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191775586London: Macmillan and Co. 1917. Octavo pp. i-iv v vi vii-viii 1-441 442 443-444: blank 445-448: ads title page printed in red and black original red cloth Ganesha device stamped in gold on front panel spine panel lettered in gold t.e.g. First edition. A mixed collection of fourteen stories and fourteen poems. Includes the first book appearance of the long tale of the future "As Easy as A.B.C." the sequel to "With the Night Mail" first published in FAMILY MAGAZINE in 1912. "The future world is dominated by the Ariel Board of Control which regulates the movements of massive dirigible airships . This story set in 2065 offers a more elaborate account of a society anxiously preoccupied with Malthusian problems and Marxian class conflict . In this story the dictatorial A.B.C. sends a new aircraft to sort out a rebellion in Illinois" Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-603. Also collects "In the Same Boat" 1911 a tale "of psychic horrors which becomes rationalized fantasy" and "Swept and Garnished" 1915 "Kipling's grimmest supernatural fiction" Clute and Grant. Anatomy of Wonder 1981 1-110; 1987 1-55; 1995 1-55 and2004 II-603. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1235. Clarke Tale of the Future 1978 p. 46. Clute and Grant eds The Encyclopedia of Fantasy p. 541. Clute and Nicholls eds The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction p. 670. Gerber Utopian Fantasy 1973 p. 146. Negley Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 641. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 152. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V pp. 2053-54. Bleiler 1978 p. 115. Stewart 408. Hairline crack along inner front hinge repaired else a fine bright copy. Bookplate of Indiana novelist George Barr McCutcheon 1866-1928 affixed to front paste-down. #75586 Macmillan and Co. unknown books
1917122480Doubleday Page & Company: Garden City NY 1917. First American edition of this collection of Kipling tales including several science fiction stories. Octavo original dark green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel black stamped ship vignette to the front panel. In near 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. A Diversity of Creatures contains As Easy as A.B.C. The Honours of War The Village that Voted the Earth was Flat In the Presence and The Edge of Evening. Garden City, NY hardcover books
191138303Oxford: at the Clarendon Press. London Henry Fr5owde and Hodder & Stoughton 1911. First English Edition. Illustrated by Henry Ford. 250 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Blue cloth stamped in white maps on endpapers. Fine. First English Edition. Illustrated by Henry Ford. 250 pp. 1 vols. 4to. True First. Stewart 356 at the Clarendon Press. London Henry Fr5owde and Hodder & Stoughton unknown books
1911123044Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1911. First edition of Kipling and Fletcher's history of Great Britain for boys and girls. Quarto original cloth illustrated with colored plates and maps by Henry Ford. In very good condition. Kipling and Fletcher's A History of England covers the history of Great Britain and the British Empire from the departure of the Romans through Saxon England and the Middle Ages the eras of the Tudors and Stuarts the American Rebellion and Great French War up until the Kingdom and Dominion of the Georges. Fletcher contributed most of the historical text with Kipling's assistance and contribution of 23 poems. Illustrator Henry Ford was best known for his work in Andrew Lang's colored Fairy books. The Clarendon Press hardcover books
193529542Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran 1935. First Edition. 8vo pp. 936. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. VG. Doubleday, Doran unknown books
1924WRCLIT83945Chicago: American Crossarm & Conduit Co. 1924. Small folded leaflet 17.5 x 11.5 cm with facsimile of the letter printed on top panel. Laid into oversize printed wrapper 23.5 x 15cm. Fine but without the original mailing envelope. First unauthorized printing one of 200 copies prepared for private distribution by the owner of the original letter William M. Carpenter. RICHARDS B/31. STEWART 738. American Crossarm & Conduit Co. unknown books
1917WRCLIT77661Garden City: Doubleday 1917. Cream wrappers printed in green bound up by the French Bindery in full forest green crushed morocco raised bands gilt and blind- ruled side panels gilt inner dentelles with title in gilt above an inset red morocco rose with blindstamped leaves and gilt edges within the upper panel. Internally fine but the morocco binding is spine faded and the upper joint is cracked toward the crown but sound. First edition in book form of this Christmas poem printed for copyright purposes in an edition of 84 copies. From the Nelson Doubleday collection with his bookplate on the front pastedown. RICHARDS A292. STEWART 454. Doubleday hardcover books
1917WRCLIT40099Garden City: Doubleday 1917. Cream wrappers printed in green. A near fine copy. First edition in book form of this poem printed for copyright purposes in an edition of 84 copies. RICHARDS A292. STEWART 454. Doubleday unknown books
1909120708New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1909. Scarce separate edition of Kipling's song for the Boy Scouts. Octavo original wrappers. One of only 20 copies printed by Doubleday for copyright purposes. In near fine condition. Bookplate. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. Scarce. 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 & Co unknown books
1918WRCLIT21963Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co. 1918. Printed wrappers. Fine in lightly rubbed half morocco slipcase. First edition in book form one of eighty copies printed to protect U.S. copyright. RICHARDS A309. STEWART 460. Doubleday, Page & Co. unknown books
1918WRCLIT41424Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co. 1918. Cream wrappers printed in green. Near fine in plain cloth folder labeled in manuscript. First edition in book form one of eighty copies printed to protect U.S. copyright. RICHARDS A309. STEWART 460. Doubleday, Page & Co. hardcover books
