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190621406London: MacMillan & Co 1906. First edition first printing of 'Puck of Pook's Hill' First Issue with adverts at rear. Red boards with gilt elephant vignette to front board & gilt titles. A near fine copy. Clean boards with no marks of note. Nicking to spine tips. A touch of fading to the spine - rubbing to the spine tips and corners. No inscriptions. All plates present. A collection of short stories blending history fantasy and folklore. Set in England's Sussex countryside it follows two children Dan and Una who encounter Puck a mischievous sprite from English folklore. Puck introduces them to various historical characters including Roman soldiers and Norman knights who share tales of England's past. Through these stories Kipling explores themes of identity nationalism and the enduring spirit of England. The book serves as both entertainment and a celebration of English heritage showcasing Kipling's skillful storytelling and his love for the land and its legends. MacMillan & Co hardcover
1906235773New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1906. First US edition first printing. Publisher's green cloth pictorially stamped in black with image of a ship titled in gilt teg. Mild foxing frontis tissue-guard extremities rubbed internally clean binding tight and square a near fine copy. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham; extra-illustrated with thirteen additional half-tone illustrations depicting scenes alongside Kipling's stories. 277pp. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BRITISH FANTASY<br /> <br /> In a whimsy-laced journey through time the trickster Puck summons visitors from across England’s past—from Roman legionaries to Norman knights and Magna Carta–era merchants—each weaving captivating stories steeped in history and folklore. Framed by evocative poems these vignettes blend fantasy with national legacy culminating in a celebration of England’s evolving identity. The first US edition is notable for its four haunting color plates by Arthur Rackham absent from the British edition.<br /> <br /> This copy is further distinguished as an extra-illustrated example enriched by a previous owner with thirteen additional half-tone illustrations depicting scenes of Ancient Rome. The juxtaposition of Kipling’s imaginative retelling of English history with Roman imagery creates a layered dialogue between text and illustration offering a fascinating glimpse into the interpretive creativity of early 20th-century collectors.<br /> <br /> Livingston 283. Doubleday, Page & Company unknown
1906330709New York: Doubleday 1906. First. hardcover. fine. Rackham Arthur. 4 colored Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. 8vo original green cloth stamped in gilt & black. New York: Doubleday Page & Co. 1906. First American Edition.<br/> <br/> Fine copy in a 1/2 green morocco slipcase.<br/> <br/> Doubleday unknown
190601AIR1358.<p>Original cloth rubbed and spine a bit faded some edge-wear including knocked corners. Binding a bit loose but sound though canted forward. Name of 'Gilkison' a New Zealand author on free front end-paper. Top edge gilt other edges tanned end-papers lightly foxed text block generally clean but a few grubby marks mostly in margins. Monochrome frontispiece and 19 drawings by H.R. Millar collated all present one with a creased corner. Inter-page adhesion affects two words on p. 304. The 10pp. booklist at rear is dated 10.10.06. Ten short stories and 16 poems.</p> Macmillan and Co., Limited. hardcover
19051594285517Doubleday Doran & Co. 1905. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Doubleday Doran & Co. hardcover
1906RK072New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1906 Illustrated with four color plates by Arthur Rackham including a frontispiece. First edition first printing published two months before the first UK edition. Publisher's green cloth with boat illustration in blind to front board lettered in gilt and top edge gilt. Near fine with clean and bright boards light wear to spine ends joints and corners and small marks to pp. 46-47 lines 15-21 on both pages slightly affected. Overall an excellent copy. In Puck of Pook's Hill two children playing in the English countryside are approached by the magical fairy Puck from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Over the course of the summer Puck introduces them to notable events and characters from British history told through ten connected short stories. Interspersed between the stories are poems by Kipling some of which were later selected by T.S. Eliot for inclusion in A Choice of Kipling's Verse 1941. Notably this first American edition includes illustrations by the legendary book illustrator Arthur Rackham whereas the first UK edition was illustrated by Harold R. Millar. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Rackham Arthur. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1914151124London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1914. The Bombay Edition of Kipling's collection of historical fantasy tales. Octavo bound in three quarters morocco over cloth covered boards by Morrell with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels top edge gilt marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. Set in multiple periods of English history Kipling's Puck stories are each narrated to two children living near Burwash in the High Weald of Sussex in the area of Kipling's own house Bateman's by people magically plucked out of history by the elf Puck or told by Puck himself. Puck who refers to himself as "the oldest Old Thing in England" is better known as a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. The genres of the stories range from authentic historical novella A Centurion of the Thirtieth On the Great Wall to children's fantasy Dymchurch Flit. Each story is bracketed by a poem which relates in some manner to the theme or subject of the story. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
190652404London: Macmillan and Co. 1906. First edition. 8vo. x 306 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. Frontispiece and 10 full page illustrations by H.R. Millar. Mild sunning to the spine very good. Martindell 107. London: Macmillan and Co. unknown
1926015137Garden City/New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1926 Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original embossed dark green cloth over boards with gilt lettering and illustration of a sailboat on the cover. Clipped light green dustjacket with green lettering has same illustration as on cover. Jacket has edgewear five vertical edge tears 1" or less and a small black dot on the boat picture. Top of textblock has spotting. Inside pages are clean. Large easy to read font. Scarce with dustjacket! 277 pp. . Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1920206993London: Macmillan. 1920. vg. Hardcover. flexible red leather cover; gilt circle with elephant & swastika symbol; 6.75" tall; spine covered with gilt floral decoration & text; top edge gilt; b/w ;ates; red decoration on title page & page facing; gifters' inscription with long list of names of front endpage . Macmillan hardcover
