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02926London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. One of 500 Copies Signed by W. Heath Robinson<br/><br/>ROBINSON W. Heath illustrator. KIPLING Rudyard. A Song of the English. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. London: Hodder & Stoughton n.d. 1909.<br/><br/>Edition DeLuxe. Limited to 500 copies this copy being No. 311 numbered and signed by the artist. Large quarto 12 3/16 x 9 7/8 inches; 308 x 252 mm. 65 leaves. Thirty color plates including frontispiece mounted on leaves with color border decorations. Descriptive tissue guards each with a miniature line illustration. Pictorial title and fifty-nine black and white line illustrations in the text half-page or smaller. Title printed in red and black.<br/><br/>Original vellum over boards with front cover pictorially stamped in dark green red and gilt and lettered in gilt and spine pictorially stamped in dark green red and gilt and lettered in gilt and green. Later brown silk ties. Top edge gilt others uncut. A fine copy.<br/><br/>"The next important task I undertook was the illustration of an edition of Rudyard Kipling's A Song of the English to be published by Hodder & Stoughton in the year 1908. It became necessary for me to meet the author and discuss the proposed book with him. For this purpose I travelled down to Burwash where he lived at that time. This was an excursion I shall always remember. I was met at Heathfield and journeyed thence in a motor-car. There were few cars on the road in those days and this in itself was a joyful experience as we drove through the pleasant Sussex lanes. Bateman's the house at Burwash where Rudyard Kipling lived was a fine old building with stone mullioned windows. It was in the midst of wind-blown Sussex country. There was a faint smell of the sea in the air wafted across the few miles of country from the shore where the Coastwise lights of England watch the ships of England go. It was a fitting setting in which to find the author of A Song of the English.<br/><br/>He met and entertained me with a quiet affability which speedily removed the shyness I felt at first in his presence. Before long I was quite at home with him. His own knowledge of illustration gave him an appreciation of the artist's point of view. While making suggestions he realized that the illustrator must have as free a hand as possible. His sympathetic understanding of my part in the undertaking made me feel that I was consulting with a brother artist. I spent a happy and for me a helpful day. It was a great inspiration for the work I had in hand to be in such close association with the author's interesting personality. I am always glad to remember that he was satisfied with my illustrations to his book." W. Heath Robinson My Line of Life. pp.126-127<br/><br/>"This poem originally appeared in The English Illustrated Magazine May 1893 prior to its inclusion in The Seven Seas 1896" Martindell.<br/><br/>Beare 61b. Lewis p. 215. Livingston 321. Martindell 133 giving the date of publication as 1913. Stewart 151. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909 unknown books
1906147621906. with 1906 dust jacket London: Macmillan and Co. 1906. 4 pp ads dated "15.8.06". Original red cloth with Ganesha device elephant-and-swastika in gilt with dust jacket.<br/><br/> First English Edition published on the same day as the American. This is Kipling's version in prose and verse of the adventures of the mischievous sprite Robin Goodfellow later continued in REWARDS AND FAIRIES. Though the American edition has four Arthur Rackham plates this English one has 20 attractive illustrations by Harold R. Millar. The swastika Indian symbol for peace and continuity appears both on the front cover and on the half-title verso -- once clockwise and once counter-clockwise. This is a fine bright copy -- with atypically no erosion of the gilt on the front cover medallion. because this copy has the very uncommon dust jacket. The list of Kipling titles on the jacket's rear panel is led by TRAFFICS AND DISCOVERIES "Thirty-second Thousand" -- which is the proper title at the top of the list but is not the earliest state with no mention of which "thousand"; there is a still-later state with PUCK added to the top of the list. The upper corner of the rear flap is clipped which is odd because according to Richards there was no price there. The jacket's condition is very good-plus -- quite complete but with some subtle repair at the top and middle of the spine panel. Quite uncommon with jacket. Richards A205; Stewart 306. Housed in a simple clamshell case. unknown books
189967694Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling KIPLING Rudyard. Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1899-1928. Uniform edition. Complete in 25 octavo volumes. Nicely bound in half red levant morocco over red cloth front covers decoratively gilt-stamped with a circular elephant emblem spines decoratively tooled in gilt five raised bands. Top edge gilt. Illustrated in black and white throughout. A fine set. Contains the following titles: Stalky & Co. 1899. Traffics and Discoveries 1904. Rewards and Fairies 1915. The Day's Work 1916. Diversity of Creatures 1917. Actions and Reactions 1917. Kim 1919. Just So Stories 1919. Puck of Pook's Hill 1919. The Jungle Book 1920. The Second Jungle Book1920. Letters of Travel 1920. Captain Courageous 1922. The Light That Failed 1922. The Naulahka 1922. Soldiers Three 1923. Wee Willie Winkie Under the Deodars 1926. Debits & Credits 1926. From Sea to Sea1927. Land & Sea Tales 1928. Many Intentions 1928. Plain Tales from the Hills 1928. A Book of Words 1928. Life's Handicap 1928. Livingston see p. 292. Martindell 130. HBS 67694. $2000 Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover books
