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18921777992598MEPMethuen & Co 1892. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1892. First Edition. 208 pages. Contemporary rebind: half brown leather with brown cloth. With the bookplate of Colonel S H Banks to FEP. Formerly of 'Kamptee Public Rooms Library' perhaps from the British military base there. The poems deal with grim realities of late-Victorian military life - a subject that readers at Kamptee would have found very familiar. 16-page publisher's catalogue to rear. Vignette of bugler to title page. Pages have slight foxing tanning and thumbing. Gutters cracked with some exposed netting. A bit shaky with loose binding thread and loosening front matter. Pencil marks to FEP and both pastedown. Slightly bubbled pastedowns. Sporadic heavy stains and thumb marks text legible throughout. A few dog-eared corners. Boards have heavy edge wear: intense bumping and peeling to corners. Slightly exposed board beneath. Spine ends very crushed: loss to ends and title label. Highly scratched rubbed spotted and marked especially the leather; slight ring mark to Methuen & Co hardcover
1899755P17London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1899. First edition. Leather. Near Fine. 7.5" by 5". None. A finely bound first edition second printing of Rudyard Kipling's school-based anthology showing the juvenile exploits of boys in boarding schools. The first edition second impression of this work published the month after the first impression.In a smart half calf fine binding.A collection of short stories set in boarding schools looking at the lives of the adolescent boys living at the schools and their juvenile adventures. They were less childish than other school tales with elements of bullying violence and revenge.Rudyard Kipling is best known for his novel 'The Jungle Book' however he was a prolific writer of poems novels and short stories. Being born in India inspired much of his work and he went on to become one of the most popular writers of his time. Bound without the publisher's adverts to the rear.Bookplate of F. G. L. Whiteaway to the front pastedown. In a half calf binding with cloth to the boards. Externally near fine. Spine is a little faded. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
18981222E046Roycroft East Aurora USA: Elbert Hubbard at the Roycroft Shop 1898. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 90. Very Good Plus/Near Fine. 5.75 x 9.25 inches 14.5 x 23.5 cm. Slipcase: Custom built slip case in brown buckram lined with brown card. Previous owners bookplate inside front cover. Excellent condition. Overall case condition is Near Fine. Book: First printing. One of the 950 trade copies although limitation is not stated. Limp green suede binding with yapp edges. Browning and light creasing to edges. Page edges untrimmed. Red silk pastedown endpapers. Red silk ribbon bookmark. First initial in each poem printed in blue and black. Colophon and running title printed in red. Tanning to free endpapers very clean text throughout. Previous owner's bookplate to leading blank. An unauthorised American edition. Contains a selection of poems taken from 'Departmental Ditties' and 'Barrack Room Ballads' including 'The Dipsy Chanty' The Last Chantey 'The Vampire' and 'Gunga Din'. A very nice example. Richards E1-27. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.75 x 9.25 inches 14.5 x 23.5 cm. Elbert Hubbard at the Roycroft Shop hardcover
18965516London: Macmillan and Co 1896. First Edition 1894 4th reprint. hardback with no dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gold elephants motif on the front cover. illustrations by kiplingDrake and Frenzeny In very good condition. No inscriptions or markings. Spine faded and torn top and bottom. interior sound and clean with some age browning. 1896 Macmillan and Co hardcover
1900526952Cincinnati Ohio: No Publisher 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 547pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait of Grand Master E.L. Lyburger. Beveled blue cloth boards stamped in gilt. Covers have light wear at tips of spine and corners else a very good copy with gilt stamping bright; front and rear hinges are started due to quality of paper of endpapers text is fresh and clean. This publication also prints a poem by Rudyard Kipling The Mother Lodge on page 94-95 noting that Kipling was a Freemason. Most of the book pages 88 to 404 is devoted to 'Report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence' including detailed information about 'English-speaking