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1926126441Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz 1926. First Tauchnitz edition of one of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s most sorrowful collections. Octavo original wrappers. 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. Bernhard Tauchnitz unknown
19262377London: MacMillan 1926. Hardcover. VG. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 416 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. A collectable copy of this collection of poems and stories. A VG or better book very minor foxing in places internally but generally in fine condition. Boards a clean and bright much better than normally seen. All of the first issue points as per RICHARDS E363 present. VG dust jacket missing a piece at the top of the spine some darkening of spine and pencil marks on the back. Now in a clear protective cover. MacMillan hardcover
1926140953Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company 1926. First edition of one of the Nobel Prize-winning author's most sorrowful collections. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel black stamped ship vignette to the front panel. Boldly signed by Rudyard Kipling on the title page. 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. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1926011830London: Macmillan and Co 1926. 1st Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. A Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. vi 416 pp. Bound in red cloth with gold elephant medallion on the front board; in printed dust wrapper. t.e.g. Some very light wear to the top edge of the dj. Publisher matter laid in. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve. A Fine copy in Near Fine dj. A beautiful copy. Macmillan and Co unknown
192672908AB1926. The Dominions Edition. London Macmillan And Co. Limited 1926. 14 cm x 19.5 cm. 416 Pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with some signs of external wear such as stains on the cover and colour fading on the spine due to fading. Includes for example the following essays: The Enemies to Each Other / Sea Constables: A Tale of '15 / 'In the Interests of the Brethen' / The United Idolaters / The Wish House / The Janeites / The Prophet and the Country / The Bull That Thought / A Madonna of the Trenches / The propagation of Knowledge / A friend of the Family / On the Gate: A Tale of '16 / The Eye of Allah / The Gardener. But also includes a number of poems such as: The Changelings / 'Banquet Night' / The Centaurs / Gipsy Vans / The Legend of Truth / etc. hardcover
192661424London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1926. 8vo. vi 416 pp. Contemporary red half calf over red cloth. Raised bands to spine with gilt devices & lettering. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Bound by Ramage. Fading to spine. Bookplate to front pastedown. Boards clean. Internally clean. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1926. Macmillan and Co., Limited 1926 hardcover
19261100465London: MacMillan 1926. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The book is bright and firm with a little dustiness to the edges of the textblock. The dj has a little darkening and very slight wear to the edges. MacMillan Hardcover
19260084425London: Macmillan 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Publisher’s red cloth gilt in dust jacket book nearly fine as is the jacket 1/4†tear to top of front panel lightest wear to foot of spine. A lovely copy. This book has fourteen stories nineteen poems and two scenes from a play and includes the famous “A Madonna of the Trenches†in which a soldier explains the true cause of his PTSD called “shell shock†back then. Macmillan hardcover
192662185London: Macmillan And Co. Limited 1926. First edition. 416 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth gilt lettering and Ganesha vignette t.e.g. Fine in dust jacket chipped at head of spine and adjoining back panel with small portion wanting else fine. First edition. 416 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Stewart 519 Macmillan And Co., Limited unknown
19263992LONDON MACMILLAN 1926 1926. DUST JACKET FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD-FINE. F. Hardcover. LONDON, MACMILLAN, 1926 hardcover
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. Macmillan & Co unknown
192644372London:: Macmillan 1926. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. A fine copy in a very fresh jacket with the slightest of chipping to the extremities of the spine. . 8vo. Macmillan, hardcover
1926894F36New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1926 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. An attractive example of a later printing of the first US edition of Rudyard Kipling's collection of short stories and poems in a dust wrapper and wraparound band. The first US edition of this work with '25th Thousand' to the dust wrapper back strip.In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper with wraparound band.A collection of fourteen short stories nineteen poems and two scenes from an unfinished play.Billed as 'Rudyard Kipling's first book of new fiction in 10 years' many of these works follow Kipling's familiar themes of British colonialism in India and Burma. From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. In the publisher's original cloth binding with price unclipped dust wrapper and wraparound band. Light shelf wear to back strip tail with bump to back strip head. Boards in excellent condition. Losses of paper to dust wrapper back strip head and tail with significant chip to head of front wrap. Offsetting to centre of back strip due to wraparound band. Wraparound band back strip age toned with significant closed tear to back strip head. Further closed tear and small loss to rear wrap of band. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1926895Z19New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1926. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5". None. The first U.S edition of this collection of stories and poems by Rudyard KIpling. The first U.S edition. In the publisher's original cloth. This work was written by the popular English author and poet Rudyard Kipling and features a collection of stories poems and two scenes from a play. Two of the poems are written in the style of the Roman poet Horace with the poems being portrayed as if they are translations from Horace's 'Bk V of Odes'.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. In the original publisher's cloth. Externally smart with a lean fading to the spine with small closed tears to the head and the tail and minor damp stains to the boards. Offsetting and light spotting to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound with bright pages with the odd spot. Very Good Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1926mon0000997878Macmillan and Co. Limited 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. First edition Some light spotting to pages Binding firm Light wear to edges Some rubbing to spine. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1926GEN38-C-2London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd 1926. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5";. None. A first edition of this work by Rudyard Kipling. collection of fourteen stories nineteen poems and two scenes from a play. In a cloth binding with gilt embossed elephants head to front board. Externally smart with some rubbing and fading to spine. Ink signature to front pastedown. Personal label to front free-endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright with patches of spotting throughout. Very Good Macmillan and Co. Ltd hardcover
1926838W41London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1926 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 7" by 4.5". None. The first pocket edition of Rudyard Kipling's collection of short stories and poems with the original dust wrapper. First pocket book edition of Debits and Credits by Rudyard Kipling in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Published the same year as the first edition on fine paper with a red and black decorative title page. A uniform set edition published alongside other works by Kipling. Prior owner's ink inscription to the first free endpaper from 1926. Debits and Credits is a collection of fourteen stories nineteen poems and two scenes from a play. In the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. The dust wrapper is slightly worn to the extremities with some small tears. Prior owner's ink inscription to the first free endpaper from 1926. There is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine of the binding. Internally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
19261222E047London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd 1926. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: vi 416. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 5.5 x 8 inches 13.5 x 20 cm. Dust jacket: Very clean original jacket. Slight browning to spine. Slight loss to head of spine. Vertical crease to rear flap. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: First printing. Red buckram binding with gilt elephant motif to front board. Top page edge gilt. Light browning to page edges a few light marks to top page edge. Excellent solid binding very clean text throughout. Richards A363. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.5 x 8 inches 13.5 x 20 cm. Macmillan and Co. Ltd hardcover
1926852A44London: Macmillan and Co. 1926. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". None . A bright first edition of this anthology of stories and poems by celebrated author Rudyard Kipling. The first edition first impression of this work. A collection of prose and verse by Rudyard Kipling featuring short stories poems and two scenes from a play. Four of the poems are presented as translations from the 'Bk V of Odes' by Horace but are actually written by Kipling following his style.With advertising leaf 'By the same author' to front. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf only lightly bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities back strip gently faded. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed Macmillan and Co. hardcover
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