Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936)Biblio.com
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1923333549London: Macmillan 1923. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 2 Volumes. Good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: bookplate of Major R.B.Grosse. Physical description: 2 v. : maps ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes index. Contents: I. The First battalion -- II. The Second battalion and appendices. Subjects: Great Britain Army Irish Guards. Irish Guards. Great Britain Army Irish guards History World War 1914-1918. Great Britain. World War 1914-1918 Regimental histories Great Britain Irish Guards. World War 1914-1918 Regimental histories Great Britain. World War 1914-1918 Regimental histories Ireland. World War 1914-1918 Regimental histories Irish Guards Great Britain. World War 1914-1918. 20th century texts. 20th century texts- Irish Guards World War. Genre: Illustrated. London: Macmillan hardcover
192339989London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1923. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. xvi 344; vi 310 2 pp. Publisher's red cloth gilt lettered to the spines and with the regimental crest to the upper board top edges gilt dust jackets. 4 double page and 7 single page maps. Jacket spines browned and with a degree of wear and small losses to the extremities occasional wear and discolouration to the cloth more so to volume I else a decent set with the uncommon jackets. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown
192363838C2c: MacMillan and Co. Very Good. 1923. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo Published by Macmillan and Co. Limited London UK. 1923. Two Volumes. Xvi 344 pgs; vi 310 pgs. Illustrated with maps. Second printing. Bound in by Chas Sawyer of London in 3/4 brown gilt ruled leather with matching marble paper covered boards with titles and raised bands present to the spine. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate Annie Cass Pearson 1st Viscount Cowdray present to the front pastedown previous owner's gift inscription present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The standard history of the regiment in the Great War including ROH and awards & decorations. Kipling undertook the history of the regiment in WWI following the death in action of his son John at the Battle of Loos whilst serving with the Second Battalion; a personal tragedy from which the author never fully recovered. After five and a half years of research 'done with agony and bloody sweat' the work was immediately recognised as both a military and a literary masterpiece. EB; The Writings In Prose And Verse Of Rudyard Kipling . MacMillan and Co. hardcover
1923RKIPIRI00EFDoubleday 1923. Very Good. Kipling Rudyard. The Irish Guards in the Great War Edited and Compiled from their Diaries and Papers. Volume I:The First Battalion. Volume II:The Second Battalion and Appendices. 2 volumes. New York: Doubleday 1923. 1st American edition. 334 307pp. Indexed. 8vo. Book condition: Very good with slight cracks in front hinges and cracked rear hinge on volume II. Edges are bumped and lightly rubbed slightly frayed at spine ends. Lightly spotted and stained. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedowns. A palm-sized square of light discoloration is on verso of front free endsheet in volume I. Clean pages. Laid-in is a period photo of a man in full Irish Guard uniform whom we believe to be John Kipling only son of the author. Both volumes contain elegant maps printed in black with red to indicate battalion movements. Doubleday unknown
1923004614New York: Doubleday Page 1923. Former owner's signature on each front flyleaf. First American Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. Doubleday, Page Hardcover
192354828Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company 1923. First Edition. fair to good. 307 vol. II only maps appendices index discoloration inside boards and flyleaves some foxing to text. Boards and spine somewhat worn and spotted. This volume contains four chapters--1915: Loos and the First Autumn; 1916: Salient and the Somme; 1917: Rancourt to Bourlon Wood; and 1918: Arras to the End. Also contains three appendices: Officers Killed in Action or Died of Wounds; AlphabeticalList of W. O's N.C.O. 's and Men Killed in Action or Died of Wounds or Disease 1914-1918; and Awards medals and decorations. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
192329614Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1923. First American Edition. Hardcover. Both volumes lack dust jackets some shelf wear and chipping cracking and darkening of the spine labels contents vg cond. ; Illus. maps; 641 pages . Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1996DADAX1885119380Da Capo Press 1996-11-21. 1st. hardcover. New. 7.00x1.25x10.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Da Capo Press hardcover