1906147583London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1906. First edition first impression of one of Kipling's major books very rare in the dust jacket. Puck of Pook's Hill brings together ten stories and 16 poems which had previously appeared in journals. Octavo. Frontispiece and 19 full-page monochrome illustrations by H. R. Millar 4 pp. of publisher's advertisements at end. Original red cloth spine lettered in gilt gilt Ganesha device to front cover top edge gilt. With dust jacket. Corners a touch bumped the binding otherwise bright and firm internally clean and fresh. A very good copy in good only jacket small tape repairs to verso slight wear to extremities spine panel toned. Richards A205; Stewart 306. hardcover
1906125313Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz 1906. First Tauchnitz edition of Kipling's collection of historical fantasy tales. Octavo original wrappers. In good condition. Set in multiple periods of English history Kipling's Puck stories are each narrated to two children living near Burwash in the High Weald of Sussex in the area of Kipling's own house Bateman's by people magically plucked out of history by the elf Puck or told by Puck himself. Puck who refers to himself as "the oldest Old Thing in England" is better known as a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. The genres of the stories range from authentic historical novella A Centurion of the Thirtieth On the Great Wall to children's fantasy Dymchurch Flit. Each story is bracketed by a poem which relates in some manner to the theme or subject of the story. Bernhard Tauchnitz unknown
19142021393New York: Doubleday Page 1914. American Edition later printing. Hardcover. good. Arthur RACKHAM. Octavo 277 pages embossed green cloth front hinge tender <br/><br/>The four color plates by Arthur Rackham did not appear in the English edition Livingston 300 Doubleday, Page hardcover
1906461878New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1906. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Decorated green cloth printed in black and gilt. Substantial chip on front fly else a bright very good copy. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1906238<b>FIRST EDITION AND FIRST WITH THE RACKHAM ILLUSTRATIONS. The English edition was not illustrated. Stories from English history told by romantic characters to two children over whom Puck the fairy had cast a midsummer spell. It can count both as historical fantasy – since some of the stories told of the past have clear magical elements and as contemporary fantasy – since it depicts a magical being active and practicing his magic in the England of the early 1900s when the book was written.</b><br /><b>First edition and the first with illustrations. Four illustrations in color by Arthur Rackham. 8vo publisher's original green cloth the spine and upper cover lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt and black with the design of the famous caravelle sailing ship. 8 277 pp. A very pleasing copy gilt and cloth bright only light age evidence with slight rubbing to the tips and spine ends and slight bowing of the binding. Uncut with pages largely unopened with no previous ownership signatures.</b> Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1911244641911. Marroquín rojo con el lomo cuajado y superlibris heráldico dorado y orla fileteada en los planos cortes marmolados. unknown
1906007531New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1906. Book. Illus. by Rackham Arthur. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. Octavo. 278 pp faint previous owner 1906 signature on ffep top edge list of 4 illustrations 24 titled poems and prose no index. Binding tight pages clean and unmarked lower board forecorners very lightly bumped top spine edge cloth with minor wear. 5.5" x 8.25" green cloth boards gilt spine letters blind embossed design fr cover gilt top-edge. In glassine wrapper. . Doubleday, Page & Company Hardcover
19062140436Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1906. 1st edition. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Millar H.R. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Red cloth gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Top edge gilt. 20 b/w plates. 306 pages. Bumping and wear along cover edges and to corners. Large split along cloth at back of spine; a little fraying; spine is also browned. Some marks and spots to covers. Name and date in ink to front pastedown. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd. hardcover
190613138New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1906. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine. First edition of Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling with illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Octavo 277pp. Green cloth title stamped in gilt on spine illustrations stamped in black on front cover. Stated "Published October 1906" on copyright page. Top edge gilt. Previous owner's signature in ink on front free endpaper. Complete with frontispiece and three color illustrations by Arthur Rackham. A near fine example. Doubleday, Page & Company unknown
1906883London: Macmillan and Co 1906. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dustjacket. Millar H. R. London: Macmillan and Co. 1906. First edition. Ex-Library - Harvard College Library. 8 x 5 1/4 inches: pp. 306. Original red cloth boards with gold gilt titles and gold elephant with Hindu swastika emblem on front board. Gold gilt top on head of pages. With 4 page catalog of other works by Kipling and then current releases from contemporary authors. With 20 illustrations by H. R. Millar.<br /> <br /> Ex-library copy with stamp inside front cover and embossed stamp on bottom corner of title page. Boards have light rubbing at edges and corners some minor soiling. Name and date written in pencil on free facing end page. Text is unmarked. Bottom corners of 16 pages from title page on have been trimmed - looks like the bottom of the library embossment might have affected those pages. The first four pages have small tears at the spine join about an inch and a half. Otherwise binding is solid and sound. Macmillan and Co hardcover
190675111New York:: Doubleday Page & Company 1906. First US edition. publisher's green decorated cloth; t.e.g. The title page is nearly detached; tissue overleaf and endsheets tanned; ownership stamp at top edge of the front pastedown; light rubbing to cloth and bumping at corners. . 8vo. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Doubleday, Page & Company, hardcover
1906031156Toronto: Macmillan of Canada 1906. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Canadian Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Red cloth lettered in gilt and with the Kipling Elephant on front panel. Top edge gilt. Pencil tracing to front tissue.Illustrated. Slight bow to boards o/w near fine copy. Macmillan of Canada Hardcover
1990Q-0140183531Penguin Classics 1990-11-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Classics paperback
1993Q-0192825755Oxford University Press 1993-04-08. paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Oxford University Press paperback
190655496London Macmillan & Co 1906. 8vo. In publisher's original full red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and a circular gilt elephant head illustration on the front board. Spine with light miscolouring and capitals with a bit of wear otherwise a fine and clean copy. X 306 4 pp. <br/><br/><em>First edition. </em> hardcover