1891121637London: Macmillan and Co 1891. First edition of Kipling's first novel. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles to the spine publisher's gilt emblem to the front panel. In very good condition. Written when Rudyard Kipling was 26 years old The Light That Failed is semi-autobiographical; being based upon his own unrequited love for Florence Garrard. Most of the novel is set in London but many important events throughout the story occur in Sudan and Port Said. It follows the life of Dick Heldar an artist and painter who goes blind and his unrequited love for his childhood playmate Maisie. Though it was poorly received by critics the novel has remained in print for over a century. It was also adapted into a play two silent films as well as a drama film. Macmillan and Co hardcover books
1909121674New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1909. First edition of Kipling's thrilling science novella. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles to the spine elaborate gilt vignette to the front panel pictorial endpapers illustrated in color by Frank X. Leyendecker and H. Reuterdahl tissue-guarded frontispiece. Fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in 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
16746KIPLING Rudyard. Rewards and Fairies. Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada 1910. First Edition of Kipling's collection of short stories and poems including the first printing of Kipling's famous poem "If--" arguably his masterpiece and the most influential work of his lifetime. Octavo. Publisher's original red cloth gilt lettering to spine and gilt decorative elephant medallion to cover. Illustrated black and white plates by Frank Craig. 338 pages In very good condition. Minor bumping to corners and age-related toning. Head and tail of spine worn but pages unmarked and binding firm. The poem's emphasis on overcoming adversity continues to resonate with readers all over the world.<br/><br/>"If--"<br/><br/>If you can keep your head when all about you <br/> Are losing theirs and blaming it on you <br/>If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you<br/> But make allowance for their doubting too; <br/>If you can wait and not be tired by waiting<br/> Or being lied about don't deal in lies<br/>Or being hated don't give way to hating<br/> And yet don't look too good nor talk too wise:<br/><br/>If you can dream-and not make dreams your master; <br/> If you can think-and not make thoughts your aim; <br/>If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster<br/> And treat those two impostors just the same; <br/>If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken<br/> Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools<br/>Or watch the things you gave your life to broken<br/> And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:<br/><br/>If you can make one heap of all your winnings<br/> And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss<br/>And lose and start again at your beginnings<br/> And never breathe a word about your loss;<br/>If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew<br/> To serve your turn long after they are gone <br/>And so hold on when there is nothing in you<br/> Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'<br/><br/>If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue <br/> Or walk with Kings-nor lose the common touch<br/>If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you<br/> If all men count with you but none too much;<br/>If you can fill the unforgiving minute<br/> With sixty seconds' worth of distance run <br/>Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it <br/> And-which is more-you'll be a Man my son! unknown books
190295185London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1902. First edition first issue of Kipling's classic collection of stories illustrated with 22 <span class="glossaryQtip qTip">plates </span>designed by Kipling himself. Octavo original black-and white-stamped pictorial red cloth. In near fine condition. By far one of the nicest examples we have handled. Just So Stories has "achieved nursery immortality because a genius has married two of the most tried and trusted favorite media--the fable and the fairy-story" Muir 107. "Kipling's own witty black-and-white drawings. together with their extensive and ridiculous captions are one of the chief delights of the book" Carpenter & Prichard 285. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover books
