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1915121084London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1915. First collected edition first issue of this anthology which first appeared in 6 separate pamphlets in America of which only a few of each were printed. 16mo original wrappers. With The Service Kipling on the rear panel. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. 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. The New Army contains the short tales The Men at Work The Quality of the Machine Guns and Supply Canadians in Cap Indian Troops A Territorial Battalion and A Conclusion. Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown
1914157803Garden City New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1914. First US copyright edition of Kipling's series of articles written after visiting army training camps during the First World War. The publisher's archives note that 50 copies of each pamphlet were printed. Complete sets in this condition are rare. In his after-dinner speech at the Kipling Society annual lunch in May 1999 David Alan Richards noted that Kipling's "London literary agent A. P. Watt and his New York publisher Frank N. Doubleday made extensive use of limited printings. to establish copyright in each country". Richards in his bibliography notes that it was reported that "most of the few copies printed" of this title "were mailed to newspapers and destroyed being separated into leaves for the convenience of linotype operators". The present pamphlets represent the true first editions and provide slightly edited versions removing colloquialisms for an American audience of articles simultaneously published within The Daily Telegraph on 7 10 14 19 21 and 24 December 1914. The sub-titles of the pamphlets comprise: "The Men at Work" "The Quality of the Machine" "Guns and Supply" "Canadians in Camp" "Indian Troops" "A Territorial Battalion and a Conclusion". 6 vols octavo. Original pale yellow wrappers lettered on front covers in light green. Housed in a custom red cloth chemise and red morocco-backed slipcase. Occasional light dust-soiling to wrappers minor indentation to front cover of volume 2 else near-fine and crisp copies. Martindell 137; Livingston 390; Stewart 382; Grolier 452; Ballard CLXXI; Ashley Vol. III p. 36-7; Richards A275. hardcover
1914000016850Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co. 1914. First American Edition 1st Printing. softcover. Fine. Six pamphlets octavo uniformly bound in paper wrappers the front covers lettered in green. Copyright issues-- just a few copies of each were printed. Precedes the British edition. Livingston 390. The titles are: infantry The Men At Work; II: The Quality of the Machine; III: Guns and Supply; IV: Canadians in Camp; V: Indian Troops; VI: A Territorial Battalion and a Conclusion. In a custom red chemise and slipcase with leather spine and gilt spine titles that is a bit sunned at the top edge of rear panel. 042407B <br/><br/> Doubleday, Page & Co. paperback
191514454London: MacMillan & Company Ltd. Fine. 1915. First Edition; First Printing. Original Wraps. A most handsome clean first edition/first printing with only limited signs of wear. "Collected edition" versus the pamphlets pusblished separately. Issued in yellow wrappers the front cover lettered in red list of the Service Kipling on the back. This book was not published in America. Livingston 391. Contains separate advertisement sheet for the Collections of all the Books on the War; Rudyard Kipling winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1907 issued this collection with the previously separately issued stories of The New Army The Men at Work The Quality of the Machine Guns and Supply Canadians in Cap Indian Troops A Territorial Battalion and A Conclusion ; 8vo . MacMillan & Company , Ltd. paperback
191610916Garden City NY: Doubleday Page 1916. First Edition. 8 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cream wrappers printed in green; old fold else fine. In red morocco-backed case spine worn. First Edition. 8 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. One of a small number of copies published for American copyright. Stewart 400; Livingston 407 Doubleday, Page unknown books
1916WRCLIT40098Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co. 1916. Cream wrappers printed in green. Near fine. Cloth slipcase and chemise. First U.S. printing of this war poem. One of one hundred copies printed for copyright purposes. According to Richards after the U.S. entered the war Kipling retitled this poem "The Question" and Doubleday printed a handful of copyright copies bearing the new title still dated 1916. RICHARDS A288. STEWART 403. Doubleday, Page & Co. hardcover books
