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1892ABE-1562616657770MacMillan and Co. 1892 New York Ist US edition spine faded. general wear. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. MacMillan and Co., hardcover
18992130<p>Cover is in very good condition with the exception of a stain on the rear. There is a book plate inside front cover and a dedication inside on frontice page. See Photos. </p> Thomas Y Crowell & Co hardcover
1892ABE-1562616554532Metheun 1892 London Iast UK edition boards faded and worn contents good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Metheun hardcover
18921777992598MEPMethuen & Co 1892. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1892. First Edition. 208 pages. Contemporary rebind: half brown leather with brown cloth. With the bookplate of Colonel S H Banks to FEP. Formerly of 'Kamptee Public Rooms Library' perhaps from the British military base there. The poems deal with grim realities of late-Victorian military life - a subject that readers at Kamptee would have found very familiar. 16-page publisher's catalogue to rear. Vignette of bugler to title page. Pages have slight foxing tanning and thumbing. Gutters cracked with some exposed netting. A bit shaky with loose binding thread and loosening front matter. Pencil marks to FEP and both pastedown. Slightly bubbled pastedowns. Sporadic heavy stains and thumb marks text legible throughout. A few dog-eared corners. Boards have heavy edge wear: intense bumping and peeling to corners. Slightly exposed board beneath. Spine ends very crushed: loss to ends and title label. Highly scratched rubbed spotted and marked especially the leather; slight ring mark to Methuen & Co hardcover
1899LTH11-B-18London: Methuen and Co. 1899. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 4.5". None. A collection of ballads and poems by Rudyard Kipling. Fifteenth edition. Joseph Rudyard Kipling 30 December 1865 18 January 1936 was an English short-story writer poet and novelist. He is chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India and his tales for children. Re-bound in a half vellum binding with blue cloth covered boards. Externally generally smart lightly rubbed in places. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with some scattered light foxing. There is a bookplate to the the front pastedown. There is also an ink inscription and a binder's stamp to the verso of front free end papers. Very Good Indeed Methuen and Co. hardcover
189259074E-083: Methuen and Co. Very Good. 1892. Leather. Leather. 12mo. United States Book Company New York No Date 1890. Vi 270 pgs. Possibly the first edition of the US edition address present to the title page but unfortunately not in the original boards. Bound in limp brown leather by Palmer Howe & Co Manchester UK with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards light scuffing and wear present to the boards. Top edge gilt. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A collection of 42 poems all but eight of which had appeared previously in The Scots Observer and other periodicals with sixteen also having been included in Departmental Ditties Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses in 1890. It contains several of Kiplings most famous poems such as Gunga Din Fuzzy- Wuzzy Mandalay and The Ballad of East and West. E-083; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 270 pages . Methuen and Co hardcover
1892843M24London: Metheun and Co. 1892. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". Not Stated. A smart third edition of this collection of songs and poems by renowned author Rudyard Kipling. The third edition of this work in a half calf binding with decorative gilt to the spine. Top edge gilt. Ink inscription to the front free end paper dated 1909. Engraved vignette to the title page. The Barrack-Room Ballads are a series of songs and poems by Rudyard Kipling dealing with the late-Victorian British Army and mostly written in a vernacular dialect. The series contains some of Kipling's best-known works including the poems "Gunga Din" "Tommy" "Mandalay" and "Danny Deever" helping consolidate 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. In a half calf binding. Externally smart with some very faint stains to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean though roughly cut with some spotting to the fore edge affecting the occasional page. Very Good Indeed Metheun and Co. hardcover
1899024185UK: Macmillan 1899. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good /No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Printing 1899 in the Uniform Edition and very un-common. This format became the normal publication for all future printing of Kipling's new works. An attractive book. Book is very good with light rubbing to cloth edges. Quite bright cloth and spines. Contents good. Name to endpaper. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16811 <br/> <br/> Macmillan hardcover
189720427London: Macmillan and Co 1897. Full leather. Very Good . I.W. Taber. The 1897 true 1st edition beautifully bound in full green morocco by Bayntun of Bath England. Bright and VG with very light fading --and a touch of light staining-- at the lower front panel and just a bit of very mild spotting to the rear panel. 5 raised bands lovely gilt-tooling within the compartments. 12mo all edges gilt nicely illustrated throughout by I.W. Taber. Macmillan and Co unknown
