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1909120821London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work by Robinson. Quarto original blue cloth gilt pictorial to the front panel gilt titles and tooling to the spine. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson with 30 mounted color plates lettered tissue guards. In near fine condition. "This poem originally appeared in The English Illustrated Magazine May 1893 prior to its inclusion in The Seven Seas 1896" Martindell. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover books
1928220835New York Privately Printed 1928. 1928. First edition unauthorized. Thin 8vo. Title page illustration. Original blue/gray boards with printed paper label on spine uncut. Glassine dust jacket. Very good-fine fresh copy. No signatures or bookplates. #84/93 numbered copies. Stewart 412. F. Hardcover. New York, Privately Printed, 1928. hardcover books
1909TB31533New York: B. W. Dodge & Company 1909. First Edition. First Printing Very good in its original dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board on top of embossed cover and spine with the recesses in black with the silhouette of a sailing ship. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and with light rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. The book lacked a jacket until the third printing. 360 pages of text. A collection of 31 short stories. This copy is the unauthorized US printing of one of Kipling's earlier works. The first authorized US edition was published by Doubleday Page & Company in 1909. Richards; A227 & A232 B. W. Dodge & Company hardcover books
1909277421New York: Dodge 1909. hardcover. fine. 8vo blue cloth stamped in black & gilt. N.Y.: B.W. Dodge 1909. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> First unauthorised edition appearing two months before the Doubleday Page edition. No dust jacket as issued.<br/><br/> Dodge unknown books
19090019New York: B. W. Dodge & Co 1909. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. 360pp. Second issue bound in a blue pictorial cloth depicting a ship on the high sea; red lettering spine and front cover. A clean bright copy in very good dust jacket with repair to rear panel along bottom edge duplicating the jacket design. <br/><br/> B. W. Dodge & Co hardcover books
190924013New York: B.W. Dodge 1909. First American Edition. Octavo 20cm. Pictorial deep blue textured cloth stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 360pp. Publisher's presentation copy inscribed on front endpaper: "Best wishes of the publisher see title page and his wife / Xmas 1909." First issue with gilt stamping to cloth later issues stamped in red. A fine bright copy in the original dustwrapper lightly worn a trifle darkened on spine Very Good. B.W. Dodge unknown books
1909WRCLIT41690New York: Dodge 1909. Pictorial cloth printed in black and lettered in gilt. First edition unauthorized primary binding with lettering in gilt rather than red. A cheap edition under Doubleday's imprint was authorized by Kipling to under cut Dodge's collection. Unfortunate adhesive booklabel of a noted Kipling collector pencil inscription on endsheet sign of old restoration between two gatherings spine tips frayed else good and sound. RICHARDS A227. STEWART 324. Dodge hardcover books
19098984New York: B.W. Dodge & Co 1909. First American unauthorized edition 8vo viii & 360pp.; minor rubbing to extremities binding slightly cocked else near fine in orig. blue cloth front cover stamped in black first issue later binding with lettering in red. Livingston 328. <br/><br/> B.W. Dodge & Co hardcover books
1909220923New York B.W. Dodge & Company 1909. 1909. First American edition unauthorized. 8vo. 360 pages. Original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt and black. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. Stewart 324. Livingston 328. F. Hardcover. New York, B.W. Dodge & Company, 1909. hardcover books
1909WRCLIT41549New York: Dodge 1909. Pictorial cloth printed in black and red. First edition unauthorized second binding with lettering in red rather than gilt. A cheap edition under Doubleday's imprint was authorized by Kipling to under cut Dodge's collection. Bookplate cloth faded at edges as usual spine tips rubbed else good and sound. STEWART 324. RICHARDS A227. Dodge hardcover books
1909722871909. KIPLING Rudyard. ABAFT THE FUNNEL. New York: B. W. Dodge & Company 1909. First American unauthorized edition. viii360 pp. Octavo. In a striking publisher's binding of dark blue cloth decorated on the spine and upper board with a wraparound seascape design showing a ship upon the sea below layers of clouds with the title and author's name in bright gilt. This is a near-fine copy being clean and crisp overall but skewed at spine and with a touch of shelfwear to cloth. This is a pirated edition containing thirty stories letters and articles and one poem of which twenty-two of the stories and the poem had previously appeared in Turn-overs. The individual pieces were written during Kipling's journey in 1889 from India to England and were first printed in periodicals The Civil & Military Gazette The Week's News and The Pioneer between 1888-90. To combat the sale of this unauthorized edition Kipling instructed Doubleday Page & Co. to issue a volume containing the same material at a reduced price. Stewart 324 Livingston 328. unknown books
