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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
1968256678Lunenburg: The Limited Editions Club 1968. Limited. hardcover. fine. David Gentleman. Introduction by Bonamy Dobree. Illustrations in color and black and white by David Gentleman. 383 pages. Short thick 4to green cloth-backed marbled boards with gilt-decorated spine matching board slipcase. Lunenburg VT: The Limited Editions Club 1968. A fine copy in a near fine slipcase.<br/><br/> Limited Edition one of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator.<br/><br/> The Limited Editions Club unknown books
1921WRCLIT70304Garden City: Doubleday 1921. Parchment and gilt boards. First American edition previously printed as a pamphlet in Britain. One of 108 copies. Parchment slightly mellowed and soiled typical offsetting to endsheets but a near very good copy. RICHARDS A334. STEWART 550. Doubleday hardcover books
1895WRCLIT83034New York: The Century Co. 1895. Pictorial blindstamped orange cloth lettered in gilt t.e.g. Decorations by John Lockwood Kipling. First US edition preceding the UK edition by a few days. Cloth and edges moderately darkened and soiled toe of spine shelfworn; just a good sound copy. RICHARDS A84. STEWART 134. The Century Co. hardcover books
1896121559London: Methuen and Co 1896. First British edition of Kipling's collection of songs and poems dedicated to voyages on the high seas which includes A Song of the English and Hymn Before Action. Octavo original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and vignette to the front panel. In good condition. In the short span of four years English author Rudyard Kipling produced in addition to the Jungle Books a collection of short stories The Day's Work a novel Captains Courageous and a profusion of poetry including The Seven Seas a collection which includes two of his better-known poems: A Song of the English and Hymn Before Action. Methuen and Co hardcover books
19180490London: Methuen & Co 1918. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Small Octavo. vi 38pp. Bound in original pale blue wrappers printed in dark blue with light wear. Though they appeared separately three poems are here first collected "The Sons of Martha" "For All We Have and Are" and "The Holy War". A very good copy. <br/><br/> Methuen & Co paperback books
1909142265New York: Doubleday 1909. Octavo 1-2 1-2 3-77 78-86 leaves note: leaves following two preliminary leaves are printed on rectos only; last two leaves are stubs with single folded leaf inserted between them four inserted plates with color illustrations two by Frank X. Leyendecker and two by H. Reuterdahl original blue pictorial cloth front panel stamped in gold and silver spine panel stamped in gold pictorial endpapers fore and bottom edges rough trimmed. First edition. Collected later the same year in ACTIONS AND REACTIONS. Classic science fiction story of the world of the future governed by the Aerial Board of Control. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 2-102; 1981 1-110; 1987 1-55; 1995 1-55; and 2004 II-603. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1234. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 465. Clarke Tale of the Future 1978 p. 37. Gerber Utopian Fantasy 1973 p. 145. Lewis Utopian Literature p. 107. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 129. Negley Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 640. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 135. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V pp. 2053-054. Bleiler 1978 p. 115. Reginald 08282. Stewart 322. Cloth lightly rubbed at upper spine end corner tips and along bottom edges cloth lightly worn at lower spine end delicate inner front hinge tender but not cracked as if often the case with this book a very good copy with bright cover stamping. #142265 Doubleday unknown books
1909125869New York: Doubleday 1909. Octavo pp. 1-2 1-2 3-77 78-86 leaves note: leaves following two preliminary leaves are printed on rectos only; last two leaves are stubs with single folded leaf inserted between them four inserted plates with color illustrations two by Frank X. Leyendecker and two by H. Reuterdahl original pictorial blue cloth front panel stamped in gold and silver spine panel stamped in gold pictorial endpapers. First edition. Collected later the same year in ACTIONS AND REACTIONS. Classic science fiction story of the world of the future governed by the Aerial Board of Control. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 2-102; 1981 1-110; 1987 1-55; 1995 1-55; and 2004 II-603. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 465. Clarke Tale of the Future 1978 p. 37. Gerber Utopian Fantasy 1973 p. 145. Lewis Utopian Literature p. 107. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 129. Negley Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 640. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 135. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature V pp. 2053-054. Bleiler 1978 p. 115. Reginald 08282. Stewart 322. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down. Mild wear/rubbing to spine ends and corners inner front hinge weak inner rear hinge cracked a bright very good copy. #125869 Doubleday unknown books
1899121504New York: Doubleday and McClure Company 1899. First separate edition of Kipling's Without Benefit of Clergy. Octavo original illustrated cloth. 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 and McClure Company hardcover books
1927WRCLIT32617New York: Edgar H. Wells and Co. 1927. 523pp. Cloth t.e.g. Plates. Facsimiles. First trade edition. Very slight rubbing else very good. Edgar H. Wells and Co. hardcover books
1927WRCLIT83695New York: Edgar H. Wells and Co. 1927. 523pp. Cloth t.e.g. Plates. Facsimiles. First trade edition. Very good or better. Edgar H. Wells and Co. hardcover books