189710363<p>The Century Co. New York 1897. First edition. HC VG. Green cloth with red gilt writing and beautiful ship. Inside cover has previous owner's name otherwise clean. See Photos. Cover excellent with small amount of gilt thinned on circle by boat.</p> The Century Co. hardcover
1897111111114313The Century Co 1897. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. The Century Co.; New York 1897. Hardcover. First US Edition. Captains Courageous is Kiplings 1897 maritime adventure novel about Harvey Cheyne Jr. a wealthy and spoiled teenager who falls overboard from an ocean liner and is rescued by a crew of Gloucester fishermen. Forced to work alongside them on the Grand Banks he learns discipline humility and the value of honest labor. This first American edition captures the novels blend of adventure nautical realism and coming of age themes making it a classic of late nineteenth century sea literature. A Good green cloth binding with illustrated front board gilt lettering on front board and spine emblem on rear board cracked hinges some handling/scuffing to boards and spine TEG with blemishes deckle fore-edge and bottom text block edge some age toning to pages rubbing along board edges few prelims partially detached from text block rubbing along joints list of illustrations page detached from binding and laid in crimping to spine edges without Dust wrapper. 12moduodecimo or approx. 5.5 x 7.75 inches. 323pp. b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. The Century Co hardcover
1899214147New York: Century Co 1899. Authorized Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Front hinge starting. Century Co hardcover
18973108<p>London: Macmillan 1897. 8vo Rebound by Bayntun-Riviere. First English Edition illustrations by I.W. Taber. Gilt page block. Clean throughout. Rebound with original covers inserted in back.</p> Macmillan hardcover
1897BC17768Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London 1897. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition first printing issued a month after the American edition. 8vo. viii 245pp ii publisher's advertisements. Original blue smooth-weave cloth with gilt lettering decorations and rule to the spine and upper board. All edges gilt. A little bruising to the backstrip ends and a touch of light wear to the corner tips and several other extremities. A very minor slant to the binding. Some spotting to the frontispiece tissue offset to the adjacent leaves and with some further occasional spotting and finger-soiling to some margins. A nice bright copy of this North American-set Kipling novel originally serialised in "McClure's" between November 1896 and May 1897 and much admired by Theodore Roosevelt. Macmillan & Co. Ltd., London Hardcover
18971106London: Macmillan& Co 1897. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. I W Taber. Owner inscription on title page 1898. Dark blue cloth with gilt illustration of fishermen in boat to front board and gilt title to spine. No dustjacket. Reprinted November 1897. Dark blue endpapers. 245 pages. 2 pages of other publications at rear. Gilt edges to pages. In nice condition but some of the text block is uneven <br/><br/> Macmillan& Co hardcover
1900100000297Philadelphia: Henry Altemus 1900. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. FIRST. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. vg/- marron hardcover bright clean tight binding and case newspaper articles laid in chipped half title otherwise quite new looking. Henry Altemus Hardcover
1890859A36Calcutta: Thacker Spink and Co. 1890. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. The fourth edition in the original cloth of Rudyard Kipling's anthology of verses. The fourth edition of this work. A collection of poems by the renowned author Rudyard Kipling. Seen in both blue and maroon variant cloth binding.This work originally appeared in 1886 on the 'Civil & Military Gazette Press' in Lahore and was reprinted in Calcutte in the same year with multiple further editions following. Kipling tended to add poems with each new edition both to the 'Ditties' and the 'Other Verses.' Twenty-four leaves of publisher's catalogue to rear. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally generally smart with light bumping and chipping to head and tail of spine and extremities back strip darkened. Front free endpaper was pasted to front pastedown. Library stamp to half title with library marks to front and rear title page and no further marking. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Good Thacker, Spink and Co. hardcover
1890287345United States Book Company as successor to John W. Lovell Company 1890. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. First U.S. edition with all first issue points. 12mo in burgundy cloth bevelled boards titles in gilt on the spine and front board Lovell name at the bottom of the spine address on the title page cr notice dated 1890 on title page verso. Binding tight and square hinges complete and firm just the tiniest touch of rubbing at the corners and spine ends very neat p.o. note dated 1891 on the ffep. A very nice copy you wouldn't hesitate to call VG. United States Book Company as successor to John W. Lovell Company hardcover
