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191946237London: Hodder & Stoughton 1919. Three volumes limited edition no. 85 of 100 sets with each volume signed by Kipling 8vo. Endpapers foxed fly leaf replaced in volume I. Publisher's full vellum recently recased some marks and soiling. Martindell 170. London: Hodder & Stoughton unknown
19024167London: Macmillan 1902. First Edition. Good. 8vo. vi 252 pp. Original publisher's cloth somwhat worn front hinge cracked. Pastedowns and endleaves opposite with foxing as commonly. Half-morocco case front cover with reproduction of the original cloth design printed on paper. ONE OF THE MOST ENDEARING CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF ALL TIME "Just So Stories" features 22 illustrations by Rudyard Kipling himself who also designed the covers. FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE with the date 1902 printed on the title-page FIRST IMPRESSION with the printer's mark on p. 251. <br /> <br /> "The 'Just So Stories' began as bedtime stories told by Kipling to his daughter Effie. When the first three were published in a children's magazine a year before her death Kipling explained: 'In the evening there were stories meant to put Effie to sleep and you were not allowed to alter those by one single little word. They had to be told just so; or Effie would wake up and put back the missing sentence. So at last they came to be like charms all three of them - the whale tale the camel tale and the rhinoceros tale.'<br /> <br /> "Nine of the thirteen 'Just So Stories' tell how particular animals were modified from their original forms to their current forms by the acts of human beings or magical beings. For example the Whale has a tiny throat because he swallowed a mariner who tied a raft inside to block the whale from swallowing other men. The Camel has a hump given to him by a djinn as punishment for the camel's refusing to work the hump allows the camel to work longer between times of eating. The Leopard's spots were painted by an Ethiopian after the Ethiopian painted himself black. The Kangaroo gets its powerful hind legs long tail and hopping gait after being chased all day by a dingo sent by a minor god responding to the Kangaroo's request to be made different from all other animals." <br /> <br /> Our favorite remains "The Cat that Walked by Himself" which as a statement of individuality was profoundly influential to us. So it begins:<br /> <br /> "Hear and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was O my Best Beloved when the Tame animals were wild. The Dog was wild and the Horse was wild and the Cow was wild and the Sheep was wild and the Pig was wild-as wild as wild could be-and they walked in the Wet Wild Woods by their wild lones. But the wildest of all the wild animals was the Cat. He walked by himself and all places were alike to him.<br /> <br /> "Of course the Man was wild too. He was dreadfully wild. He didn't even begin to be tame till he met the Woman and she told him that she did not like living in his wild ways. She picked out a nice dry Cave instead of a heap of wet leaves to lie down in; and she strewed clean sand on the floor; and she lit a nice fire of wood at the back of the Cave; and she hung a dried wild-horse skin tail-down across the opening of the Cave; and she said 'Wipe your feet dear when you come in and now we'll keep house.'"<br /> <br /> CONTENTS:<br /> <br /> 1. How the Whale Got His Throat - why the larger whales eat only small prey.<br /> 2. How the Camel Got His Hump - how the idle camel was punished and given a hump.<br /> 3. How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin - why rhinos have folds in their skin and bad tempers.<br /> 4. How the Leopard Got His Spots - why leopards have spots.<br /> 5. The Elephant's Child/How the Elephant Got His Trunk - how the elephant's trunk became long.<br /> 6. The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo - how the kangaroo assumed long legs and tail.<br /> 7. The Beginning of the Armadillos - how a hedgehog and tortoise transformed into the first armadillos.<br /> 8. How the First Letter Was Written - introduces the only characters who appear in more than one story: a family of cave-people called Tegumai Bopsulai the father Teshumai Tewindrow the mother and Taffimai Metallumai shortened to Taffy the daughter and explains how Taffy delivered a picture message to her mother.<br /> 9. How the Alphabet Was Made - tells how Taffy and her father invent an alphabet.<br /> 10. The Crab that Played with the Sea - explains the ebb and flow of the tides as well as how the crab changed from a huge animal into a small one.<br /> 11. The Cat that Walked by Himself - explains how man domesticated all the wild animals even the cat which insisted on greater independence.<br /> 12. The Butterfly that Stamped - how Solomon saved the pride of a butterfly and the Queen of Sheba used this to prevent his wives scolding him.<br /> <br /> WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF H. BUXTON FORMAN his posthumous sale at Anderson Galleries 27 April 1920 lot 582. Forman was not only an important book collector and bibliographer he was a conspirator with T.J. Wise of the infamous series of "creatively forged" pamphlets that were described by Carter and Pollard in their jaw-dropping account entitled "An Enquiry Into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth-Century Pamphlets" 1934. Forman's own nefarious activities predated his conspiracies with Wise. Forman died in 1917 before his participation in the scheme was fully understood. After the "Enquiry" was published Wise blamed Forman for everything; see Nicholas Barker and John Collins "Sequel to an Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets by John Carter and Graham Pollard: The Forgeries of H. Buxton Forman & T.J. Wise" 1992. Macmillan unknown
