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1926333318Cleveland: Rowfant Club 1926. First edition no. 74 of 176 copies printed by Bruce Rogers. Title-page vignette headpieces and tailpieces. vi 13 1 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Original marbled boards in slipcase and wrapper. Page one with a small area of soiling in the outer margin else fin. Minor wear to the slipcase. First edition no. 74 of 176 copies printed by Bruce Rogers. Title-page vignette headpieces and tailpieces. vi 13 1 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Livingston 504 Rowfant Club unknown
189681072New York:: D. Appleton and Company 1896. First edition after the American copyright edition known in six copies. publisher's decorated cloth in dust jacket. A bright very near fine copy in the extremely scarce jacket which is slightly tannedwith a some shallow chipping to the front panel and backstrip and a larger 1/2" chip to the unprinted rear panel. 8vo. D. Appleton and Company, hardcover
189720427London: Macmillan and Co 1897. Full leather. Very Good . I.W. Taber. The 1897 true 1st edition beautifully bound in full green morocco by Bayntun of Bath England. Bright and VG with very light fading --and a touch of light staining-- at the lower front panel and just a bit of very mild spotting to the rear panel. 5 raised bands lovely gilt-tooling within the compartments. 12mo all edges gilt nicely illustrated throughout by I.W. Taber. Macmillan and Co unknown
068602Paris: Societe Dv Mercvre de France no date. Hardcover. Very Good. Beautifully rebound French translation of The Jungle Book. Either a first or early French translation. The translation is by Louis Fabulet and Robert d'Humieres. The half title page contains inscriptions by both translators to Charles Fountaine Walker whose book plate is in the front of the book. In the front four blank pages of the book there is a lengthy four page inscription to Charles dated Nov. 23 1899 signed Louis. Charles Fountaine Walker translated with Fabulet two other Kipling books: Captains Courageous and Kim.<br> The binding is beautiful leather with an Art Nouveau styled gilt decoration. The binding was done by the Guild of Women Binders and is signed in small letters at the bottom of the inside of the front cover.<br> 78-2982<br> The two leaves holding the four page inscription are mostly loose - barely holding. Cracked hinge at half title page but the text block is hold firmly. There is a whitish line of discoloration on the front and back see image. Societe Dv Mercvre de France hardcover
18886471A. H. Wheeler & Co 1888. First Indian Edition. First Indian edition. Measuring approximately 8.5" x 5.5" with 104 numbered pages. <br /> <br /> This book is in fair condition. Old restoration to the front cover. Heavy wear and staining to the extremities. Interior pages are moderately stained. <br /> <br /> Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.<br /> <br /> Inventory #M9-7. A. H. Wheeler & Co unknown
1926WRCLIT61920Garden City: Doubleday 1926. Large quarto. Parchment and boards t.e.g. Color plates. A few patches of very faint foxing to spine otherwise a fine copy without slipcase. First American edition limited issue. One of 150 numbered copies specially printed and bound and signed by the author. REILLY WWI p.190. RICHARDS A366n. STEWART 525n. Doubleday hardcover books
1902017462Macmillan And Co 1902. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fine Copy In The Red Decorative Cloth First Issue. 1902 First Edition. Offset To Front Blank. Ownership Inscription.The Author's Classic Children's Book. Macmillan And Co Hardcover
1909121058New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1909. First authorized edition of Kipling's 1909 short story collection with the author's note noting Dodge's previously unauthorized edition "issued without my knowledge or sanction". Octavo original publisher's decorated dark green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition with the scarce publisher's wrap around band present. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard 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. First published in an unauthorized edition by B. W. Dodge and Co. months before this authorized edition was approved by Kipling Abaft the Funnel includes such short stories as The Fallen Idol The Shadow of His Hand The Three Young Men A Death in the Camp and Chautauquaed. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
1909122341New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1909. First authorized edition of Kipling's 1909 short story collection with the author's note noting Dodge's previously unauthorized edition "issued without my knowledge or sanction". Octavo original publisher's decorated cloth. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard 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. First published in an unauthorized edition by B. W. Dodge and Co. months before this authorized edition was approved by Kipling Abaft the Funnel includes such short stories as The Fallen Idol The Shadow of His Hand The Three Young Men A Death in the Camp and Chautauquaed. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
