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1891200922Allabahad: Wheeler 1891. First. hardcover. good. Tall thin 8vo red & blue cloth divided diagonally; lettered in gilt.Allabahad 1891. First Indian edition.<br/><br/> A better than usual copy the binding spotted but soundwith the Wheeler & Co. rubberstamp on the front flyleaf.<br/><br/> Wheeler unknown books
1915120584Boston: For the Boston American 1915. The Boston American's complimentary reprint of Kipling's Fringes of the Fleet which first appeared in England in The Daily Telegraph and in the United States in the Hearst newspapers. Octavo original pictorial wrappers. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. Rare. 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. For the Boston American unknown books
1937007910London: Macmillan and Co Limited 1937. Second printing of the First Edition 1937. Finely bound in signed Sangorski & Sutcliffe polished blue calf binding for W. Robinson Co. Back decorated in gilt with two red morocco labels lettered in gilt and gilt tail date all edges gilt marbled end papers ribbon marker frontispiece photo of bust of Kipling. Near Fine slight rubbing at edges and corners. . Second Printing. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Macmillan and Co, Limited Hardcover books
1933121499London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1933. First edition of Kipling's account of his time in France. Octavo original blue cloth with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and elephant roundel to the front panel red decorative border opposite and to the title page. Near fine in the original dust jacket which is in near fine condition. Uncommon in this 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
1890249895New York: Harper & Brothers 1890. First edition. Portrait. xii 182 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Light blue green printed wrappers spine worn back cover separating else a Very Good copy of this rare fragile book. In half blue morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition. Portrait. xii 182 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Collection of six stories previously published in various Harper serials the last story The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney being a piracy.<br/>No. 680 in Harper's Franklin Square Library series. <br/>This publication is the first time a portrait of Kipling appears in one of his books.<br/>This copy retains the front and back wrappers; the inside front wrapper here lists series titles from 680 to 589 where Richards reports 681-590. Richards A 43; Ballard XXXIII; Stewart 76; Livingston 57 Harper & Brothers unknown books
1899121608New York: Doubleday and McClure Company 1899. First edition of Kipling's classic short story which first appeared in Harper's Short Stories in September 1890. Octavo original publisher's decorated cloth. In fine condition. House 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. Doubleday and McClure Company hardcover books
1915121084London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1915. First collected edition first issue of this anthology which first appeared in 6 separate pamphlets in America of which only a few of each were printed. 16mo original wrappers. With The Service Kipling on the rear panel. 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. The New Army contains the short tales The Men at Work The Quality of the Machine Guns and Supply Canadians in Cap Indian Troops A Territorial Battalion and A Conclusion. Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown books
1914WRCLIT77663Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co. 1914. Three volumes. Cream wrappers printed in green. Light soiling and a thumb smudge to first upper wrapper lower fore-corner crease to second upper wrapper but very good. The first three of six copyright printings of edited versions of Kipling's series of DAILY TELEGRAPH columns from December each printed within a day or so of the columns' individual appearances. Fifty copies of each were printed. These constitute the first booklet printings of the pieces collected later in complete book form by Macmillan London in February of 1915. From the Nelson Doubleday collection sale with a pencil note on the first wrapper: "Published Dec. 7 1914." Somewhat less common than some analogous items such as the copyright printings of FRINGES OF THE FLEET. RICHARDS A275. STEWART 382. LIVINGSTON 390. Doubleday, Page & Co. unknown books
191942680London: Methuen & Co 1919. First edition. xiii 159 pp 32 pp. of adds. 1 vols. 8vo. Crimson cloth t.e.g. rest uncut. Tan dust jacket printed in blue. Spine of dust jacket slightly faded minor wear else fine. First edition. xiii 159 pp 32 pp. of adds. 1 vols. 8vo. Stewart 434; Livingston 442 Methuen & Co unknown books