1923176892Toronto/New York: S.B. Gundy/Doubleday Page & Comapny 1923. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Complete in 2 volumes. Volume I: xvi 334pp; 7 maps. Volume II: 307pp; 4 maps. Small name stamp of a previous owner on each of the fep's otherwise a very nice set. Due to the size/weight of this 2-volume set an extra shipping charge will apply. <br/> <br/> S.B. Gundy/Doubleday, Page & Comapny hardcover
1996126315New York: Sarpedon 1996. Hardcover. fine. 1st edition. 320pp. Matching octavos. ISBN for vol2.: 1-885119-50-X. Red cloth vol.1 and Green cloth vol.2 with gilt lettering. Illustrated endpapers. Half-title. Illustrated with B/W maps and photographs. Appendices and indices included. No markings of any kind on boards or pages. Tears on top corner and head ragments of original price-sticker still on back of vol1 dust jacket. Sold as a set. fine With the help of his father Rudyard Kipling's only son John enlisted underage with the Irish guards in 1914 and was killed in 1915 at the Loos. Kipling who is thought to have blamed himself heavily for the death of his son took it upon himself to write a regimental history of the Irish Guards in the Great War as a "monument to his son's service". He lends the full powers of his decadent prose in this rich description of the battlefields and the fighting men who lived and died there. 1996 Sarpedon hardcover
192334337Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1923. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Cloth. An attractive set of first American editions in two volumes. Both volumes in Near Fine condition with minor rubbing to edges paper labels on spine lightly chipped. Top edges gilt. Lacking the rare dust-jackets. Richards A341 Livingston 483 Stewart 504; Kipling's history of the Irish Guards in World War I recounting details of various engagements. Meticulously researched from primary sources including several maps ; Vol. 1 & 2; 8vo; viii ix-xviii 334; xiv 307 1 pages . Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
199721575Staplehurst: Spellmount 1997. 1st ed. thus. New Book. octavo. dust jackets 320 223pp. maps appends. Honour roll indexes Nicely produced edition of KiplingÕs masterpiece. Fine reference Spellmount unknown
19237544London: Macmillan and Co. . 1923. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with minor rubbing to extremities. Endpapers yellowed. Former owner's notes on front free endpaper. ; Red boards with gilt vignette and gilt spine lettering. Top edge gilt. Kipling describes the battles that his son was killed in and that changed his life; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 344 310 pages . Macmillan and Co. hardcover
192342528London: MacMillan 1923. 1st edition. Near Fine. octavo. orig. cloth xvi 344pp. maps plans The War service of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards from 1914 to 1918. Inc. powerful accounts of the Guards on the Somme in 1916 & 1917. Cloth slightly flecked o/w nice clean copy MacMillan hardcover
1923894F37London: Macmillan and Co 1923 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6.5". Not Stated. The two volume first edition of Rudyard Kipling's account of the actions of the Irish Guards in the First World War in the very scarce original dust wrappers. The first edition first impression of this work.In the very scarce publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers.Edited and compiled from the diaries and papers of the Guards Kipling details their importance in the war. The first volume covers the first battalion and the second volume discusses the second battalion and includes extensive appendices.With seven maps to volume I and four to volume II. Collated complete.Two pages of advertisements to the rear of volume II.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. Bumping to back strip heads and tails otherwise externally excellent. Front hinge of volume II strained. Dust wrappers age toned to back strips. Loss of paper to tail of rear wrap of volume I with small losses to head and tail of back strip. Light edgewear to volume II back strip tail with more significant edgewear and a closed tear to the head. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean with instances of light spotting to first and last few leaves most prominent to volume II. Very Good Macmillan and Co hardcover
