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1903224704First edition first issue p. 56. Octavo. Original maroon gilt stamped cloth t.e.g. 38 publishers catalogue at end dated July 1903. Very good. Bookplate of Edward F. Burke on the front pastedown. Enclosed in a 1/2 red morocco slipcase with folding chemise. Methuen & Co. hardcover
1889613723Allahabad: Messers A. H. Wheeler & Co 1889. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 96pp. Rebound in early half red cloth and marbled paper covered boards. Original printed front wrapper affixed on front board. Rear wrap and ads lacking. Bookplate of Victor Scharrer on verso of titlepage small name stamp of a previous owner partly effaced on titlepage boards modestly rubbed and worn a pleasing very good copy. Issued in A. H. Wheeler & Co’s Indian Railway Library No. 4. Messers A. H. Wheeler & Co hardcover
1895498<p>Macmillan and Company. London. Set of two. The Jungle Book 1895 later printing/first printing. The Second Jungle Book 1895 first printing. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to spine and front boards. All edges gilt. Dark blue/green endpapers. Both show spines faded generalized shelf wear to boards former owener signature on flyleaf foxing throughout slight lean to spine ends of spine rubbed and hinges starting. see photos. Kipling's <em>The Jungle Book</em> and <em>The Second Jungle Book</em> are classic story collections set in the Indian wilderness. They primarily follow Mowgli a "man-cub" raised by wolves as he learns the Law of the Jungle from mentors like Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther. Beyond Mowgli's adventures the books include famous standalone tales like "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" blending moral fables with vivid depictions of nature. Numberous illustrations by J. L. Kipling W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. Each 5x7.5 in. 212pg/238 pg.</p> Macmillan and Company hardcover
2005314105London: Folio Society 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Philip Bannister. All five volumes Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase. Small crack on slipcase top corner. Crack held with tape on slipcase bottom corner. Light rubbing on slipcase rear panel. Folio Society hardcover
1901173148New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1901. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
31898Paris Mercure de France 30 août 1907 1915. 1 vol. 120 x 185 mm de 282 p. 2 f. et 8 p. de catalogue. Broché. Edition originale de la traduction par Louis Fabulet et Robert d'Humières. Exemplaire de remise en vente de 1915 couverture et page de titre mais avec le bon feuillet de l'achever d'imprimer de l'édition originale 1907. L'exemplaire de Maurice Genevoix avec son ex-libris manuscrit - acheté à Orléans à la librairie R. Houzé étiquette en 2e de couv. Plus encore que Jack London deux livres sont fondamentaux dans la formation du jeune Maurice Genevoix : L'Enfant des bois d'Élie Berthet qui l'invitera à de premières rêveries puis Le Livre de la jungle de Kipling. Il en donnera dans Trente mille jours p. 161-163 deux remarquables pages. Dans les quelques livres qu'il emporte pieusement à l'Ecole Normale Supérieure figure cet exemplaire après l'avoir déjà lu dans ses années de lycée interne à Orléans. « Pour la première fois je me voyais matriculé : numéro 4. On penserait à la vie militaire si l'on n'avait pas connu aussi aux premières années de ce siècle la vie d'un élève interne dans un lycée de préfecture française. Tout ce qu'évoque le mot « caserne » c'est là que je l'ai connu à 10 ans au lycée Pothier rue Jeanne d'Arc : un juriste une rue noble et froide droite et raide comme la justice tirée d'un rigoureux cordeau entre la rue Royale et la cathédrale Sainte-Croix. J'y ai pour consolation le goût très vif de la camaraderie et le prodigieux trésor qu'est la lecture » qui lui ouvre un autre univers. Jules Verne l'ennuie il s'enthousiasme pour Sans famille d'Hector Malot avant de se plonger dans London ou Kipling. in Maurice Genevoix Chemins de mémoire. Il l'aura pieusement conservé par la suite l'exemplaire dans sa bibliothèque d'adulte et y reviendra souvent dans son oeuvre ; il en donnera des années plus tard une longue causerie dans l'émission « Les Grandes conférences » de la RTF en septembre 1953. De la bibliothèque Maurice Genevoix ex-libris. Paris, Mercure de France, [(30 août) 1907] 1915. 1 vol. (120 x 185 mm) de 282 p., [2] f. et 8 p. de catalogue. Broché. unknown