1938CNSZ08London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1938. Hardcover. Very good. Volumes I through XXVI and Volume XXVIII quarto size approx. 6650 total pages signed by Rudyard Kipling in Volume I. Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 is perhaps best known today for "The Jungle Book" however he was prolific with a list almost too long to count of novels short stories poems and travel literature. In 1907 at the age of 41 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature the first English language writer to receive the award and the youngest recipient to date n.b. above information from Wiki. <br /> <br /> This set of his works "The Bombay Edition" has Kipling's signature in the first volume and is printed on paper especially made for the edition bearing the watermark "R elephant-headed Ganesha with swastika and lotus K". Note: for those who may not be aware of this the swastika was originally used as a symbol of many types of good wishes: health luck success etc.; it's usage goes back as far as the 4th century BCE - or perhaps even earlier. It is in use in many Eastern religions even today as a symbol of divinity - it was in all of these positive aspects that Kipling used the symbol. It wasn't until the appropriation of the symbol by the Nazi party in the early 20th century that it came to mean to many in Western and European cultures a symbol of hatred and anti-Semitism.<br /> <br /> The first twenty-five volumes issued in an edition of 1050 copies the first eight volumes in 1913 volumes nine through twenty-two in 1914 volume twenty-three in 1915 volume twenty-four in 1917 and volume twenty-five in 1919. It was not until 1927 that volume twenty-six was published obviously due to the Great War and the final five volumes being issued in 1938 these final volumes issued in an edition of only 500 copies. This has had the result that many available sets do not contain the later volumes. This set consists of volumes one through twenty-six consecutively with the addition of volume twenty-eight. <br /> <br /> ___DESCRIPTION: Each volume bound in half natural linen over blue paper-covered boards paper spine labels top edges gilt fore- and bottom edges uncut volumes one through twenty-five with the Ex-Libris of Albert Julian Pell on the front pastedown see Provenance below Kipling's signature in black ink on the edition fore-title each volume with the volume title page in blue and black each story with a blue initial capital each volume with a colophon with a Kipling's device in blue most but not all volumes with spare spine labels tipped in at the rear flyleaf; bindings are quarto size 9 7/8" by 6 3/4" pagination ranges from 135 to 357 pp.; note that the paper covering the boards on volume twenty-four does not match the other volumes it is close in colour but different in texture since the Ex-Libris matches the others in the set we surmise it was issued this way but our bibliography is silent on that issue; also note that volumes twenty-six and twenty-eight were acquired separately see notes below. <br /> <br /> ___CONDITION: The set is overall in solid very good condition; the bindings clean although the blue paper now shows offsetting from the glue a bit of very light bumping to the head and tail of the spines the spine labels all sunned and some with light wear strong square text blocks with mostly solid hinges a few tender or slightly cracked but still holding most corners lightly rubbed a few board edges lightly dinged the interiors mostly clean and bright a few pages with light foxing and other than the Ex-Libris free of prior owner markings. Exceptions to this that we see include a prior bookseller pencilled marking above the Ex-Libris in volume one the bottom front corner of volume seven appears to have been bent at some point both hinges in volume thirteen were repaired at some point with what appears to be archival paper but we cannot be certain volume twenty-four with a dark stain on the upper portion of the spine whatever caused that did not penetrate into the book as the interior is fine and there is also a small light stain on the front board volume twenty-five with a light scratch on the front board volume twenty-six has the note from Robert Kirkman to Serendipity books see Provenance below loosely laid in and in addition to overall soil there is some damage to the fore-edge of the front board and the first few leaves along with some