1899880T21London: George Newnes Limited; Methuen and Co. 1899-1900. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A smartly bound set of volumes from English writer Rudyard Kipling with illustrations. Two volumes. Written by Rudyard Kipling an English novelist short-story writer journalist and poet known for his works the Jungle Book and Just So Stories. This set includes: Departmental Ditties and Other Verses 1899. Eleventh edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. Includes poems such as: Delilah A Code of Morals To the Unknown Goddess The Lovers' Litany Possibilities and many others. Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses 1900. A collection of verses including: Danny Deever Fuzzy-Wuzzy Soldier Soldier Mandalay The Widow's Party Ford o' Kabul River and many others. Bound in half blue calf with blue cloth boards. Externally smart with light shelf wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark or pencil mark. The odd spot to the endpapers. Prize bookplate to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed George Newnes, Limited; Methuen and Co. hardcover
18901218E231Calcutta: Thacker Spink and Co. 1890. 4th Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. vi 2 121 24 ads. Very Good Minus. 5.5 x 7.5 inches 14 x 19 cm. Fourth edition and the first to be printed in England. Ads at rear dated February 1890. This edition includes 10 additional poems. Maroon cloth binding with bevelled board edges. Gilt sheaf of documents to front board gilt lettering to spine. Decorative endpapers. Fading to spine slight wear to ends of spine and corners of boards. Slight cracking to front endpaper binding slightly loose and strained in a few places. Light foxing to pages 40/41. A few light marks to text. Later owner's name to front free endpaper. Richards A31. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.5 x 7.5 inches 14 x 19 cm. Thacker, Spink and Co. hardcover
1899935Z7London: George Newness 1899. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. Rudyard Kipling's first collection of verse bound in a decorative crushed half morocco binding. The 'Sixpenny Series' edition. First published in 1886. Bound in crushed half morocco with marbled paper to the boards and floral gilt details to the spine. Rudyard Kipling's first collection of verse including works such as 'Departmental Ditties' 'To the Unknown Goddess' and 'Arithmetic on the Frontier". Kipling was a popular English journalist poet and author best known for his work 'The Jungle Book'. Bound in crushed half morocco. Externally excellent with fading to the spine slight rubbing to the fore edge. Internally firmly bound with age toned pages and the odd spot heavier to the front and rear. Very Good Indeed George Newness hardcover
18901528new york: united states book company successors to john w. lovell company 1890. first us edition 1890. signed by actor richard burton.<br /> <br /> burton famously recorded a reading of kipling's poem "if." he was also originally cast for an adaption of "the man who would be king" replaced at the last moment by christopher plummer.<br /> <br /> new york: united states book company successors to john w. lovell company. 5 x 7.5 inches. 270 pages. hardcover. bound in maroon cloth-covered boards. top edge gilt. book condition:. slight shelf-wear to corners and ends of spine. light offsetting to front free-endpaper. nearly undetectable discoloration to rear board. near fine-. united states book company successors to john w. lovell company unknown
1895811C27London: Thacker Spink And Co. 1895. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. A smart edition of the collection of poems from Rudyard Kipling first printed in 1886. A very smart eighth edition of Rudyard Kipling's 'Departmental Ditties and Other Verses' containing such poems as 'The Plea of the Simla Dancers' and 'To the Unknown Goddess'. Kipling is known for his works of fiction notably 'The Jungle Book' 1894 and 'The Man Who Would Be King' 1888. Twenty-four pages of adverts to the rear. In publisher's original pictorial binding with gilt lettering to the spine. Externally smart. Some very light rubbing to the extremities particularly head and tail of the spine. Front hinge is starting. Very light marking to the front pastedown and endpaper. Blind stamp to the front endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with some light spots to the first and last few pages. Very Good Thacker, Spink And Co. hardcover
18901219E009Calcutta: Thacker Spink and Co. 1890. 4th Edition 1st UK Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: vi 120 24. Very Good Plus/Fine. 5.75 x 7.75 inches 15 x 20 cm. Slipcase: Custom made maroon cloth slip case with gilt lettering to end panel. Overall case condition is Fine. Book: Fourth edition and the first edition to be printed in England. Ads at rear dated February 1890. This edition includes 10 additional poems. Maroon cloth binding with bevelled board edges. Gilt sheaf of documents to front board gilt lettering to spine. Decorated endpapers. Very slight fading to spine. Very slight rubbing to corners. Good solid binding. A few light spots of foxing to page edges otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper. An excellent example Richards A31. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.75 x 7.75 inches 15 x 20 cm. Thacker, Spink and Co. hardcover
189822447Dana Estes Boston 1898. HB NODustJacket 1898 1st separate edition dates match NF/VG NODJ Blue decorated cloth cover slight rub wear & tiny chips Extremties spine sunned Interior nice tight clean light Wear FoX 72 pgs Ads 2 tiny FoX dots back Cover. First Separate. Hard Cover. Dana Estes, Boston, hardcover
