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1897317744New York: The Century Co 1897. First American Edition. Illusrtated by I.W. Taber. 323pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial Green cloth spine slightly faded else VG. First American Edition. Illusrtated by I.W. Taber. 323pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The Century Co unknown books
1897164553New York: The Century Co. 1897. Octavo pp. i-vi vii-viii ix-x 1-323 324-326: blank twenty-one plates with illustrations by L. W. Taber original pictorial gray green cloth front panel stamped in red black and gold spine panel stamped in black and gold rear panel stamped in black top edge gilt other edges rough trimmed. First American edition. "Kipling's third attempt to write a long story was made during his residence in the United States and the background for this novel centers around the deep-sea fishing industry of Gloucester Massachusetts. The story first appeared in serial form in McCLURE'S MAGAZINE November 1896 to May 1897 with twenty-five illustrations by I. W. Taber and in PEARSON'S MAGAZINE December 1896 to April 1897 with forty-one illustrations by I. W. Taber and Fred T. Jane . The American edition published by the Century Co. and the English by Macmillan & Co. were both published in 1897. The texts differ from one another in a number of minor details." - Stewart pp. 149-150. "The work has always been popular in the USA and various versions have been filmed." - Sutherland Victorian Fiction p. 104. Stewart 164. Neat 1897 Christmas gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Slight spine lean lower front corner tips lightly rubbed upper front corner tip lightly bumped a nearly fine copy. A lovely copy of this classic. #164553 The Century Co. unknown books
1897RK058London: Macmillan & Co. 1897 Illustrated by Isaiah West Taber. First edition. Publisher's dark blue cloth with sailor illustrations and wave rulings stamped in gilt to the front board and spine lettered in gilt all edges gilt coated black endpapers. A very good or better copy with some wear and rubbing to the extremities mostly at spine ends contemporary former owner pencil signature to half-title light scattered foxing throughout. A bright and attractive copy. Originally published serially in McClure's Magazine beginning in November 1896 Captains Courageous is a story about Harvey Cheyne the marooned son a wealthy railroad magnate who is rescued by fishermen off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. After being tossed overboard an ocean liner Harvey meets Disko Troop captain of the small fishing boat We're Here who refuses to take the young man back to port but agrees to take him on as part of the crew. Over the course of the novel Harvey befriends the captain's son Dan who helps the arrogant millionaire develop into a hard-working honest young man who is self-reliant and content with living simply. This first edition of Captains Courageous in book form contains twenty-two plates of black and white illustrations by Taber including a frontispiece. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Taber Isaiah West. London: Macmillan & Co. hardcover books
189843480New York: The Century Co 1898. 8vo pp. viii 2 323; frontispiece full-page illustrations by I.W. Taber; original green pictorial cloth stamped in black red and gilt gilt-lettered spine t.e.g.; spine darkened cloth a bit soiled; contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper newsprint clipping of Kipling's autograph mounted to p. v with offsetting to facing page else textblock fine. Reprint of the first 1897 American edition. <br/><br/> The Century Co hardcover books
189719618London: Macmillan and Co 1897. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo; navy blue cloth with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front panel; all edges gilt; 245pp 1 2 ads. Previous owner's name and date opposite half-title; edges lightly rubbed gilt has dulled bit of sunning to spine with a tiny patch of sticker-pull at front pastedown 2 small glue spots on rear endpaper and a 2" crack at lower rear hinge; Very Good. One of the great 19th century adventure stories basis for Victor Fleming's Oscar-winning adaptation in 1937 starring Spencer Tracy Lionel Barrymore and Freddie Bartholomew. Macmillan and Co unknown books
189742681NY: Century 1897. First American edn. W. Taber. 8vo pp. 323. Illustrated with 21 full-page black-and-white plates by W. Taber. Light green cloth stamped in dark green red and gilt. Former owner's inscriptions on end paper. A very good copy. Story of a Gloucester fishing boat. Kipling's first American novel written while the newlywed Kiplings lived in Vermont. Century unknown books
189729678NY: Century 1897. First American edn. 8vo pp. 323. Illustrated. Light green cloth stamped in dark green red and gilt. Owner's bookplate and stamps on endpapers. Cover somewhat soiled and worn o/w VG. Story of a Gloucester fising boat. Century unknown books