1905960Z24Leeds: J. W. Bean & Son 1905. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A very scarce anthology of verse for children collected from the works of the most eminent poets and inscribed by Holbrook Jackson's brother. The first edition the paperback variant.A very scarce work.Inscribed by Holbrook Jackson's brother: 'To G.H. from J.C.J 9.5.05'. With an owner's stamp to the title page belonging to 'M. G. Jackson' a member of Jackson's family. The third published work of Holbrook Jackson an anthology of verse for children. A charming anthology compiled "with the idea of appealing to the capacity for wonder and delight in the things of daily life and the more real things of the imagination". Including selections of the poetical works of William Blake Rudyard Kipling William Morris Shakespeare Christina Rossetti Alfred Lord Tennyson and more as well as Holbrook himself.Compiled by the journalist writer and publisher George Holbrook Jackson. A noted journalist who worked for numerous magazines during his career Jackson is known as being one of the leading bibliophiles of his time. He founded in the Flying Fame Press alongside Ralph Hodgson and Claud Lovat Fraser and had a long association with English small presses.One page of adverts to the rear.Undated dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. In the publisher's original paper covers. Externally generally smart with slight sunning to the spine and extremities with loss to the head and tail of the spine with covers separating from the text block to the tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Owner's stamp to the title page. Very Good J. W. Bean & Son paperback
74253Allahabad: Messers. A. H. Wheeler and Co. and London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington Ltd. no date 1888-91. Strange Tales Octavos 21 x 14cm. 'Wheeler' pamphlets published in India at 1 Rupee or in the UK at 1 shilling. Mixed printings including TWO FIRST EDITIONS. Bound in the publisher's printed grey covers. Some dustiness and age-toning. Covers and spines rather chipped as usual some covers detached. 'Deodars' with ink ownership and cloth reinforced spine. Good only. Soldiers Three is 6th edition published by Sampson Low only remainder are English issues of the Indian edition; The Story of the Gadsbys no edition stated i.e. 1st; Under the Deodars 2nd edition; The Phantom 'Rickshaw no edition stated i.e. 1st; Wee Willie Winkie 10th edition. 'The Phantom Rickshaw' is a classic of 'the psychopathic state' and this tale along with 'The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes' originally titled 'The Village of the Dead' have been likened in manner to the weird tales of Edgar Allan Poe successfully re-created in a Simla rather than Gothic setting. This collection also includes the classic adventure 'The Man Who Would Be King' often cited as the best of the stories Kipling wrote in India or further as Kipling's masterpiece. 'In Black and White''s 'The Sending of Dana Da' is a 'miracle' tale being the first of Kipling's several short stories to use the elements of the supernatural and the psychic which was inspired by Madame Blavatsky and her 'occult phenomena'. Bleiler; Checklist of Fantastic Literature 243. Allahabad: Messers. A. H. Wheeler and Co., [and] London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington Ltd., no date [1888-91] unknown
190297907Macmillan and Co. London. 1902. Macmillan and Co. 1902. First edition. Large 8vo hardback illustrated in black and white on a maroon background. Spine faded but still very clear boards lightly spotted. Endpapers and margins of some pages foxed especially in areas near spine. Generally a clean and sound copy. Scarce in this condition. hardcover
1902QQ0441Macmillan and Co 1902. Original full red pictorial cloth stamped in black and white after Kipling's illustrations. White lettering and decor to spine. First impression first issue in the second issue binding with the more stable white ink used for lettering the first issue binding tended to be badly affected by flaking to the white ink. Mild sunning to spine. Moderate wear to base and top spine. Slight wear to board corners. White hardly rubbed. Top edges darkened. Very minor marking to rear board. Small 4to 18.3 x 24.1cm. Endpapers uncracked at gutters. Minor foxing and age-browning to endpapers. Minor pencil annots to rear endpaper. Printer's emblem to p. 251. Tiny owner's address label to inside front board old owner's signature to front free endpaper. With loose clipping of a collection of memorial tributes to Kipling from the Sunday Times 19 January 1936 Kipling had died on 18 January including a recollection from Pestonji Bomanji 1851-1938 a Mumbai-based Parsi artist who had studied at the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy School of Art under Kipling's father and knew Kipling himself as as a child. Bomanji here recalls Kipling coming into the modelling studio at the J.J. School of Art and inventing 'childish romances around the models of nymphs gnomes and gargoyles'. He was the inspiration for the Just So Story 'How the Rhinoceros got his Wrinkly Skin' in which a rhinoceros steals a cake from a Parsi 'from whose hat the rays of the sun were reflected in more-than-oriental splendour' and lives to regret it hence the mention in his recollection here: 'I never remember giving Rudyard a cake .'. Also included are 3 further loose inserts: 1 entry from a bookseller's catalogue entry for this edition not this copy; 2 slip of paper with child's drawing on one side and what seems to be an adult's record of a child's response to reading The Elephant's Child dated 1979 all in pencil; 3 newspaper cutting with pictures of a baby armadillo accompanying 'Beginning of the Armadillos'. With 22 full-page b/w illustrations and numerous vignettes all by Kipling himself who although he did not follow his father into painting clearly 'had a distinct gift' ODNB. The Just So Stories begun as bed-time stories for Kipling's daughter Josephine who died in 1899 were published serially from 1897 and in this book edition in 1902. They remain best-beloved classics of children's literature. Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edition 1st impression. Binding sound text unmarked. Binding sound text unmarked. Very Good. 249pp. Macmillan and Co Hardcover
