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1923264212Girard Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Company 1923. Pamphlet. 93p. stapled light blue wraps 3.5x5 inches list of "Other Titles in Pocket Series" at rear pages evenly toned else very good condition. The other stories are "Bimi' "Wee Willie Winkie" and "Namgay Doola." Little Blue Book / Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 331. Haldeman-Julius Company unknown books
1912008425Garden City: Doubleday Page and Co. 1912. First separate edition in book form. Nine leaves printed on one side only ruled in green decorative border throughout. Oblong 12 mo 4 3/8" h x 6 1/2" w string-tied. Very Good boards a bit soiled some toning to end pages only slight ripples in paper covering rear board. Binding sound and holding quite nicely. First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good. Oblong 12mo . Doubleday, Page and Co. Hardcover books
1920WRCLIT77654Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co. 1920. Large octavo. Full medium brown crushed levant raised bands gilt extra gilt doublures and silk moiré endsheets a.e.g. unsigned but perhaps by Bennett. Illustrated with photographs by Lewis R. Freeman. A fine copy. First separate illustrated edition. Copy #5 of twenty copies with the limitation statement amended by Kipling and signed by him with the denotation in another hand reserving these copies "for Mr. Lewis Freeman" the photographer. The ordinary edition consisted of 377 signed copies. The publisher retained the twenty copies for distribution to different parties according to Freeman's wishes. Freeman enjoyed a distinguished career as explorer journalist and war correspondent and his photographs accompanying Kipling's poems cover a wide range of his travels and interests. From the Nelson Doubleday collection sale. RICHARDS A329n. STEWART 291. Doubleday, Page & Co. hardcover books
1918121064Garden City: Doubleday Page & Company 1918. First edition first state of this collection of stories presented as letters from Indian and Afghan soldiers which first appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in May and June 1917. With "recuiting depot" on p. 78 line 1. Octavo original half cloth. 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. Presented as an anthology of letters from Indian and Afghan soldiers Kipling's The Eyes of Asia contains A Retired Gentleman The Fumes of the Heart The Private Account and A Trooper of Horse. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
191852415New York: doubleday 1918. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 19.5cm.; green cloth over dark gray boards; paper title plate on cover and spine; dustjacket; 101pp.; A Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped with tears to the extremities; Very Good only.<br/><br/>The book consists of four stories that read as letters home from soldiers from India and the North-West Frontier which take place in 1915 and 1916. "A Retired Gentleman" and "The Fumes of the Heart" are both fictionalized letters written from the perspective of wounded Indian soldiers a Rajput and a Sikh to their families. The second is cast as a dictated letter from a Sikh soldier to his brother and has dramatic asides and digressions from the injured soldier punctuating the text. As for the remaining two stories "The Private Account" is presented as a scene showing an Afghan family reading and responding to a letter from their son on the Western Front and the final story "A Trooper of Horse" takes the form of a letter from an unwounded Muslim soldier in France to his mother. doubleday unknown books
1918WRCLIT41591Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co. 1918. Cloth and boards paper labels. First authorized U.S. edition preceded by surreptitious distribution of a canceled copyright printing in 1916. With the later reading of 78:8. Bookplate binding worn and marked a reading copy. STEWART 417. Doubleday, Page & Co. hardcover books
1918392614Garden City: Doubleday Page & Company 1918. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Paper labels. Faint spotting worn corners and previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown else very good. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
191868353Garden City: Doubleday Page and Company. Very Good. 1918. Hardcover. 101 pages. Gray cloth with green paper covered boards. The covers are slightly rubbed and soiled but the contents are bright and complete. Near Very Good. . Doubleday Page and Company hardcover books
191867939New York: Doubleday. Very Good. 1918. Hardcover. Gray boards some light shelf wear otherwise nice. VG. . Doubleday hardcover books
19183996Garden City New York Doubleday Page & Compnay 1918. 1918. First separate edition. 8vo. Original 1/2 tan cloth over gray boards printed paper spine and upper cover labels. Very good corners bumped. No dust jacket. 101 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Livingston 414. Provenance: from the estate of Zane Grey with his estate blindstamp in upper right corner of the half title page. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & Compnay, 1918. hardcover books
191941419Garden City NY: Doubleday Page 1919. Reprint. Small 8vo pp. 101. Tan cloth with paper labels. Donor's presentation on flyleaf. Cover little bumped and stained o/w VG. Doubleday, Page unknown books
191883753Garden City: Doubleday Page 1918. First. hardcover. very good. 8vo cloth backed boards. Garden City 1918. First Collected Edition. Preceded only by four pamphlets of which all but a few were destroyed. "Many changes in this text from that printed in the separate issues." Livingston 414.<br/><br/> Doubleday Page unknown books
19186384New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1918. 1st edition thus Livingston 414. Lt brown cloth with spine & front cover paper label. VG slt cock/some minor soiling to cloth & cover label. 101 pp 8vo. <br/><br/>A collection of 4 titles originally issued in 1917 as pamphlets: The Fumes of the Heart; The Private Account; A Retired Gentleman; & A Trooper of Horse. According to Cutler & Stiles only 60cc of each pamphlet were issued and most of those destroyed. According to Livingston the text of this collected version varies somewhat from that in the pamphlets. Doubleday Page & Co hardcover books