short pencilled notes on the front and rear pastedowns; volume twenty-eight is ex-library with the library stamp on the spine near the tail as well as library markings to the front pastedown including the residue of the removal of the library pocket the binding somewhat shaken and a few gutters lightly cracked. <br /> <br /> ___PROVENANCE: Volumes one through twenty-five with the armorial Ex-Libris of Albert Julian Pell 1863-1916 with the motto "mente manuque" "With mind and hand". Pell graduated from Merton College Oxford and practised law. He attained the rank of Captain and Hon. Major in the 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment and shortly before the outbreak of the Great War was attached to the General Staff of the Western Command. Volume twenty-six was acquired separately by U.K. bookseller Robert Kirkman Ltd. who sold it to Serendipity Books Oakland California; we have their note dated 21st March 2006 indicating that "remaining volumes will follow"; this set has volume twenty-eight but not twenty-seven oddly; and these final two volumes without the Ex-Libris of Major Pell. <br /> <br /> ___CITATION: Livingston pp. 454-456. <br /> <br /> ___POSTAGE: Please note that due to the size and weight of this set additional postage will apply for both domestic and international customers; 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 you may have we are here to help. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1913TB33203Garden City New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1913 to 1926. Seven Seas Edition. Limited Edition All 27 volumes of this complete set are in fine to near fine condition in 1/2 tan linen cloth and light gray paper covered boards with printed paper title labels on the spines. Printed in red and black on title pages and first pages of stories and poems. A significant number of pages in each volume are unopened. Each volume is a small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches with the top edges trimmed and all others untrimmed; a few of the volumes show minor losses to the paper title labels; and bent board tips. There are red silk placeholders sewn in at the heads of the spines. With the exception of volumes 24 and 25 each volume's limitation page is filled in with the set number. All pages are of handmade paper and watermarked with "R K" in the forward margins. Without dust jackets as issued. This production was limited to 1050 sets all of which were signed by Rudyard Kipling in volume I. This set is identified as number 647. Laid-in at the front of volume II is an announcement printed in red and black from the publisher reading: "Whereas the Seven Seas edition of the works of Rudyard Kipling is limited to one thousand and fifty copies this is to certify that the subscriptions having been entered in the order of their receipt _______ has secured the right to set no. 647. Volume I of which bearing Mr. Kipling's signature will appear early in 1914; volumes II-V being published during November and December 1913 Doubleday Page & Company". An extremely clean and handsome set with no prior ownership markings of any kind other than an occasional rough opening of a few pages which can be identified by errant edges at the top edges of the text blocks. Only one volume is illustrated volume XVI with 22 plates and multiple vignettes by the author. The last three volumes have green paper covered boards instead of the gray paper used for the majority of the volumes. Richards D15 p583 Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1907365406New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1907. First Thus. Hardcover. Very good. An illustrated edition of Kipling's poetry published in an edition of 125 signed and numbered copies printed on handmade paper. <br /> <br /> Robinson contributes seventeen plates eight of which are full color tipped to mounts with gilt borders. <br /> <br /> xx 392 pages. 7-3/4 by 10 inches. First illustrated edition. A very good to near fine copy in original half vellum-style paper over light gray-green paper. There are olive green morocco spine labels; the top edge is gilt; the other edges are untrimmed. The spine ends are somewhat bumped and the vellum has darkened as usual. This is copy 35 of 125 signed by Kipling on the limitation page. Doubleday, Page & Co hardcover
190259901E-253: MacMillan & Co. Limited. Very Good-. 1902. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. Small 4to. Macmillan and Company London UK. 1902. 251 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White illustrations. First Edition/First Printing/Variant Binding with the white embossing corrected; the lettering of the binding of the first printing had a tendency to flake off so the later state with the more resilient white ink is preferred by collectors. Issued in a half morocco leather slipcase. Bound in moderate red crisscross pictorial cloth boards lettered in white and illustrated in white and black Boards have shelf-wear present present to the extremities boards edges rubbed and worn. Top edge lightly spotted. Previous owner's inscription present to the FFEP. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Just So Stories for Little Children are a collection written by the British author Rudyard Kipling. Highly fantasized origin stories especially for differences among animals they are among Kipling's best known works. The stories first published in 1902 are pourquoi French for "why" or origin stories fantastic accounts of how various phenomena came about. A forerunner of these stories is Kipling's "How Fear Came" included in his The Second Jungle Book 1895. In it Mowgli hears the story of how the tiger got his stripes. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . MacMillan & Co. , Limited hardcover
