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1899149578England and The United States: The Daily Mail Publishing Co 1899. First illustrated facsimile edition of Kipling's poem The Absent-Minded Beggar a souvenir specially printed by The Daily Mail. Quarto original wrappers six pages with two pages of facsimile stanzas cover portrait of Kipling by John Collier. Printed as a single folded sheet forming six printed pages in triptych format. The souvenir marked the 100th performance of Sydney Grundy's The Degenerates at the Garrick Theatre on Friday 24th October 1899 when Lillie Langtry who was playing Mrs. Trevelyan in the production recited Kipling's poem The Absent-Minded Beggar from the stage after the final curtain. The proceeds of the sale of the poem benefited the wives and children of the reservists. In very good condition. Interior illustration of "A Gentleman in Kharki" by R. Caton Woodville. Rudyard Kipling’s The Absent-Minded Beggar first published at the outbreak of the Second Boer War 1899–1902 is a notable example of patriotic literature mobilized for imperial causes. Written to rally support for British troops and their families the poem was quickly transformed into a piece of popular ephemera with the first illustrated edition marketed through The Daily Mail as part of a charitable appeal. The publication’s sales generated significant funds for the reservists’ families illustrating how literature journalism and philanthropy intersected within the culture of British imperialism. The Daily Mail Publishing Co unknown
1899123533New York: M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels 1899. First edition in book form of this small publication “published fortnightly by boys for boys†at the Horsmonden School Kent containing a letter from Rudyard Kipling with six “Hints on Schoolboy Etiquette†and a caricature of him by Max Beerbohm. 16mo original half cloth. 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. M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels hardcover
189662139London: Methuen and Co 1896. First English edition the large paper issue limited to 150 copies on handmade paper. Vignette on title. xvi 230 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red buckram gilt faded some wear some buckling of cloth sheet discoloring at front and back text quite clean. First English edition the large paper issue limited to 150 copies on handmade paper. Vignette on title. xvi 230 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Stewart 140. Stewart 140 <br/><br/> Methuen and Co hardcover
189710363<p>The Century Co. New York 1897. First edition. HC VG. Green cloth with red gilt writing and beautiful ship. Inside cover has previous owner's name otherwise clean. See Photos. Cover excellent with small amount of gilt thinned on circle by boat.</p> The Century Co. hardcover
1897882T14London: Methuen & Co. 1897-1903. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. Two smartly bound volume of poetry from Rudyard Kipling the first edition of The Five Nations. Two volumes. Written by Rudyard Kipling an English novelist short-story writer poet and journalist best known for his novel The Jungle Book. This set includes: The Seven Seas 1897. Third edition. Originally published in 1896. A collection of poetry with titles including "Hymn Before Action" "In the Neolithic Age" "The Lost Legion" "The Mary Gloster" and "McAndrew's Hymn". The Five Nations 1903. First edition. With the issue point of 'David' to page 56 line 9 that was later changed to 'Saul' but lacking the publisher's advertisements dated 'July 1903'. This work is split into two sections: the first covering a wide range of subjects and the second section entitled "Service Songs" containing poems about British soldiers at the turn of the twentieth century. Bound in half red calf with patterned boards. Externally smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpapers dated 1904. Very Good Methuen & Co. hardcover
1891C219007London: The Ludgate 1891. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary dark green cloth with gilt spine titles. 447pp. Illustrated. Covers slightly worn bump to top edge contents slightly age toned otherwise very good. Short fiction articles music and miscellany. The Ludgate, hardcover
1899Biblio626Circa 1899 Street & Smith trade hardcover format. Decorative pictorial cloth with gold & black lettering on front board & spine; illustration of Kipling with 3 bats on front board in near fine condition. Brown cloth covered boards clean w/bumped corners gold gilt on top edge of textblock fine. Corner of last ffep missing else pages clean unmarked & not aged; frontspiece photograph is present. Binding firm & straight.<br /> Street & Smith hardcover
189828926New York: Doubleday & McClure Co. 1898. First Edition. With title-page within a red and black decorative frame and eight full page illustrations on coated paper. 8vo publisher’s original green cloth the spine and upper cover lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt and black with the design of the famous caravelle sailing ship. 6 431pp. A fine and bright copy with only very light evidence of shelving or age clean and fresh. FIRST EDITION and a collection of twelve good stories including “The Ship that Found Herself†“The Devil and the Deep Sea†“William the Conquerer†“.007†“Bread Upon the Waters†“An Error in the Fourth Dimension†“The Brushwood Boy†and others. Includes some of the author’s best. Doubleday & McClure Co. hardcover
1889221125-MB68H.M. Caldwell Company 1889. Ornate cloth hardcover "Oriental edition" with original illustrations by L.J. Bridgman and others some wear to edges. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Cover. Illus. by Bridgman L.J. H.M. Caldwell Company hardcover
1899361931New York: Doubleday and McClure Company 1899. Hardcover. Used - Good. The story was first published in 1888 as part of The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales and later as part of The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales. This is one of the earliest if not the earliest of a stand-alone volume. Doubleday and McClure Company hardcover
