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18993988London Methuen 1899. 1899. Early edition. Small 8vo. Title page vignette. 3/4 contemporary red morocco over marbled boards by Bumpus spine with raised bands gilt stamped titles and musical devices drums and horns marbled endpapers t.e.g. uncut slight rubbing. Very good. 208 pages. Bookplate of Oliver Brett son of Viscount Esher. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Methuen, 1899. hardcover books
1899WRCLIT80643London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. Gilt red cloth t.e.g. First British edition. Endsheets moderately tanned and foxed 1899 ownership inscription on half-title a few spots to fore-edges ROBERTS A145. STEWART 195. Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
1899WRCLIT55743London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. Gilt red cloth t.e.g. First British edition. Lower fore-corners bumped cloth a bit hand- soiled small nick in inner hinge otherwise a good or better copy. ROBERTS A145. STEWART 195. Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
18952189954Century Co 1895. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Kipling John Lockwood. First American edition preceding the UK release by several days with a number of alterations to the text. One of two binding variants no priority. Spine toned edges rubbed ink name & pencil gift note dated Christmas 1895 on front endpaper. We have more books available by this author!. 324 pp. 8vo. A sequel to the children's classic The Jungle Book -- which inspired the classic Disney animated film as well as the 2016 live action motion picture -- with illustrations by the author's father John Lockwood Kipling. Century Co hardcover books
1890WRCLIT74046Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler & Co. 1890. 48512pp. Later somewhat crude quarter gilt calf and cloth boards original wrappers bound in. Lower and upper forecorners of upper wrapper cut away some modest soiling closed tear in from gutter in rear wrapper no loss; a sound copy with two booksellers' descriptions tipped in both in error. To all appearances one of the 3000 copies of the first British printing exported for sale in India but without either the London co- imprint on the title or the denotation "Third Edition." STEWART 34ref. RICHARDS A34ref. A.H. Wheeler & Co. hardcover books
189017070206Allahbad India: A.H. Wheeler 1890. Hardcover. Good . Octavo size 97 pp. Joseph Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 remains a literary force today through his many stories including "The Jungle Book" and poems such as "Gunga Din". A recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 at the age of 42 he remains the youngest recipient to date; considered for the British Poet Laureateship and a knighthood he refused both.<br/><br/>This is one of Kipling's earliest published writings this volume was number two in the "Indian Railway Series" first published in 1888 in wrappers. This volume seems to a variant of the first English edition with the title page listing "Author of 'Soldiers Three' 'Wee Willie Winkie' Etc." directly beneath the author's name; however while showing Messrs. A.H. Wheeler & Co. Allahabad as publisher it does not also list Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington. Pagination also most closely matches the first English without the three leaves between the contents and text and with two leaves of advertisements at the end not one. Interestingly the portion of the front wrap tipped onto the front board does not match exactly that shown in Livingston although clearly it is the same scene with minor details having been changed.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Bound between boards covered with marbled paper green cloth shelfback the illustration only from the front wrapper tipped onto the front board and the illustration from the back wrapper tipped onto the back board with a library number assigned to the cloth spine in white to the illustration on the front board in red and to the front free endpaper in red but no other library markings no pockets; octavo size 8.75" by 5.5" pagination: i-ii ads iii title page iv ads v-vi preface vii contents viii blank 1-86 87 "Opinions of the Press" 88-89 ads.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Good overall the binding while worn is sturdy and the text is complete; with the library markings as set forth above the boards somewhat rubbed corners worn and bumped prior owner name stamped to front paste down wear and old damp stains to the first leaf and the final two leaves otherwise internally quite good title page with "0/800" in black to middle of the page gutter crack between last two pages of ads. An interesting variant that is worn externally readable as is a good copy.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Variant of Livingston 33.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions we are here to help. A.H. Wheeler hardcover books
