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1896177127London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd 1896. First edition of this collection of short stories previously published in journals including "With the Main Guard" "Drums of the Fore and Aft" "The Man Who Was" "The Courting of Dinah Shadd" "The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney" "The Taking of Lungtungpen" and "The Madness of Private Ortheris". Octavo. Frontispiece and 20 plates illustrations within the text by Archibald Standish Hartrick. Original blue cloth titles and drum design to spine and drummer and fife player design to front cover in gilt blue endpapers gilt edges Spine cocked and toned ends and corners bumped occasional foxing to contents. A very good copy. Richards E1-12 Martindell 67 Livingston 133 Stewart 157. hardcover
1896DOY 16Macmillan 1896. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. A VERY GOOD FIRST EDITION IN SCARCE DUST JACKET WITH CHIP AND WATERMARK ON SPINE FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET in custom made slipcase with leather label on spine. Macmillan, Hardcover
1896376289London ; New York : Macmillan 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Provenance: bookplate of Samuel Hindlip. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: viii 172 pages 21 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm. Subjects: Soldiers ; Fiction. Genre: Fiction. Language: English. London ; New York : Macmillan hardcover
189696105London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd 1896. First edition of Kipling's collection of soldier tales. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles and pictorial gilt tooling to the spine and front panel gilt ruled all edges gilt frontispiece with tissue guard illustrated with engravings. In near fine condition with a touch of wear to the crown of the spine. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. A bright example. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. He became 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. Kipling's Soldier Tales include With the Main Guard The Drums of the Fore and Aft The Man Who Was The Courting of Dinah Shadd and The Madness of Private Ortheris. Macmillan and Co., Ltd hardcover
1896ST13170bLondon and New York: Macmillan and Co 1896. FIRST EDITION. 190 x 122 mm. 7 1/2 x 4 3/4". viii 172 pp. with the half title. <br/> Publisher's blue cloth with gilt pictorial design on upper cover and on flat spine all edges gilt. Vignette headpieces and tailpieces frontispiece and 20 plates by A. S. Hartrick. Verso of front free endpaper with ink owner's inscription of Constance Reynolds dated 14 February 1898. Stewart 157. ◆Spine a bit cocked and faded with a little fraying at tail edge extremities lightly rubbed a couple of small stains to upper cover text slightly open at gutter at gathering D occasional mild marginal foxing or faint fore-edge dampstain to plates not affecting image but a very good copy clean and fresh with nothing approaching a fatal defect.<br/> <br/> Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 is most famous for his works portraying the lives of both natives and colonialists on the Indian subcontinent. An opponent of female suffrage and a staunch supporter of British imperialism Kipling nonetheless had great sympathy for the traditions of India as well as the literary ability and desire to present it as a land of beauty and enchantment. He was born in Bombay where his father ran a school of art and he lived in India until the age of six. He was sent to school in England but chose to return to the East at 18. His father had become director of the Lahore Museum in what is now Pakistan and Rudyard became a journalist for the "Lahore Civil and Military Gazette." His first two collections of stories "Plain Tales from the Hills" and "Soldiers Three" depict the lives of the British military in India; he proved to be a prolific author writing novels tales for children and adults and many poems. Kipling's wife was American and they lived for a time in Vermont but from 1896 the couple settled in England. Among his many honors are a Nobel Prize 1907 and the Gold Medal of the Royal Society of Literature 1926 which had previously only been awarded to Scott Meredith and Hardy. Macmillan and Co unknown
1900TB30613London: Macmillan And Co. Ltd. 1900. Reprint of 1900. Very good in 3/4 red calk and pink cloth covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with two black leather labels with gilt text and gilt decorations in the compartments. The end sheets are marbled paper and the top edge of the text block is gilt. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 5 inches with the leather worn through over the tips of the boards and the leather is rubbed at the head and heel of the spine. 172 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 20 plates and small engraved vignettes at the head of each story. A collection of seven short stories including: With The Main Guard The Drums of the Fore and Aft The Man Who Was The Courting of Dinah Shadd The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney The Taking of Lungungpen and The Madness of Private Ortheris. Macmillan And Co., Ltd. hardcover