189036281NY: Harper & Brothers. Good with no dust jacket. September 1890. First Edition. Paperback. The Courting of Dinah Shadd and Other Stories With a Biographical and Critical Sketch by Andrew Lang. 1st American edition preceding the first authorized American edition. In The Athenaeum of October 4 1890 on the authority of Mr. Kipling it was stated that these stories had been collected by Messrs. Harper without permission and they were accused of literary piracy an accusation which Harper denied. Livinston 57. Xii 182 ads 2 pp. Losses to the paper spine and inner margins of wraps corners slightly rounded. Ownership scrawled on title page. Marginal pencilling to ads a cello tape repair. First time a portrait of Kipling appears in one of his books. This along with "Holy War" 2 leaves. Lon: Methuen & Co. nd Written 1917 at top of p2. Toned. Lot consists of 2 pieces. . Harper & Brothers paperback
1897mon0000007556W. Thacker & Co. 1897. Hardback. Very Good. in x in x in. Quarter bound hardback with vellum and gold motif to front board. Limited Edition 83/150. Signed and numbered by the publisher. Dust stained - commensurate with age. B/W frontis with tissue guard. Illustrated. Lightly foxed. No inscriptions or annotations. No loose pages. Pages uncut and lightly tanned. Sound tight binding. Boards clean and firm for age of booksrnSR Antiquarian RL StevensonrnCream spine strip with gold lettering - protected by archive paper. W. Thacker & Co. hardcover
1897060122MacMillan 1897. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First printing. A fair to good copy in blue cloth with gold decorations. Basis for the 1937 film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Spencer Tracy Freddie Bartholomew and Lionel Barrymore. MacMillan Hardcover
1896HVD-57472-A-0Philadelphia PA: Henry T. Coates & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1896. Reissue Edition. Hardcover. 229 pages; slightly cocked spine. Light rubbing on the covers. Top edges gilt. Minor discoloration on prelims. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. . Henry T. Coates & Company hardcover
1900526952Cincinnati Ohio: No Publisher 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 547pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait of Grand Master E.L. Lyburger. Beveled blue cloth boards stamped in gilt. Covers have light wear at tips of spine and corners else a very good copy with gilt stamping bright; front and rear hinges are started due to quality of paper of endpapers text is fresh and clean. This publication also prints a poem by Rudyard Kipling The Mother Lodge on page 94-95 noting that Kipling was a Freemason. Most of the book pages 88 to 404 is devoted to 'Report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence' including detailed information about 'English-speaking Grand Lodges' in the United States listed by each state and including 'Indian Territory' Canada by province Great Britain New Zealand Australia etc. and a section devoted to thirteen 'None English-speaking Grand Bodies' including Cuba Mexico and Puerto Rico. This publication for the year 1900 as well as previous 'Proceedings' include discussions of African-American masons see page 119 179 206 etc which includes discussion of "Negro Lodges and Grand Lodges" and the difficulties with acceptance in Washington page 119 and "Clandestine Negro Masonry" page 178 referencing Washington in the section devoted to the Indian Territory and further reference to Washington and former "Prince Hall Lodge" members in the Louisiana section page 206. Previous Grand Lodge publications also discussed rejection of 'colored' Grand Lodges by some white Grand Lodges with particular reference to the failure of 'Ohio recognition' in a specific instance in 1877 which stated: "As predicted in our last annual address the proposed recognition of our grand lodge by the grand lodge of whites of this state has failed. While I anticipated the result I must confess that the manner in which it was brought about surprised and disappointed me. followed by a long discussion of the events." OCLC locates no copies of this October issue. No Publisher hardcover
1897RK070London: W. Thacker & Co. 1897 With illustrations by Dudley Cleaver. Ninth edition Deluxe edition. One of 150 copies printed with two extra illustrations signed and numbered by publisher on tipped-in limitation slip this being number 68. Publisher's vellum spine and red cloth-covered boards with gilt illustration to front board spine lettered in gilt and tissue-guarded plates. Very good with a couple of tiny spots of dampstaining to front board a touch of toning to top part of rear board corners very lightly bumped light offsetting to endpapers previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper and some exposed webbing to pp. 96 and 97. Overall a sturdy and attractive copy. Departmental Ditties is Rudyard Kipling's first collection of poetry which he published when he was only 21. The poems which explore British military life first appeared in the Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore where Kipling worked as assistant editor. Kipling continued to revise and expand the collection in subsequent editions. Some of the poems included in the collection are: "Army Head-quarters" "Study of an Elevation in Indian Ink" "Pink Dominoes" "The Lovers' Litany" "As the Bell Clinks" and "Christmas in India.". Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Dudley Cleaver. London: W. Thacker & Co. hardcover
189055971London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington Ld 1890. First U.K. Edition. Octavo 21.5cm. Grey pictorial paper wraps printed in black; vi 7-96pp. A straight and handsome copy 5" split to front joint minor tear at head of spine wrappers browned at edges internally clean: Very Good. <br /> <br /> One of the Railway Library series the paperbacks that "made Kipling's name in India and soon enough in England and America" ODNB. The first and second editions of 1889 were published in Allahabad. LIVINGSTON 36. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, Ld unknown