1891755291891. KIPLING Rudyard. LIFE'S HANDICAP BEING STORIES OF MINE OWN PEOPLE. London: MacMillan and Co. 1891. First edition. Octavo. xvi3511 pp. 6 pp. ads. for MacMillan NY. Red cloth gilt-stamped title to spine and publsiher's device to upper board. Binding is lightly sunned and damp-spotted with some rubbing at heelcrown and joints and the upper board shows light general soiling. Quite clean within but for light spotting in top margin of a few leaves and a bit overopened near the center. Nonetheless it is a solid copy whose overall condition is very good plus. Stewart 99. unknown books
1891121804London: Macmillan and Co 1891. First edition of Kipling's collection of short stories on the British in India. Octavo original cloth decorated in gilt. In very good condition. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Macmillan and Co hardcover books
1891WRCLIT41545New York: United States Book Company. 1891. Gilt plum cloth t.e.g. Portrait. First edition authorized including six stories for the first time published in book form. Old bookseller's description affixed to front pastedown spine a bit rubbed and corner worn usual offset from tissue-guard to title else a very good copy. STEWART 98. EDEL & LAURENCE B8. RICHARDS A54. United States Book Company... hardcover books
1895WRCLIT41739New York: G.W. Dillingham 1895. Gray-green cloth decorated in gilt brown and dark green. Head and toe of spine a trace worn adhesive book label of a noted Kipling collector very good and bright. First collected edition of material from THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT and LETTERS OF MARQUE published without Kipling's consent. STEWART 137. RICHARDS A83. G.W. Dillingham hardcover books
1891WRCLIT41594Allahabad & London: A.H. Wheeler & Co / Sampson Low et al 1891. Large octavo. Pictorial wrappers detached and rather chipped. First U.K. edition printed in the style of the RAILWAY LIBRARY series XIV. Tan offsetting to title and last page from wrappers publisher's slip detached but present; the text block is very good. An ordinary copy of this title offered w.a.f. STEWART 94. A.H. Wheeler & Co / Sampson Low [et al] unknown books
1896194925First edition. Octavo. Original green cloth with gilt stamped art nouveau design signed "EMD" t.e.g. uncut. 6 pages publisher's advertisements at end. Very good. Bookplate on the front pastedown. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
189012697New York: Harper & Brothers 1890. 8vo. Frontis. xii 182 2 adv. pp. <br><br>First American edition: No. 680 in the "Harper's Franklin Square Library" series with an introduction by Andrew Lang. Harper & Brothers published these stories without Kipling's permission resulting in a copyright dispute. Original printed paper wrappers front cover torn and separated back cover lacking. Contents page with inked owner's name in upper margin. Harper & Brothers unknown books
1900122456London: Methuen & Co 1900. First edition of this anthology published and sold to benefit the officers and men of the British Army in South Africa during the Boer Wars. Octavo original publisher's decorated cloth. In very good condition. For Britain's Soldiers: A Contribution to the Needs of our Fighting Men and Their Families includes: Sir Walter Besant's The Memory Cell Rudyard Kipling's The Son of His Father H.G. Wells' Miss Winchelsea's Heart and Walter Wood's The Atonement of the "Vanguard's" Skipper among others. Methuen & Co hardcover books
1899135301899. New York: Doubleday & McClure Company 1899. Original blind-stamped sea green cloth.<br/><br/> First Edition the English edition is dated 1900. These volumes include the first authorized edition of "American Notes" "Letters of Marque" "The City of Dreadful Night" and "The Smith Administration"; according to Kipling's Preface he was "forced" to issue this title "by the enterprise of various publishers" who were pirating and embellishing his earlier works. The half-title versos bear Kipling's usual icon from India the swastika -- which until the 1930s signified peace and continuity. This is a near-fine set with just a touch of rubbing. Richards A131; Stewart 198. unknown books
1891137341891. Authorized Edition. New York: Lovell Coryell & Company n.d. 1892. Original maroon cloth beveled. First Combined Edition later issue with Lovell Coryell rather than United States Book Co. as the publisher. These two pieces first appeared in 1888 as the second and fourth numbers in the Indian Railway Series Allahabad; John Lovell issued each in wrappers in 1890 in his "Westminster Series" before combining the two in the present volume U.S. Book Co. in 1891 Lovell Coryell in 1892. This would be a fine copy were it not for the slight fading of the maroon spine -- almost unavoidable for this color. See Richards A42 note; Stewart 50. This is the George Barr McCutcheon copy with his bookplate housed in a morocco-backed slipcase with inner chemise. <br/><br/> hardcover books
