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1886315322Lahore: Civil and Military Press Gazette 1886. First Edition of Kipling's first published book. Tall narrow 4to. Bound original light brown printed wrappers in the form of an Indian civil service envelope overlapping flap. Laid into early straight blue grained morocco slipcase and chemise. With description from Charles Sessler's Bookshop. First Edition of Kipling's first published book. Tall narrow 4to. The first edition of Kipling's first published work. Kipling was made sub-editor of the Civil and Military Gazette an Anglophone newspaper in Lahore upon his return to India after his time at the United Service College; this volume collects his poetry printed therein. Richards A7; Stewart 8; Livingston 22 Civil and Military Press Gazette unknown books
189468158First Edition ìJungle Booksî in the Original Bindings KIPLING Rudyard. The Jungle Book. With illustrations by J.L. Kipling W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. London: Macmillan and Co. 1894. First edition second printing with two dates on verso of title-page. Small octavo. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 181 x 120 mm. vi 2 212 pp. With frontispiece and tissue guard. Numerous illustrations including many full-page illustrations included in pagination. Together with: KIPLING Rudyard. The Second Jungle Book. With illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling. London: Macmillan and Co. 1895. First edition. Small octavo. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 181 x 120 mm. vi 238 2 ads pp. Numerous illustrations including many full-page illustrations included in pagination. Title-page with vignette illustrations. With two pages of publisher's advertisements. Two volumes. Original bright blue cloth decoratively stamped in gilt on front covers and spines and lettered in gilt on spines. Volume one with elephants stamped in gilt on front cover and a gilt cobra on the spine. Volume II with a cobra in gilt on front cover and a man and snake in gilt on the spine. All edges gilt. Original dark blue-green coated endpapers. Extremities of the spine and corners of the second book with a bit of rubbing. Final ad leaf in second book with some light foxing. Overall an about fine set. 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. Livingston 104 and 116. Martindell 61 and 63. Stewart 123 and 132. HBS 68158. $4500 Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
18953200London: 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. Spine of The Jungle Book the slightest bit rolled. Small cloth repair near the crown of spine on The Second Jungle Book. 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
1894140940387London: Macmillan and Co 1894. First Edition. Near Fine. 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. Near Fine with light lean to spine light toning to spine cloth and light rubbing to extremities. Pages toned previous owner name to preliminary blank sheet of Volume I and small vintage bookseller ticket to front pastedown of Volume II. A lovely set. Macmillan and Co unknown books
1944310968Garden City New York: Doubleday Page later Doran & Company 1944. First American copyright editions generally published in editions of 50-75 copies. 76 vols. 8vo. Publisher's printed stapled wrappers printed in green or black. Light foxing and shelfwear to wrappers. First American copyright editions generally published in editions of 50-75 copies. 76 vols. 8vo. Publisher's Copies. A substantial collection of Kipling American copyright editions comprising 57 of the 74 such editions published from 1910-1944. All of the multi-part issues - The New Army 6 parts The Fringes of the Fleet 6 parts Tales of "The Trade" 3 parts Destroyers at Jutland 4 parts - are complete save for The War in the Mountains 5 parts which is missing the first part. A complete listing available on request.<br/>"Contributing to the multiplicity of editions was the failure of the United States to enact international copyright protection until 1891 resulting in some American issues being the "true firsts" of Kipling's books. And while Kipling's trade editions soon began to be published in large numbers after the American international copyright law's foundation date of July 1 1891 his London literary agent A.P. Watt and his New York publisher Frank N. Doubleday made extensive use of limited printings - as few as 8 to 25 copies - to establish copyright in each country" David Alan Richards "Collecting Kipling". Provenance: Frank Nelson Doubleday Doubleday, Page [later Doran] & Company unknown books
1909121500London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1909. First British edition of Kipling's Actions and Reactions signed and lengthily inscribed by him with a poem. Octavo original cloth with gilt elephant emblem to the front panel. Presentation copy signed and inscribed by Rudyard Kipling with a verse from his poem The Press "To RD Rudyard Kipling. Who once had served to the sultry hour when roaring like a gale The Harrild and the Hoe devour The league-long paper bale And has lit his pipe in the morning calm That follows the midnight stress - He has sold his heart to the old black art Men call the daily press R.K." In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed by Kipling. 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