1899121051New York: Alex Grossett and Company 1899. First edition of this collection of Kipling's stories for children which includes Wee Willie Winkie and Baa Baa Black Sheep. Octavo original decorated cloth. Illustrated by Charles D. Farrand and others tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Kipling. 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. Alex Grossett and Company hardcover books
1891017421Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler & Co. 1891. First Indian Edition. . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No. XIV of the "Indian Railway Library". Grey pictorial wrappers errata slip bound in 96 pages. Wrappers chipped and missing several small pieces back cover present but detached some age darkening especially to front cover. Pictures available upon request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall <br/> <br/> A.H. Wheeler & Co. paperback
1898TB30609New York: M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels n.d. 1898. Second Edition. Very near fine in red ribbed cloth covered boards with gilt text and borders on the front board with printed end sheets A 16mo of 6 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches with modest light soiling to the front board. Without a dust jacket. One of only 500 cloth bound copies printed. This copy lacks the limitation page which appeared in the first limited edition printed earlier in the same year. 32 pages of text. A collection of five verses including: The Explanation; The Vampire; Mandalay; Recessional and The Three Captains. Richards E1-26 M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels hardcover books
189967694Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling KIPLING Rudyard. Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1899-1928. Uniform edition. Complete in 25 octavo volumes. Nicely bound in half red levant morocco over red cloth front covers decoratively gilt-stamped with a circular elephant emblem spines decoratively tooled in gilt five raised bands. Top edge gilt. Illustrated in black and white throughout. A fine set. Contains the following titles: Stalky & Co. 1899. Traffics and Discoveries 1904. Rewards and Fairies 1915. The Day's Work 1916. Diversity of Creatures 1917. Actions and Reactions 1917. Kim 1919. Just So Stories 1919. Puck of Pook's Hill 1919. The Jungle Book 1920. The Second Jungle Book1920. Letters of Travel 1920. Captain Courageous 1922. The Light That Failed 1922. The Naulahka 1922. Soldiers Three 1923. Wee Willie Winkie Under the Deodars 1926. Debits & Credits 1926. From Sea to Sea1927. Land & Sea Tales 1928. Many Intentions 1928. Plain Tales from the Hills 1928. A Book of Words 1928. Life's Handicap 1928. Livingston see p. 292. Martindell 130. HBS 67694. $2000 Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover books
189523528Cosmopolitan Press. Very Good-. 1895. Hardcover. Binding fairly solid. Pages unmarked and only slightly aged. Marbled page edges and flowered endpages. Red buckram cover has only minor wear but spine title is faded but legible. . Cosmopolitan Press 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
1898BOOKS8924New York NY: Doubleday & McClure Company. Good plus condition-spine wrinkled covers scuffed/No Dustjacket. 1898. First Edition. 8vo. 431 pp. . Doubleday & McClure Company unknown
189034399New York: United States Book Company Successors to John W. Lovell Company 1890. First Edition First State of Barrack-Room Ballads and First U.S. Edition of Departmental Ditties in First State Binding. 8vo publisher's original maroon cloth the upper cover and spine panel lettered and decorated in gilt top edge gilt housed in a foldover chemise. vi 270 pp. A fine copy of this rare and important book. FIRST EDITIONS. DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES is usually considered to be Kipling’s first book written while he was working as a journalist stationed in India however details of that period of his life are somewhat sketchy. It was originally published in Calcutta by Thacker Spink and Co. On March 9th of 1899 Kipling purchased the copyright for Å2000 and thereafter the regular publishers of this collection were Methuen in London and Doubleday in New York. United States Book Company Successors to John W. Lovell Company hardcover
189924818Newnes 1899. 8vo. Newnes Edition; strongly bound in contemporary red buckram upper board lettered in gilt backstrip and lower board mildly and unevenly sunned else a very good bright clean copy. The sole Newnes edition. Newnes secured rights of publication from Thacker and issued the only cheap editions in the UK. Kipling himself purchased the rights from Newnes and thereafter appointed as his publishers Methuen in the UK and Doubleday in the US. Livingston 19. Newnes, hardcover
1899387320London : George Newnes 1899. 1st edition in this form. Softcover. Unusually good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and chipped as with age. Bright and clean internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 126 pp. 2 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm.Notes; Publisher's advertisement on page 2 and pages 127-128; miscellaneous advertisements on pages 1 and pages 2 3 and 4 of cover. Issued in orange paper wrappers; title author portrait and price sixpence on front cover miscellaneous advertisements on back and inside covers. Subjects; Soldiers ; Poetry. Satire English. English poetry 19th century. India Politics and government 1857-1919. London : George Newnes paperback