189029677NY: United States Book Co 1890. First American edn. 8vo pp. 270. Maroon cloth stamped in gilt. Owner's name on flyleaf bookplate. Cover somewhat scuffed and worn one hinge near tender o/w VG. Grolier Club Exhibit 110; Stewart 79. First Edition of both the "Barrack-Room Ballads" and the "Other Verses" not published in England until 1892; first American edition of "Departmental Ditties." Contains the first printing in book form of Kipling's great popular ballads including "Danny Deever" "Fuzzy Wuzzy" "Gunga Din" "Mandalay" etc. United States Book Co unknown books
1890121888New York: John H. Lovell Company 1890. First American edition of the poetry collection that established Kipling's fame with Lovell on the foot of the spine. Octavo original cloth. In very good condition. Written in vernacular dialect Kipling's The Barrack Room Ballads contains some of Kipling's most well-known work including the poems "Gunga Din" "Tommy" "Mandalay" and "Danny Deever" which established his early fame as a poet. The first poems were published in the Scots Observer in the first half of 1890 and collected in Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses in 1892. Kipling later returned to the theme in a group of poems collected in The Seven Seas under the same title. A third group of vernacular Army poems from the Boer War titled "Service Songs" and published in The Five Nations 1903 can be considered part of the Ballads as can a number of other uncollected pieces. John H. Lovell Company hardcover books
1900WRCLIT40900London: Macmillan & Co. 1900. Two volumes. Bright red cloth decorated gilt t.e.g. First UK edition preceded by the New York edition. Bookplates endsheets a bit foxed spine extremities a bit worn else a good sound bright set. STEWART 199. RICHARDS A157. Macmillan & Co. hardcover books
1892121044London: Sampson Low Marston & Company 1892. First edition of this collection of Kipling's stories; the first collected edition of these three tales. Octavo original publisher's decorated cloth. In very good condition. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Sampson Low, Marston, & Company hardcover books
1899121634New York: Doubleday and McClure Company 1899. First separate American edition of Kipling children's classic. Octavo original illustrated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel pictorial endpapers illustrated by Orson Lowell tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very condition. Bookplate. 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
1897157490New York: D. Appleton and Company 1897. Hardcover. VG Lovely binding; slight soiling to cloth; light foxing on occasional pages; otherwise crisp and clean. Brown cloth gilt letters and decoration on spine and front cover gilt top edges; 209 text pp. plus 6 ad pp. at rear. A collection of 43 poems and ballads penned by renown English author Rudyard Kipling. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1892193054LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1892 1892. ORIGINAL TERRA COTTA CLOTH STAMPED IN GILT AND DARK RED; LIVINGSTON 85. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover. LONDON, WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 1892 hardcover books
1892194285New York: Macmillan and Co 1892. First American edition of Kipling and Balestier's ambitious narrative. Octavo original publisher's cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel. In very good condition. The Naulahka: A Story of West and East was originally serialized in Century Magazine from November 1891 to July 1892. Written in by Kipling in collaboration with American writer and publishing agent Wolcott Balestier and set in the fictional state of "Rahore" believed to be based on Rajputana it is an intriguing story of ambition love and royal court trappings. Kipling would later name his historic Shingle Style house in Dummerston Vermont Naulakha where he resided from 1893 to 1896 and wrote Captains Courageous The Jungle Book The Day's Work and The Seven Seas and did work on Kim and The Just So Stories. Macmillan and Co hardcover books
1899WRCLIT41661New York: Doubleday & McClure Co. 1899. Printed paper boards. Frontis portrait. Tiny loss from crown of spine edges a bit rubbed and slightly darkened two small spots of endsheets unfortunate adhesive book label of noted Kipling collector else a very good copy of a fragile book. First separate edition the text revised. Copy #4 of one hundred copies printed. A substantial Kipling-approved biographical sketch published in WINDSOR and McCLURE'S MAGAZINE and included in the 1899 Doubleday edition of PLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLS. LIVINGSTON 26n. Doubleday & McClure Co. hardcover books