1901336899London: Macmillan 1901. First. hardcover. fine. Illustrated. 8vo beautifully bound in red crushed morocco with dentelles raised bands & all edges gilt; original cloth covers bound in. London: Macmillan 1901. First Edition. Fine.<br/> <br/> Macmillan unknown
1930149539New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1930. Signed limited edition of the definitive collection of Kipling's poetry. Quarto three volumes original japon-backed boards with red paper labels to spines lettered gilt gilt motifs to front covers top edges gilt tissue-guarded frontispiece to volume one of a "The Thousandth Man" in Kipling's hand specially reproduced for this edition in facsimile. One of 525 copies signed by Kipling on the limitation page this is number 96. In good condition. One of the finest editions of Kipling's verse. “As a virtuoso in verse Kipling had more than one style at his command†Baugh et al. 1505 from earnest cockney dialect to soaring prophetic proclamation. This handsome three-volume collection presents all of Kipling’s poetry—including such memorable works as “Mandalay†“Gunga Din†and “Ifâ€â€”set in Baskerville type and printed on handmade paper at the Chiswick Press. With frontispiece portrait of Kipling in Volume I signed in pencil by the artist Francis Dodd. Livingston 545. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc hardcover
19201519001920. Rare typed letter signed by Nobel Prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling. Dated July 20th 1920 on Kipling's Bateman's Burwash Sussex letterhead the letter reads: Dear Sir I am in receipt of you letter of July 13th. asking me to give you a date to speak at Christ's Hospital some time during the term from Sept 14th. to December 17th. I very much regret that it is not possible for me to give you a date. My plans are very uncertain for the time covering this period and I do not find it possible to make any appointments so far ahead. With many regrets Believe me Yours faithfully "Rudyard Kipling." In near fine condition. Double matted and framed with a portrait of Kipling. The entire piece measures 20.5 inches by 16 inches. Rare and desirable. 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. unknown
1960148237London: Macmillan c. 1960. Finely bound edition of both volumes of Kipling's Jungle Books. Octavo bound in full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Illustrated by J. Lockwood Kipling C.I.E. and W.H. Drake. In near fine condition. An exceptional presentation. Kipling's Jungle Books center on the story of Mowgli an orphaned 'man-cub' who is raised in the jungle of India by wolves where he comes to learn the Laws of the Jungle. A major theme throughout the books is abandonment followed by fostering as in the life of Mowgli echoing Kipling's own childhood. Another is law vs. freedom; the stories are not about animal behavior but about human archetypes in animal form. The books remain popular to this day and have been adapted several times for film and other media including the classic Walt Disney 1967 animation and its 2016 remake. Macmillan hardcover
1919319432London: Methuen & Co 1919. First edition one of 30 printed on Japan vellum. Title printed in red and black. xiii 159 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in white linen boards and a vellum spine gilt stamped t.e.g.Moderate soiling to vellum a few spots along top edges otherwise fine. First edition one of 30 printed on Japan vellum. Title printed in red and black. xiii 159 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Deluxe limited issue of the first edition one of 30 copies on Japanese vellum. The title refers to the period between the South African War and the Armistice in 1918. The book's forty-five poems and series of epitaphs is considered by some Kipling scholars as his darkest work. The trade edition was printed in an enormous run of 10000 copies and there were 200 copies on hand-made paper. This very limited issue of 30 copies on Japanese vellum is scarce in the market. Richards A320; Stewart 434; Livingston 442; Martindell 164; Grolier 502; Ballard CXCII; Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 957; Bleiler; Checklist of Fantastic Literature p.170. Provenance: Edward B. King bookplate Methuen & Co unknown