1896870M30London: Macmillan and Co. 1896-1898. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". A. S. Hartrick; I. W. Taber. Two smart early printings of the first editions of these works by the popular author Rudyard Kipling. The second printing first reprint of the first edition of Soldier Tales published November 1896 a month after the first edition and the third printing second reprint of the first edition of 'Captains Courageous' published January 1898 three months after the first edition. Both bound in the publisher's original cloth bindings with pictorial gilt to the front boards. All edges gilt. Illustrated to Soldier Tales with a frontispiece and twenty further plates. Illustrated to 'Captains Courageous' with a frontispiece and twenty-one plates. Collated complete. Two works from the popular author Rudyard Kipling a prolific writer of poems novels and short stories best known for his novel 'The Jungle Book'. Soldier Tales consists of seven short stories including With the Main Guard The Drums of the Fore and Aft The Man Who Was The Courting of Dinah Shadd and The Madness of Private Ortheris. Illustrated throughout by the Scottish painter A. S. Hartrick 1864-1950. Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks is a novel which follows the adventures of Harvey Cheyne Jr. the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon after he is saved from drowning by a Portuguese fisherman in the north Atlantic. Illustrated throughout by I. W. Taber 1830-1912. This novel originally appeared as a serialisation in McClure's. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally fairly smart with some fading to the spines and light shelf wear to the extremities and head and tail of the spines. Spines are a little slanted. Front hinge to Soldier Tales is slightly strained but is held firmly. Internally firmly bound. To Soldier Tales pages are bright and clean apart from the odd spot to the first and last few pages. To 'Captains Courageous' pages are bright but spotted throughout. Very Good Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1896CABF-49<b><i>First edition. </i></b>Apart from a slight spine lean and a few faint spots on rear cover a particularly fine fresh copy. Hinges perfect; a.e.g.; neat almost invisible ink name on front pastedown.<br /><br />Seven profusely illustrated short stories including <i>The Courting of Dinah Shadd. </i>With full page illustrations as well as chapter head- and tail-pieces by Scottish painter and lithographer A. S. Hartrick. Macmillan hardcover
1900TB30613London: Macmillan And Co. Ltd. 1900. Reprint of 1900. Very good in 3/4 red calk and pink cloth covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with two black leather labels with gilt text and gilt decorations in the compartments. The end sheets are marbled paper and the top edge of the text block is gilt. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 5 inches with the leather worn through over the tips of the boards and the leather is rubbed at the head and heel of the spine. 172 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 20 plates and small engraved vignettes at the head of each story. A collection of seven short stories including: With The Main Guard The Drums of the Fore and Aft The Man Who Was The Courting of Dinah Shadd The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney The Taking of Lungungpen and The Madness of Private Ortheris. Macmillan And Co., Ltd. hardcover books
1896WRCLIT41689London: Macmillan and Co. 1896. Gilt pictorial blue cloth a.e.g. Frontis and illustrations by A.S. Hartick. First collective edition 5000 copies printed. Unfortunate adhesive booklabel of noted Kipling collector inner hinges cracked spine a bit cocked a bit shaken; just a good copy. STEWART 157. Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
189696105London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd 1896. First edition of Kipling's collection of soldier tales. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles and pictorial gilt tooling to the spine and front panel gilt ruled all edges gilt frontispiece with tissue guard illustrated with engravings. In near fine condition with a touch of wear to the crown of the spine. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. A bright example. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. He became 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. Kipling's Soldier Tales include With the Main Guard The Drums of the Fore and Aft The Man Who Was The Courting of Dinah Shadd and The Madness of Private Ortheris. Macmillan and Co., Ltd hardcover books