1914224416New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1914. Seven Seas Edition. Number 57 of 1000 sets signed by Kipling on the half-title of vol. I. 27 vols. 8vo. Quarter beige cloth and boards. Bookplate of Micah Pratt Clough. Spines are toned label rubbed on spine of volume XXVII. Seven Seas Edition. Number 57 of 1000 sets signed by Kipling on the half-title of vol. I. 27 vols. 8vo. The last Volume is " Debits and Credits." Stewart pp. 573-574Mill/32/2/Front & Back Doubleday, Page & Co unknown books
192729708London: Macmillan & Co 1927. Edition de Luxe limited to 1050 sets volumes 22-26 were limited to 775 copies; volumes 27-33 were limited to 1000 copies 33 of 39 volumes 8vo etched frontispiece portrait in vol. I titles printed in red and black contemporary half blue crushed levant by Stikeman gilt-paneled spines in 6 compartments gilt lettered in 2 t.e.g.; some minor wear at the corners upper joint on vol. I a little rubbed else near fine throughout. The set extended to 39 volumes by 1937. See Livingston p. 447. <br/><br/> Macmillan & Co unknown books
1955123050London: Macmillan & Co Ltd 1955. First edition of Carrington's famed biography of Kipling. Octavo original cloth. With an autograph note signed by Lafcadio Hearn adhered to the front pastedown which reads "Kipling is priceless - his single story of Purima Bayal is worth a Kingdom; I & his suggestive moral of human life is such a miracle! I can't tell you what pleasure it gave me. - Lafcadio Hearn." Japanese writer of Greek-Irish descent Lafcadio Hearn is best remembered for his books about Japanese culture which offered the Western world a glimpse into a largely unknown but fascinating culture at the time. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription. An exceptional association. 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 & Co Ltd hardcover books
192967946One Of 525 Sets Signed By Kipling In Dust Jackets KIPLING Rudyard. Poems 1886-1929. London: Macmillan & Co. Limited 1929. First edition. One of 525 numbered sets signed by the author this being number 282. Three quarto volumes 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches; 268 x 195 mm. With an engraved portrait of Kipling by Francis Dodd. Frontispiece with tissue guard. PublisherÃs full red crushed levant morocco. Spines lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt others uncut. Gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Each volume in original glassine and original drab printed dust jackets. A bit of very minor light foxing to fore-edges. Jacket spines a bit sunned. Jacket of volume I with tape repairs to top and bottom of the spine. Jacket to volume II with tape repair to top of spine. Some sunning to back panel. Jacket to volume III with a small tape repair to top of front flap. A beautiful practically unread about fine copy. Rudyard Kipling has been called "perhaps the most original genius among English-writing novelists of the latter 19th and early 20th centuries." Certainly no other has been so widely acclaimed so eagerly read so lastingly loved by readers on both sides of the Atlantic. The honors bestowed upon him all over the world were capped in 1907 when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Stewart 575. HBS 67946. $2500 Macmillan & Co., Limited unknown books
1924123514At the Sign of the George 1924. First Separate edition of Kipling's "After" the first draft of the poem that would later become The Recessional being a facsimile of a hand-written note retrieved from Kipling's wastebasket which was later donated to the Harvard College Library. One page folded. In fine condition. Scarce. 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. At the Sign of the George unknown books
18952007044London: MacMillab 1895. First. hardcover. Very good. Very good first editions in original decorated blue cloth bindings and correct dates on title pages and copyright pages. Two volumes. Vol. 1 writing on 2nd front free end paper across page very little but bigger; cracking of front and rear gutters. 2nd vol. crossed-out writing at top of 2nd front free end paper name and address written at top of title page both by previous owner. MacMillab unknown books
18954161London: Macmillan 1895. First editions. Near Fine. Original publisher's cloth bindings with gilt to spines and boards. All edges brightly gilt. Gentle bumping to extremities. Small knick to the spine of Jungle Book and dampstain at the lower gutter of the first and last few leaves. Dark green endpapers. Internally both copies bright and clean with just a bit of scattered foxing to the second. An attractive pair of Kipling's most memorable works.<br/><br/>Based on folk tales and legends that Kipling learned during his childhood in India but written while in Vermont. This work of several inter-related short stories met with huge success upon publication and continues to enthrall readers of all ages to this day. According to Professor Edwin L. Miller their publication "caused even severe critics of Kipling's previous work to admit that he is a writer of inspired genius." Largely focused on man's relationship to nature The Jungle Books in part narrate the tales of Mowgli a human man-cub raised by wolves as he tries to find his proper place in the world. As he struggles with his own identity he finds allies and adversaries among the animal communities through which he travels. They also include the story of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the heroic mongoose who would later inspire an animated short voiced by Orson Welles. For contributions like these Kipling became the first English-language writer and the youngest ever to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Near Fine. Macmillan unknown books