191011689<p>Doubleday Page and Company. New York. 1910. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION U. S. IN PUBLISHERS DELUX LEATHER BINDING. Precedes the first U. K separate edition by 4 years. Oblong 8vo. 4.4 x 6.4 inches. 8 double leaves uncut at the top. Each double leaf has a green rule and dot border the text printed in black with green initial letters. Half title has "IF" printed in green within an ornamental black panel the same printed onto the front board with the addition of the author's name. This version with the green colour printing is Richards' variant a. The Publishers note on page 5 appears in four different variants with priority unknown and this copy has variant ii. In the very rare original delux publishers dark green morocco leather binding with gilt ruling and lettering to the front panel Richards binding variant i. Previous owner bookplate to the front pastedow endpaper and three line inscription to the blank free endpaper opposite. There is a stain to the bottom of the blank front endpapers and less noticeably to the half title page but the rest of the text pages are unaffected and in very good condition. The binding has some chipping to the top of the front board and cracking to the bottom of the rear panel but the gilt still bright and sharp. A near to very good and attractive copy of this uncommon little book. ------ Published probably November 1910 very shortly after the Poem first appeared in the book Rewards and Fairies October 1910 this separate publication was issued to capitalise on the huge and instant popularity of what has become Kipling's most enduring work of verse. A poll taken by the BBC in the UK in 2005 voted it as Britain's favourite Poem poling twice as many votes as the number 2 choice Lord Tennyson's The Lady of Shallot. Originally written in 1895 IF was inspired by the actions of Dr. Leander Starr Jameson a British Officer whose forces were defeated by the Boers in 1895 but who was portrayed as a victorious hero by the British press the poem is a powerful masterclass in maintaining the British stiff upper lip. ---- David Alan Richards. Rudyard Kipling. A bibliography. A244. Binding variant i. Text Variants ii a.</p> Doubleday, Page and Company. New York. 1910 hardcover
196849502DELPHIN 1968. 1. hardcover. Dschungelbücher Die DELPHIN hardcover
1902ST19567-092London: Macmillan and Co 1902. FIRST EDITION. 236 x 182 mm. 9 1/4 x 7 1/8". 4 p.l. first leaf blank 249 3 pp. <br/> Pleasing later deep red morocco with gilt-ruled border raised bands gilt-ruled compartments gilt lettering new endpapers. With many black & white illustrations by Kipling 22 of which are full-page. Grolier Children's 57; Stewart 260. Covers and spine very slightly faded leather with a few faint marks and dings a number of small defects internally none remotely serious. An attractive copy.<br/> <br/> This collection of imaginative fables is the only book in Kipling's corpus to have been illustrated by the author himself. Originally conceived as bedtime stories for the author's daughter the tales and poems included here tell how the first letter and alphabet came to be the origin of animals such as the armadillo and how several animals came to look the way they do the camel for example was sanctioned with a hump for his laziness. Written in a playful and rhythmic style the stories have enchanted generations of young people and earned a place among the classics of children's literature. Macmillan and Co unknown
19315241<p>Sq Quarto 22.5x19.5 cm. wrappers 22pp. With superb wood engravings by David Petrovich Shterenberg 1881-1948 Ukrainian painter and graphic artist who held high positions in arts of the early Soviet era. This was the only book he illustrated with gravures. Shterenberg taught at VKhUTEMAS co-founded INKhUK and left a body of fine work which was suppressed by party pressure and died a forgotten figure. He is a major figure of Russian modernism and its avant-garde legacy. Kipling's work here is liberally translated by Samuil Marshak from Just So Stories. OCLC traces one holding worldwide NYPL. This is a wonderful visual work.</p> OGIZ Molodaia Gvardiia paperback
1929299029London.: Macmillan. 1929. Limited edition #255 of 525 copies. Full red leather raised bands gilt spine titles top edges gilt marbled endpapers.untrimmed foredges gilt decorated turn-ins. Very good spines moderately worn and darkened. 4to. 27x20 cm. Signed by Kipling on the limitation page of volume 1. Bookplate of Southern California philanthropists Frank and Blanche Seaver on the versos of the ffeps. Heavy set will require extra shipping. weight: 11.5 lb. Portrait frontis signed by Francis Dodd. Macmillan. hardcover
1902KIPLINGR000583Macmillan London. 1902. First edition. First state: the lettering on the spine has flaked off entirely. Quarto. pp vi 249. Full-page illustrations by the author. Pictorial red cloth blocked in white and black. The white blocking on these first state bindings was severely flaking even as the books were being produced and the publishers quickly switched to a more stable white pigment. One often sees copies described as having the pigment flaking much less than usual without mention that this therefore precludes them from being first state.Spine pigment completely gone also flaking on front and rear boards. Head and tail of spine slightly pushed. Bottom corner of front cover bumped. Very good. Scarce in the first state. Macmillan, London. hardcover
