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19049044London: Macmillan and Co 1904. First English and American edition housed together in custom leather box set 8vo 394 & 364pp.; first English edition in original red cloth with Ganesha device on front cover and lettering on spine in gold spine sunned rear hinge starting else a very good copy t.e.g. First American edition with minor wear to extremities else fine in original green cloth t.e.g. Livingston 289 290. <br/><br/> Macmillan and Co hardcover books
1926136436London: Macmillan And Co. 1926. Octavo pp. 1-2 i-iv v-vi 1-2 3-416 title page printed in red and black original red cloth Ganesha device stamped in gold on front panel spine stamped in gold t.e.g. First edition. A mixed collection consisting of twenty-one poems and fourteen stories including six which are fantasy or science fiction: "The Enemies to Each Other" "The Wish House" "A Madonna of the Trenches" "On the Gate: A Tale of '16" "The Eye of Allah" and "The Gardener." Perhaps Kipling's finest collection of short fiction. "The Wish House" one of the most highly regarded of all Kipling's many short stories is according to his biographer Angus Wilson "probably Kipling's most successful single story." Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 959. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1235 incorrectly recording "The Eye of Allah" as collected in A Diversity of Creatures 1917. Clute and Grant eds The Encyclopedia of Fantasy p. 541. Clute and Nicholls eds The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction p. 670. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V p. 2054. Wilson Shadows in the Attic p. 307. Bleiler 1978 p. 115. Stewart 520. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with mild shelf wear to spine ends and corner tips. #136436 Macmillan And Co. unknown books
1918WRCLIT40101Garden City: Doubleday 1918. Cream wrappers printed in green. First U.S. edition of this war poem printed for copyright purposes. A fine copy. RICHARDS A312. STEWART 461. REILLY WWI p. 189. Doubleday unknown books
191710917Garden City NY: Doubleday Page 1917. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo 8 pp. Original cream wrappers printed in green fine. In red morocco-backed case spine worn. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo 8 pp. One of a small number of copies published for American copyright. Stewart 455; Livingston 419 Doubleday, Page unknown books
1906WRCLIT51965New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1906. Green cloth lettered in gilt stamped in black t.e.g. Frontis and three plates in color by Arthur Rackham. Spine ends and bottom fore-tips a bit bumped and rubbed endsheet gutters a bit darkened faint offset to front free endsheet but a very good bright copy. First U.S. edition and the first with the Rackham illustrations. STEWART 307. RICHARDS A206. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
193010921Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran 1930. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo 24pp. Original cream wrappers printed in green fine. In red morocco-backed case. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo 24pp. One of a small number of copies printed for American copyright. Stewart 579; Livingston 549 Doubleday, Doran unknown books
191610916Garden City NY: Doubleday Page 1916. First Edition. 8 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cream wrappers printed in green; old fold else fine. In red morocco-backed case spine worn. First Edition. 8 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. One of a small number of copies published for American copyright. Stewart 400; Livingston 407 Doubleday, Page unknown books
1916WRCLIT40098Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co. 1916. Cream wrappers printed in green. Near fine. Cloth slipcase and chemise. First U.S. printing of this war poem. One of one hundred copies printed for copyright purposes. According to Richards after the U.S. entered the war Kipling retitled this poem "The Question" and Doubleday printed a handful of copyright copies bearing the new title still dated 1916. RICHARDS A288. STEWART 403. Doubleday, Page & Co. hardcover books
191951583Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company 1919. First Edition. One of 70 copies printed for copyright purposes. Slim octavo 20.5cm; publisher's original wrappers bound into full navy blue crushed morocco by The French Binders with five raised bands titles stamped in gilt on spine and covers with double-ruled borders and decorative corner pieces tooled in gilt on covers; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt; 8pp padded with 11 blank terminal leaves. Pinpoint wear else Fine. A poem first published in the Daily Telegraph 29 January 1919 concerning the young naval officers who were sent to Cambridge University for two terms between 1919-1922. LIVINGSTON 437. cf.Kipling Society website. Doubleday, Page & Company unknown books
1904221112London Macmillan and Co. Limited 1904. 1904. First edition. 8vo. Full red cloth gilt stamped spine and upper cover t.e.g. Later issue tan dust jacket stamped in blue lists works in uniform edition priced at 7s 6d each. Very good-fine. No signatures or bookplates. Livingstone #289. F. Hardcover. London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1904. hardcover books
191138303Oxford: at the Clarendon Press. London Henry Fr5owde and Hodder & Stoughton 1911. First English Edition. Illustrated by Henry Ford. 250 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Blue cloth stamped in white maps on endpapers. Fine. First English Edition. Illustrated by Henry Ford. 250 pp. 1 vols. 4to. True First. Stewart 356 at the Clarendon Press. London Henry Fr5owde and Hodder & Stoughton unknown books
1921Embry 118926Doubleday Page 1921. First edition. Near Fine with vellum lightly darkened and light wear to edges and corners and boards slightly bowed. In custom made mylar. Vellum spine over gray boards. 108 copies of this speech were printed although the limitation was not stated in the book. Doubleday, Page, 1921. First edition. hardcover books
192582667Garden City:: Doubleday Page & Company. Good. 1925. Hardcover. B001EUCL0W . Stated first edition. Octavo bound in red cloth with gilt lettering and design. Moderate shelf wear and aging brief gift inscription from 1925 on front free endpaper else good. No dust jacket. ; 576 pages . Doubleday, Page & Company, hardcover books
