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1909WRCLIT41691London: Macmillan 1909. Gilt cloth t.e.g. First edition. Endsheets browned unfortunate adhesive booklabel of a noted Kipling collector front inner hinge cracked binding rubbed; just a good copy. RICHARDS A225. STEWART 320. Macmillan hardcover books
1926JC2834London: Macmillan and Co. 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. Gilt-stamped cloth. From the library of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. with his bookplate on the front paste-down and a gift inscription to him on the FFEP rendered nearly illegible by his young daughter's efforts to insert her ownership signature -- it's cute. Fairbanks 1909-2000 was an American actor his credits include Gunga Din and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II. <br/><br/> Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
190946340NY: Doubleday Page 1909. First American edn. 8vo pp. 324. Illustrated. Green cloth stamped on the front with a Viking ship in black; gilt lettering. TEG. One hinge tender cover little scuffed and worn at corners and ends of spine o/w VG. Short stories. Doubleday, Page unknown books
190928356New York: Doubleday Page and Company 1909. First American edition 8vo pp. 8 324; 8 plates; light wear to extremities else a very good copy or better in original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt and black. Livingston 324; Stewart 321. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Page and Company hardcover books
190920212London: Macmillan and Co 1909. First English edition 8vo pp. 6 302 12 ads; light soiling to spine and light wear to extremities else a very good copy or better in original maroon cloth. <br/><br/> Macmillan and Co hardcover books
1909162393London: Macmillan 1909. First. hardcover. near fine. vi 301 plus 12pp of ads. Thick 8vo artfully bound in dark olive green morocco; gilt- lettered spine with raised bands & floral devices stamped in gilt and red on the covers; inner dentelles uncut edges t.e.g. Original wrappers are bound-in at rear. London: Macmillan and Co. 1909. First edition. Slightest edgewear otherwise a near fine copy.<br/><br/> Macmillan unknown books
1909124551London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1909. First British edition of Kipling's Actions and Reactions. Octavo original cloth with gilt elephant emblem to the front panel. In good condition. Ownership inscription. 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., Limited hardcover books
1909121500London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1909. First British edition of Kipling's Actions and Reactions signed and lengthily inscribed by him with a poem. Octavo original cloth with gilt elephant emblem to the front panel. Presentation copy signed and inscribed by Rudyard Kipling with a verse from his poem The Press "To RD Rudyard Kipling. Who once had served to the sultry hour when roaring like a gale The Harrild and the Hoe devour The league-long paper bale And has lit his pipe in the morning calm That follows the midnight stress - He has sold his heart to the old black art Men call the daily press R.K." In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed by Kipling. 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., Limited hardcover books
1909121490London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1909. Macmillan's Colonial Library edition of Kipling's Actions and Reactions intended for circulation only in India and The British Colonies. Octavo original wrappers. 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., Limited unknown 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
1899120954Boston: Brown and Company 1899. Rare unauthorized edition of this collection of 7 essays written after Kipling's first visit to America which first appeared in 1891. Octavo original publisher's decorated blue cloth tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Kipling. Introduction by G. P. T. In fine condition. Housed in a custom chemise slipcase. Kipling made his first visit to America in 1891 where he began his travels in San Francisco before a whirlwind trip around the entire country during which he met Mark Twain and was deeply impressed. American Notes includes At The Golden Gate American Salmon The Yellowstone and America's Defenceless Coasts. Brown and Company hardcover books
1928WRCLIT41592Np: Privately printed by G. Engel 1928. 4pp. Folded small quarto leaflet. Illustration. First edition of this essay for which 'strange' is indeed the operative word. Wraps a bit smudged and nicked else a very good copy. Privately printed by G. Engel paperback books
1928WRCLIT36454Np: Privately printed by G. Engel 1928. 4pp. Folded small quarto leaflet. Illustration. First edition of this essay for which 'strange' is indeed the operative word. Wraps a bit smudged unfortunate adhesive bookplate of a noted Kipling collector on upper wrapper else a very good copy. Privately printed by G. Engel paperback books
1898269122New York: R.H. Russell 1898. First. hardcover. very good-. Nicholson William. Illustrated with 12 colored plates after woodcuts by William Nicholson with text in facing pages. Thin folio pictorial boards well-worn at edges and with some soiling and light penciling on covers; contemporary gift inscription on front endpaper. New York: R.H. Russell 1898. First American edition.<br/><br/> Overall a very good- copy. All the plates are in clean condition with some offset to the opposite text pages as usual. There is one rather large purplish stain on Horse Racing text page the rear of Dog Coursing plate but images are un-effected.<br/><br/> R.H. Russell unknown books