192339989London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1923. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. xvi 344; vi 310 2 pp. Publisher's red cloth gilt lettered to the spines and with the regimental crest to the upper board top edges gilt dust jackets. 4 double page and 7 single page maps. Jacket spines browned and with a degree of wear and small losses to the extremities occasional wear and discolouration to the cloth more so to volume I else a decent set with the uncommon jackets. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown
1998KIPLINGR008213The Arion Press San Francisco. 1998. First edition thus. Introduction by Thomas Pinney. Octavo. 119 pages. Illustrations by Vincent Perez. Full canvas. Printed title-label label on upper cover and spine. Printed under the direction of Andrew Hoyem. "Zounds! Science fiction from 1905. Predicting aeronautics in the year 2000 to be primarily dirigible. Airplanes outmoded. Airships the main means of conveyance for passengers and freight. The mail airmail of course transported across the Atlantic overnight." - from the 8-page Prospectus which is present.One of 250 numbered copies signed by the artist.Fine in the original printed reinforced envelope which is creased. The Arion Press, San Francisco. unknown
1891832W43London: Ward Lock and Co. 1891 . First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6.5". Not stated. The first UK edition of Rudyard Kipling's first novel rebound in half calf from the original Lippincott's monthly magazine. The first UK edition of The Light That Failed by Rudyard Kipling in half calf binding. From the original Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Dated January 1891. First published in the US in 1890. Rebound in leather. Includes the other works published in this issue as originally printed. Includes nine other works by various authors.The Lippincott's Monthly Magazine was an American based magazine and published original works many of which became literary successes. Alongside Kipling Lippincott's published Anthony Trollope Oscar Wilde and more. This is Nobel-Prize award winning English author Rudyard Kipling's first novel. In half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally very smart. There is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities which has resulted in some slight wear to the leather in these areas. The front hinge is slightly strained. The pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot. Very Good Indeed Ward, Lock and Co. hardcover
1926241113Garden City New York: Doubleday Page and Company 1926. 1st. Hardback. Good. Donald Maxwell. Signed. Signed limited first edition hardback 58/150 1926 with no jacket or slipcase. In overall good used condition with some signs of age handling and storage - grey paper-covered boards with cream vellum spine rubbed to edges with slight stain to front upper right-hand corner the spine tanned brittle and chipped. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean no annotation or inscriptions; page-ends slightly toned and cockled but text and tipped-in illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book. Doubleday, Page and Company hardcover
1896ST19567-086London: Methuen and Co 1896. First British Edition. 185 x 120 mm. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4". xv iii 230 pp. <br/> VERY ATTRACTIVE SCARLET POLISHED CALF GILT BY FROST stamp-signed on front flyleaf covers with double fillet border raised bands spine compartments with antique scrolling cornerpieces and centerpiece green and maroon morocco labels richly gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Engraved title page. Stewart 140; Livingston 131; Martindell 59. A group of seven leaves lightly foxed otherwise a virtually mint copy inside and out the decorative binding exceptionally bright.