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1890WRCLIT72128Calcutta London & Bombay: Thacker Spink and Co. 1890. Deep blue cloth with elaborate gilt device on upper board replicating a note from Kipling. A bit of rubbing to the gilding front inner hinge very slightly cracking otherwise a very good bright copy. Fifth second English edition reprinting the text of the fourth First English edition and like it printed by Clowes & Sons. Nonetheless the claim was made replicating Kipling's hand and signature in the gilt cover decoration that new "Ditties & Verses" were included in this edition. The ads are dated September 1890. STEWART 11 & 12 ref. RICHARDS A31n. Thacker, Spink and Co. hardcover books
1890WRCLIT36472Calcutta London & Bombay: Thacker Spink and Co. 1890. Deep blue cloth with elaborate gilt device on upper board replicating a note from Kipling. Unfortunate adhesive bookplate of a noted Kipling collector on free endsheet a couple slight rubs to upper board otherwise a very good bright copy. Fifth second English edition reprinting the text of the fourth First English edition and like it printed by Clowes & Sons. Nonetheless the claim was made replicating Kipling's hand and signature in the gilt cover decoration that new "Ditties & Verses" were included in this edition. The ads are dated September 1890. STEWART 11 & 12 ref. RICHARDS A31n. Thacker, Spink and Co. hardcover books
1890WRCLIT71906Calcutta London & Bombay: Thacker Spink and Co. / W. Thacker & Co 1890. Deep blue cloth with elaborate gilt device on upper board replicating a note from Kipling. Bookplate of John Quinn on pastedown. Binding and gilding a bit rubbed with modest shelfwear at extremities front inner hinge cracking slightly half-title neatly excised; otherwise good and sound. Fourth edition but the first edition printed in the UK. The adverts at the end are dated February 1890 and are priced in dual currencies.This edition includes ten poems in addition to those included in the 1888 3rd edition and features revisions to others. RICHARDS A31. LIVINGSTON 14. STEWART 11. QUINN SALE 5060. Thacker, Spink and Co. / W. Thacker & Co hardcover books
1897WRCLIT77463London & Calcutta: W. Thacker / Thacker Spink and Co. 1897. Deep blue cloth lettered in gilt with gilt pictorial vignette on upper board t.e.g others untrimmed. Neat bookplate on pastedown faint smear of dolling on upper board but a bright tight copy. Ninth edition trade issue with frontis and plates by Dudley Cleaver. There were also two large paper issues. STEWART 13. W. Thacker / Thacker, Spink and Co. hardcover books
1897120438London: W. Thacker & Co 1897. Rare Edition de Luxe of Kipling's first collection of verse. Octavo original publisher's half vellum over green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine and gilt vignette to the front panel. Tissue-guarded illustrations by Dudley Cleaver including frontispiece. One of one hundred and fifty numbered copies of the Edition de Luxe printed with two extra illustrations this is number 87. Ninth edition. In very good condition. Kipling published his first collection of verse Departmental Ditties in 1886 a year that also brought a change to the editors at the Civil and Military Gazette which allowed him more creative freedom and the ability to contribute short stories to the newspaper. Departmental Ditties includes Delilah The Legend of the Foreign Office The Story of Uriah The Betrothed The Moon of Other Days and The Fall of Jock Gillespie. W. Thacker & Co hardcover books
1890121888New York: John H. Lovell Company 1890. First American edition of the poetry collection that established Kipling's fame with Lovell on the foot of the spine. Octavo original cloth. 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. John H. Lovell Company hardcover books
1890WRCLIT71826New York: United States Book Co. / Lovell 1890. Plum cloth stamped in gilt t.e.g. Minor rubbing to spine ends otherwise an unusually nice copy very good or better. First U.S. edition first impression and first book publication of seventeen pieces. RICHARDS A48. STEWART 79. United States Book Co. / Lovell hardcover books
189065168NY:: United States Book Company John W. Lovell Company. Very Good. 1890. Hardcover. First American edition first issue Lovell at base of spine. Small octavo bound in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and design top edge gilt. A bit faded along the spine previous owner's name and date on front free endpaper light edge wear at the spine ends and corners else very good. Binding is solid and tight. ; 270 pages . United States Book Company (John W. Lovell Company), hardcover books
189029677NY: United States Book Co 1890. First American edn. 8vo pp. 270. Maroon cloth stamped in gilt. Owner's name on flyleaf bookplate. Cover somewhat scuffed and worn one hinge near tender o/w VG. Grolier Club Exhibit 110; Stewart 79. First Edition of both the "Barrack-Room Ballads" and the "Other Verses" not published in England until 1892; first American edition of "Departmental Ditties." Contains the first printing in book form of Kipling's great popular ballads including "Danny Deever" "Fuzzy Wuzzy" "Gunga Din" "Mandalay" etc. United States Book Co unknown books
189983937New York: Doubleday McClure 1899. First. hardcover. very good. 2 vols. 8vo green ribbed cloth. N.Y.: Doubleday McClure 1899. First Edition. First issue with errors on pp. 90 & 153 of Volume II. Stewart 198.<br/><br/> Doubleday McClure unknown books
1899WRCLIT41586New York: Doubleday & McClure Company 1899. Two volumes. Green cloth stamped in blind lettered in gilt. First authorized edition of this material the text heavily revised by RK. The second volume exhibits the earliest readings on p.90 and p. 153. Corners rubbed one inner hinge cracking some marginal smudges and soiling; just a good sound set w.a.f. STEWART 198. RICHARDS A131 Doubleday & McClure Company hardcover books