1899120480London: F. Tennyson Neely 1899. First Neely's Booklet Library edition of Kipling's classic military tale. Octavo original wrappers as issued frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard 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. Kipling's The Drums of the Fore and Aft concerns an inexperienced Regular battalion on overseas service brigaded with a Highland Regiment and a Gurkha Regiment in Afghanistan. Unlike Kipling's other tales it concerns the disgrace of a battle almost lost rather than the glory of a battle won. F. Tennyson Neely unknown books
1898121340Boston: Dana Estes & Company 1898. First separate edition of Kipling's classic military tale. Octavo original decorated cloth illustrated by L. J. Bridgman frontispiece. In near fine condition. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard 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. Kipling's The Drums of the Fore and Aft concerns an inexperienced Regular battalion on overseas service brigaded with a Highland Regiment and a Gurkha Regiment in Afghanistan. Unlike Kipling's other tales it concerns the disgrace of a battle almost lost rather than the glory of a battle won. Dana Estes & Company hardcover books
189929650New York: Doubleday and McClure 1899. 16mo p. 4 114; title-p. printed in red and black; spine darkened and spine extremities rubbed else very good in original pictorial cream cloth stamped in white and olive. See Livingston p. 84. <br/><br/> Doubleday and McClure hardcover books
189918652New York: Doubleday & McClure Co 1899. 1st edition thus Livingston p. 60. White & grey cloth binding. VG slt lean/light wear. 114 pp. 12mo. <br/><br/> Doubleday & McClure Co hardcover books
1910WRCLIT85100London: Hodder & Stoughton 1910. Large octavo. Mauve cloth stamped in gilt. Decorations and vignettes by W. Heath Robinson. First trade edition clothbound issue. Clipping offset on endsheets bookplate of George B. McCutcheon otherwise about fine in half morocco slipcase spine a shade darkened. RICHARDS A239 STEWART 439. LIVINGSTON 227. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover books
19101201482London: Hodder & Stoughton 1910. Thin Octavo; 5.75"w x 8"h; fair/wraps; gray faded spine no text; lilac covers shelf worn age-toned along all edges; moderate shelf wear and bumping; endpapers age-toned spotted; text block clean; unpaginated.<br /> <br /> <p>Shelved in Netdesk office Ephemera box C. 1201482. Shelved Rockville Bookstore. Hodder & Stoughton unknown books
1910WRCLIT40908London: Hodder & Stoughton 1910. Large octavo. Later cloth printed mauve wrappers bound in. Decorations and vignettes by W. Heath Robinson. Upper wrapper shows a few spots at the top edge interesting provenance markings see below else very nice. First trade edition wrapper issue. Formerly in the collection of Kipling bibliographer Flora Livingston with her pencil ownership signature in the top margin of the half- title and the Harvard gift and release stamps on the verso of the title. RICHARDS A239 STEWART 439. LIVINGSTON 227. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover books
920London: Hodder & Stoughton 1910. . Small 4to stiff mauve printed wrappers; original glassine wrapper present but lacking large portion of back and a third of the spine. First English Edition preceded only by the American copyright issue found in the Library of Congress. Stewart 439 London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. unknown books
1898123460London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1898. First English edition of this collection of 13 Kipling short stories mainly written between 1893 and 1896 while Kipling was living in Vermont. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel top edge gilt. 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. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover books
1898119005Toronto: George N. Morang 1898. Rare unauthorized Canadian edition of this collection of 13 Kipling short stories mainly written between 1893 and 1896 while Kipling was living in Vermont. Octavo original wrappers. According to Stuart this unauthorized Canadian edition was printed from the same plates as the American edition published by Grosset and Dunlap and so this edition precedes both the first British and first Canadian trade edition Stuart 179. In very good condition. Housed in a custom quarter morocco clamshell box. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard 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. Kipling's The Day's Work includes The Bridge-Builders The Ship that Found Herself The Devil and the Deep Sea The Maltese Cat and Bread Upon The Waters and The Brushwood Boy. George N. Morang unknown books
1898WB18281London: Macmillan 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. Original blue gilt stamped cloth. Early reprint from October 1898 one month after the first printing. Signature of Lady Emily Tournour to title. Book label of Lord Winterton to top of front pastedown. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
1898TB30230London: Macmillan And Co. 1898. First Edition. First Printing Very good in blue pebbled cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine and bright gilt ornamental band across the upper edge of the front board. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with a 1/4" deep by 3/4" long chip to the cloth at the head of the spine which is tanned a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and a book seller's name and notation of "First Edition" on the first free end page. Without its issued dust jacket. 381 pages of text followed by the publisher's ads of 16 pages dated "15.9.98". A collection of 12 short stories. Richards A116 Macmillan And Co. hardcover books