1897120712London: Macmillan 1897. First edition<i> </i>of Kipling's richly detailed tale of American deep-sea fishing with <span class="glossaryQtip qTip">frontispiece</span> and 21 illustrations by I.W. Taber. Octavo original blue cloth elegantly stamped in gilt.<i> </i>In near fine condition with light shelfwear. An exceptional example. Like his two Jungle Books Kipling wrote this morality tale of life aboard a New England fishing boat while living near Brattleboro Vermont his wife's hometown. The book thus contains "something of his feelings about America--both his affection and his irritation" Carpenter & Prichard 296. "This is the only book of Kipling's which is set entirely in America. All the characters are American. Not only that but the heart of the book--its moral in a single sentence--is one of Kipling's main beliefs of this period expressed in terms essentially American or perhaps more particularly New England. He put it later in verse: 'And the Gods of the Copy-book Maxims said: 'If you don't work you will die!' It is a saga of hard physical work in conflict with natural forces. It is a book which could hardly have been written by anyone who did not admire Huckleberry Finn; it is a book whose claim to survival rests mainly on detail and it is all American detail" Mason 119. Macmillan hardcover books
1915017092Burwash Sussex England: Not published 1915. Autograph. Very good condition. Unbound. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 12mo. A small note on Burwash Etchingham Bateman's stationery which is moderately toned. Dated Jan 9 1915 and written entirley in ink in Kipling's hand to his Doctor is an odd note that reads: "Dear Dr. Curteis. I shall be obliged if you will example examine for albumen sample of urine sent herewith let me have the result by this evening very sincerely signed Rudyard Kipling." Taped to the back of the frame is an original transmittal envelope upon which Kipling has written "Dr. Curteiss: Burwash." Dr. Arthur William Statter Curties in medical dictionary was referred by RK as Curteis and was his physician for many years. Not published Paperback books
1891124119Allahabad: A. H. Wheeler & Co 1891. Rare first edition of this collection of letters published without Kipling's permission and so quickly suppressed. Octavo original publisher's decorated cloth. One of one thousand copies many of which were destroyed at Kipling's behest. In near fine condition. Ownership stamp. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. 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. A. H. Wheeler & Co hardcover books
1888122301Calcutta: Thacker Spink and Co 1888. First edition of this collection of Kipling tales. Octavo original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition. Bookplate ownership inscriptions. 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. Thacker, Spink and Co hardcover books
1894RK062London: Macmillan and Co. 1894 First edition first printing. Illustrated by John Lockwood Kipling William Henry Drake and Paul Frenzeny. Original publisher's navy cloth spine lettered in gilt pictorial jungle images based on artwork by the author's father John Lockwood Kipling stamped to the front board in gilt all edges gilt green coated endpapers. A good copy with wear moderate wear and rubbing to the spine spine ends frayed corners worn lean to spine; internally ownership blindstamp to first blank spine cracked at pages 128/129. Overall a good presentable copy in the original publisher's cloth. The Jungle Book is a collection of short stories and verses the most famous of which relate to the feral child protagonist Mowgli a "man cub." While they can be read independently of each other each chapter serves as a fable using animal figures to provide a moral lesson. In each volume the short stories are both preceded and followed by poems or songs including the notable "Mowgli's Song" and "The Law of the Jungle." The Jungle Books based on the author's childhood and later work experience in British India are indicative of Western Orientalist ideology at the turn of the 20th century which is somewhat softened by Kipling's fondness for his former home. Both Jungle Books are illustrated by the author's father John Lockwood Kipling who was a practicing illustrator and art professor in Bombay. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. London: Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
1900120640Santiago: Hume & Co 1900. First edition of this unauthorized collection of seven Kipling poems and two articles. Octavo original wrappers. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase. Rare. Published in 1900 this unauthorized collection of seven Kipling poems includes A Song of the White Men With Number Three Surgical and Medical Auld Lang Syne Pharaoh and the Sergeant Kitchener's School White Horses and The Absent-Minded Beggar. Hume & Co unknown books
9219Robinson W. Heath. Robinson W. Heathillus. A SONG OF THE ENGLISH by Rudyard Kipling. Hodder & Stoughton London 1909. De Luxe Limited Edition of 500 copies signed by Robinson. 4to. gold-decorated pictorial vellum t.e.g. pages untrimmed unpaginated 30 tipped-on tissue-guarded color plates numerous in-text illustrations in black-and-white. Very Good to Near Fine with the vellum slightly bowed the silk ties lacking one present but detached a small stain on the rear board minor light soiling bookplate of Walter Horridge on the front paste-down lightly offset onto the front free endpaper. hardcover