1918WRCLIT40085Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co. 1918. Cream wrappers printed in green. Near fine. First edition in book form one of eighty copies printed to protect U.S. copyright. RICHARDS A309. STEWART 460. Doubleday, Page & Co. unknown books
1926WRCLIT83687Garden City: Doubleday Page & Company 1926. Cream-yellow wrapper printed in green. Fine in somewhat rubbed half morocco slipcase. First edition published in order to protect US copyright. RICHARDS A361. LIVINGSTON 510. STEWART 667. Doubleday, Page & Company unknown books
1911WRCLIT41747Oxford: At the Clarendon Press 1911. Red cloth lettered and ruled in black. Maps and plates. First "school" edition ostensibly issued in the same month as the ordinary edition. Cloth a bit soiled and marked adhesive book label of a noted Kipling collector; a good sound copy. STEWART 358. At the Clarendon Press hardcover books
19093767London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. First trade edition. Original blue cloth with front cover pictorially stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt others uncut. Large quarto 10 15/16 x 8 5/8 inches; 278 x 219 mm. 64 leaves. Thirty color plates including frontispiece mounted on leaves with color border decorations. Descriptive tissue guards each with a miniature line illustration. Pictorial title and fifty-nine black and white line illustrations in the text half-page or smaller. Title printed in red and black. An excellent copy of the first trade edition.<br/><br/>"This poem originally appeared in The English Illustrated Magazine May 1893 prior to its inclusion in The Seven Seas 1896" Martindell. It is classic Kipling beautifully illustrated by Robinson.<br/><br/>Beare 61b. Lewis 215. Livingston 321. Martindell 133 giving the date of publication as 1913. Stewart 151. Hodder & Stoughton unknown books
19091342356New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1909. First American Edition. Hardcover. Quarto unpaginated; G; bound in publisher's red cloth gilt titling and decorations; some rubbing and shelfwear chipping to tail of spine; gutter showing at multiple signature breaks; with 30 color plates by W. Heath Robinson; shelved case 14. 1342356. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
190930659New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1909. First American Edition. 30 color plates by W. Heath Robinson. 1 vols. 4to. Gilt green cloth. Spine a little faded else very good. Robinson W. Heath. First American Edition. 30 color plates by W. Heath Robinson. 1 vols. 4to. Doubleday, Page & Co unknown books
19091262601London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. First Edition. 4to. unpaginated; VG; bound in white vellum with gilt lettering and gilt green and red vignettes on front board and spine; 30 tipped-in color plates in a green decorative border with printed tissue-guards including frontispiece; ties missing; top edge gilt others uncut; this edition is limited to five hundred copies signed by the artist and numbered of which this is number 45; foxing throughout does not impact color plates; bookplate belonging to Jacobi R. W. Robinson on inside front board; boards curving as is typical of vellum; DC consignment; shelved case 14. 1262601. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Hodder & Stoughton unknown books
1909120821London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work by Robinson. Quarto original blue cloth gilt pictorial to the front panel gilt titles and tooling to the spine. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson with 30 mounted color plates lettered tissue guards. In near fine condition. "This poem originally appeared in The English Illustrated Magazine May 1893 prior to its inclusion in The Seven Seas 1896" Martindell. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover books
1928220835New York Privately Printed 1928. 1928. First edition unauthorized. Thin 8vo. Title page illustration. Original blue/gray boards with printed paper label on spine uncut. Glassine dust jacket. Very good-fine fresh copy. No signatures or bookplates. #84/93 numbered copies. Stewart 412. F. Hardcover. New York, Privately Printed, 1928. hardcover books
1937WRCLIT41665New Haven: Yale Library Associates 1937. Wrappers printed label. Facsimile. First edition. Unfortunate adhesive booklabel of a noted Kipling collector else about fine. STEWART 226. Yale Library Associates unknown books
1937WRCLIT41721New Haven: Yale Library Associates 1937. Wrappers printed label. Facsimile. First edition. Upper wrapper a bit tanned and lightly creased very good. STEWART 226. Yale Library Associates unknown books
1937WRCLIT41720New Haven: Yale Library Associates 1937. Wrappers printed label. Facsimile. First edition. Unfortunate adhesive booklabel of a noted Kipling collector wrappers a bit smudged paper label soiled just a good copy. STEWART 226. Yale Library Associates unknown books
1909TB31533New York: B. W. Dodge & Company 1909. First Edition. First Printing Very good in its original dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board on top of embossed cover and spine with the recesses in black with the silhouette of a sailing ship. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and with light rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. The book lacked a jacket until the third printing. 360 pages of text. A collection of 31 short stories. This copy is the unauthorized US printing of one of Kipling's earlier works. The first authorized US edition was published by Doubleday Page & Company in 1909. Richards; A227 & A232 B. W. Dodge & Company hardcover books
1909277421New York: Dodge 1909. hardcover. fine. 8vo blue cloth stamped in black & gilt. N.Y.: B.W. Dodge 1909. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> First unauthorised edition appearing two months before the Doubleday Page edition. No dust jacket as issued.<br/><br/> Dodge unknown books