Grand Lodges' in the United States listed by each state and including 'Indian Territory' Canada by province Great Britain New Zealand Australia etc. and a section devoted to thirteen 'None English-speaking Grand Bodies' including Cuba Mexico and Puerto Rico. This publication for the year 1900 as well as previous 'Proceedings' include discussions of African-American masons see page 119 179 206 etc which includes discussion of "Negro Lodges and Grand Lodges" and the difficulties with acceptance in Washington page 119 and "Clandestine Negro Masonry" page 178 referencing Washington in the section devoted to the Indian Territory and further reference to Washington and former "Prince Hall Lodge" members in the Louisiana section page 206. Previous Grand Lodge publications also discussed rejection of 'colored' Grand Lodges by some white Grand Lodges with particular reference to the failure of 'Ohio recognition' in a specific instance in 1877 which stated: "As predicted in our last annual address the proposed recognition of our grand lodge by the grand lodge of whites of this state has failed. While I anticipated the result I must confess that the manner in which it was brought about surprised and disappointed me. followed by a long discussion of the events." OCLC locates no copies of this October issue. No Publisher hardcover
1897RK070London: W. Thacker & Co. 1897 With illustrations by Dudley Cleaver. Ninth edition Deluxe edition. One of 150 copies printed with two extra illustrations signed and numbered by publisher on tipped-in limitation slip this being number 68. Publisher's vellum spine and red cloth-covered boards with gilt illustration to front board spine lettered in gilt and tissue-guarded plates. Very good with a couple of tiny spots of dampstaining to front board a touch of toning to top part of rear board corners very lightly bumped light offsetting to endpapers previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper and some exposed webbing to pp. 96 and 97. Overall a sturdy and attractive copy. Departmental Ditties is Rudyard Kipling's first collection of poetry which he published when he was only 21. The poems which explore British military life first appeared in the Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore where Kipling worked as assistant editor. Kipling continued to revise and expand the collection in subsequent editions. Some of the poems included in the collection are: "Army Head-quarters" "Study of an Elevation in Indian Ink" "Pink Dominoes" "The Lovers' Litany" "As the Bell Clinks" and "Christmas in India.". Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Dudley Cleaver. London: W. Thacker & Co. hardcover
189055971London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington Ld 1890. First U.K. Edition. Octavo 21.5cm. Grey pictorial paper wraps printed in black; vi 7-96pp. A straight and handsome copy 5" split to front joint minor tear at head of spine wrappers browned at edges internally clean: Very Good. <br /> <br /> One of the Railway Library series the paperbacks that "made Kipling's name in India and soon enough in England and America" ODNB. The first and second editions of 1889 were published in Allahabad. LIVINGSTON 36. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, Ld unknown
1891006845London and New York: Macmillan and Co. 1891. This is a Very Good Plus copy of the First American Edition. First issue red cloth binding with titling and a decoration in gilt. New York printer on the copyright page. Clean text; xvi 351 pages with an unpaginated poem at the end; eight-page publisher's catalog. Spine has faded to pink; a bit of rub to the margins; gilt on spine has dulled but remains perfectly clear. In an archival plastic protector. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Macmillan and Co. Hardcover
1893589667London: C. Sheard & Co 1893. Softcover. Very Good. Presumably the first English edition. Cover illustration by E. Jackman. Folio. Three nested bifolia making 12 pages. Some separation at the top and bottom of the fold of the outer bifolium light edgewear and a "File Copy" and composer name stamp on the front cover still a very good or better copy. For voice and piano. "Dedicated by kind permission to H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge K.G." OCLC locates only a single holding and it appears to be equally scarce in the trade. C. Sheard & Co unknown
1890531279New York: John W. Lovell Company 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Illustrated pale brown boards. Some rubbing and modest soiling a nice very good copy. John W. Lovell Company hardcover