1929120948London: Macmillan 1929. Signed limited first edition number 23 of only 525 copies of which 500 were for sale signed by Kipling. Quarto Three volumes. Quarto three volumes bound in original full red crushed <span class="glossaryQtip qTip">morocco</span> <span class="glossaryQtip qTip">raised bands</span> marbled <span class="glossaryQtip qTip">endpapers</span> top edges gilt. In near fine condition. Illustrated by Francis Dodd. As a virtuoso in verse Kipling had more than one style at his command" Baugh et al. 1505 from earnest cockney dialect to soaring prophetic proclamation. This handsome three-volume collection presents all of Kipling's poetry--including such memorable works as "Mandalay" "Gunga Din" and "If"--set in Baskerville type and printed on handmade paper at the Chiswick Press. With frontispiece portrait of Kipling in Volume I signed in pencil by the artist Francis Dodd. Livingston 545. Macmillan hardcover books
1929117871London: Macmillan 1929. Signed limited first edition number 142 of only 525 copies of which 500 were for sale signed by Kipling. Quarto Three volumes. Quarto three volumes bound in original full red crushed <span class="glossaryQtip qTip">morocco</span> <span class="glossaryQtip qTip">raised bands</span> marbled <span class="glossaryQtip qTip">endpapers</span> top edges gilt. In near fine condition. Illustrated by Francis Dodd. From the library of Captain Harold Hamilton Broadmead with his bookplate to the pastedown. An exceptional set. As a virtuoso in verse Kipling had more than one style at his command" Baugh et al. 1505 from earnest cockney dialect to soaring prophetic proclamation. This handsome three-volume collection presents all of Kipling's poetry--including such memorable works as "Mandalay" "Gunga Din" and "If"--set in Baskerville type and printed on handmade paper at the Chiswick Press. With frontispiece portrait of Kipling in Volume I signed in pencil by the artist Francis Dodd. Livingston 545. Macmillan hardcover books
101335Rare original photograph of Nobel Prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling. Signed by Kipling beneath his portrait. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 12 inches by 10 inches. In fine condition. A handsome example. 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. unknown books
1900321722London: Published April 13 1900 by J.P. Mendoza Limited Printsellers & Publishers to H.M. the Queen . Printed by A. Holdgate 1900. Photogravure in sepia after the oil portrait by Burne-Jones. Signed by both in pencil in the lower margin with a remarque in the lower margin. 19 x 16 inches platemark. Handsomely framed. Photogravure in sepia after the oil portrait by Burne-Jones. Signed by both in pencil in the lower margin with a remarque in the lower margin. 19 x 16 inches platemark. The original oil portrait executed by Burne-Jones Kipling's nephew in 1899 and exhibited at Knoedler in 1902 is now located in the National Portrait Gallery. This print is scarce and presumed printed in a limited number given the rarity though no limitation is given on the print. We locate a similar example at Yale https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/11/accessions/3015. Published April 13, 1900 by J.P. Mendoza, Limited, Printsellers & Publishers to H.M. the Queen ... Printed by A. Holdgate unknown books
1901147661901. in 1901 dust jacket London: Macmillan and Co. 1901. 2 pp undated ads. Original red cloth with Ganesha device in gilt with dust jacket.<br/><br/> First English Edition of the book that "is acknowledged as Kipling's masterpiece in fiction. The novel is the finest written about the India of the British Empire" CGEL. It follows the adventures of an orphan son of a British soldier who is raised by an Indian woman becomes a disciple to a Lama and ultimately becomes an undercover agent as well. The illustrations are by John Lockwood Kipling the author's father. The American edition is considered to have been published earlier though in the same month as the English one. As with most of Kipling's British editions published by Macmillan the binding is red cloth with in gilt the "Ganesha" device -- an elephant's head with a swastika the latter had been a ubiquitous symbol in India for millennia; its use ceased in the early 1930s when events in Germany gave the symbol a whole new meaning. This volume is in bright just-about-fine condition just a touch of wear at the head of the spine. Included is the quite scarce 1901 dust jacket in its first state listing on the rear panel 14 titles in the Uniform Edition with THE NAULAHKA at the bottom and with KIM at the top with no statement of print number. The jacket is in good-to-very good condition spine quite darkened so as to be illegible wear particularly at the ends of the jacket's spine. Richards A174; Stewart 254; Livingston 250. One of the books selected as a "Modern Library 100" for the 20th Century seldom seen in jacket. unknown books
