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1932WRCLIT41578London: Macmillan and Co. 1932. Gilt red cloth. First edition. Spine a shade darkened otherwise a near fine copy in crisp dust jacket disfigured by a dark discoloration at upper portion of spine panel mirrored on the verso. RICHARDS A402. STEWART 588. Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
1932120680Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company 1932. First American edition of the Kipling's final collection of stories and poems. Octavo original publisher's decorated cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Published shortly after the death of his only son Rudyard Kipling's Limits and Renewals contains ten unpublished stories and nineteen poems including: Dayspring Mishandled The Church that was at Antioch The Woman in His Life Fairy-Kist The Manner of Men The Tender Achilles The Disciple and Song of Seventy Horses. Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover books
1900TB30613London: Macmillan And Co. Ltd. 1900. Reprint of 1900. Very good in 3/4 red calk and pink cloth covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with two black leather labels with gilt text and gilt decorations in the compartments. The end sheets are marbled paper and the top edge of the text block is gilt. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 5 inches with the leather worn through over the tips of the boards and the leather is rubbed at the head and heel of the spine. 172 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 20 plates and small engraved vignettes at the head of each story. A collection of seven short stories including: With The Main Guard The Drums of the Fore and Aft The Man Who Was The Courting of Dinah Shadd The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney The Taking of Lungungpen and The Madness of Private Ortheris. Macmillan And Co., Ltd. hardcover books
19731336188Norwalk: Easton Press 1973. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; 375 pages; VG-; bound in fine Black genuine leather with gilt text; gilt textblock; silk endpapers silk bookmark; minor shelfwear; unused bookplate inside; Shelved in Easton Press. 1336188. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Easton Press hardcover books
1973WRCLIT73046Avon CT: Limited Editions Club 1973. Thick small quarto. Gilt cloth. Illustrations by Charles Raymond. Selected by Bergnard Bergonzi. One of 2000 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. Fine in glassine and faintly bumped slipcase with newsletter laid in. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1898WB18281London: Macmillan 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. Original blue gilt stamped cloth. Early reprint from October 1898 one month after the first printing. Signature of Lady Emily Tournour to title. Book label of Lord Winterton to top of front pastedown. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
1891WB18282London: Macmillan 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Original blue gilt stamped cloth. Spine leaning otherwise a decent copy. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
1896WRCLIT41733New York: D. Appleton 1896. Orange-brown cloth decorated in gilt t.e.g. others untrimmed. First trade edition following the copyright printing and preceding the UK edition. Ink gift inscription in year of publication and another on front free endsheet adhesive booklabel of a noted Kipling collector relevant clippings affixed to pastedowns and one less relevant in margin of p. 122 spine a trace dull otherwise externally bright and fresh. STEWART 139. RICHARDS A92. D. Appleton hardcover books
1919D12695London: Methuen 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Publisher's mauve cloth gilt-stamped lettering on spine; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. xiii 1 157 1 colophon 32 ads; unopened text block. Spine tips lightly rubbed else fine. Dust jacket lightly wrinkled along the edges; lightly chipped at spine tips and corners; spine somewhat tanned; VG in mylar. Stewart 434. Has "IK/2/19" on p. 32 of ads as called for. <br/><br/> Methuen hardcover books
1904WRCLIT40883London: Macmillan 1904. Gilt cloth t.e.g. First British edition uncorrected '35.8.04' state of the ads. Bookplate endsheets foxed extremities rubbed a good sound copy. STEWART 295. RICHARDS A198. Macmillan hardcover books
1923WRCLIT63649London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1923. Gilt cloth. Frontispiece caricature fifty- one plates. The much enlarged second edition limited to 700 copies. Sewing strained between pp. 112-113 shelf wear at toe of spine else a very good copy lacking the dust jacket. John Lane The Bodley Head hardcover books
189917548New York: Doubleday & McClure Company 1899. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo's. Two volume set. Uniform green cloth bindings stamped in darker green on front panel and with gilt stamped lettering to spines. Handsome bookplates afixed to the inside front pastedown of each volume. Both volumes in clean very good condition. First states with correct points noted in Volume II. A handsome set. Travel writings. <br/><br/> Doubleday & McClure Company hardcover books