1899393404London : George Newnes Limited Southampton Street Strand 1899. 1st edition. Softcover. Poor paperback copy only; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Spine worn; cover pages detached. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 126 pp. 2 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm. Subjects; Soldiers ; Poetry. Satire English. India Politics and government 1857-1919. London : George Newnes, Limited Southampton Street, Strand paperback
189871149London: W. Thacker and Co. 1898. 8vo. xix 208 pp. Half green calf over marbled boards with raised bands and gilt lettering and devices to tan spine. Top edge gilt. Very light wear to extremities with very light rubbing to boards and spine. Marble endpapers. Foxing to fore and bottom edge and scattered throughout. Includes black and white plates and in-text illustrations by Dudley Cleaver all complete. . Very Good. Half Calf. 1898. W. Thacker and Co. 1898 unknown
1890006622New York: United States Book Company Successor to John W. Lovell Company 1890. This is a Very Good Plus copy of the First American Edition containing some of Kipling's most famous poems. Maroon cloth binding with titling and decorations in gilt on the spine and front cover; bevelled edges. The first state printing with "Lovell" on the spine. Clean text; vi 270 pages. Very bright and clear. Tiny touches of rub at the margins. A very nice copy. In an archival plastic protector. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. United States Book Company Successor to John W. Lovell Company Hardcover
189747908London: W. Thacker & Co 1897. Hardcover. Near Fine. Ninth edition. Blue cloth with gilt stamped lettering and device to the front cover. Illustrated by Dudley Cleaver. Front endpapers darkened from newspaper clipping Top edge gilt ads at end present. Very lightly bumped corners and spine ends but overall a bright and clean copy in a tight binding. W. Thacker & Co hardcover
1892D19887Calcutta: Thacker Spink & Co. 1892. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 3/4 tan calf and blue marbled paper over boards. Binding a bit rubbed but still a nice copy. With armorial bookplate of a Rangemore to front pastedown. <br/><br/> Thacker, Spink, & Co. hardcover
1898blb06141New York: M.F. Mansfield & Co. 1898. Hardcover. Near Fine. Red cloth with bright gilt lettering rulings and swords to front and titling to spine. Small book is tight square sharp-cornered and free of markings or flaws inside and out. Book is Near Fine. Nicely illustarted with one-color plates and tissue guards. Top edge gilt. Matching volume is available with us as well - Barrack-Room Ballads and Verses. M.F. Mansfield & Co. hardcover
1897RK070London: W. Thacker & Co. 1897 With illustrations by Dudley Cleaver. Ninth edition Deluxe edition. One of 150 copies printed with two extra illustrations signed and numbered by publisher on tipped-in limitation slip this being number 68. Publisher's vellum spine and red cloth-covered boards with gilt illustration to front board spine lettered in gilt and tissue-guarded plates. Very good with a couple of tiny spots of dampstaining to front board a touch of toning to top part of rear board corners very lightly bumped light offsetting to endpapers previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper and some exposed webbing to pp. 96 and 97. Overall a sturdy and attractive copy. Departmental Ditties is Rudyard Kipling's first collection of poetry which he published when he was only 21. The poems which explore British military life first appeared in the Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore where Kipling worked as assistant editor. Kipling continued to revise and expand the collection in subsequent editions. Some of the poems included in the collection are: "Army Head-quarters" "Study of an Elevation in Indian Ink" "Pink Dominoes" "The Lovers' Litany" "As the Bell Clinks" and "Christmas in India.". Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Dudley Cleaver. London: W. Thacker & Co. hardcover
1890018576New York: John W. Lovell Company 1890. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo vi2 5- 277pp. Beautiful First Printing of the First American Edition of Kiplings First Published Book. Originally published in Lahore India while Kipling was stationed there working as a journalist byThe Civil and Military Gazette Press in1886. Includes the iconic "Gunga Din". Bound in original maroon cloth with titles in gilt on the front board and spine. t.e.g. Housed in a quarter red morocco over red cloth-covered boards slip case with matching red-cloth chemise which has mild edge-wear and moderate rubbing to spine ribs. Square tight and clean throughout with quite mild rubbing to spine ends and tips. No page toning to speak of. Remarkably well=preserved. A gorgeous collectable copy. John W. Lovell Company hardcover