1916187357New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1916. First standalone edition of Kipling's poem which was collected in Sea Warfare in Britain the same year. The poem is also known under the title "The Question". Octavo pp. 8. Original yellow wrappers front cover printed in green wire-stitched. Housed in custom green cloth chemise and slipcase. Bookplate of Henry C. Taylor 1873-1969 agricultural economist inside chemise. Creasing to wrappers and contents very good. Livingstone 407; Stewart 403. hardcover
191610916Garden City NY: Doubleday Page 1916. First Edition. 8 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cream wrappers printed in green; old fold else fine. In red morocco-backed case spine worn. First Edition. 8 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. One of a small number of copies published for American copyright. Stewart 400; Livingston 407 Doubleday, Page unknown
1928WRCLIT83685New York: Doubleday Doran & Company 1928. Cream wrapper printed in green. A few small spots on upper wrapper otherwise near fine in half morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition. One of 75 copies published to protect copyright in the U.S. RICHARDS A377. STEWART 562. LIVINGSTON 527. Doubleday, Doran & Company unknown books
199750338Marina del Rey: Bieler Press 1997. Edition limited to 150 copies this no. 42 oblong 4to pp. 65 frenchfold with inserted slips as issued which show through in silhouette; designed and printed letterpress by Gerald Lange with assistance from Robin Price; wrappers with pictorial pastedown on upper cover the binding executed by Allwyn O'Mara. Unusual production handsomely presented. Gerald Lange notes that only 79 copies were ever bound. <br/><br/> Bieler Press unknown books
199715489Marina Del Rey: Bieler Press 1997. Edition limited to 150 copies oblong 4to pp. 65 frenchfold with inserted slips as issued which show through in silhouette; designed and printed letterpress by Gerald Lange with assistance from Robin Price; wrappers with pictorial pastedown on upper cover the binding executed by Allwyn O'Mara. Unusual production handsomely presented. Gerald Lange notes that only 79 copies were bound. <br/><br/> Bieler Press unknown books
199750338Marina del Rey: Bieler Press 1997. Edition limited to 150 copies this no. 42 oblong 4to pp. 65 frenchfold with inserted slips as issued which show through in silhouette; designed and printed letterpress by Gerald Lange with assistance from Robin Price; wrappers with pictorial pastedown on upper cover the binding executed by Allwyn O'Mara. Unusual production handsomely presented. Gerald Lange notes that only 79 copies were ever bound. Bieler Press unknown
199715489Marina Del Rey: Bieler Press 1997. Edition limited to 150 copies oblong 4to pp. 65 frenchfold with inserted slips as issued which show through in silhouette; designed and printed letterpress by Gerald Lange with assistance from Robin Price; wrappers with pictorial pastedown on upper cover the binding executed by Allwyn O'Mara. Unusual production handsomely presented. Gerald Lange notes that only 79 copies were bound. Bieler Press unknown
1940mon0000180628Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1940-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardcover/Hardback 1936 EDITION. Clean copy in good condition. Macmillan & Co. Ltd. hardcover
1913151140London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1913. The Bombay Edition of Kipling's ambitious narrative. Royal 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. The Naulahka: A Story of West and East was originally serialized in Century Magazine from November 1891 to July 1892. Written in by Kipling in collaboration with American writer and publishing agent Wolcott Balestier and set in the fictional state of "Rahore" believed to be based on Rajputana it is an intriguing story of ambition love and royal court trappings. Kipling would later name his historic Shingle Style house in Dummerston Vermont Naulakha where he resided from 1893 to 1896 and wrote Captains Courageous The Jungle Book The Day's Work and The Seven Seas and did work on Kim and The Just So Stories. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
191921938VERY GOOD FOR ITS AGE 1919 hardcover
1939166Chicago: Black Cat Press 1939. Fine. <p dir="ltr">Fine. 28pp. String-tied stapled decorated red wraps 5-1/4" x 8". A limited edition Christmas present provided by the publisher directly to a select few. Signed by the publisher to the recipient.<br /> <br /> The Mother Hive by Rudyard Kipling is a dark allegorical tale exploring decay conformity and societal collapse through the lens of a beehive. A striking piece of Kipling’s later work ideal for collectors of literary satire and early 20th-century fiction.</p> . Black Cat Press unknown