193268352London: Macmillan and Co. Very Good. 1932. Hardcover. 400 pages. Red boards with gilt stamping. The spine ends and corners are slightly bumped. Otherwise this is a clean nice copy. Very good in a nice dust jacket. . Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
189167772New York: Lovell Coryell & Company. Good. 1891. Hardcover. 268 pages 7 1/2" x 5" maroon cloth covers bevelled edges gilt printing. The covers show some very light scuffing with rubbed spine ends and corners. This appears to be an ex-library copy but with minimal marks- library stamps on the front and rear paste downs as well as on the bottom of pages 101. The contents are slighlty toned and the hinges are tender- otherwise this is a complete Good copy. . Lovell, Coryell & Company hardcover books
191928354London: Methuen and Co 1919. First edition small 8vo pp. xii 159 1 32-p. publisher's catalogue; very good copy in original maroon cloth gilt-lettered spine t.e.g. red cloth chemise. Livingston 442. <br/><br/> Methuen and Co hardcover books
19501299252New York: Modern Library Books 1950. 1st Modern Library edition. Hardcover. 12 mo. VG/VG DJ. Yellow spine with black and brown text/title; dustjacket is clean with mild edgewear; boards are strong and clean; binding is strong; textblock is clean. Pp. 345. 1299252. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Modern Library Books hardcover books
19211312346Garden City NY and Toronto: Doubleday Page & Company 1921. Hardcover. 12mo; unpaginated; Good condition hardcover; 1/4 beige spine without text; grayish green boards shows moderate wear to exterior; gilt text to front; some age toning to spine; light wear to edges; text block has deckled fore edge; some age toning to interior; previous owner's plate to ffep<br /> <br /> <p>NOTE: Shelved in 15's ephemera box 5 in Netdesk office. 1312346. FP New Rockville Stock. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
1928WRCLIT72348London: Macmillan 1928. Gilt red cloth t.e.g. First collective edition including a number of war-related items. Bookplate on pastedown crown of spine faintly frayed otherwise very good and bright in dust jacket with shallow loss at crown of spine. RICHARDS A372. STEWART 536. Macmillan hardcover books
1898WRCLIT55395London & New York: Macmillan 1898. Pictorial wrappers. First edition wrapperbound issue. A few stray marks to lower wrapper extreme fore-tips of upper wrapper a bit creased and nicked otherwise an unusually nice copy near fine. This copy is printed on laid paper. RICHARDS A117. STEWART 191. Macmillan unknown books
1924WRCLIT83945Chicago: American Crossarm & Conduit Co. 1924. Small folded leaflet 17.5 x 11.5 cm with facsimile of the letter printed on top panel. Laid into oversize printed wrapper 23.5 x 15cm. Fine but without the original mailing envelope. First unauthorized printing one of 200 copies prepared for private distribution by the owner of the original letter William M. Carpenter. RICHARDS B/31. STEWART 738. American Crossarm & Conduit Co. unknown books
1909120904New York: B. W. Dodge and Company 1909. First unauthorized edition second issue of Kipling's 1909 short story collection with red lettering to the spine and front panel. Octavo original publisher's decorated cloth with the titles stamped in red. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. 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. Published in this unauthorized or pirated edition months before the authorized edition was approved by Kipling and published 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. B. W. Dodge and Company hardcover books
1935121476London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1935. First edition of the collected Puck stories. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles and vignettes to the spine and front panel illustrated by H. R. Millar and Charles E. Brock frontispiece in color. In very good condition. Ownership inscription. 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 books
1893123061London: Macmillan and Co. 1893. First English edition of this collection of Kipling's poems and tales. 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
1918121064Garden City: Doubleday Page & Company 1918. First edition first state of this collection of stories presented as letters from Indian and Afghan soldiers which first appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in May and June 1917. With "recuiting depot" on p. 78 line 1. Octavo original half 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. Presented as an anthology of letters from Indian and Afghan soldiers Kipling's The Eyes of Asia contains A Retired Gentleman The Fumes of the Heart The Private Account and A Trooper of Horse. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
1963133862New Britain CT: Elihu Burritt Library 1963. stiff paper wrappers. Miniature Books. Miniature Book 6.1 by 5.5 cm. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Bradbury REM Miniatures 2. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Preface by Robert E. Massmann table of comments. Typography by Massmann. Pages French-fold. Kipling's works selected by C. Donald Plomer. Elihu Burritt Library unknown books