189017754NY: JOHN W. LOVELL. 1890. 1890. First Edition. Softcover. First American Edition. The so-called authorized edition with a facsimile of Rudyard Kipling's letter admonishing rampant copyright infringements on his works while authorizing them to all in a spirit of helplessness opposite title which bears the "Authorized Edition" statement. This is the trade paperback International Series issue which was published simultaneously with the cloth issue. Preface ends on page 6. Ads on page 210 This copy was rebound in contemporary grey cloth with a black & gold title label at head of spine. Cloth corners & spine ends rubbed. Soiling & traces of faint dam ping to covers. Text in excellent condition but for an erasure on the half-title page A Kipling classic. GC . NY: JOHN W. LOVELL. 1890 paperback
1899149009England and The United States: The Daily Mail Publishing Co 1899. First illustrated facsimile edition of Kipling's poem The Absent-Minded Beggar a souvenir specially printed by The Daily Mail. Quarto silk moire wrappers six pages tissue-guarded frontispiece with tissue-guards between the two pages of facsimile stanzas cover portrait of Kipling by John Collier. Originally printed as a single folded sheet forming six printed pages in triptych format. The souvenir marked the 100th performance of Sydney Grundy's The Degenerates at the Garrick Theatre on Friday 24th October 1899 when Lillie Langtry who was playing Mrs. Trevelyan in the production recited Kipling's poem The Absent-Minded Beggar from the stage after the final curtain. The proceeds of the sale of the poem benefited the wives and children of the reservists. In good condition. Interior illustration of "A Gentleman in Kharki" by R. Caton Woodville. Rudyard Kipling’s The Absent-Minded Beggar first published at the outbreak of the Second Boer War 1899–1902 is a notable example of patriotic literature mobilized for imperial causes. Written to rally support for British troops and their families the poem was quickly transformed into a piece of popular ephemera with the first illustrated edition marketed through The Daily Mail as part of a charitable appeal. The publication’s sales generated significant funds for the reservists’ families illustrating how literature journalism and philanthropy intersected within the culture of British imperialism. The Daily Mail Publishing Co unknown
1899TB33463New York: Doubleday and McClure Company 1899. First Edition separate edition. Very good in its original green cloth covered boards with slightly tarnished gilt text on the spine and with bold gilt text black designs and silver colored crescent moon and stars on the front board. A small octavo of 7 5/8 by 5 inches with decorated end sheets fore and aft. There is a gift inscription at the upper fore edge of the fly title page with a date of "May 8 1899". The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is worn of it color as is the cloth at the tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket if it ever had one. 119 pages of text and illustrated with a color frontispiece printed in orange and black and 16 full-page black and white plates printed on recto only with many vignettes throughout and floral page decorations all by Orson Lowell and American illustrator 1871-1956. What is interesting about this copy is the date of the gift inscription of :"May 8 1899". This title was not copyrighted until November 22 1899 according to David Alan Richard's in-depth bibliography: Rudyard Kipling Bibliography. Richards Rudyard Kipling A Bibliography A149 Doubleday and McClure Company hardcover
1895006490New YorkNY: Macmillan & Company 1895. Book. Illus. by Illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling. Very Good. Hardcover. American First. Bound in medium blue cloth with gold cobra and ankus or thotti on front cover and gold Mowgli with Kaa on the spine; also gold borders on front cover and gold lettering on spine; gilt edges; edge wear to boards particularly at top and bottom of spine and at corners; black and white illustrations throughout and in particular at chapter heads. Macmillan & Company Hardcover