1889100206<p>Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler & Co. 1889. 1889. Fair. - Quarto 8-11/16 inches high by 5-7/16 inches wide. Softcover bound in greyish-green pictorial wrappers with the lettering in black. The front cover is detached and the spine has perished and is thus lacking. The front wrapper is heavily chipped with large pieces out and with tape repairs on the verso. The rear cover is chipped and soiled aith pieces out from the edges. Both covers are fragile and will easily chip. Collation: 5 leaves pp. 100 i leaf: advertisements with "Opinions of the Press" on verso title page with "REPRINTED IN CHIEF FROM THE 'WEEK'S NEWS.'" on verso Dedication Preface Contents 5 leaves; text pp. 1 - 97 p. 98 being blank; "L'Envoi" p. 99 p. 100 being blank; "Opinions of the Press" with advertisements on verso 1 leaf. There is offsetting to the first leaf from the bookplate and some minor slight chipping and minor creases to the corners to the first few pages with offsetting to the last page from the rear cover.</p><p>Second Indian edition. Stewart 29; Richards 39.</p><p>From the library of Edmund Gosse with his bookplate on the verso of the front wrapper. Inscribed & signed on the first page "Edmund Gosse from J.A. Symonds". "Gosse was happily married for over 50 years and had three children but did acknowledge to John Addington Symonds around the time Symonds was working on A Problem in Modern Ethics that he was attracted to men thus confirming the suspicions Symonds had voiced earlier. 'Either way I entirely deeply sympathize with you. Years ago I wanted to write to you about all this' Gosse wrote to Symonds 'and withdrew through cowardice. I have had a very fortunate life but there has been this obstinate twist in it! I have reached a quieter time--some beginnings of that Sophoclean period when the wild beast dies. He is not dead but tamer; I understand him & the trick of his claws.' Gosse had love affairs possibly not consummated with a school friend John Blaikie and the handsome young sculptor Wiiliam Hamo Thornycroft.After Symonds' death Gosse burnt all of Symonds' letters and diaries and papers that had been bequeathed to him." Quoted from the LGBT Archive in the UK.</p> Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler & Co., 1889. paperback
189041165A H Wheeler & Co. Allahabad 1890. 8vo. Third Edition thus; original illustrated wrappers sewed as issued wrappers with small losses at edges else a bright clean copy. In the pale green wrappers of Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington with Wheeler's Indian Railway logo on front. Collects seven tales: The God from the Machine Private Learoyd's Story The Big Drunk Draf The Solid Muldoon With the Main Guard In the Matter of a Private Black Jack. ALL EARLY ISSUES ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. A H Wheeler & Co., Allahabad, unknown
189619238Macmillan 1896. 8vo. Second Impression thus bookplate scar on front paste-down; original blue cloth upper board blocked in gilt and blind gilt back uncut black endpapers backstrip very lightly sunned else a remarkably well-preserved bright clean copy. With 6pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end and a small printed portrait of the author mounted on front free endpaper verso. For the first Macmillan edition of the previous year the text was revised and two stories - 'Of Those Called' and 'The Wreck of the Visigoth' - added. To Soldiers Three. In this second impression these two tales were omitted and a new story - 'L'Envoi' - added to The Story of the Gadsbys. Scarce especially in this condition. Livingston 119 recording the first edition of the previous year. Macmillan, hardcover
189852394London: Macmillan and Co. 1898. Six works bound in two. 8vo. viii 338; viii 358 pp. Contemporary red half calf over marbled boards by Matthews & Brooke of Bradford spines with raised bands gilt lettered direct to two panels and with a gilt flower device repeated to the others marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Some discolouration to the spines and a light general wear Originally published at the turn of the decade in Allahabad as nos. 1 to 6 of A.H. Wheeler & Co.'s Indian Railway Library. London: Macmillan and Co. unknown
1895305710London : Macmillan 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate on front paste-down. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Some wear to spine. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: vi 338p. ; 20cm. Subjects: English literature -- 19th century. London : Macmillan hardcover