<br/> <br/> This is a very pleasing copy in quite an attractive leather binding of a collection of 51 Kipling poems including "Song of the English" "The Rhyme of the Three Sealers" and "The Story of Ung." Day writes that "people uninterested in poetry 'qua' poetry were thrilled by the splendor and spread of empire as glorified in this work. Kipling's Toryism made the mediocre Alfred Austin the poet laureate in 1896 but Kipling was the unofficial laureate of the British empire." One of Britain's best-known writers Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 is most famous for his works portraying the lives of the native population and colonialists on the Indian subcontinent. He was born in Bombay where his father ran an art school and he lived in India until the age of six. He was sent to school in England but chose to return to the East at 18. He proved to be a prolific author writing novels tales for children and adults and many poems. Kipling's wife was American and they lived for a time in Vermont but from 1896 the couple settled in England. Among his many honors are a Nobel Prize 1907 and the Gold Medal of the Royal Society of Literature 1926 which had previously only been awarded to Scott Meredith and Hardy. Copies of the present book are easy to find but they are not so readily available in reasonably priced pretty bindings like the one offered here. Methuen and Co unknown
196747588DISNEYLAND 1967. 1. LP. Dschungelbücher Die Nur Sondisko! DISNEYLAND unknown
1901989F29London: Macmillan and Co 1901 . First edition. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 6". Not Stated. Holbrook Jackson's first edition copy of this classic spy novel by Rudyard Kipling with a loosely inserted very scarce copy of Parish's account of Kipling's sister's visit to his home 'Mrs. Fleming's Visit'. The first edition first impression. This first UK edition was actually published one day after its release in the US.This spy novel was written by short story pioneer and classic author of children's fiction Rudyard Kipling who is known as a pioneer for the short story form and a classic author of children's fiction. 'Kim' was originally published as a serial in McClure's Magazine between 1900 and 1901; the story takes place against the backdrop of the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia.Illustrated with a frontispiece - retaining the original tissue guard - and nine plates. Collated complete.With a publisher's advertisement leaf to the rear.Loosely inserted is the very scarce first edition of C. W. Parish's 1945 short work 'Mrs Fleming's Visit' which details Kipling's sister Ann's 1945 visit to his home Bateman's in Burwash. With two postcards of the home also present.With the inscription 'Holbrook Jackson Liverpool 1944' to the head of the front free endpaper. Journalist writer and publisher George Holbrook Jackson. A noted journalist who worked for numerous magazines during his career Jackson is known as being one of the leading bibliophiles of his time. He founded in the Flying Fame Press alongside Ralph Hodgson and Claud Lovat Fraser and had a long association with English small presses. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Joints starting with boards a touch tender. A touch of fraying to back strip head and tail. Inscription to front free endpaper head. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean with the odd spot. 'Fleming's Visit' in fine condition. Good Macmillan and Co hardcover
19101013W19London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1910. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Frank Craig. A first edition of Kipling's remarkable collection of stories and poems including 'If-'. A first edition bound in original red cloth with smart gilt motif to the front board and gilt top edge. Featuring four monochrome plates. Collated complete. A fantasy work compiling numerous short stories by English journalist novelist poet and short story writer Rudyard Kipling most known for his Jungle Book duology. Each story within is bracketed by a poem including the first publication appearance of Kipling's well-known work 'If-'. Also featuring Cold Iron and The Way Through the Woods. Illustrated by British painter and art teacher Frank Craig. Bound in original red cloth. Externally very smart. Mild rubbing to extremities. Moderate rubbing and bumping to head and tail. Moderate fading and marks to spine. Rear hinge starting but firm. Significant age toning to free endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Moderate strain between pp.112-113. Pages generally bright and clean. Very Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1921895Z20New York : Doubleday Page & Company 1921. First edition. Hardback. Very Good Indeed/Good. 7" by 4.5". None. The first edition of this very scarce transcribed speech by Rudyard Kipling in the original binding and the original glassine dust wrapper. The first edition. Very scarce. In the original quarter paper vellum hardback with the original vanishingly scarce glassine dust wrapper. This work features a transcribed speech by the popular author and poet Rudyard Kipling. This speech was delivered at the Royal Society of St. George on St. George's Day in 1920 and discusses what makes a true Englishman. Kipling mentions the popular author Daniel Defoe the author of 'Robinson Crusoe' and his pamphlet 'The True Born Englishman'.