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1909124551London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1909. First British edition of Kipling's Actions and Reactions. Octavo original cloth with gilt elephant emblem to the front panel. In good condition. Ownership inscription. 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
1909121500London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1909. First British edition of Kipling's Actions and Reactions signed and lengthily inscribed by him with a poem. Octavo original cloth with gilt elephant emblem to the front panel. Presentation copy signed and inscribed by Rudyard Kipling with a verse from his poem The Press "To RD Rudyard Kipling. Who once had served to the sultry hour when roaring like a gale The Harrild and the Hoe devour The league-long paper bale And has lit his pipe in the morning calm That follows the midnight stress - He has sold his heart to the old black art Men call the daily press R.K." In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed by Kipling. 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
1909121490London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1909. Macmillan's Colonial Library edition of Kipling's Actions and Reactions intended for circulation only in India and The British Colonies. 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. Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown books
1909WRCLIT76075Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co. 1909. Pictorial green cloth lettered in gilt t.e.g. Frontis and illustrations by various artists. Rubbing at tips a bit more heavily at the lower fore-tip edges otherwise a nice copy. First US edition published roughly simultaneously with the UK edition but with textual differences in most of the constituent pieces. Stamped on the title: "Sample Copy Not to be Sold." Collects "With the Night Mail" first published separately earlier in the year. STEWART 321. RICHARDS A226. BLEILER p.114. Doubleday, Page & Co. hardcover books
1909WRCLIT41698London: Macmillan 1909. Gilt cloth t.e.g. First edition. Endsheets browned two bookplates spine a bit dull and rubbed bookseller's descriptions tipped to rear pastedown; just a good copy. STEWART 320. Macmillan hardcover books
1909WRCLIT41692London: Macmillan 1909. Gilt cloth t.e.g. First edition. Ink gift inscription in year of publication. cloth sizing flecked; just a good sound copy. RICHARDS A225. STEWART 320. Macmillan hardcover books
1909WRCLIT40884London: Macmillan 1909. Gilt cloth t.e.g. First edition. Endhseets foxed two bookplates front inner hinge cracked extremities rubbed; just a good copy. STEWART 320. RICHARDS A225. Macmillan hardcover books
1909WRCLIT41691London: Macmillan 1909. Gilt cloth t.e.g. First edition. Endsheets browned unfortunate adhesive booklabel of a noted Kipling collector front inner hinge cracked binding rubbed; just a good copy. RICHARDS A225. STEWART 320. Macmillan hardcover books
1926JC2834London: Macmillan and Co. 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. Gilt-stamped cloth. From the library of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. with his bookplate on the front paste-down and a gift inscription to him on the FFEP rendered nearly illegible by his young daughter's efforts to insert her ownership signature -- it's cute. Fairbanks 1909-2000 was an American actor his credits include Gunga Din and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II. <br/><br/> Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
190946340NY: Doubleday Page 1909. First American edn. 8vo pp. 324. Illustrated. Green cloth stamped on the front with a Viking ship in black; gilt lettering. TEG. One hinge tender cover little scuffed and worn at corners and ends of spine o/w VG. Short stories. Doubleday, Page unknown books
190928356New York: Doubleday Page and Company 1909. First American edition 8vo pp. 8 324; 8 plates; light wear to extremities else a very good copy or better in original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt and black. Livingston 324; Stewart 321. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Page and Company hardcover books
190920212London: Macmillan and Co 1909. First English edition 8vo pp. 6 302 12 ads; light soiling to spine and light wear to extremities else a very good copy or better in original maroon cloth. <br/><br/> Macmillan and Co hardcover books
1909162393London: Macmillan 1909. First. hardcover. near fine. vi 301 plus 12pp of ads. Thick 8vo artfully bound in dark olive green morocco; gilt- lettered spine with raised bands & floral devices stamped in gilt and red on the covers; inner dentelles uncut edges t.e.g. Original wrappers are bound-in at rear. London: Macmillan and Co. 1909. First edition. Slightest edgewear otherwise a near fine copy.<br/><br/> Macmillan unknown books
190935239New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1909. 1st Edition. Green cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to front board and spine. TEG. Gilt bright. Very slight lean. A VG copy. 6 324 2 blank pp. Untrimmed. 8 inserted plates including frontis. 8" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
1909122911New York: B. W. Dodge & Company 1909. First edition first issue of of Kipling's 1909 short story collection with gold lettering to the spine and front panel. Octavo original blue cloth with gold titles to the spine and front panel. In 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. Published in this unauthorized or pirated edition months before the authorized edition was approved by Kipling and published Abaft the Funnel includes such short stories as The Fallen Idol The Shadow of His Hand The Three Young Men A Death in the Camp and Chautauquaed. B. W. Dodge & Company hardcover books
1909120904New York: B. W. Dodge and Company 1909. First unauthorized edition second issue of Kipling's 1909 short story collection with red lettering to the spine and front panel. Octavo original publisher's decorated cloth with the titles stamped in red. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. 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. Published in this unauthorized or pirated edition months before the authorized edition was approved by Kipling and published Abaft the Funnel includes such short stories as The Fallen Idol The Shadow of His Hand The Three Young Men A Death in the Camp and Chautauquaed. B. W. Dodge and Company hardcover books
