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1899W10207BNew York: Doubleday and McClure 1899. Original green pictorial cloth with gilt lettering and gilt and silver decoration. TEG other edges untrimmed. Gift inscription at top of half title page. Frontispiece tissue present. Decorations on endpapers and in text in the Art Deco manner. First Thus. Pictorial Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Orson Lowell. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Doubleday and McClure Hardcover books
1899121634New York: Doubleday and McClure Company 1899. First separate American edition of Kipling children's classic. Octavo original illustrated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel pictorial endpapers illustrated by Orson Lowell tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very condition. Bookplate. 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 and McClure Company hardcover books
1891265647Allahabad: Wheeler 1891. paperback. good. 96pp thin 8vo printed gray green wrappers; lightly edge-chipped. Allahabad & London: A.H. Wheeler & Sampson Low Marston n.d. 1891. First English Edition.<br/><br/> Volume XIV of the Indian Railway Library. Errata slip attached to title page.<br/><br/> Wheeler unknown books
1891241451Allahabad: Wheeler 1891. paperback. good. Thin 8vo printed wrappers. Allahabad & London: A.H. Wheeler & Sampson Low Marston n.d. 1891. First English Edition.<br/><br/> Lacks front wrapper & front flyleaf; back wrapper is chipped. Errata slip attached to title page.<br/><br/> Wheeler unknown 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
1891WRCLIT41594Allahabad & London: A.H. Wheeler & Co / Sampson Low et al 1891. Large octavo. Pictorial wrappers detached and rather chipped. First U.K. edition printed in the style of the RAILWAY LIBRARY series XIV. Tan offsetting to title and last page from wrappers publisher's slip detached but present; the text block is very good. An ordinary copy of this title offered w.a.f. STEWART 94. A.H. Wheeler & Co / Sampson Low [et al] unknown 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
1891WRCLIT55923Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler & Co. 1891. 4410810pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Rebacked at an early date with plain paper upper wrapper wanting significant chips at corners one piece is laid in with clean tear up from bottom edge of upper wrapper parallel to spine and following the left frame of the pictorial vignette smaller corner chip to lower wrapper a few small nicks to prelims but internally about very good. Half morocco slipcase and chemise. First published edition following the suppression of the 1890 edition under the same title and with additions. Issued as no. XIV in Wheeler's Indian Railway Library series preceding the printing with the dual Allahabad and London imprint. RICHARDS A52. STEWART 93. LIVINGSTON 70. A.H. Wheeler & Co. unknown books
18913647Allahabad: A. H. Wheeler & Co 1891. Second edition. 810810pp. Including 14pp. of ads & reviews. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf circa 1920 in 1/2 brown morocco gilt over marbled boards original gray pictorial wrappers bound in. T.e.g. Bookplate on front pastedown of M. C. D. Borden whose valuable library was sold at auction in 1913. "A. H. Wheeler & Co.'s Indian Railway Library No. XIV." The second edition after an unauthorized first edition was suppressed by Kipling. Efforts were also made to suppress this second edition and it is quite scarce. Livingston BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF KIPLING #70. A. H. Wheeler & Co hardcover books
189929648New York: Doubleday and McClure 1899. 16mo p. 6 83; frontispiece portrait title-p. printed in red and black; spine darkened and spine extremities rubbed else very good in original pictorial cream cloth stamped in white and olive. See Livingston p. 84. <br/><br/> Doubleday and McClure hardcover books
1898WRCLIT77658Jamaica NY: The Marion Press 1898. Small octavo. Printed wrappers. Tiny nick at crown of lower wrapper joint trivial use at overlap edges otherwise about fine. First edition. Copy #93 of 120 copies printed on behalf of Paul Lemperley for subscribers this copy being designated in an early hand in light blue pencil for Kipling himself. Collects the documents pertaining to Kipling's disagreement with Harper & Bros. over the story including the collective letter signed by Hardy Besant and Black. From the Nelson Doubleday collection sale and surprisingly uncommon in this decent condition. STEWART 706. RICHARDS B22. LIVINGSTON 58. The Marion Press unknown books
1890301156New York: Harper & Brothers 1890. First edition. Portrait. xii 182 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half green morocco original wrappers bound in. Spine toned. Very good plus. Pencil marks on contents page. John Quinn bookplate. First edition. Portrait. xii 182 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quinn Copy. Collection of six stories previously published in various Harper serials the last story The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney being a piracy.<br/>No. 680 in Harper's Franklin Square Library series. <br/>This publication is the first time a portrait of Kipling appears in one of his books.<br/>This copy retains the front and back wrappers; the inside front wrapper here lists series titles from 680 to 589 where Richards reports 681-590. Richards A43; Ballard XXXIII; Stewart 76; Livingston 57 Harper & Brothers unknown books