4642Kipling corresponds with fellow writer H. Rider Haggard whom he calls "Dear Old Man" mainly discussing Haggard's last important novel "When the World Shook." "Your Oro is no small person - a gent with a delicate mind and insensitive leanings. Note however that the idea of a great gyroscope that goes out of control has been used. It was created for demonstration purposes slipped on its base and ground a hall full of people to rags. Put on your scale it's a simply hellish idea." Here Kipling illustrates the gyroscope in a small sketch and suggests an alternative gyroscope that shifts internal strata and tilts the earth. "Get the thing to unchain some inconceivably vast.heated rocks loose.The girl could stop it at the last minute of course." He describes Haggard's account of Theodore Roosevelt as "most interesting. I don't think he need worry.about coming over. He doubts that many in England would show interest in discussing American attitudes. . Europe was embroiled in the first World War at this time January 1917 prior to the US entry about four months after Kipling wrote to Haggard. Kipling signs with initials "R. K." With holograph envelope initialed in lower left corner. Condition: Visible rust stains on lower portion of first page. Kipling enjoyed Haggard's completed novel which reflected Kipling's suggestion according to D. S. Higgins "Rider Haggard: The Great Storyteller." 1981. In an earlier biography of Haggard "Rider Haggard: His Life & World" Morton Cohen 1960 the second edition 1968 Cohen noted that Kipling provided the idea for "When the World Shook." Kipling's comments on Roosevelt were copied by Haggard in his diary entry for Jan. 19 1917. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in English in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature making him the first English language writer to receive the prize and to date he remains its youngest recipient. Among other honors he was sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood all of which he declined. A wonderful letter. On sale only on our website. unknown books
1907122083New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1907. First edition of Kipling's collected verse inscribed by him to President Theodore Roosevelt's son Kermit Roosevelt. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Association copy signed and inscribed by Rudyard Kipling with a line from The Feet of the Young Men to Kermit Roosevelt on the title page "Rudyard Kipling Bolemons: August 4. 1912: "now the young men go to dance before the Trues." RK." With Roosevelts ownership inscription to the title page "Kermit Roosevelt March 23 1909" and his daughter Belle Kermit Roosevelt's bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and writer Kermit Roosevelt was a graduate of Harvard College served in both World Wars in World War I with both the British and American armies and explored two continents with his father Theodore Roosevelt. One of Roosevelt's most popular books Through the Brazilian Wilderness recounted their father and son expedition to the Brazilian Jungle which would become known as the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition. In 1909 the year of Kermit's ownership inscription in the present volume he and his father undertook a year-long expedition in Africa funded by the Smithsonian Institution. After this trip and a swing through Europe Kermit returned to Harvard and completed four years of study in two and a half years graduating with the Class of 1912 the year of Kipling's inscription. In very good condition. A unique 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. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
1909120708New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1909. Scarce separate edition of Kipling's song for the Boy Scouts. Octavo original wrappers. One of only 20 copies printed by Doubleday for copyright purposes. In near fine condition. Bookplate. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. 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. Doubleday, Page & Co unknown books
189523327London: Macmillan 1895. First English editions first impression. With decorations by J. Lockwood Kipling. 2 vols. 8vo. Blue gilt-pictorial cloth. Fine bright copies the second volume in the RARE PICTORIAL DUST-JACKET with one-inch chip from top and bottom of spine piece missing from upper inner corner of front panel which is detached from spine. RARE THUS. First English editions first impression. With decorations by J. Lockwood Kipling. 2 vols. 8vo. Fine copies of both volumes of Kipling's The Jungle Book the second volume in the rare dust jacket. Grolier/Kipling 185 & 197; Stewart 123 & 132; Richards A76 & A85 Macmillan unknown books
18941907121The Century Co 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Two volumes. The Jungle Book is a first US edition and contains an original watercolor by the illustrator William Henry Drake. Book in very good condition. The Second Jungle Book is also a first US edition and includes the first edition dust jacket. Both books are housed in custom-made matching slipcases. The Century Co hardcover books
1893123441London: Macmillan and Co. 1893. First English edition of this collection of Kipling's poems and tales. Octavo original cloth decorated in gilt. Association copy inscribed by Rudyard Kipling on the title page in the year of publication to his second cousin by marriage "Eliot sic Balestier from Rudyard Kipling Xmas. 93." The recipient Elliot Francis Balestier was the second cousin of Kipling's wife Caroline Balestier and her brother Wolcott with whom Kipling collaborated with for the novel The Naulahka: A Story Of East And West which he would later name his historic shingle style house in Dummerston Vermont after. In very good condition. A fine association exceptionally rare inscribed by Kipling. 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. hardcover books
1899267989New York: Century 1899. Later printing. With decorations by J. Lockwood Kipling. 324 pp. Printed by the DeVinne Press. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth stamped in black with elephant on front cover and lion on rear cover. Near fine. Later printing. With decorations by J. Lockwood Kipling. 324 pp. Printed by the DeVinne Press. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed to Frank Doubleday's Son With a Poem. Inscribed on the title-page from Kipling to Felix Doty the son of his close friend and American publisher Frank N. Doubleday "Jack Doty from the Author: Mar 28: 99: Rudyard Kipling." With a holograph four-line quotation on the facing page from the "Law of the Jungle" "Wash daily from nose tip to tail tip - / drink deeply but never too deep. / And remember the night is for hunting & / forget not the day is for sleep / R.K."<br/>Frank N. Doubleday or "Effendi" - the nickname given him by Kipling founded Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897 partly on the author's advice. Kipling was close to his American publisher and his family - it was Frank Doubleday's son Nelson who asked Kipling to write a book of animal stories published as Just So Stories in 1902. The "Jack" Doty of this inscription is undoubtedly Felix Doty 1887-1941 a Louisiana boy adopted by Doubleday. Richards A84 for first American edition Century unknown books
1897114945London: Macmillan & Company 1897-1919. The Bombay edition of Rudyard Kipling's collected works. Octavo 30 volumes. Bound in full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe gilt titles to the spine gilt tooling and ruling to the spine front and rear panels raised bands inner dentelles top edge gilt marbled endpapers. One of 1050 sets with volume 1 signed by Rudyard Kipling. In very good condition. The works of Rudyard Kipling contains his poetry novels stories travel writings childrens tales military tales and essays. Kipling in 1907 became the first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize. Macmillan & Company hardcover books
1426115765Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company Inc 1914-26. Signed limited edition of Rudyard Kipling's collected works. Octavo 27 volumes. Bound in full morocco gilt titles to the spine gilt tooling and ruling to the spine front and rear panels raised bands inner dentelles top edge gilt marbled endpapers. One of 1050 sets with volume 1 signed by Rudyard Kipling. In fine condition. An exceptional set. The works of Rudyard Kipling contains his poetry novels stories travel writings childrens tales military tales and essays. Kipling in 1907 became the first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize. Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover books
193736073London: Macmillan and Company 1937. 35 volumes large 8vo. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Original full russet niger morocco by James Burn & Co. for Macmillan spines lettered in gilt within raised bands double gilt rule to covers top edges gilt on the rough other edges uncut as issued marbled endpapers twin gilt and blind rules to turn-ins printed on handmade paper the first sheet of each signature bearing a Ganesha watermark. Bookseller's ticket to front endpapers. Spines a little sunned a few instances of very minor discolouration and scuffing to bindings. A near-fine set.<br/> <br/>Limited edition of 525 sets of which 500 signed by the author were for sale. However many of these were destroyed when the publisher's warehouse was bombed in 1941.<br/> <br/>The Sussex Edition number 101 of a limited edition of 525 sets signed by the author on the limitation leaf of vol. I. In his last years and with his health failing Kipling continued the gathering-up of existing material that resulted in the great retrospective work. the Sussex Edition of his works undertaken by Macmillan as a monument to one of the firms most profitable authors. The idea for the edition went back to 1928 and work was begun by 1930. The selection fuller than that of any other edition was the work of Kipling and he saw the proofs of at least 21 of the editions 35 volumes before his death. Set in Bembo type on hand-made paper bound in Nigerian goatskin and limited to 525 sets the Sussex Edition did not begin publication until 1937; sales were slow in those depression years and a large number of the unbound sheets lying in a London warehouse was destroyed by German bombs. One result of this exaggerated scarcity is that the Sussex Edition is now among the most prized and most expensive of all modern editions ibid. Vol. 6: 1931-36 2004 p. 231. Though the edition was published posthumously Kipling had signed the limitation sheets prior to his death on 18 January 1936. A very attractive set of this superb edition.<br/> <br/>Richards D23; Stewart pp. 577-80. Macmillan and Company unknown books
19141172901914. EXCEPTIONAL DELUXE BINDING KIPLING Rudyard. The Works of Rudyard Kipling. Twenty-seven volumes expanded to fifty-one. 8vo. 237 x 152 mm bound in full deluxe red morocco elaborate gilt borders spines elaborately gilt silk moire endleaves turn-ins inlaid with blue morocco gilt extra with wide dentelles composed of small ornamental tools and large flowers t.e.g. Garden City N.Y.: Doubleday Page & Co. 1914-1920. The Seven Seas Edition one of 1050 sets printed signed by the author. An extremely fine copy in a full red morocco binding of the absolute highest quality. Leather bound sets of this quality are very rarely seen on the market. The Seven Seas Edition is one of the most respected and sought-after collected works of Kipling ever printed. It includes: Wee Willie Winkie The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Stories Captains Courageous The Jungle Book The Second Jungle Book Puck of Pook's Hill Plain Tales from the Hills Life's Handicap The Day's Work Stalky & Co. Kim Just So Stories and much more. Ordinary copies were issued in cloth in twenty-seven volumes. This copy has been exquisitely bound and expanded to fifty-one volumes. PROVENANCE: John Francis Neylan with his bookplate designed by William H. Wilke and printed by John Henry Nash the famous California printer. Neylan 1885-1960 was a noted San Francisco lawyer who was chairman of the Board of Regents of the University of California. Additionally he was William Randolph Hearst's chief attorney with close ties to the Hearst newspapers and thus had enormous political clout and considerable wealth. Stewart Kipling pp. 573-574. hardcover books
1943123104Chicago: Consolidated Book Publishers Inc. 1943. First edition second issue of this classic World War II-era short story collection containing J.D. Salinger's third published short story and first appearance in book form. 12mo original illustrated boards illustrated. Complied by R.M. Barrows edited by E. X. Pastor and with contributions from J.D. Salinger Richard Armour Hurd Barrett Pat Frank O. Henry Rudyard Kipling Jack Leonard and Damon Runyan among others. Signed by J.D. Salinger on the first page of his contribution The Hang of It on page 332. A commercial tale of a soldier who just can't seem to get "the hang of it" the story was first published in the July 12 1941 issue of Collier's magazine and subsequently in the 1942 and 1943 editions of The Kit Book For Soldiers marking Salinger's first appearance in book form. Salinger was drafted into the army in the spring of 1942 several months after the United States entered World War II where he saw combat with the 12th Infantry Regiment 4th Infantry Division. He was present at Utah Beach on D-Day in the Battle of the Bulge and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. During the campaign from Normandy into Germany Salinger arranged to meet with Ernest Hemingway who was then working as a war correspondent in Paris. The meeting had a profound effect on Salinger and the development of his writing style; Hemingway was impressed by what Salinger shared with him of his early writing and the two corresponded frequently throughout the war. Salinger was later assigned to the 4th Counter Intelligence Corps in which he used his proficiency in French and German to interrogate prisoners of war and later witnessed the liberation of one of the Dachau Concentration Camps. In very good condition. Housed in the original box which is in near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. From the collection of a WWII soldier who had this signed by Salinger while the two were stationed overseas at the time of publication. An exceptional example signed by Salinger at a pivotal time in his life and before his almost complete withdrawal from society. Best-known for his novel The Catcher in the Rye American author J.D. Salinger published several short stories and five books throughout his lifetime. In a contributor's note Salinger gave to Harper's Magazine in 1946 he wrote: "I almost always write about very young people" a statement that has been referred to as his credo. Adolescents are featured or appear in all of Salinger's work from his first published short story "The Young Folks" 1940 to The Catcher in the Rye and his Glass family stories. In 1961 the critic Alfred Kazin explained that Salinger's choice of teenagers as a subject matter was one reason for his appeal to young readers but another was "a consciousness among youths that he speaks for them and virtually to them in a language that is peculiarly honest and their own with a vision of things that capture their most secret judgments of the world." For this reason Norman Mailer once remarked that Salinger was "the greatest mind ever to stay in prep school." Consolidated Book Publishers, Inc. hardcover books
