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1930WRCLIT83696New York: The Grolier Club 1930. Two volumes. Large octavos. Linen and gilt boards paper spine labels t.e.g. others untrimmed. Plates facsimiles. Hint of tanning at edges otherwise fine the first in chipped glassine in trifle discolored slipcases with repaired cracks. First editions. Each is one of 325 numbered copies printed on Fabriano paper at the Plimpton Press. RICHARDS B87 & B/43. STEWART 580. ASAF 93 & 94. The Grolier Club hardcover books
1930WRCLIT83809New York: The Grolier Club 1930. Large octavo. Linen and gilt boards paper spine label t.e.g. Portrait. First edition. One of 325 copies printed at the Plimpton Press. Bookplate spine and boards a bit darkened at edges and slightly soiled one lower corner slightly bruised else very good. The Grolier Club hardcover books
1925WRCLIT43741Garden City: Doubleday 1925. Cream wrappers printed in green. Wrappers lightly smudged and creased but a very good copy. First edition in book form of this poem one of 91 copies printed for U.S. copyright purposes. STEWART 535. RICHARDS A352. Doubleday unknown books
193419123Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company 1934. Pictorial boards. Near Fine. #327 OF 450 COPIES SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR MARGUERITE KIRMSE on the limitation just above a printed sketch of a Scottish Terrier. A lovely copy to boot of the 1934 stated 1st edition. Clean and easily Near Fine in its vellum spine over salmon-pink boards. Striking gilt-decoration to the front panel bright gilt-titling along the spine within a crisp. dark-leather label. Internally clean as could be with no writing or marking of any kind. Octavo top-edge gilt wonderfully illustrated throughout by Marguerite Kirmse. And including the publisher's unprinted dark card slipcase which shows some scuffing at the panels and wear along the edges but has protected the book beautifully. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover books
1934121917London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1934. First edition of Kipling's Collected Dog Stories. Octavo original cloth decorated in gilt. In fine 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 hardcover books
1910258098New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1910. First illustrated edition. Illustrated With 9 tipped in colour plates captioned tissues and 8 black and white line-drawingsby W. Heath Robinson. 392 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original red cloth pictorial gilt spine and upper board. Very good plus bright copy. Robinson William Heath. First illustrated edition. Illustrated With 9 tipped in colour plates captioned tissues and 8 black and white line-drawingsby W. Heath Robinson. 392 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Doubleday, Page & Co unknown books
191228207London: Hodder & Stoughton 1912. Edition De Luxe printed on English handmade paper limited to 500 numbered copies this is no. 59 signed by the publisher Hodder Stoughton and the printer T. Constable; 4to pp. xix 1 476 1; title-p. printed in blue and black initials printed in blue; original full limp vellum lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine t.e.g. yapp edges blue silk ties; some inevitable soiling of the vellum else near fine. <br/><br/> Hodder & Stoughton hardcover books
1912219685London: Hodder & Stoughton 1912. Limited edition Number 95 of 500 copies on handmade paper signed by Hodder & Stoughton. Title page printed in green and black. xix 476 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original limp vellum t.e.g. Ties perished else fine. Bookplate. Cloth slipcase. Limited edition Number 95 of 500 copies on handmade paper signed by Hodder & Stoughton. Title page printed in green and black. xix 476 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Finely printed compendium of Kipling's verse including many favorite poems. Richards A258 Hodder & Stoughton unknown books
191462481Garden City New York: Doubleday Page & Company. Very Good. 1914. Hardcover. 375pp. covers are soiled with rubbed and scuffed spine ends and cover corners hinges cracked. Contents are bright and complete. . Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
19108730New York. Doubleday Page and Company. 1910. Bound in half Vellum and paper covered boards.Gilt titled morocco labels to spine. Deckled edges. Top edge gilded. Thick 4to. 7.5" x 10". This Edition is printed upon special Hand Made paper and Limited to 125 numbered copies of which this is #54. Signed boldly in ink by Kipling to the Limitation Page. Illustrated with 17 full page captioned and tissue guarded tipped in colour plates and monochrome drawings by W. Heath Robinson. A splendid compendium of Kipling's verse enhanced by the illustrative prowess of Robinson's plates. Covers moderately soiled. Usual darkening to Vellum along front join.Spine a bit rubbed with small stain to Title Label.A Very Good extremely crisp copy with brilliantly luminescent Robinson plates. Doubleday, Page and Company. hardcover books