18961397631New York: D. Appleton and Company 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo vii 209 pages. In Very Good condition Spine grey cloth with gilt lettering and inlay. Spine darkened by UV damage head of spine worn. Minor shelfwear and soiling board corners bumped. Top of textblock gilt moderatly worn. Textblock exterior agetoned interior clean. Former owner's inscription on front endpaper. Shelved case 0. 1397631. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1899006913New York: R.F. Fenno & Company: Publishers 1899. This collection of four stories was first published in 1882; here is a Near Fine copy of an American pirate edition. An uncommon title in a rare edition. Light blue cloth binding: decorations and titling in white on the front cover and spine. Clean text; 139 pages of laid paper. Textblock is pristine - very bright and clear. Period private library bookplate on the front paste-down. Light rub to the margins. A superior copy of this uncommon title; in an archival plastic protector. Pirate Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. R.F. Fenno & Company: Publishers Hardcover
1892ABE-1562616554532Metheun 1892 London Iast UK edition boards faded and worn contents good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Metheun hardcover
1899115400Roycrofters 1899. Hardcover. Fine/No jacket. #775/950cc signed by Elbert Hubbard and binder Bernice Lofland. Leatherbound in folded case and slipcase. Roycrofters hardcover
1896HVD-57472-A-0Philadelphia PA: Henry T. Coates & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1896. Reissue Edition. Hardcover. 229 pages; slightly cocked spine. Light rubbing on the covers. Top edges gilt. Minor discoloration on prelims. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. . Henry T. Coates & Company hardcover
1897060122MacMillan 1897. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First printing. A fair to good copy in blue cloth with gold decorations. Basis for the 1937 film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Spencer Tracy Freddie Bartholomew and Lionel Barrymore. MacMillan Hardcover
1897mon0000007556W. Thacker & Co. 1897. Hardback. Very Good. in x in x in. Quarter bound hardback with vellum and gold motif to front board. Limited Edition 83/150. Signed and numbered by the publisher. Dust stained - commensurate with age. B/W frontis with tissue guard. Illustrated. Lightly foxed. No inscriptions or annotations. No loose pages. Pages uncut and lightly tanned. Sound tight binding. Boards clean and firm for age of booksrnSR Antiquarian RL StevensonrnCream spine strip with gold lettering - protected by archive paper. W. Thacker & Co. hardcover
189036281NY: Harper & Brothers. Good with no dust jacket. September 1890. First Edition. Paperback. The Courting of Dinah Shadd and Other Stories With a Biographical and Critical Sketch by Andrew Lang. 1st American edition preceding the first authorized American edition. In The Athenaeum of October 4 1890 on the authority of Mr. Kipling it was stated that these stories had been collected by Messrs. Harper without permission and they were accused of literary piracy an accusation which Harper denied. Livinston 57. Xii 182 ads 2 pp. Losses to the paper spine and inner margins of wraps corners slightly rounded. Ownership scrawled on title page. Marginal pencilling to ads a cello tape repair. First time a portrait of Kipling appears in one of his books. This along with "Holy War" 2 leaves. Lon: Methuen & Co. nd Written 1917 at top of p2. Toned. Lot consists of 2 pieces. . Harper & Brothers paperback
1889221125-MB68H.M. Caldwell Company 1889. Ornate cloth hardcover "Oriental edition" with original illustrations by L.J. Bridgman and others some wear to edges. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Cover. Illus. by Bridgman L.J. H.M. Caldwell Company hardcover
1899361931New York: Doubleday and McClure Company 1899. Hardcover. Used - Good. The story was first published in 1888 as part of The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales and later as part of The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales. This is one of the earliest if not the earliest of a stand-alone volume. Doubleday and McClure Company hardcover
189828926New York: Doubleday & McClure Co. 1898. First Edition. With title-page within a red and black decorative frame and eight full page illustrations on coated paper. 8vo publisher’s original green cloth the spine and upper cover lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt and black with the design of the famous caravelle sailing ship. 6 431pp. A fine and bright copy with only very light evidence of shelving or age clean and fresh. FIRST EDITION and a collection of twelve good stories including “The Ship that Found Herself†“The Devil and the Deep Sea†“William the Conquerer†“.007†“Bread Upon the Waters†“An Error in the Fourth Dimension†“The Brushwood Boy†and others. Includes some of the author’s best. Doubleday & McClure Co. hardcover
