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1891120684Allahabad: 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 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. A. H. Wheeler & Co hardcover books
190224541London: Macmillan and Co 1902. First edition large 8vo pp. 6 249 2; 22 plates by Kipling; full red niger morocco t.e.g. gilt lettered direct on gilt paneled spine original pictorial red cloth front cover bound in at the back. "Just So Stories has achieved nursery immortality because a genius has married two of the most tried and trusted media - the fable and the fairy-story" Muir 107. Livingston 267. <br/><br/> Macmillan and Co hardcover books
189121453Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler & Co 1891. First published and second Indian edition issued as no. 14 in Wheeler's Indian Railway Library series; 8vo pp. 4 ads and opinions of the press 4 108 10 ads and opinions of the press; original printed front wrapper a little chipped at edges no loss of letterpress bottom third of spine perished and with a clean tear in the upper cover no loss; the whole in a half red morocco slipcase. Stewart 93; Livingston 70. <br/><br/> A.H. Wheeler & Co unknown books
1897202London: Macmillan 1897. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. FIRST EDITION of Kipling's popular nautical tale with vivid descriptions of the Massachusetts fishing industry. The basis for the 1937 film starring Spencer Tracy Lionel Barrymore and Mickey Rooney. London: Macmillan 1897. Octavo original cloth gilt all edges gilt. With illustrations by I.W. Taber. Book slightly cocked as often; a few spots to cloth crease to rear endpaper. Text unusually clean and cloth gilt bright. Without scarce dust jacket. Macmillan hardcover books
1927WRCLIT76860London: Macmillan and Co 1927. Twenty-six volumes of an eventual thirty-one. Large octavos. Holland backed blue boards printed spine labels t.e.g. others untrimmed. Some general slight tanning and shelfwear occasional inner hinges cracking or cracked occasional tan offsetting from endsheets to facing leaves several of the spare labels absent evidently utilized. Nonetheless a good reasonably sound set ideal for binding purposes. From an edition initially limited to 1050 copies of each through volume twenty and thereafter to five hundred copies of each volume printed on handmade paper and signed by Kipling in the first volume. There was a hiatus after the publication of the 26th volume in 1927 and the remaining five volumes finally appeared in 1938 resulting in a number of extant sets terminating with the final volume present here or with the 20th. RICHARDS D14. STEWART pp. 572-3. LIVINGSTON pp.454-6. Macmillan and Co hardcover books
1891124503Allahabad: Wheeler 1891. First. paperback. very good. 108 pp. ads. Thin 8vo original gray-green printed wrappers corners of front wrapper chipped. Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler 1891.<br/><br/> Excellent copy of the first published technically the second Indian edition an unauthorized collection with the same title having been printed in 1890 but suppressed. Printed at the "Pioneer" Press bottom of p 108. Issued as No.IV of the Indian Railway Library. Stewart 93. Livingston 70.<br/><br/> Wheeler unknown books
19091262601London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. First Edition. 4to. unpaginated; VG; bound in white vellum with gilt lettering and gilt green and red vignettes on front board and spine; 30 tipped-in color plates in a green decorative border with printed tissue-guards including frontispiece; ties missing; top edge gilt others uncut; this edition is limited to five hundred copies signed by the artist and numbered of which this is number 45; foxing throughout does not impact color plates; bookplate belonging to Jacobi R. W. Robinson on inside front board; boards curving as is typical of vellum; DC consignment; shelved case 14. 1262601. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Hodder & Stoughton unknown books
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
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
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
196035737n.p. n.d. Saigon 1960. Bifoliate leaflet approx. 8" x 5¼" folded printed on 2 sides 3 panels bearing Kipling's iconic poem "If" in three languages: English Vietnamese as translated by Anh Minh and French as translated by Andre Maurois; and the first a decorative panel with the title: Neu / Anh Minh. Some soiling; very good. Not located bibliographically. <br/><br/> unknown books
