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1911123044Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1911. First edition of Kipling and Fletcher's history of Great Britain for boys and girls. Quarto original cloth illustrated with colored plates and maps by Henry Ford. In very good condition. Kipling and Fletcher's A History of England covers the history of Great Britain and the British Empire from the departure of the Romans through Saxon England and the Middle Ages the eras of the Tudors and Stuarts the American Rebellion and Great French War up until the Kingdom and Dominion of the Georges. Fletcher contributed most of the historical text with Kipling's assistance and contribution of 23 poems. Illustrator Henry Ford was best known for his work in Andrew Lang's colored Fairy books. The Clarendon Press hardcover books
191138303Oxford: at the Clarendon Press. London Henry Fr5owde and Hodder & Stoughton 1911. First English Edition. Illustrated by Henry Ford. 250 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Blue cloth stamped in white maps on endpapers. Fine. First English Edition. Illustrated by Henry Ford. 250 pp. 1 vols. 4to. True First. Stewart 356 at the Clarendon Press. London Henry Fr5owde and Hodder & Stoughton unknown books
1917122480Doubleday Page & Company: Garden City NY 1917. First American edition of this collection of Kipling tales including several science fiction stories. Octavo original dark green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel black stamped ship vignette to the front panel. In near fine 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. A Diversity of Creatures contains As Easy as A.B.C. The Honours of War The Village that Voted the Earth was Flat In the Presence and The Edge of Evening. Garden City, NY hardcover books
191775586London: Macmillan and Co. 1917. Octavo pp. i-iv v vi vii-viii 1-441 442 443-444: blank 445-448: ads title page printed in red and black original red cloth Ganesha device stamped in gold on front panel spine panel lettered in gold t.e.g. First edition. A mixed collection of fourteen stories and fourteen poems. Includes the first book appearance of the long tale of the future "As Easy as A.B.C." the sequel to "With the Night Mail" first published in FAMILY MAGAZINE in 1912. "The future world is dominated by the Ariel Board of Control which regulates the movements of massive dirigible airships . This story set in 2065 offers a more elaborate account of a society anxiously preoccupied with Malthusian problems and Marxian class conflict . In this story the dictatorial A.B.C. sends a new aircraft to sort out a rebellion in Illinois" Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-603. Also collects "In the Same Boat" 1911 a tale "of psychic horrors which becomes rationalized fantasy" and "Swept and Garnished" 1915 "Kipling's grimmest supernatural fiction" Clute and Grant. Anatomy of Wonder 1981 1-110; 1987 1-55; 1995 1-55 and2004 II-603. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1235. Clarke Tale of the Future 1978 p. 46. Clute and Grant eds The Encyclopedia of Fantasy p. 541. Clute and Nicholls eds The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction p. 670. Gerber Utopian Fantasy 1973 p. 146. Negley Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 641. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 152. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V pp. 2053-54. Bleiler 1978 p. 115. Stewart 408. Hairline crack along inner front hinge repaired else a fine bright copy. Bookplate of Indiana novelist George Barr McCutcheon 1866-1928 affixed to front paste-down. #75586 Macmillan and Co. unknown books
1917WRCLIT84706London: Macmillan 1917. Gilt red cloth t.e.g. Trace of foxing at fore-edge otherwise a fine bright copy in a near fine crisp example of the second form of the printed dust jacket marred solely by a small snag at the crown of the upper spine fold. Half red morocco slipcase and chemise a trace rubbed. First edition of this collection that includes a substantial selection of Kipling's most significant fantasy stories. The binding is in the first state with the spine imprint slightly exceeding 1" in width. RICHARDS A295. STEWART 408. BLEILER SF 1235. Macmillan hardcover books
1917WRCLIT41693London: Macmillan 1917. Gilt red cloth t.e.g. First edition. Two bookplates free endsheets tanned as usual bookseller's descriptions tipped to rear pastedown cloth a trifle darkened about good. Includes some of Kipling's most significant fantasy stories. STEWART 408. BLEILER SF 1235. Macmillan hardcover books
1917WRCLIT41581London: Macmillan 1917. Gilt red cloth t.e.g. First edition. Large bookplate on pastedown free endsheets tanned as usual cloth a trifle darkened about very good. Includes some of Kipling's most significant fantasy stories. STEWART 408. BLEILER SF 1235. Macmillan hardcover books
191783935London: Macmillan 1917. First Edition. hardcover. fine. 8vo full brown leather gilt; g.t. London: Macmillan 1917. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> Macmillan unknown books
1925121544London: Methuen & Co Ltd 1925. First English edition of this collection of Kipling's songs. 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. Methuen & Co, Ltd unknown books