1892126908New York: The Minerva Publishing Company 1892. Rare early separate edition of Kipling's second collection of short stories. Octavo original wrappers. The Marco-Botsaris Series No. 10. In very good condition. The first publication of Soldiers Three was as No 1 of A.H. Wheeler & Co.’s Indian Railway Library a slim volume of 97 pages printed at the “Pioneer†Press Allahabad in 1888 called Soldiers Three: a collection of stories setting forth certain passages in the lives and adventures of Privates Terence Mulvaney Stanley Ortheris and John Learoyd done into type and edited by Rudyard Kipling. In 1899 it became part of the book Soldiers Three and Other Stories known to most people by the simpler title Soldiers Three. It is this collection whose contents are listed here. To the original Soldiers Three were added nos 2 and 3 of the Indian Railway Library The Story of the Gadsbys which is written in dramatic form and In Black and White looking more at the native Indians than the British. Both of these were also published in 1888. The Minerva Publishing Company unknown
18961351210London: MacMillan and Co. Limited 1896. 1896 Reprints. Hardcover. Octavo three volumes. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in full navy leather armorial bindings with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spines. Mild shelf wear and soiling to all volumes. All corners bumped and rubbed and mild wear to all joints. Some wear to crowns and tail of spines. Upper edges of text blocks gilt. Original owner Henry Arthur Johnstone's ex libris in blind tooled leather as front free endpaper for all volumes and previous owner's bookplate at all front pastedowns. Some age-toning to textblocks. Pages clean. Shelved above Homer/Virgil. 1351210. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. MacMillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1890531279New York: John W. Lovell Company 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Illustrated pale brown boards. Some rubbing and modest soiling a nice very good copy. John W. Lovell Company hardcover
1890531280New York: John W. Lovell Company 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Illustrated pale brown boards. Owner's name on first blank some rubbing and modest soiling spine lettering dull else very good copy. John W. Lovell Company hardcover
188858149Allabahad India: A.H. Wheeler & Co's Indian Railway Library. Printed at the "Pioneer" Press; 1888. First edition first state. 1500 copies printed. 1 vols. 8vo. Original wrappers after designs by John Lockwood Kipling front cover detached. spine with loss. In half crimson slipcase and chemise. First edition first state. 1500 copies printed. 1 vols. 8vo. Stewart 28; Richards A14 A.H. Wheeler & Co's Indian Railway Library. Printed at the "Pioneer" Press; unknown
189516279London: Macmillan & Co. 1895. First collected edition first printing. Published by Macmillan & Co. in London 1895. This is a near fine copy. Issued without a dust wrapper the deep blue boards feature some intricate gilt tooling to the front and side panels. The corners are so slightly bumped as are the spine tips. There is a small previous owners label to the front pastedown. The internals are immaculate throughout and free from inscriptions. The text blocks are clean and clear. Overall this is a near fine copy. A collection of stories setting forth certain passages in the lives and adventures of privates Terence Mulvaney Stanley Ortheris and John Learoyd. Macmillan & Co. hardcover
1890006269New York: John W. Lovell Company 1890. The second book of Kipling's to be published in America a collection of eight military stories .This is a very good copy of the First American Edition "Authorized".Decorative tan or light brown cloth binding featuring the three soldiers; with a facsimile signature of the author and the designation "Indian Tales - II' on the front cover. Clean text; 409 pages with five-pages of publisher's adverts in the rear. Mild wear at the margins; rear hinge cracked but holding well. The decorations and titles are faded but readable; worse on the spine. In an archival plastic protector. First American Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John W. Lovell Company Hardcover
189013386SOLDIERS THREE A. H. Wheeler & Co. 1890 noted as Third Editon bound along with THE STORY OF THE GADSBYS / A TALE WITHOUT A PLOT A. H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington A. H. Wheeler & Co. bound along with TALES OF BLACK AND WHITE A. H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington A. H. Wheeler & Co. bound along with WEE WILLIE WINKIE AND OTHER STORIES A. H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington A. H. Wheeler & Co. some wear and rubbing to the fore edge corner tips and spine hinges some foxing to the first and last several leaves else a tight just about vg copy rebound in half leather with marbled boards. A. H. Wheeler & Co. hardcover
1890001808New York: National Book Company 1890. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Condition is VG. Clean & tight. Moderate soiling. Partially faded spine. Two lightly bumped corners. Quarter bound red & ivory boards. 1890 hardcover. <br/> <br/> National Book Company hardcover