1898122250London: Heinemann 1898. hardcover. very good. Nicholson William. Illustrated with 13 tinted linoleum cuts by William Nicholson. Short slim folio handsomely bound in full brown morocco; gilt-stamped and inlaid with red morocco rosettes on covers raised bands inner dentelles. London: Heinemann 1898 story clippings range from 1914-1917. Very good.<br/><br/> The pamphlet in original pictorial wrappers is bound-in along with a unique well-planned 33 page scrapbook of neatly mounted Kipling stories taken from illustrated journals such as the Saturday Evening Post The Daily Express London and the Detroit Free Press Christmas Edition. Also includes the 8 page song sheet for "Fuzzy-Wuzzy" with words written by Kipling.<br/><br/> Heinemann unknown books
1893228647Boston Perry Mason & Co. 1893. 1893. First edition thus. Folio. Complete issue pages 501-512. Illustrations. Some tears and old repairs at folds. Enclosed in 1/2 brown morocco slipcase. Scarce. Kipling's contribution appears on pages 506 507. See Livingston p. 171 #140. Soft cover. Very Good. Boston [Perry Mason & Co.] 1893. paperback books
1926466241926. KIPLING Rudyard. AROUND THE WORLD WITH KIPLING. From The Mandalay Edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling. Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company 1926. 8vo. maroon cloth paper label to spine; t.e.g; illustrated. Near fine. unknown books
1926121484Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company 1926. First edition of this collection of five essays regarding Kipling's life and work with an extensive index of his works and folding map at rear. Octavo original cloth pictorial endpapers illustrated frontispiece portrait of Kipling. Very good in the original dust jacket which is in 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. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
1892147361892. New York: Macmillan and Co. 1892. 8 pp undated ads. Original dark blue cloth with front cover vignette in gilt.<br/><br/> First American Edition published nine days before the English edition which was titled BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS and Other Verses. Included in "Barrack-Room Ballads" are such well-known verses as "Danny Deever" "Tommy" "Fuzzy-Wuzzy" "Gunga Din" and "Mandalay"; these had appeared in the 1890 pirated volume DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES. published by New York Book Co. Leading off "Ballads" and the whole book is "The Ballad of East and West" ". and never the twain shall meet"; this is its first appearance in a Kipling book as it had appeared only in the 1891 poetry anthology LYRA HEROICA. Condition is near-fine with light rubbing at the extremities. This American volume is considerably scarcer than its British counterpart. Richards A68; Stewart 110. unknown books
1892WRCLIT72127New York & London: Macmillan and Co. 1892. Gilt decorated blue cloth t.e.g. The free endsheets have caused offset tanning to facing blank a trace of rubbing otherwise a very good copy. First US edition preceding the comparable UK edition by a few days. RICHARDS A68. LIVINGSTON 91. STEWART 109. Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
189225093New York & London: Macmillan 1892. First American edition 12mo pp. xvi 207 8 ads; endpapers browning else a very good copy in orig. blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. Includes the poems "Danny Deever" "Gunga Din" "The Ballad of East and West" and "Mandalay." <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
1892724161892. KIPLING Rudyard. BALLADS AND BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS. New York & London: Macmillan & Co. 1892. First American edition. 12mo. blue cloth stamped and decorated in gilt teg. Bookplate to ffep bookseller's label to rear pastedown. One leaf of rear advertisements has a torn corner. Titles of a few poems written in pencil on the final blank page. Shelfwear and light soil to boards with very slightly bumped bottom opening corners. Very good plus. Stewart 109. unknown books
1893122034New York: Macmillan and Co 1893. First American edition of the new edition with four additional poems of perhaps Kipling's most popular poetry collection. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles to the spine gilt vignette to the front panel top edge gilt. In very good condition. Written in vernacular dialect Kipling's The Barrack Room Ballads contains some of Kipling's most well-known work including the poems "Gunga Din" "Tommy" "Mandalay" and "Danny Deever" which established his early fame as a poet. The first poems were published in the Scots Observer in the first half of 1890 and collected in Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses in 1892. Kipling later returned to the theme in a group of poems collected in The Seven Seas under the same title. A third group of vernacular Army poems from the Boer War titled "Service Songs" and published in The Five Nations 1903 can be considered part of the Ballads as can a number of other uncollected pieces. Macmillan and Co hardcover books
1892322129London: Methuen and Co. 18 Bury Street 1892. First edition thus. xix i 208 16ads.pp. 8vo. Original cloth. Very Good in half red morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition thus. xix i 208 16ads.pp. 8vo. This book of verse contains many of Kipling's most famous poems including "Fuzzy-Wuzzy" "Gunga Din" "Mandalay" "The Ballad of East and West" 'soldier Soldier" and "Ford o' Kabul River." -- all of which were first collected with Departmental Ditties Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses. Stewart 108; Livingston 90 Methuen and Co., 18 Bury Street unknown books
1892BB17270London: Methuen & Co. 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Small 8vo. Original cloth; 208 pp. 16 pp. of ads. An unusually nice copy of a book easily prone to wear. <br/><br/> Methuen & Co. hardcover books