19231012R11London: Macmillan and Co. 1923. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6". None. The two volume first edition of Rudyard Kipling's account of the actions of the Irish Guards in the First World War. The first edition in the publisher's original cloth. Complete in two volumes. Edited and compiled from the diaries and papers of the Guards Kipling details their importance in the war. The first volume covers the first battalion and the second volume discusses the second battalion and includes extensive appendices.With seven maps to volume I and four to volume II. Collated complete.Contains two pages of advertisements to the rear of volume II. With a prior owner's bookplate to both front paste downs. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally sound. With shelf wear to the extremities and joints and bumping to spine head and tails. The odd mark to the boards. Small chips to lower front board of vol II. Full front joint split to volume I with fraying of cloth as a result. Front joint split to the head of vol II. Front hinge cracked and strained to vol I. Internally firmly bound. With prior owner's bookplate to front paste downs. Contemporary ink inscription to front free end paper of vol I. Good Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1923biblio38834<p>Doubleday Page & Company; First Edition 1923. XVI334 pages. 7 Maps. NearFine Hardcover no dj. Black cloth Bookplate with Spine title. Gilt stamping in Front Gilt top edge. No wear. Clean Unmarked throughout. Strong Tight binding and hinges. 9.25"x6.2"x1.3". be4x297.</p> Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1997150535Sarpedon January 1997. Hardcover. Like New/As New. Sarpedon hardcover
1929898T26London: Cassell & Company Limited 1929. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A smart copy of the cheap edition of this account of the author's own life and experiences in India. Cheap edition. The life and experiences of the author in India with reference to the voyage life in Hazara snake charmers street dogs Mount Abu Sikh landlords kindness of neighbours Kashmir religion state systems Queen Victoria leaving India and more. Written by Sir Walter Roper Lawrence an English member of the British Council of India and author who served in the Indian Civil Service in British India. With an introductory letter by Joseph Rudyard Kipling an English novelist short-story writer poet and journalist who was born in British India. In the original full blue cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting throughout. Further spotting to the endpapers. Very Good Cassell & Company, Limited hardcover
1987Q-0002177250HarperCollins Publishers 1987-03-16. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! HarperCollins Publishers hardcover
19086rcvcJohn Lane The Bodley Head 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Small gift inscription written on the front inner board. First John Lane edition. Complete with all Plates. Frontispiece. There is gilt on the spine and on the front cover. The Pictorial boards are a little shelf rubbed and a small tear on the top edge of the spine. There is foxing on the endpapers. The text is legible. The binding is strong. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. John Lane The Bodley Head hardcover
19172222350<p>First edition. Octavo. Original stiff yellow wrappers stamped in green. No dust jacket. Very good. 5 pages.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Livingston 421. Only a few copies printed to secure copyright.</b></p><p><b>Actor Jean Hersholt's copy with his signed bookplate.</b></p> Doubleday, Page & Company paperback
1917121059London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1917. First separate British edition of Kipling's homage to John Bunyan which first appeared in Land and Water Magazine December 1917 printed by Methuen and Co. to secure copyright protection. Small octavo original wrappers with elaborate woodcut borders to the front panel. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. A superior example. 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. Methuen & Co. Ltd unknown
19171405032Doubleday Page & Company Inc 1917. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition- American Copyright Issue. Printed in a tiny quantity by the publisher to secure the copyright. Published 8 December 1917 distributed privately. Number of copies is unknown. Richards A300 locates 14 copies. Precedes the English edition "Published: December 1917 at 2p." Poetry. Paperbound. Fine in printed wrappers. Housed in a custom case with cold lettering on spine. Also includes a brochure on Kipling Poetry. Doubleday, Page & Company, Inc unknown
19173964JGarden City: Doubleday 1917. First Edition - American Copyright Issue. Printed in a tiny quantity by the publisher to secure the copyright. Published 8 December 1917 distributed privately. Number of copies unknown. Richards A300 locates 14 copies. Precedes the English edition "Published: December 1917 at 2p." Poetry. Paperbound. Fine in printed wrappers. Doubleday unknown