1891006845London and New York: Macmillan and Co. 1891. This is a Very Good Plus copy of the First American Edition. First issue red cloth binding with titling and a decoration in gilt. New York printer on the copyright page. Clean text; xvi 351 pages with an unpaginated poem at the end; eight-page publisher's catalog. Spine has faded to pink; a bit of rub to the margins; gilt on spine has dulled but remains perfectly clear. In an archival plastic protector. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Macmillan and Co. Hardcover
1893589667London: C. Sheard & Co 1893. Softcover. Very Good. Presumably the first English edition. Cover illustration by E. Jackman. Folio. Three nested bifolia making 12 pages. Some separation at the top and bottom of the fold of the outer bifolium light edgewear and a "File Copy" and composer name stamp on the front cover still a very good or better copy. For voice and piano. "Dedicated by kind permission to H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge K.G." OCLC locates only a single holding and it appears to be equally scarce in the trade. C. Sheard & Co unknown
1890531279New York: John W. Lovell Company 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Illustrated pale brown boards. Some rubbing and modest soiling a nice very good copy. John W. Lovell Company hardcover
189017754NY: JOHN W. LOVELL. 1890. 1890. First Edition. Softcover. First American Edition. The so-called authorized edition with a facsimile of Rudyard Kipling's letter admonishing rampant copyright infringements on his works while authorizing them to all in a spirit of helplessness opposite title which bears the "Authorized Edition" statement. This is the trade paperback International Series issue which was published simultaneously with the cloth issue. Preface ends on page 6. Ads on page 210 This copy was rebound in contemporary grey cloth with a black & gold title label at head of spine. Cloth corners & spine ends rubbed. Soiling & traces of faint dam ping to covers. Text in excellent condition but for an erasure on the half-title page A Kipling classic. GC . NY: JOHN W. LOVELL. 1890 paperback
1899149009England and The United States: The Daily Mail Publishing Co 1899. First illustrated facsimile edition of Kipling's poem The Absent-Minded Beggar a souvenir specially printed by The Daily Mail. Quarto silk moire wrappers six pages tissue-guarded frontispiece with tissue-guards between the two pages of facsimile stanzas cover portrait of Kipling by John Collier. Originally printed as a single folded sheet forming six printed pages in triptych format. The souvenir marked the 100th performance of Sydney Grundy's The Degenerates at the Garrick Theatre on Friday 24th October 1899 when Lillie Langtry who was playing Mrs. Trevelyan in the production recited Kipling's poem The Absent-Minded Beggar from the stage after the final curtain. The proceeds of the sale of the poem benefited the wives and children of the reservists. In good condition. Interior illustration of "A Gentleman in Kharki" by R. Caton Woodville. Rudyard Kipling’s The Absent-Minded Beggar first published at the outbreak of the Second Boer War 1899–1902 is a notable example of patriotic literature mobilized for imperial causes. Written to rally support for British troops and their families the poem was quickly transformed into a piece of popular ephemera with the first illustrated edition marketed through The Daily Mail as part of a charitable appeal. The publication’s sales generated significant funds for the reservists’ families illustrating how literature journalism and philanthropy intersected within the culture of British imperialism. The Daily Mail Publishing Co unknown
1899TB33463New York: Doubleday and McClure Company 1899. First Edition separate edition. Very good in its original green cloth covered boards with slightly tarnished gilt text on the spine and with bold gilt text black designs and silver colored crescent moon and stars on the front board. A small octavo of 7 5/8 by 5 inches with decorated end sheets fore and aft. There is a gift inscription at the upper fore edge of the fly title page with a date of "May 8 1899". The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is worn of it color as is the cloth at the tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket if it ever had one. 119 pages of text and illustrated with a color frontispiece printed in orange and black and 16 full-page black and white plates printed on recto only with many vignettes throughout and floral page decorations all by Orson Lowell and American illustrator 1871-1956. What is interesting about this copy is the date of the gift inscription of :"May 8 1899". This title was not copyrighted until November 22 1899 according to David Alan Richard's in-depth bibliography: Rudyard Kipling Bibliography. Richards Rudyard Kipling A Bibliography A149 Doubleday and McClure Company hardcover
1895006490New YorkNY: Macmillan & Company 1895. Book. Illus. by Illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling. Very Good. Hardcover. American First. Bound in medium blue cloth with gold cobra and ankus or thotti on front cover and gold Mowgli with Kaa on the spine; also gold borders on front cover and gold lettering on spine; gilt edges; edge wear to boards particularly at top and bottom of spine and at corners; black and white illustrations throughout and in particular at chapter heads. Macmillan & Company Hardcover
18961397631New York: D. Appleton and Company 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo vii 209 pages. In Very Good condition Spine grey cloth with gilt lettering and inlay. Spine darkened by UV damage head of spine worn. Minor shelfwear and soiling board corners bumped. Top of textblock gilt moderatly worn. Textblock exterior agetoned interior clean. Former owner's inscription on front endpaper. Shelved case 0. 1397631. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