1899WRCLIT41697New York: Doubleday & McClure Company 1899. Two volumes. Green cloth stamped in blind lettered in gilt. First authorized edition of this material the text heavily revised by RK. The second volume exhibits the earliest readings on p.90 and p. 153. Corners rubbed cloth a bit darkened and dull bookplate shadows on pastedowns unfortunate adhesive booklabel of a noted Kipling collector; just a good sound set w.a.f. STEWART 198. RICHARDS A131. Doubleday & McClure Company hardcover books
1900WRCLIT40900London: Macmillan & Co. 1900. Two volumes. Bright red cloth decorated gilt t.e.g. First UK edition preceded by the New York edition. Bookplates endsheets a bit foxed spine extremities a bit worn else a good sound bright set. STEWART 199. RICHARDS A157. Macmillan & Co. hardcover books
1900229603London Macmillan and Co. Limited 1900. 1900. First English edition. 8vo. 1 page preface by Kipling. Attractively bound in 3/4 blue morocco over light blue/gray marbled boards spine with 5 raised bands with each compartment gilt ruled with small floral design in the corners two compartments with a gilt drum and 2 compartment with a gilt horn a.e.g.; light blue/gray marbled endpapers. Very good. 2 volumes complete. No signatures or bookplates. Livington 228. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1900. hardcover books
190029538London: Macmillan 1900. First U.K. edition issued some months after the American edition. Two-volume set. Two volumes. 8vo pp. 497 438. Red cloth stamped in gilt. TEG. Owner's bookplate on pastedowns covers slightly worn at ends of spines one small worm hold at bottom of a few pages o/w VG. Stewart 199. Macmillan unknown books
1899WRCLIT40899New York: Doubleday & McClure 1899. Two volumes. Ribbed green cloth decorated in blind spines lettered in gilt. First edition preceding the UK edition. Bookplates endsheets a bit foxed spine extremities worn else a good sound set. STEWART 198. RICHARDS A131. Doubleday & McClure hardcover books
189913077New York: Doubleday & Mcclure Company. Very Good. 1899. Hardcover. Green ribbed cloth engraved; some wear slightly cocked; contents clean and complete. This is Volume I. . Doubleday & Mcclure Company hardcover books
1899135301899. New York: Doubleday & McClure Company 1899. Original blind-stamped sea green cloth.<br/><br/> First Edition the English edition is dated 1900. These volumes include the first authorized edition of "American Notes" "Letters of Marque" "The City of Dreadful Night" and "The Smith Administration"; according to Kipling's Preface he was "forced" to issue this title "by the enterprise of various publishers" who were pirating and embellishing his earlier works. The half-title versos bear Kipling's usual icon from India the swastika -- which until the 1930s signified peace and continuity. This is a near-fine set with just a touch of rubbing. Richards A131; Stewart 198. unknown books
189968545New York: Doubleday & Mcclure Company. Good. 1899. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes green pictorial boards gilt printing to the spines. First Edition. Former owner signature on the front pastedown of each copy. Spines a bit darkened with rubbing to spine ends. The contents show soe light toning- otherwise complete bright Good. . Doubleday & Mcclure Company hardcover books
1899121448New York: Doubleday & McClure Company 1899. First edition first issue of this collection of Kipling's essays about his 1889 travels from India to Burma China Japan and the United States en route to England with "fifteen feet" on p. 90 line 12 of vol. II. Octavo two volumes original decorated cloth. In fine condition. Housed in the original publisher's box 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 & McClure Company hardcover books
18941909213Century 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes both first US editions. The second volume is from the library of the poet Amy Lowell and is signed by a Roosevelt. Very good condition. Century hardcover books
189052434New York: Lovell 1890. First Edition. Octavo. First Authorized Edition; 19.5cm; blue cloth covered boards titled in gilt on spine; top textblock in gilt; 771pp.; a Near Fine or better copy. A classic collection of 36 short stories. Lovell unknown books
189055000New York: United States Book Company Successor to John W. Lovell Company 142 to 150 Worth Street 1890. First edition. 771 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Blue cloth. Very good. First edition. 771 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Stewart 63 United States Book Company, Successor to John W. Lovell Company 142 to 150 Worth Street unknown books
1890125195New York: United States Book Company 1890. Hardbound. Good- general fragility and wear. Publishers blue cloth. 771pp. no illustrations. A most noteworthy copy bearing the copper-engraved bookplate of Henry Van Deventer Black which was designed by Mr. Black and engraved by Edwin Davis French. The book is signed by Henry Van Deventer Black and he has dated it Dec. 1892. He has also written that "This book has spent a winter on the Nile and been around the world" on the ffep. A few pencil lines to the contents perhaps indicating favorite passages. The bookplate is stunning in it's detail and beauty. United States Book Company hardcover books
1890121653New York: John W. Lovell Company 1890. First authorized edition of this classic collection by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo original cloth. Illustrations by L.J. Bridgman. In near fine condition. Tanselle #99.17. A very sharp example. Rudyard Kipling was an English short-story writer poet and novelist who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907. His books include The Jungle Book and the Just So Stories. John W. Lovell Company hardcover books