1890249895New York: Harper & Brothers 1890. First edition. Portrait. xii 182 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Light blue green printed wrappers spine worn back cover separating else a Very Good copy of this rare fragile book. In half blue morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition. Portrait. xii 182 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Collection of six stories previously published in various Harper serials the last story The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney being a piracy.<br/>No. 680 in Harper's Franklin Square Library series. <br/>This publication is the first time a portrait of Kipling appears in one of his books.<br/>This copy retains the front and back wrappers; the inside front wrapper here lists series titles from 680 to 589 where Richards reports 681-590. Richards A 43; Ballard XXXIII; Stewart 76; Livingston 57 Harper & Brothers unknown books
1898WB18281London: Macmillan 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. Original blue gilt stamped cloth. Early reprint from October 1898 one month after the first printing. Signature of Lady Emily Tournour to title. Book label of Lord Winterton to top of front pastedown. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
1898TB30230London: Macmillan And Co. 1898. First Edition. First Printing Very good in blue pebbled cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine and bright gilt ornamental band across the upper edge of the front board. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with a 1/4" deep by 3/4" long chip to the cloth at the head of the spine which is tanned a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and a book seller's name and notation of "First Edition" on the first free end page. Without its issued dust jacket. 381 pages of text followed by the publisher's ads of 16 pages dated "15.9.98". A collection of 12 short stories. Richards A116 Macmillan And Co. hardcover books
189843477London: Macmillan and Co 1898. First English edition 8vo pp. 6 381 1 2 ads; original blue decorative boards blind- and gilt-stamped t.e.g.; spine darkened edges moderately shelf worn minor soiling to textblock fore-edge else a very good sound copy. Richards A116. <br/><br/> Macmillan and Co hardcover books
189832738New York: Doubleday & McClure Co 1898. First American edition 8vo pp. 8 431; a near fine bright copy in original pictorial green cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine. Xmas 1898 gift inscription bookplate. Stewart 179. <br/><br/> Doubleday & McClure Co hardcover books
189861955New York: Doubleday & McClure 1898. No stated edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Green cloth lettered in gilt. Illustration in black on front cover. Top edge gilt. Extremities rubbed. No Jacket. <br/><br/> Doubleday & McClure hardcover books
1898WRCLIT41732New York: Doubleday Page & Co. 1898. Green cloth lettered in gilt stamped in black t.e.g. First edition preceding the UK edition. Adhesive booklabel of a noted Kipling collector extremities worn cracking at gutter before frontis but good and sound. STEWART 179. RICHARDS A115. Doubleday, Page & Co. hardcover books
1898WRCLIT41563London: Macmillan 1898. Gilt decorated blue cloth. First British edition preceded by the U.S. printing. Spine a bit rubbed at extremities else a very good copy. STEWART 180. RICHARDS A116. Macmillan hardcover books
1898WRCLIT29555London: Macmillan 1898. Gilt decorated blue cloth. First British edition preceded by the U.S. printing. Bookplate front free endsheet neatly excised a good sound reading copy. STEWART 180. RICHARDS A116. Macmillan hardcover books
1898WRCLIT41696London: Macmillan 1898. Gilt decorated blue cloth. First British edition preceded by the U.S. printing. Binding rubbed and edgeworn unfortunate adhesive booklabel of a noted Kipling collector just a good sound copy. STEWART 180. RICHARDS A116. Macmillan hardcover books
1898WRCLIT41562London: Macmillan 1898. Gilt decorated blue cloth. First British edition preceded by the U.S. printing. Binding dull a bit shaken just a good reading copy. STEWART 180. RICHARDS A116. Macmillan hardcover books
189829540London: Macmillan 1898. First Edition. 8vo pp. 381. TEG. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. One hinge tender cover little worn o/w VG. Stewart 180 With the 16pp.catalogue dated "15.9.98" called for by Stewart. Macmillan unknown books
189856967New York: Doubleday & Mcclure Co. Very Good. 1898. Hardcover. Green boards gilt and black stamping previous owner signed untrimmed pages slight scuffing to spine edges else very good. . Doubleday & Mcclure Co. hardcover books