1925WRCLIT41584London: Methuen 1925. Small octavo. Printed wrapper over stiff wrappers. First collective edition in this format wrapper issue preceding the issue in boards and including the first appearance in book form of one poem. Wrappers a bit darkened at edges small nick small leather bookplate on front flap offset opposite isolated foxing else very good. STEWART 515. REILLY WWI p.190. Methuen hardcover books
1925WRCLIT25472Garden City: Doubleday 1925. Cream wrappers printed in green. Very good. First American edition one of 94 copies printed for copyright purposes. STEWART 516. RICHARDS A356. Doubleday unknown books
1943121496New York: Charles Scribners Sons 1943. First edition of this selection of Kipling's verse by T. S. Eliot. Octavo original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Ownership inscription. "A mature essay full of insight. Mr. Eliot's essay is an admirable example of the finest type of criticism" The Spectator. Charles Scribners Sons hardcover books
1952GG01686London:: Macmillan 1952. 1952. 8vo. xxix 1 338 pp. Brick-red gilt-stamped cloth; lightly soiled. Very good. Macmillan, 1952. hardcover books
192864408Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company. Very Good. 1928. Hardcover. 279 pages red cloth with gilt stamping. Slight scuffing at edges otherwise Very Good in a slightly scuffed price-clipped dust jacket. . Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover books
1928WRCLIT41668London: Macmillan 1928. Gilt red cloth t.e.g. First collective edition including a number of war-related items. Two bookplates some flecking to cloth at edges else about very good in spine darkened dust jacket with small chip at crown. RICHARDS A372. STEWART 536. Macmillan hardcover books
1928WRCLIT41669London: Macmillan 1928. Gilt red cloth t.e.g. First collective edition including a number of war-related items. Some flecking and slight mottling to cloth at edges else about very good in dust jacket. RICHARDS A372. STEWART 536. Macmillan hardcover books
1928WRCLIT72348London: Macmillan 1928. Gilt red cloth t.e.g. First collective edition including a number of war-related items. Bookplate on pastedown crown of spine faintly frayed otherwise very good and bright in dust jacket with shallow loss at crown of spine. RICHARDS A372. STEWART 536. Macmillan hardcover books
192813336Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. Very Good. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth gilt; light wear and very slight soiling; ex library with usual markings; contents clean and complete. . Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc. hardcover books
192852436London: Macmillan 1928. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo. 20cm.; red cloth w stamped elephant in gilt on cover /titles gilt on spine; top edge gilt; dustjacket; 299pp.; light wear only a Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped with a short closed tear at crown of spine; small spot of soiling to front panel; a Near Fine or better DJ. This collection has thirty-one speeches. Macmillan unknown books
1923WRCLIT83694London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1923. Gilt plum cloth. Frontispiece caricature fifty-one plates. The much enlarged second edition limited to 700 numbered copies for sale. Trace of tanning but a very good copy with shards of the dust jacket laid in. John Lane The Bodley Head hardcover books
1923WRCLIT63649London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1923. Gilt cloth. Frontispiece caricature fifty- one plates. The much enlarged second edition limited to 700 copies. Sewing strained between pp. 112-113 shelf wear at toe of spine else a very good copy lacking the dust jacket. John Lane The Bodley Head hardcover books
1905WRCLIT41662London: Macmillan 1905. White cloth. Plates. Later impression of the first separate British edition printed on wove paper with the requisite signature marks and printer's imprint. Crown of spine a trace darkened usual offset to endsheets unfortunate adhesive booklabel of noted Kipling collector otherwise an unusually bright clean copy. STEWART 303. RICHARDS A203. Macmillan hardcover books
1905WRCLIT41579London: Macmillan 1905. White cloth. Plates. Later impression of the first separate British edition printed on wove paper with the requisite signature marks and printer's imprint. Cloth darkened and dust soiled but a sound internally very good copy. STEWART 303. RICHARDS A203. Macmillan hardcover books
19262135New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1926. FIRST EDITION THUS. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. Two stories bound in one volume. 60pp. 73pp. Illustrated by F.H. Townsend. Bound in burgundy cloth lettered and decorated in gilt top edge gilt; light wear at extremities. A very nice clean copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with color illustration mounted and lettering in black; small loss at spine ends. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Page & Co hardcover books
192662477Garden City New York: Doubleday Page & Company. Very Good. 1926. Hardcover. First Edition.73pp. red cloth with gilt printing. Spine ends and cover corners are slightly scuffed and bumped. Contents are bright and complete. A Near Very Good copy. . Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