193026622Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co. 1930. First edition. American copyright edition. Stapled pale yellow paper wrappers lettered in green. One inch slit to spine wrappers lightly soiled leaves fine overall a very good or better copy of this scarce item. 16 pp. 8vo. Scarce. Only a few copies were issued for copyright purposes. Later collected in Limited and Renewals 1932. Livingston 557. Stewart 594. Doubleday, Doran & Co. unknown books
193026622Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co. 1930. First edition. American copyright edition. Stapled pale yellow paper wrappers lettered in green. One inch slit to spine wrappers lightly soiled leaves fine overall a very good or better copy of this scarce item. 16 pp. 8vo. Scarce. Only a few copies were issued for copyright purposes. Later collected in Limited and Renewals 1932. Livingston 557. Stewart 594. Doubleday, Doran & Co. unknown
1921Embry 118926Doubleday Page 1921. First edition. Near Fine with vellum lightly darkened and light wear to edges and corners and boards slightly bowed. In custom made mylar. Vellum spine over gray boards. 108 copies of this speech were printed although the limitation was not stated in the book. Doubleday, Page, 1921. First edition. hardcover books
19211312346Garden City NY and Toronto: Doubleday Page & Company 1921. Hardcover. 12mo; unpaginated; Good condition hardcover; 1/4 beige spine without text; grayish green boards shows moderate wear to exterior; gilt text to front; some age toning to spine; light wear to edges; text block has deckled fore edge; some age toning to interior; previous owner's plate to ffep<br /> <br /> <p>NOTE: Shelved in 15's ephemera box 5 in Netdesk office. 1312346. FP New Rockville Stock. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
1921WRCLIT70304Garden City: Doubleday 1921. Parchment and gilt boards. First American edition previously printed as a pamphlet in Britain. One of 108 copies. Parchment slightly mellowed and soiled typical offsetting to endsheets but a near very good copy. RICHARDS A334. STEWART 550. Doubleday hardcover books
1921WRCLIT20538Garden City: Doubleday 1921. Parchment and gilt boards. First American edition previously printed as a pamphlet in Britain. One of 108 copies. Parchment slightly mellowed typical offsetting to endsheets collector's bookplate on pastedown but a very good copy. RICHARDS A334. STEWART 550. Doubleday hardcover books
1921895Z20New York : Doubleday Page & Company 1921. First edition. Hardback. Very Good Indeed/Good. 7" by 4.5". None. The first edition of this very scarce transcribed speech by Rudyard Kipling in the original binding and the original glassine dust wrapper. The first edition. Very scarce. In the original quarter paper vellum hardback with the original vanishingly scarce glassine dust wrapper. This work features a transcribed speech by the popular author and poet Rudyard Kipling. This speech was delivered at the Royal Society of St. George on St. George's Day in 1920 and discusses what makes a true Englishman. Kipling mentions the popular author Daniel Defoe the author of 'Robinson Crusoe' and his pamphlet 'The True Born Englishman'.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 quarter paper vellum hardback with the original glassine dust wrapper. Externally very smart with fading to the spine slight marks and shelf wear. Offsetting to the endpapers. Glassine wrap is generally smart with marks fading to the spine closed tears and loss to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned and clean pages. Very Good Indeed Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1921898P14New York; Toronto : Doubleday Page & Company 1921. First edition. Vellum. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 5". None. The first edition of this scarce speech given by Rudyard Kipling for the Royal Society of St. George. The first edition of this scarce work.Including the front wrap of the original glassine dust wrapper.A speech written and given by Rudyard Kipling delivered at the meeting of the Royal Society of St. George in London in St. George's Day 1920. In this speech Kipling discusses what makes a true Englishman.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 quarter vellum binding with paper to the boards. Externally smart. Vellum is a little age-toned as is usual to see. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Front wrap of the glassine wrap is edge worn and age-toned. Very Good Indeed Doubleday, Page, & Company hardcover