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. In the publisher's original quarter paper vellum hardback with the original glassine dust wrapper. Externally very smart with fading to the spine slight marks and shelf wear. Offsetting to the endpapers. Glassine wrap is generally smart with marks fading to the spine closed tears and loss to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned and clean pages. Very Good Indeed Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1916BIBLIO-58769Doubleday Page & Company Garden City first editions 1916. Editions of 70 copies. 4 vols printed wrappers. A complete set of the true first editions of these four articles these American copyright issues preceding the newspaper publication in The Daily Telegraph and The New York Times in October 1916. Here the articles are simply titled Destroyers at Jutland I -IV; in the newspapers they were given titles as follows: Stories of the Battle"; The Night Hunt The Meaning of 'Joss' and The Minds of Men. Kipling's accounts are chiefly concerned with "destroyer actions on the 31st May and 1st June: mostly but not entirely of the confused night-fighting after the engagements between the two main battle-fleets" Alastair Wilson on the Kipling Society website. He opens: "THERE was much destroyer-work in the Battle of Jutland. The actual battle field may not have been more than twenty thousand square miles but the incidental patrols from first to last must have covered many times that area. Doubtless the next generation will comb out every detail of it. All we need remember is there were many squadrons of battleships and cruisers engaged over the face of the North Sea and that they were accompanied in their dread comings and goings by multitudes of destroyers who attacked the enemy both by day and by night from the afternoon of May 31 to the morning of June 1 1916." Three of the pamphlets contain one of Kipling's poems the first being the very poignant "Have you news of my boy Jack". Near Fine set in a chemise and somewhat worn leather-backed slipcase. Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, first editions, 1916 hardcover
1919006650LONDON: HODDER AND STOUGHTON 1919. FIRST THUS. . LEATHER. Near Fine/NoNE. N/A. A BEAUTIFUL 3 VOLUME SET BOUND BY SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE BOUND IN 3/4 LEATHER WITH PEACOCK PATTERN BOARDS 5 RING SPINE WITH 1919 AT THE BOTTOM GREAT PEACOCK ENDPAPERS CLEAN BRIGHT VELLUM PAGES UNMARKED TOP OF TEXTBLOCK IS GILT AS IS THE PERFECT LETTERING SOME LIGHT RUBBING ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SPINE OTHERWISE NICE IN ALL WAYS A ONE OF A KIND 3 VOLUME SET IPHONE PHOTOS AVAILABLE <br/> <br/> HODDER AND STOUGHTON hardcover
1901122738New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1901. First edition with the chapter-heading rhymes for only chapters VII and VIII as called of what many consider Kipling's masterpiece. Octavo original cloth embossed black and gilt to the front panel gilt titles to the spine illustrated. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. 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." 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. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1941012634Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Company 1941. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Fijian edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 128 pages. The title page has the date 1941 the front cover has the date 1942. This is the First Jungle Book ai matai. We have only located one copy of this ediiton. It is in the State Library of New South Wales. Australasian Medical Publishing Company Paperback
188962188Calcutta: Thacker Spink and Co. London: W. Thacker and Co 1889. Second edition with "Kidnapper" reading on contents page. 1 vols. 8vo. Original olive green cloth with ornamental bands at top and bottom of front cover spine lettered in gilt upper cover lettered in black rubbed some fraying and soiling squash endpapers some light spotting and browning generally marginal 32 pages publisher's advertisements at back dated December 1889. Second edition with "Kidnapper" reading on contents page. 1 vols. 8vo. Richards 22; Stewart 18; Livingston 24 Thacker, Spink and Co., London: W. Thacker and Co unknown
1914151124London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1914. The Bombay Edition of Kipling's collection of historical fantasy tales. Octavo bound in three quarters morocco over cloth covered boards by Morrell with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels top edge gilt marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. Set in multiple periods of English history Kipling's Puck stories are each narrated to two children living near Burwash in the High Weald of Sussex in the area of Kipling's own house Bateman's by people magically plucked out of history by the elf Puck or told by Puck himself. Puck who refers to himself as "the oldest Old Thing in England" is better known as a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. The genres of the stories range from authentic historical novella A Centurion of the Thirtieth On the Great Wall to children's fantasy Dymchurch Flit. Each story is bracketed by a poem which relates in some manner to the theme or subject of the story. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover