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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1930122801New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1930. Signed limited edition of the definitive collection of Kipling's poetry. Quarto three volumes original japon-backed boards with red paper labels to spines lettered gilt gilt motifs to front covers top edges gilt tissue-guarded frontispiece to volume one of a "The Thousandth Man" in Kipling's hand specially reproduced for this edition in facsimile. One of 525 copies signed by Kipling on the limitation page this is number 173. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box. An exceptional set of one of the finest editions of Kipling's verse. 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. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc hardcover books
1928119441New York: McCormick-Patterson 1928. Scarce collection of 1928 issues of Liberty Magazine containing early appearances of many of Kipling's rarest poems. Folio five issues original illustrated wrappers. The collection includes issues featuring the appearance of: Rio January 7 1928 Light and Power January 28 1928 A Drop in Traffic February 18 1928 A City and a Silence March 17 1928 and World By Itself March 31 1928. Founded in 1924 American weekly Liberty Magazine featured contributions from some of the biggest politicians celebrities authors and artists of the 20th-century. Kipling's brother-in-law was an associate editor from the magazine's founding through his death on October 17 1939. In fine condition. Each issue is housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase. 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. McCormick-Patterson unknown books
1902108254London: 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. Inscribed by Bertram Rota the owner of the Bodley House bookstore in London "S.W. Jackson's copy of my boyhood's favorite book. This copy survived fire and water when so many of its fellows were destroyed by Nazi barbarism at Bodley House in October 1940. After being stored nearby and escaping more bombs it returned to the resurrected bookshop and now leaves Bodley House to find sanctuary in friendly hands in a luckier land. With all good wishes Bertram Rota June 6th 1941." Bertram Rota began selling books in 1923 and was essentially the first bookseller to specialize in modern first editions. In 1923 Rota moved operations to the former location of the Bodley Head publishing house on Vigo Street in London where in spite of sustaining a direct hit during a Nazi blitzkrieg the bookshop remained for twenty-eight years. In near fine condition with light rubbing. Exceptional with fascinating provenance. 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
1901295623London: Macmillan 1901. First. hardcover. fine. Illustrated. 8vo beautifully bound in dark red crushed morocco with dentelles raised bands & elephant head designs; all edges gilt by Bayntun-Riviere. London: Macmillan 1901. First Edition.<br/><br/> Macmillan unknown books
190299731London: 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 with light rubbing. A nice example. 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
1919406714London: Methuen and Co. Ltd 1919. Moderate soiling to vellum a few spots along top edges otherwise fine. 8vo. xiii 159 1 pages. Title printed in red-and-black. Original quarter vellum cream buckram boards gilt-lettered on spine top edges gilt others untrimmed. Provenance: Edward B. King bookplate. DELUXE LIMITED ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION one of 30 copies on Japanese vellum. The title refers to the period between the South African War and the Armistice in 1918. The book's forty-five poems and series of epitaphs is considered by some Kipling scholars as his darkest work. The trade edition was printed in an enormous run of 10000 copies and there were 200 copies on hand-made paper. This very limited issue of 30 copies on Japanese vellum is scarce in the market. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 957; Bleiler; Checklist of Fantastic Literature p.170; Livingston 442; Martindell 164; Richards A320; Stewart 434. <br/><br/> Methuen and Co., Ltd hardcover books