190946461909. FE. KIPLING Rudyard. ABAFT THE FUNNEL. New York: B.W. Dodge & Co. 1909. First edition pirated first issue binding. Among the earliest copies bound. Embossed and lettered in gold. The binding is textured to highlight the pictorial design. This copy has been over-opened between pages 8 and 9. There is some shelfwear at the heel crown and the outside corners. The gold lettering is bright though the black illustration has been rubbed in one spot. This is a very good copy. Livingston #328. unknown books
190962191New York: B. W. Dodge & Company 1909. First Unauthorized Edition. viii 360 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth with seascape in black lettering in orange 2nd variant of binding fine copy in original tan dust jacket also showing some minor staining to back panel. In half red morocco slipcase. First Unauthorized Edition. viii 360 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. In Dust Jacket. Stewart 324 B. W. Dodge & Company unknown books
1909125861New York: B. W. Dodge & Company 1909. Octavo pp. i-iv v-viii 1-360 original pictorial blue cloth stamped in red. First edition second binding. "'Abaft the Funnel' was a title first used for a series of eight stories written by Kipling for the CIVIL AND MILITARY GAZETTE which were first collected in TURN-OVERS volumes V VI and VII. These were written during Kipling's journey in 1889 from India to England via Burma China Japan and the United States . In 1909 B. W. Dodge & Company New York used the title for an unauthorized volume containing thirty stories letters and articles and one poem of which twenty-two of the stories and the poem has previously appeared in TURN-OVERS. In order to discourage the sale of the unauthorized edition Kipling instructed Doubleday Page & Company to issue a volume containing the same material and which was to retail at 19 cents . The first English printing was in volume XXX of the Sussex edition 1938." - Stewart 324. A very good copy previous owners inscription to front free end paper light rubbing to edges touch of fraying to spine ends some rubbing to rear cover; No dust jacket. #125861 B. W. Dodge & Company unknown books
190995221New York: B. W. Dodge & Company 1909. Octavo pp. i-iv v-viii 1-360 original pictorial blue cloth front and spine panels stamped in red and black. First edition second binding. "'Abaft the Funnel' was a title first used for a series of eight stories written by Kipling for the CIVIL AND MILITARY GAZETTE which were first collected in TURN-OVERS volumes V VI and VII. These were written during Kipling's journey in 1889 from India to England via Burma China Japan and the United States . In 1909 B. W. Dodge & Company New York used the title for an unauthorized volume containing thirty stories letters and articles and one poem of which twenty-two of the stories and the poem has previously appeared in TURN-OVERS. In order to discourage the sale of the unauthorized edition Kipling instructed Doubleday Page & Company to issue a volume containing the same material and which was to retail at 19 cents . The first English printing was in volume XXX of the Sussex edition 1938." - Stewart 324. Touch of rubbing to cloth along bottom edges top edge of text block dusty else a fine copy in near fine pictorial dust jacket printed on tan paper stock with light wear along top edges two tiny closed tears at top edge of front panel and shallow chip from head of spine panel. #95221 B. W. Dodge & Company unknown books
1909122911New York: B. W. Dodge & Company 1909. First edition first issue of of Kipling's 1909 short story collection with gold lettering to the spine and front panel. Octavo original blue cloth with gold titles to the spine and front panel. In fine condition. 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 & Company hardcover 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
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
39425New York: B.W. Dodge and Company. Very Good. N.D. Hardcover. New York: B.W. Dodge & Comany. 1st edition Pirated later issue wiht red rather than gold lettering. Livingston F.V. 328. Martindell 92. Clean bright tight copy in very nice dustwrapper. . B.W. Dodge and Company hardcover books
1900872681900. FAE. KIPLING Rudyard. THE ABSENT-MINDED BEGGAR. New York: Brentano's 1900. First American edition. The verses are printed only on the right-hand pages and are illuminated. Sewn in wrappers as issued. Front panel detached; wrappers with general soil and a few nicks to edges. There is soiling to the extremes of the title page. Good plus. Livingston 224. unknown books
1909WRCLIT76075Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co. 1909. Pictorial green cloth lettered in gilt t.e.g. Frontis and illustrations by various artists. Rubbing at tips a bit more heavily at the lower fore-tip edges otherwise a nice copy. First US edition published roughly simultaneously with the UK edition but with textual differences in most of the constituent pieces. Stamped on the title: "Sample Copy Not to be Sold." Collects "With the Night Mail" first published separately earlier in the year. STEWART 321. RICHARDS A226. BLEILER p.114. Doubleday, Page & Co. hardcover books
1909WRCLIT41698London: Macmillan 1909. Gilt cloth t.e.g. First edition. Endsheets browned two bookplates spine a bit dull and rubbed bookseller's descriptions tipped to rear pastedown; just a good copy. STEWART 320. Macmillan hardcover books
1909WRCLIT41692London: Macmillan 1909. Gilt cloth t.e.g. First edition. Ink gift inscription in year of publication. cloth sizing flecked; just a good sound copy. RICHARDS A225. STEWART 320. Macmillan hardcover books
1909WRCLIT40884London: Macmillan 1909. Gilt cloth t.e.g. First edition. Endhseets foxed two bookplates front inner hinge cracked extremities rubbed; just a good copy. STEWART 320. RICHARDS A225. Macmillan hardcover books