1907122083New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1907. First edition of Kipling's collected verse inscribed by him to President Theodore Roosevelt's son Kermit Roosevelt. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Association copy signed and inscribed by Rudyard Kipling with a line from The Feet of the Young Men to Kermit Roosevelt on the title page "Rudyard Kipling Bolemons: August 4. 1912: "now the young men go to dance before the Trues." RK." With Roosevelts ownership inscription to the title page "Kermit Roosevelt March 23 1909" and his daughter Belle Kermit Roosevelt's bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and writer Kermit Roosevelt was a graduate of Harvard College served in both World Wars in World War I with both the British and American armies and explored two continents with his father Theodore Roosevelt. One of Roosevelt's most popular books Through the Brazilian Wilderness recounted their father and son expedition to the Brazilian Jungle which would become known as the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition. In 1909 the year of Kermit's ownership inscription in the present volume he and his father undertook a year-long expedition in Africa funded by the Smithsonian Institution. After this trip and a swing through Europe Kermit returned to Harvard and completed four years of study in two and a half years graduating with the Class of 1912 the year of Kipling's inscription. In very good condition. A unique association. 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
1944310968Garden City New York: Doubleday Page later Doran & Company 1944. First American copyright editions generally published in editions of 50-75 copies. 76 vols. 8vo. Publisher's printed stapled wrappers printed in green or black. Light foxing and shelfwear to wrappers. First American copyright editions generally published in editions of 50-75 copies. 76 vols. 8vo. Publisher's Copies. A substantial collection of Kipling American copyright editions comprising 57 of the 74 such editions published from 1910-1944. All of the multi-part issues - The New Army 6 parts The Fringes of the Fleet 6 parts Tales of "The Trade" 3 parts Destroyers at Jutland 4 parts - are complete save for The War in the Mountains 5 parts which is missing the first part. A complete listing available on request.<br/>"Contributing to the multiplicity of editions was the failure of the United States to enact international copyright protection until 1891 resulting in some American issues being the "true firsts" of Kipling's books. And while Kipling's trade editions soon began to be published in large numbers after the American international copyright law's foundation date of July 1 1891 his London literary agent A.P. Watt and his New York publisher Frank N. Doubleday made extensive use of limited printings - as few as 8 to 25 copies - to establish copyright in each country" David Alan Richards "Collecting Kipling". Provenance: Frank Nelson Doubleday Doubleday, Page [later Doran] & Company unknown books
1929310972Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1929. First American copyright editions privately published in editions of 75 copies. 8vo. Publisher's printed stapled wrappers printed in green. Light soiling and wear to A Rector's Memory wrappers. In a custom red morocco presentation box with cloth chemise. First American copyright editions privately published in editions of 75 copies. 8vo. Small collection of Kipling first American copyright editions from the collection of Frederick S. Peck 1868-1947 Rhode Island state politician and collector of manuscripts related to his state. <br/>"The failure of the United States to enact international copyright protection until 1891 resulted in some American issues being the 'true firsts' of Kipling's books. And while Kipling's trade editions soon began to be published in large numbers after the American international copyright law's foundation date of July 1 1891 his London literary agent A.P. Watt and his New York publisher Frank N. Doubleday made extensive use of limited printings - as few as 8 to 25 copies - to establish copyright in each country" David Alan Richards "Collecting Kipling". Provenance: Frederick S. Peck gift inscription stamped on front cover of box "Frederick S. Peck December 16 1929. Many Happy Returns of the Day Thomas W. Best" and his bookplate in each volume. Richards A361 A377 A378 A380 A383 A384 Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc unknown books
1922WRCLIT46381Paris: Georges Crès et Cie / Les Maitres du Livre 1922. Three volumes. Printed wrappers. Photogravure portrait woodcut frontispieces by Daragnès and Paul Colin. Translations by Robert D'Humières and Louis Fabulet. Nunmbered issues on Rives. First two volumes have small old tape mends at spine extremities else very good. Georges Crès et Cie / Les Maitres du Livre unknown books
1928WRCLIT36453Np: Privately printed by G. Engel 1928. 4pp. Folded small quarto leaflet. Facsimile of Kipling letter plates. First of this dissection of the Hurst and Co. piracy. 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