1902140939667London: Macmillan and Co 1902. Uniform Edition. Very Good. Reprint of the uniform edition. Signed by Rudyard Kipling on the title page. Bound in publisher's red cloth decorated in gilt; lacking a dust jacket. Very Good with light lean to binding fading to spine softening to spine ends and rubbing to cloth at extremities. Contents foxed. Previous owner gift inscription to page facing the title page. One of Kipling's best-loved works signed. Macmillan and Co unknown books
1894150271MacMillan London 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A very good set of the true first editions. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. MacMillan, London hardcover books
1894140940985London: Macmillan and Co 1894. First Edition. Very Good. 1894 1895. Two volumes. 303; 238 pp. 2 ads. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original royal blue cloth elaborately stamped in gilt top edges gilt. Very Good to Near Fine with toning to spine light wear to cloth light staining to rear cover of the first volume. Previous owner name penciled on coated pastedown of the second volume. Pages toned. Housed in two custom slipcased which are a bit worn. Macmillan and Co unknown books
189719555EMaidencombe: 4 1/2†x 7†May 4 1897. Original autograph letter signed by the author Rudyard Kipling on printed stationery from Rock House Maidencombe St. Marychurch where he and his wife lived between 1896 and 1898. The letter reads in full: “Dear Watson Many thanks for your note and the contract which certainly opens a new and safe method of burglary. I always said that the Oriental thief can give his white brothers many points in the game. The necklace he chose was amethyst & pearl - not emerald & pearl - and it is a beauty. I should very much like to be able to afford a white pearl necklace. Do you suppose the price would be very heavy I should like to have an idea on this subject. Bombay must have been a ghastly place this winter. My sister’s letters gave me some of the news as she learned it and it seems to have been fearful. Always sincerely yours Rudyard.†Near fine with a hint of use and a single crease from folding. 4 1/2†x 7†unknown books
1894120935London: Macmillan 1894-95. First editions of both volumes of The Jungle Book. Octavo two volumes original blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt all edges gilt engraved frontispiece with tissue guard present. Illustrated by J. L. Kipling W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. The Jungle Book is a collection of fables which provide moral instruction by using animals anthropomorphically. Each story begins and ends with a verse and the original publications contain some illustrations created by Rudyard's father John Lockwood Kipling. The inspiration for the book is evident. Kipling was born in India and he spent his childhood there. Interestingly Kipling wrote these stories when he lived in Vermont. The Jungle Book is used to develop the morale of the junior element of the Scouting movement "The Cub Scouts". The name of the head wolf "Akela" has been traditionally given to each Cub Scout pack leader. At least fifteen movies were released based on Kipling's stories beginning with Elephant Boy in 1937. A live-action anticipated version of Jungle Book will be released in October of 2018 by Warner Brothers. Macmillan hardcover books
201310808East Hampton NY 2013. Unique artist's book hand painted on Rives BFK paper by Barry McCallion signed and dated by the artist on the titlepage "Barry McCallion 2013." Page size: 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches: 96pp. 48 of text and 48 of full-page original art. Bound by Rhonda Miller: hand-sewn full tan limp leather with closure simulating the pocket diary style of notebook manufactured in the late 19th century the time in which Kipling's novel is set; housed in tan linen clamshell box with image of elephant on green ground within red circle by Barry McCallion label printed in black with title and signed by the artist on the spine box executed by Joelle Webber at the Mermaid Bindery. Using India inks and Winsor Newton colored inks the artist Barry McCallion has created a non-verbal text for one of the main themes of the novel: the Lama's quest to free himself from the Wheel of Things by finding the legendary "River of the Arrow." Set against the backdrop of "The Great Game" conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia with espionage and intrigue as important an element as the backdrop of India itself KIM is a classic novel. Barry McCallion has altered text pages selected for their references to the spiritual quest that the Lama and Kim undertake highlighting the text in green and outlining appropriate passages in red outline the Red Bull on the green field. The full page images on each verso are all a circle within a square starting with a single silver-gilt dot. The paintings become more and more complicated and colorful as the "quest" for the River of the Arrow progresses. Overturned bowls of food ignited matches fruit leaves chairs all make their way towards the boundaries of the circle which becomes more frenzied and intense with each page With lines and circles within the red circle one can almost see a clock marking the passage of time Finally the last image is complete within a red border - "the River of the Arrow is here. unknown books