1909121058New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1909. First authorized edition of Kipling's 1909 short story collection with the author's note noting Dodge's previously unauthorized edition "issued without my knowledge or sanction". Octavo original publisher's decorated dark green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition with the scarce publisher's wrap around band present. 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. First published in an unauthorized edition by B. W. Dodge and Co. months before this authorized edition was approved by Kipling Abaft the Funnel includes such short stories as The Fallen Idol The Shadow of His Hand The Three Young Men A Death in the Camp and Chautauquaed. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
1909122341New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1909. First authorized edition of Kipling's 1909 short story collection with the author's note noting Dodge's previously unauthorized edition "issued without my knowledge or sanction". Octavo original publisher's decorated cloth. 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. First published in an unauthorized edition by B. W. Dodge and Co. months before this authorized edition was approved by Kipling Abaft the Funnel includes such short stories as The Fallen Idol The Shadow of His Hand The Three Young Men A Death in the Camp and Chautauquaed. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
1909125861New York: B. W. Dodge & Company 1909. Octavo pp. i-iv v-viii 1-360 original pictorial blue cloth stamped in red. First edition second binding. "'Abaft the Funnel' was a title first used for a series of eight stories written by Kipling for the CIVIL AND MILITARY GAZETTE which were first collected in TURN-OVERS volumes V VI and VII. These were written during Kipling's journey in 1889 from India to England via Burma China Japan and the United States . In 1909 B. W. Dodge & Company New York used the title for an unauthorized volume containing thirty stories letters and articles and one poem of which twenty-two of the stories and the poem has previously appeared in TURN-OVERS. In order to discourage the sale of the unauthorized edition Kipling instructed Doubleday Page & Company to issue a volume containing the same material and which was to retail at 19 cents . The first English printing was in volume XXX of the Sussex edition 1938." - Stewart 324. A very good copy previous owners inscription to front free end paper light rubbing to edges touch of fraying to spine ends some rubbing to rear cover; No dust jacket. #125861 B. W. Dodge & Company unknown books
190995221New York: B. W. Dodge & Company 1909. Octavo pp. i-iv v-viii 1-360 original pictorial blue cloth front and spine panels stamped in red and black. First edition second binding. "'Abaft the Funnel' was a title first used for a series of eight stories written by Kipling for the CIVIL AND MILITARY GAZETTE which were first collected in TURN-OVERS volumes V VI and VII. These were written during Kipling's journey in 1889 from India to England via Burma China Japan and the United States . In 1909 B. W. Dodge & Company New York used the title for an unauthorized volume containing thirty stories letters and articles and one poem of which twenty-two of the stories and the poem has previously appeared in TURN-OVERS. In order to discourage the sale of the unauthorized edition Kipling instructed Doubleday Page & Company to issue a volume containing the same material and which was to retail at 19 cents . The first English printing was in volume XXX of the Sussex edition 1938." - Stewart 324. Touch of rubbing to cloth along bottom edges top edge of text block dusty else a fine copy in near fine pictorial dust jacket printed on tan paper stock with light wear along top edges two tiny closed tears at top edge of front panel and shallow chip from head of spine panel. #95221 B. W. Dodge & Company unknown books
1909TB31533New York: B. W. Dodge & Company 1909. First Edition. First Printing Very good in its original dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board on top of embossed cover and spine with the recesses in black with the silhouette of a sailing ship. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and with light rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. The book lacked a jacket until the third printing. 360 pages of text. A collection of 31 short stories. This copy is the unauthorized US printing of one of Kipling's earlier works. The first authorized US edition was published by Doubleday Page & Company in 1909. Richards; A227 & A232 B. W. Dodge & Company hardcover books
1909277421New York: Dodge 1909. hardcover. fine. 8vo blue cloth stamped in black & gilt. N.Y.: B.W. Dodge 1909. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> First unauthorised edition appearing two months before the Doubleday Page edition. No dust jacket as issued.<br/><br/> Dodge unknown books
19090019New York: B. W. Dodge & Co 1909. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. 360pp. Second issue bound in a blue pictorial cloth depicting a ship on the high sea; red lettering spine and front cover. A clean bright copy in very good dust jacket with repair to rear panel along bottom edge duplicating the jacket design. <br/><br/> B. W. Dodge & Co hardcover books
190924013New York: B.W. Dodge 1909. First American Edition. Octavo 20cm. Pictorial deep blue textured cloth stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 360pp. Publisher's presentation copy inscribed on front endpaper: "Best wishes of the publisher see title page and his wife / Xmas 1909." First issue with gilt stamping to cloth later issues stamped in red. A fine bright copy in the original dustwrapper lightly worn a trifle darkened on spine Very Good. B.W. Dodge unknown books
1909WRCLIT41690New York: Dodge 1909. Pictorial cloth printed in black and lettered in gilt. First edition unauthorized primary binding with lettering in gilt rather than red. A cheap edition under Doubleday's imprint was authorized by Kipling to under cut Dodge's collection. Unfortunate adhesive booklabel of a noted Kipling collector pencil inscription on endsheet sign of old restoration between two gatherings spine tips frayed else good and sound. RICHARDS A227. STEWART 324. Dodge hardcover books