193419123Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company 1934. Pictorial boards. Near Fine. #327 OF 450 COPIES SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR MARGUERITE KIRMSE on the limitation just above a printed sketch of a Scottish Terrier. A lovely copy to boot of the 1934 stated 1st edition. Clean and easily Near Fine in its vellum spine over salmon-pink boards. Striking gilt-decoration to the front panel bright gilt-titling along the spine within a crisp. dark-leather label. Internally clean as could be with no writing or marking of any kind. Octavo top-edge gilt wonderfully illustrated throughout by Marguerite Kirmse. And including the publisher's unprinted dark card slipcase which shows some scuffing at the panels and wear along the edges but has protected the book beautifully. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover books
193818875Paris: Librairie Delagrave 1938. 3/4 leather. Near Fine. E. Carlegle. #90 of 100 copies within the larger limitation of 1210 copies of this handsome 1938 French edition of Kipling's "Stalky & Co.". Bound in 3/4 pebbled green morocco over marbled boards. 3 raised bands bright gilt-tilting and lovely Art Deco gilt-tooling along the spine. Matching marbled endsheets and pastedowns the original wrappers bound-in. As part of the limitation of 100 copies includes the 12 extra plates-in-color by E. Carlegle and "une suite speciale des gravures en bistro". Clean very attractive and Near Fine translated from its original Englsh by Paul Bettelheim and Rodolphe Thomas. <br/><br/> Librairie Delagrave hardcover books
193818874Paris: Librairie Delagrave 1938. 3/4 leather. Near Fine. Georges Leroux. #90 of 100 copies within the larger limitation of 1210 copies of this handsome 1938 French edition of Kipling's "On the City Wall". Bound in 3/4 pebbled green morocco over marbled boards. 3 raised bands bright gilt-tilting and lovely Art Deco gilt-tooling along the spine. Matching marbled endsheets and pastedowns the original wrappers bound-in. As part of the limitation of 100 copies includes the 12 extra plates-in-color by Georges Leroux and "une suite speciale des gravures en bistro". Clean very attractive and Near Fine translated from its original Englsh by Louis Fabulet. <br/><br/> Librairie Delagrave hardcover books
19152634Garden City: Doubleday Page 1915. 1st . Hardcover. Very good. 1st American edition. Pink paper over boards with printed labels on the front and spine. Paper worn away on three corners otherwise very good condition. Stewart 388. <br/><br/> Doubleday Page hardcover books
19263992LONDON MACMILLAN 1926 1926. DUST JACKET FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD-FINE. F. Hardcover. LONDON, MACMILLAN, 1926 hardcover books
1926120430London: J. A. Allen & Co 1926. First separate edition first issue of this report issued on the occasion of Kipling's acceptance of the gold medal of the Royal Society of Literature. Octavo original wrappers. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase. 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 was presented by Lord Balfour with the gold medal of the Royal Society of Literature at the centenary banquet of the society of the New Prince's Galleries Piccadilly on Wednesday July 7 1926. J. A. Allen & Co unknown books
1903196092London Methuen 1903. 1903. First edition first state p.56. Small 8vo. Original 1/2 vellum over light blue boards t.e.g. uncut. Paper label on spine. Very good. One of only 200 large paper copies on handmade watermarked Arnold unbleached large paper. Livingston 279. F. Hardcover. London, Methuen, 1903. hardcover books
1927WRCLIT83689New York: Edgar H. Wells and Co. 1927. 523pp. Plates. Facsimiles. Half cloth and marbled boards edges rough-trimmed. Fore-tips bumped some edgewear and a bit of darkening to spine otherwise very good. First edition. One of fifty-five copies specially printed on large paper under the direction of Bruce Rogers at the Harvard University Press signed by the compiler. Uncommon in this format. Edgar H. Wells and Co. hardcover books
1904221110London Macmillan and Co. Limited 1904. 1904. First edition later state of advertisements. 8vo. First issue dust jacket printed in red; darkened on spine; lists price or works in uniform edition at 6s. each. Very good. 16 pages of publisher's catalogue bound in at end dated 20.9.04. Bookplate of Kaheleen Alice Rayleigh on the front pastedown. F. Hardcover. London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1904. hardcover books
1909120821London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work by Robinson. Quarto original blue cloth gilt pictorial to the front panel gilt titles and tooling to the spine. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson with 30 mounted color plates lettered tissue guards. In near fine condition. "This poem originally appeared in The English Illustrated Magazine May 1893 prior to its inclusion in The Seven Seas 1896" Martindell. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover books
192038925Garden City NY: Doubleday Page and Co 1920. One of an edition limited to 300 copies this being #77. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. Garden City NY: Doubleday Page and Co 1920. One of an edition limited to 300 copies this being #77. Photography by Lewis R. Freeman. Unpaginated. Hardcover. Small 4to size. Yellowed beige paper covered boards. Silver lettering to spine and front board. Head and heel rubbed and bumped; corners bumped; endpapers lightly foxed; signatures sprung; despite all a clean and sturdy copy. Very good/No dust jacket. Oversized - extra shipping charges apply Insurance required to ship this item. Doubleday, Page, and Co hardcover books
1918120435London: W. H. Smith & Son 1918. Scarce first edition of this speech delivered by Kipling on February 15 1918 at Folkestone regarding the Great War which was never subsequently collected in any edition. Octavo original wrappers. Later printing without the "Printed by " information at the end as called for in Livingston 424 p. 376. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. 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. W. H. Smith & Son unknown books