1927WRCLIT82849New York: Edgar H. Wells and Co. 1927. 523pp. Cloth t.e.g. Plates. Facsimiles. First trade edition. Very slight rubbing else near fine. Edgar H. Wells and Co. hardcover books
1914121494London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1914. First edition of this collection of wartime verse with contributions by Shakespeare William Wordsworth Arthur Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling. Small octavo original wrappers. In good condition. Remember Louvain! contains contributions by William Wordsworth Alfred Noyes Walter Scott Walt Whitman James Thomson Andrew Lang Arthur Conan Doyle Rudyard Kipling and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow among many others. Methuen & Co. Ltd unknown books
1907121408London: Published By The Daily Mail For The Union Jack Club 1907. First edition of The Flag: The Book of the Union Jack Club with contributions by Rudyard Kipling Arthur Conan Doyle Marie Corelli and many others. Quarto original illustrated wrappers illustrated. In near fine condition. The Union Jack Club is an Armed Forces Club in central London England for enlisted members and veterans of the British Armed Services and their families. George V while the Prince of Wales laid the club's foundation stone in July 1904. It was officially opened three years later in July 1907 by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. The Flag: The Book of the Union Jack Club contains contributions by members Rudyard Kipling Arthur Conan Doyle Marie Corelli and George Meredith with an introductory extract from the speech of King Edward VII at the opening of of the Union Jack Club July 1 1907. Published By The Daily Mail For The Union Jack Club unknown books
194894154Garden City:: Doubleday & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover. Volume One only. This copy is from the personal library of the late Madeleine L'Engle 1963 Newbery Award winner for her now classic young adult fantasy novel A WRINKLE IN TIME and bears her handwritten name and her family's on the front paste-down. Book club edition. Very good in a very good minor edge wear and age toning dust jacket.; 253 pages . Doubleday & Company, hardcover books
19327414Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran & Co 1932. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1932 stated 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine with bright gilt-lettering at the front panel and spine in a crisp price-intact Near Fine dustjacket with very very lighty staining along the spine. Thick octavo 371 pgs. Housed in a custom-made quarter-morocco biox. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Doran & Co hardcover books
1902006517Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company 1902. Volume XIX No. 11. Very Good Plus small mailing label front cover light soiling. A beautifully preserved copy. Cove art illustration by George Gibbs showing a couple playing the newly-introduced December 1901game of ping-pong. Contains "The Butterfly That Stamped" by Rudyard Kipling "How Charles Dana Gibson Started" by William Howard Russell and the first of the series "Inside of a Hundres Suburban Homes" with black and white photographs showing room arrangements of the day among many other articles. . First Edition. Magazine. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. The Curtis Publishing Company Paperback books
18987828New York: M.F. Mansfield Publisher 1898. Decorative Cloth. A perfectly serviceable copy of the 1898 2nd edition. G in its maroon cloth with light scuffing to the panels and light chipping at its edges. 64mo 1 of 500 copies on Enfield Deckle Edge Paper. Decoratve cover of a hovering vampire bat and endpapers from designs made by Blanche McManus. <br/><br/> M.F. Mansfield, Publisher hardcover books
1919WRCLIT71844London: Methuen and Co. 1919. Red cloth stamped in gilt t.e.g. Pictorial vignette on title. Some tanning and light foxing to endsheets otherwise very good and bright in lightly worn dust jacket with a few small spots to spine panel. First edition trade issue of one of the key collective volumes of Kipling's war verse. Its popularity was anticipated by the publishers who ordered a printing of 100000 copies according to Richards. RICHARDS A320. STEWART 434. REILLY WWI p. 191. Methuen and Co. hardcover books
189951210London: Macmillan. Very Good. 1899. Hardcover. London: macmillan and Co. Limited 1899. First Edition. Erased signature and embossed stamp just showing on endpaper hinges just starting covers show some light wear contents are slightly toned around edges overall a clean Very Good copy in mylar. . Macmillan hardcover books
190029538London: Macmillan 1900. First U.K. edition issued some months after the American edition. Two-volume set. Two volumes. 8vo pp. 497 438. Red cloth stamped in gilt. TEG. Owner's bookplate on pastedowns covers slightly worn at ends of spines one small worm hold at bottom of a few pages o/w VG. Stewart 199. Macmillan unknown books
189329539London: Macmillan 1893. First Edition. 8vo pp. 365. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. cover little worn along the hinges rear hinge paper cracked o/w VG. Stewart 118. "This collection consisting of fourteen stories and two poems was published in 1893 by Macmillan and Co. in London and by D. Appleton and Company in New York. Ten of the stories had appeared previously in periodicals. Macmillan unknown books
1906019976London: Macmillan and Co 1906. First Edition. Octavo. 306pp. 4pp. ads at rear. illustrated. The story of an impish sprite named Puck. He meets two children and tells them tales of Old England. Bound n red cloth central gilt emblem depicting an elephant head spine gilt edges rubbed some finger soiling to covers rear board with a strip near upper edge faded. A very good copy. Macmillan and Co unknown books