1897322132London: Macmillan 1897. First edition. With illustrations by I.W. Taber. viii 245 1 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt a.e.g. Almost fine. Bookplate. In half red morocco slipcase and chemise. Taber I.W. First edition. With illustrations by I.W. Taber. viii 245 1 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Richards A103; Stewart 160; Livingston 136; Martindell 68; Ballard LXXXI B; Grolier 224 Macmillan unknown books
1942WRCLIT77652Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co. 1942. Cloth backed marbled boards t.e.g. Endsheets discolored from the binding glue utilized a few foxmarks at fore-edge else near fine. Second separate American printing following the 1934 U.S. copyright printing and the text's inclusion in the Sussex edition and the Burwash edition. This is one of only ten copies privately printed on handmade paper for presentation by the publisher. Kipling's text is preceded by a prefatory letter "My dear Mr. President:" outlining the background of the text by Alexander Woolcott signed in type noting "Nelson Doubleday has now put it into type for one of the many idle hours which must hang heavy on your hands these days." If the dedication to "Mr. President" suggests that this highly limited edition was undertaken in part for presentation to FDR the notion of FDR having "many idle hours" must be described as ironic. While not the first appearance of the text in book form it is much less common than the copyright printing 75 copies and as a production of Kipling's authorized U.S. publisher it must enjoy some bibliographic merit. Not in Stewart. From the Nelson Doubleday collection sale. RICHARDS A419n. Doubleday, Doran & Co. hardcover books
1929310972Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1929. First American copyright editions privately published in editions of 75 copies. 8vo. Publisher's printed stapled wrappers printed in green. Light soiling and wear to A Rector's Memory wrappers. In a custom red morocco presentation box with cloth chemise. First American copyright editions privately published in editions of 75 copies. 8vo. Small collection of Kipling first American copyright editions from the collection of Frederick S. Peck 1868-1947 Rhode Island state politician and collector of manuscripts related to his state. <br/>"The failure of the United States to enact international copyright protection until 1891 resulted in some American issues being the 'true firsts' of Kipling's books. And while Kipling's trade editions soon began to be published in large numbers after the American international copyright law's foundation date of July 1 1891 his London literary agent A.P. Watt and his New York publisher Frank N. Doubleday made extensive use of limited printings - as few as 8 to 25 copies - to establish copyright in each country" David Alan Richards "Collecting Kipling". Provenance: Frederick S. Peck gift inscription stamped on front cover of box "Frederick S. Peck December 16 1929. Many Happy Returns of the Day Thomas W. Best" and his bookplate in each volume. Richards A361 A377 A378 A380 A383 A384 Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc unknown books
1926121837Cleveland: Rowfant Club 1926. First. hardcover. fine. 13pp. Small 8vo marbled boards. Cleveland: The Rowfant Club 1926. Limited First Edition. This angling narrative was one of Kipling's early periodical contributions and is here reprinted for the first time. One of 176 numbered copies printed by Bruce Rogers. Fine in original board slipcase.<br/><br/> Rowfant Club unknown books
1888WRCLIT73599Calcutta & London: Thacker Spink and Co. / W. Thacker and Co 1888. xii2831xxxiipp. Olive green cloth spine lettered in gilt covers lettered and decorated in black. Bookplate on pastedown offset slightly to free endsheet extremities a bit rubbed rectangular rule of rust-colored offsetting on upper cover; still about very good. First edition third issue of the binding with the publisher's monogram in black on the lower cover and ornamental borders in black at upper and lower edges of the spine and upper cover. In this copy the page number for 192 is misplaced as often and with no implication of priority and the terminal 32pp. catalogue bears a London printer's imprint and the date '2000 9 87" and mention of 'Rudyard Kepling' sic and DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES on p.xviii. RICHARDS A10. STEWART 18. MARTINDELL 17. LIVINGSTON 24. Thacker, Spink and Co. / W. Thacker and Co hardcover books