1930WRCLIT83696New York: The Grolier Club 1930. Two volumes. Large octavos. Linen and gilt boards paper spine labels t.e.g. others untrimmed. Plates facsimiles. Hint of tanning at edges otherwise fine the first in chipped glassine in trifle discolored slipcases with repaired cracks. First editions. Each is one of 325 numbered copies printed on Fabriano paper at the Plimpton Press. RICHARDS B87 & B/43. STEWART 580. ASAF 93 & 94. The Grolier Club hardcover books
189022293New York: Harper & Brothers 1890. First Edition. Octavo 20.5cm.; original printed wrappers in custom blue cloth double slipcase gilt-lettered spine; xii1822adspp.; engraved portrait frontispiece. Wrappers chipped and worn along extremities with several shallow losses not affecting text contemporary ownership signature to upper wrapper spine quite darkened and cracked with small losses; interior near fine. An About Very Good copy of this fragile piece. Harper's Franklin Square Library no. 680. Harper & Brothers unknown books
1927WRCLIT71841London: Macmillan and Co. 1927. Quarto. Parchment and boards t.e.g. Color plates and monochrome text illustrations. Foretips bumped endsheets show usual slight offsetting and a few small spots binding very slightly tanned and soiled; about very good though without dust jacket or slipcase. First edition limited issue for the UK. One of 500 copies printed on large paper specially bound and signed by the author. REILLY WWI p.190. RICHARDS a369. STEWART 527n. Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
1942149132Los Angeles: Walt Disney Productions 1942. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph on the set of the 1942 film. "Photograph by Coburn" stamp and "Bison Archives" stamp on verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1894 collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling. <br/><br/>The stunning Technicolor live-action version of the classic Kipling stories made by the Hungarian born filmmaking team the Korda brothers director Zoltan Korda producer Alexander Korda and art director Vincent Korda which brilliantly utilized live exotic animals on huge lush sets and featured Indian born actor Sabu as Mowgli the boy raised by wolves who can communicate with the animals of the jungle.<br/><br/>Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Cinematography.<br/><br/>Set in a village in India shot on location in Sherwood Forest California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection Eclipse Series 30. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1897RK058London: Macmillan & Co. 1897 Illustrated by Isaiah West Taber. First edition. Publisher's dark blue cloth with sailor illustrations and wave rulings stamped in gilt to the front board and spine lettered in gilt all edges gilt coated black endpapers. A very good or better copy with some wear and rubbing to the extremities mostly at spine ends contemporary former owner pencil signature to half-title light scattered foxing throughout. A bright and attractive copy. Originally published serially in McClure's Magazine beginning in November 1896 Captains Courageous is a story about Harvey Cheyne the marooned son a wealthy railroad magnate who is rescued by fishermen off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. After being tossed overboard an ocean liner Harvey meets Disko Troop captain of the small fishing boat We're Here who refuses to take the young man back to port but agrees to take him on as part of the crew. Over the course of the novel Harvey befriends the captain's son Dan who helps the arrogant millionaire develop into a hard-working honest young man who is self-reliant and content with living simply. This first edition of Captains Courageous in book form contains twenty-two plates of black and white illustrations by Taber including a frontispiece. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Taber Isaiah West. London: Macmillan & Co. hardcover books
1890125195New York: United States Book Company 1890. Hardbound. Good- general fragility and wear. Publishers blue cloth. 771pp. no illustrations. A most noteworthy copy bearing the copper-engraved bookplate of Henry Van Deventer Black which was designed by Mr. Black and engraved by Edwin Davis French. The book is signed by Henry Van Deventer Black and he has dated it Dec. 1892. He has also written that "This book has spent a winter on the Nile and been around the world" on the ffep. A few pencil lines to the contents perhaps indicating favorite passages. The bookplate is stunning in it's detail and beauty. United States Book Company hardcover books
1902WRCLIT79635London: Macmillan and Co. 1902. Small quarto. Pictorial cloth. Illustrations by the author. First edition. Spine and edges rubbed foxing to endsheets with some offset discolorations around the edges of the endleaves from the cloth dye some areas of white stamping faint a few marginal smudges; just an average copy. RICHARDS A181. STEWART 260. Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