1909122341New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1909. First authorized edition of Kipling’s 1909 short story collection with the author's note noting Dodge's previously unauthorized edition "issued without my knowledge or sanction". Octavo original publisher's decorated cloth. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard 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. First published in an unauthorized edition by B. W. Dodge and Co. months before this authorized edition was approved by Kipling Abaft the Funnel includes such short stories as The Fallen Idol The Shadow of His Hand The Three Young Men A Death in the Camp and Chautauquaed. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1901134755London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1901. First English edition of what many consider Kipling’s masterpiece. Octavo original cloth. Illustrated with photographs of clay reliefs by John Lockwood Kipling including tissue-guarded frontispiece two pages of advertisements at rear. In near fine condition. An exceptional example. Kim unfolds against the backdrop of The Great Game the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia. The novel made the term "Great Game" popular and introduced the theme of great power rivalry and intrigue. It is set after the Second Afghan War which ended in 1881 but before the Third probably in the period 1893 to 1898. The novel is notable for its detailed portrait of the people culture and varied religions of India. "The book presents a vivid picture of India its teeming populations religions and superstitions and the life of the bazaars and the road." Considered by many to be Kipling's masterpiece opinion appears varied about its consideration as children's literature or not. Roger Sale in his history of children's literature concludes "Kim is the apotheosis of the Victorian cult of childhood but it shines now as bright as ever long after the Empire's collapse." It was the basis for the 1950 film starring Errol Flynn Dean Stockwell and Paul Lukas. Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2003 the book was listed on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novel." Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1891124119Allahabad: A. H. Wheeler & Co 1891. Rare first edition of this collection of letters published without Kipling's permission and so quickly suppressed. Octavo original publisher's decorated cloth. One of one thousand copies many of which were destroyed at Kipling's behest. In near fine condition. Ownership stamp. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. 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. A. H. Wheeler & Co hardcover
1898123595Boston: The Youth's Companion 1898. Rare collection of Kipling first appearances including the first appearance of The Burning of the Sarah Sands An English School and My Personal Experience With a Lion. Quarto. Housed in a custom folder. In near fine 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. The Youth's Companion unknown
1900120640Santiago: Hume & Co 1900. First edition of this unauthorized collection of seven Kipling poems and two articles. Octavo original wrappers. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase. Rare. Published in 1900 this unauthorized collection of seven Kipling poems includes A Song of the White Men With Number Three Surgical and Medical Auld Lang Syne Pharaoh and the Sergeant Kitchener's School White Horses and The Absent-Minded Beggar. Hume & Co unknown
189410862THE JUNGLE BOOK Century 1894 first American edition a tight bright vg copy in the publishers original gold-gilt pictorial binding. As new facsimile dust-wrapper is available for a modest fee. Please inquire if interested. Thank you. Century unknown
18921206041892. Scarce unauthorized edition of perhaps Kipling's most popular poetry collection. Octavo original wrappers. In very good condition. This collection was so popular upon publication in 1892 it was pirated in a small number of unauthorized editions which were sold on the streets of London and quickly suppressed. Housed in a custom chemise case. Scarce. In the short span of four years English author Rudyard Kipling produced in addition to the Jungle Books a collection of short stories The Day's Work a novel Captains Courageous and a profusion of poetry including the volume The Seven Seas. The collection of Barrack-Room Ballads was issued in March 1892 first published individually for the most part in 1890 and containing his poems "Mandalay" and "Gunga Din". unknown books
1932197705New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1932. 1932. Japan vellum edition. 8vo. Frontispiece photograph by G.L. Manuel Paris. 3/4 navy blue morocco gilt elephant and floral designs on the spine t.e.g. uncut. Fine fresh. No signatures or bookplates. #75/204 numbered copies signed by Kipling on the limitation page. Signed by Authors. F. Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. hardcover books
51280Frankfurt a. M.: Posev 1946. Octavo 22 à 16 cm. Original pictorial wrappers on light blue stock; 176 pp. Cover one full-page and forty-two smaller illustrations by N. Niko. Small handwritten annotation to spine; else very good. Russian translation of selections from Kipling's famous children's book published for children in the Russian Displaced Person DP community in post-war Germany. From the series Biblioteka iunogo chitatelia The young reader's library. Translated by N. N. S. G. Zaimovskii and illustrated with drawings by N. Niko the most prolific Russian DP artist whose life and work remain almost completely undocumented. Early publication by the Posev publishing house which began its operation in 1945 at the DP camp of Mönchehof Germany. Posev was an anti-communist publishing house run by the National Alliance of Russian Solidarists NTS. It published a variety of materials much of it political and anti-Soviet but also works of high literature and tamizdat smuggled out of the USSR. <br/><br/>Rare; as of April 2021 KVK OCLC show copies at the British Library Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Leeds UNC Chapel Hill and Kansas. unknown books