19260187London: Macmillan & Co 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 1pp. ad 216pp. Original red cloth central pictorially medallion gilt. A fine bright copy in near fine crisp dust jacket. A very handsome copy. <br/><br/> Macmillan & Co hardcover books
1926D12692London: Macmillan and Co. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Publisher's gilt-stamped red cloth; printed dust jacket with publisher's ads on the rear panel; 8vo; pp. 1 ad vi 416. Spine tips and corners lightly rubbed. Closed tear along fore-edge of front panel barely visible under mylar and front flap is holding on just fine. An excellent copy. <br/><br/> Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
1926WRCLIT41686London: Macmillan and Co. 1926. Gilt red cloth t.e.g. Spine darkened and a bit edgeworn offset to front endsheets good and sound. First edition of this miscellany of stories and poems about half of the former having relevance to the War. Falls lauds the stories herein as "equal to the best their author achieved in the great old days." RICHARDS A363. STEWART 519. FALLS p.281 . Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
1926WRCLIT41666London: Macmillan and Co. 1926. Gilt red cloth t.e.g. Two bookplates slight flecking to cloth at edges trace of foxing to endsheets and edges several catalogue clippings tipped to rear pastedown but about very good in spine-darkened dust jacket with shallow chipping at head and toe of spine. First edition of this miscellany of stories and poems about half of the former having relevance to the War. Falls lauds the stories herein as "equal to the best their author achieved in the great old days." RICHARDS A363. STEWART 519. FALLS p.281 . Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
1926WRCLIT41675London: Macmillan and Co. 1926. Gilt red cloth t.e.g. Unfortunate adhesive bookplate of a noted Kipling collector edges a trifle rubbed slight offsetting to lower board else near very good and bright in dust jacket with large chips at head and toe of spine panel. First edition of this miscellany of stories and poems about half of the former having relevance to the War. Falls lauds the stories herein as "equal to the best their author achieved in the great old days." RICHARDS A363. STEWART 519. FALLS p.281 . Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
1926WRCLIT74637London: Macmillan and Co. 1926. Gilt red cloth t.e.g. Bookplate and ownership inscription of a bibliographer not of Kipling top edges sunned otherwise a very good bright copy in a good dust jacket with shallow chips at top edge and a small chip to the spine panel. First edition of this miscellany of stories and poems about half of the former having relevance to the War.15000 copies were printed. Falls lauds the stories herein as "equal to the best their author achieved in the great old days." RICHARDS A363. STEWART 519. FALLS p.281 . Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
1926WRCLIT41685London: Macmillan and Co. 1926. Gilt red cloth t.e.g. Unfortunate adhesive booklabel of a noted Kipling collector cloth sizing etched at edges just a good sound reading copy. First edition of this miscellany of stories and poems about half of the former having relevance to the War. Falls lauds the stories herein as "equal to the best their author achieved in the great old days." RICHARDS A363. STEWART 519. FALLS p.281 . Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
1926136436London: Macmillan And Co. 1926. Octavo pp. 1-2 i-iv v-vi 1-2 3-416 title page printed in red and black original red cloth Ganesha device stamped in gold on front panel spine stamped in gold t.e.g. First edition. A mixed collection consisting of twenty-one poems and fourteen stories including six which are fantasy or science fiction: "The Enemies to Each Other" "The Wish House" "A Madonna of the Trenches" "On the Gate: A Tale of '16" "The Eye of Allah" and "The Gardener." Perhaps Kipling's finest collection of short fiction. "The Wish House" one of the most highly regarded of all Kipling's many short stories is according to his biographer Angus Wilson "probably Kipling's most successful single story." Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 959. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1235 incorrectly recording "The Eye of Allah" as collected in A Diversity of Creatures 1917. Clute and Grant eds The Encyclopedia of Fantasy p. 541. Clute and Nicholls eds The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction p. 670. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V p. 2054. Wilson Shadows in the Attic p. 307. Bleiler 1978 p. 115. Stewart 520. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with mild shelf wear to spine ends and corner tips. #136436 Macmillan And Co. unknown books
192628292London: Macmillan & Co 1926. First edition 8vo pp. 2 vi 416; very good copy in original red cloth gilt medallion on upper cover gilt lettering on spine t.e.g. A collection of 14 stories and 21 poems. Livingstone 506; Stewart 519. <br/><br/> Macmillan & Co hardcover books
19263992LONDON MACMILLAN 1926 1926. DUST JACKET FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD-FINE. F. Hardcover. LONDON, MACMILLAN, 1926 hardcover books
