsheet in volume I. Clean pages. Laid-in is a period photo of a man in full Irish Guard uniform whom we believe to be John Kipling only son of the author. Both volumes contain elegant maps printed in black with red to indicate battalion movements. Doubleday unknown books