1918224241Garden City New York Doubleday Page & Company 1918. 1918. First American edition issued for copyright purposes. Original stiff cream wrappers stamped in dark green. Enclosed in a 1/2 red morocco slipcase with folding chemise. Large bookplate of B. George Ulizio on the chemise. No signatures or bookplates on the pamphlet. Fine. Stewart 461. F. Soft cover. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1918. paperback books
1890407176London: Unwin Brothers 1890. Some light cockling to the sheets modest age-toning a few small soilmarks but generally in fine condition. Folio 14 x 9.75 inches. 3 4-30 2 pages. Stapled as issued in self wrappers; green cloth chemise and slipcase. First edition of Kipling's only story of the slums. Based on the author's observations of the lower classes it is set in the East End telling the story of a young honest woman who has become a relief worker in the slums after she has been deserted by her abusive husband. She voluntarily administers a charity fund donated by the Church and keeps a detailed record of the money spent for the poor. When her husband Tom Herodsfoot returns to her and wants to appropriate the charity money she refuses to hand it over and in revenge he beats her to death. See Dr Andrzej Diniejko "'The Record of Badalia Herodsfoot' Rudyard Kipling's Only Slum Story". Ballard's privately published catalogue XLVII p. 102; Richards A47 locating only 7 copies in institutions. <br/><br/> Unwin Brothers hardcover books
190930659New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1909. First American Edition. 30 color plates by W. Heath Robinson. 1 vols. 4to. Gilt green cloth. Spine a little faded else very good. Robinson W. Heath. First American Edition. 30 color plates by W. Heath Robinson. 1 vols. 4to. Doubleday, Page & Co unknown books
1918WRCLIT21963Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co. 1918. Printed wrappers. Fine in lightly rubbed half morocco slipcase. First edition in book form one of eighty copies printed to protect U.S. copyright. RICHARDS A309. STEWART 460. Doubleday, Page & Co. unknown books
1892147361892. New York: Macmillan and Co. 1892. 8 pp undated ads. Original dark blue cloth with front cover vignette in gilt.<br/><br/> First American Edition published nine days before the English edition which was titled BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS and Other Verses. Included in "Barrack-Room Ballads" are such well-known verses as "Danny Deever" "Tommy" "Fuzzy-Wuzzy" "Gunga Din" and "Mandalay"; these had appeared in the 1890 pirated volume DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES. published by New York Book Co. Leading off "Ballads" and the whole book is "The Ballad of East and West" ". and never the twain shall meet"; this is its first appearance in a Kipling book as it had appeared only in the 1891 poetry anthology LYRA HEROICA. Condition is near-fine with light rubbing at the extremities. This American volume is considerably scarcer than its British counterpart. Richards A68; Stewart 110. unknown books
1890121653New York: John W. Lovell Company 1890. First authorized edition of this classic collection by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo original cloth. Illustrations by L.J. Bridgman. In near fine condition. Tanselle #99.17. A very sharp example. Rudyard Kipling was an English short-story writer poet and novelist who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907. His books include The Jungle Book and the Just So Stories. John W. Lovell Company hardcover books
1920226057Garden City New York Doubleday Page & Company 1920. 1920. First American edition. 8vo. Original green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt black and blind. Dust jacket unclipped; small chips. Very good. 303 pages. Bookplate of actor Wallace Reid and stamp of Earl Theisen. Livingston 455. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920. hardcover books
19122354Garden City: Doubleday Page and Company 1912. First Edition. Fine/Very Good . A Fine copy of the book that has been exquisitely preserved in its original dust jacket. Dust jacket is Very Good with a large chip at the base of the spine and price-clipped but otherwise in excellent condition. A rare survivor.<br/><br/>Kipling's compilation of songs from his various children's books. This is the authoritative guide to Kipling's charming poetic works; and it provides an opportunity for readers to indulge in nursery rhymes and songs outside of their narrative contexts. Songs from Books has become a perennial family bedtime favorite. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Doubleday, Page and Company unknown books
190255576London: Macmillan 1902. Reprint October 1902. Slim 4to pp. 249 adv. Bound in red cloth stamped in black and white little rubbed at the extremities a very good copy issued on month after the first edition. Name stamp on end paper adv brochure laid in. Richards A181; Stewart 260. These stories include How the Camel Got His Hump and How The Leopard Got His Spots. Macmillan unknown books