19091309776Published by Hodder & Stoughton 1909. 1st edition. Hardback. Very Good. Illustrated by Robinson W. Heath. Very good condition with no wrapper. Deluxe limited to 500 copies. Large format 32 x 26cm. White vellum binding with gilt titles and vignettes. 30 lovely tipped-in colour plates mounted on cream card with green decorative borders and captioned paper guards. Top edge gilt others untrimmed. SIGNED by the artist this is copy no. 304. Spine and corners are slightly bumped and slightly grubby. Ties missing. Name plate to front pastedown. There is slight bookworm or silverfish damage to the front endpaper and some slight foxing to contents but generally a very nice copy. Published by Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
190366181London: Meuthen and Co. 1903. 8vo. xviii 230 pp. Dark green morocco with binders device 'Wr. S' and an owl in gilt on the with gilt lettering to spine and decoration to boards. Top edge gilt but faded. Fading and marking to the spine rubbing around edges. Some light spotting throughout. Binding firm. . Very Good. Full Morocco. 1903. Meuthen and Co. 1903 unknown
1909148683London: Hodder & Stoughton c. 1909. Signed limited edition of Kipling's collection of songs of the seas and cities elaborately illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. Quarto original publisher's full pictorial vellum decorated in gilt top edge gilt with others untrimmed illustrated with 30-tipped in plates with captioned tissue guards and numerous in-text illustrations. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the artist this is number 218. In near fine condition. Kipling's A Song of the English contains his Songs of the Cities: Bombay Calcutta Madras Rangoon Singapore Hong-Kong Quebec Montreal Halifax Sydney and Melbourne in addition to his Song of the Dead Song of the Sons and Coastwise Lights. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
19108730New York. Doubleday Page and Company. 1910. Bound in half Vellum and paper covered boards.Gilt titled morocco labels to spine. Deckled edges. Top edge gilded. Thick 4to. 7.5" x 10". This Edition is printed upon special Hand Made paper and Limited to 125 numbered copies of which this is #54. Signed boldly in ink by Kipling to the Limitation Page. Illustrated with 17 full page captioned and tissue guarded tipped in colour plates and monochrome drawings by W. Heath Robinson. A splendid compendium of Kipling's verse enhanced by the illustrative prowess of Robinson's plates. Covers moderately soiled. Usual darkening to Vellum along front join.Spine a bit rubbed with small stain to Title Label.A Very Good extremely crisp copy with brilliantly luminescent Robinson plates. Doubleday, Page and Company. hardcover
1901140947705London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1901. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing of Rudyard Kipling's picaresque novel about an orphaned Irish boy adrift in India. vi 413 pp. 2 advertising pages. Bound in publisher's red cloth gilt lettering to spine and gilt embossed device to front board top edge gilt; lacking dust jacket. Near Fine with light rubbing and tanning to spine and extremities foxing to textblock edges and dust-soiling to upper edge. Contents lightly toned foxing to endpapers and prelims. Publisher's advertisement slip laid in. A fantastic copy. Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown
1925122943Paris: Rene Kieffer 1925. Deluxe limited edition of Kipling's collected letters written during his 1889 travels in Japan. Octavo original wrappers decorated by H. Tirman. One of 50 copies printed on Japan paper. Translated into French by Louis Fabulet and Arthur Austin-Jackson. Very good in the rare original richly decorated dust jacket. Rare. 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. Rene Kieffer unknown
1907146537September 2 1907. Rare autograph letter signed from Rudyard Kipling to R. G. Von Berg. One page on Bateman's Burwash Etchingham letterhead the letter reads in full "Sep. 2 1907 Dear Sir: In reply to your letter of the 28th Aug. I am afraid that 'Kaspar's Song In Varda' is one of my own compositions and that you will not find it in the works of your great poet. Sincerely yours Rudyard Kipling R. G. Von Berg." Also known as 'Butterflies' 'Kaspar's Song in Varda' was a sister-poem that accompanied Kipling's short story 'Wireless' first published in Scribner's Magazine in 1902 and later collected in Traffics and Discoveries. Kipling claimed the poem to have been a translation of an old Swedish poem from the Swedish of Stagnelius. Double-matted with a portrait of Kipling. In fine condition. The entire piece measures 9.25 inches by 15.5 inches. 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. unknown
19414695bdNew York: Doubleday Doran & Co. 1941. Of an edition of 1100 sets this is No. 776. Twenty-eight volumes. Signed by the author. Octavo gilt-stamped burgundy buckram hardcover top edges gilt uncut. Frontis portrait in Volume I. Near-Fine. Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1941. Of an edition of 1100 sets, this is No. 776. hardcover
