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0483331643.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0483610437.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0666946434.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1331722357.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
18972408020005C. Scribner's Sons New York 1897. Outward Bound Edition. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Shelf wear. Good binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. Spines slightly sunned. Some fray or small tears to the heads of four of the volumes. Contents: v. 1. Plain tales from the hills; v. 2-3. Soldiers three and military tales; v. 4. In black and white; v. 5. The phantom 'rickshaw and other stories; v. 6. Under the deodars. The story of the Gadsbys. Wee Willie Winkie; v. 7. The jungle book; v. 8. The second jungle book; v. 9. The light that failed; v. 10. The naulahka : a story of West and East / written in collaboration with Wolcott Balestier; v. 12. "Captains courageous" : a story of the Grand Banks; v. 13-14. The day's work. Contents note continues; v. 17. Early verse; v. 18. Stalky & co; v. 19. Kim; v. 20. Just so stories for little children; v. 21. The five nations. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. C. Scribner's Sons, New York hardcover
B9781020472022Hardback. New. hardcover
18980855095New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1898. First Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. B/w Frontis. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 25 volumes bound in tan cloth with dark brown leather spine labels stamped in gilt tissue garded frontispieces 8vo approx. 350pp/vol. An attractively bound set comprising the essential works of Rudyard Kipling. A bright and clean set. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1719B3715New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1909 1911 1917 1919 1920. Lacks Part One of “From Sea to Sea†Volume XV otherwise a very fine set text and plates are clean and crisp and bound in handsome period binding. . Edition: New York Binding: Original publisher’s black ½ morocco with light blue marble boards spine in six compartments of raised bands and gilt floral motifs gilt text in two and three top edges gilt edges uncut occasionally unopened endpapers marbled. Notes: The later volumes vols XXVI XXVII & XXVIII are published in purple and dark blue boards.<br>The “Outward Bound†edition was published in installments between 1897 until the end of Kipling’s life in 1936. The complete set eventually included 36 volumes; however variations appeared in the printing over the years. Text published in two volumes in earlier printings was combined into single volumes to save money on the part of the publishers. The published letters of Rudyard Kipling 2004 indicate that Kipling often disapproved of the cost-saving measures of Scribner’s preferring that later printings kept the same numeration of the volumes as the earlier ones. <br> Size: 8vo. Illustration: Each volume with a frontispiece several illustrative plates throughout. Volume: 27 volumes of 36. Category: Book Literature; Book Bindings Sets; Charles Scribner’s Sons hardcover
19202012240024New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine Binding with interesting provenance: Paul Mellon's Copy 32 volume set. Bound in fine 3/4 navy morocco over marbled boards. Gilt decorated spine compartments. 6 raised spine bands. Top edges gilt Marbled end pages. Hardcover. Some bindings weakened with cracked hinges. Four volumes with one board nearly detached. Plain Tales from the Hills The Phantom Rickshaw In Black and White; and The Jungle Book. Clean unmarked pages. Frontispiece illustration with tissue guard. Printed 1920-1937. A complete set of the edition published within Kipling's lifetime 4 volumes were added to the set posthumously. <br> Contents: v. 1. Plain tales from the hills --v. 2. Soldiers three --v. 3. In black and white --v. 4. The phantom rickshaw --v. 5. Under the deoders --v. 6. The jungle book --v. 7. The second jungle book --v. 8. The light that failed --v. 9. The naulahka; a story of West and East written in collaboration with Wolcott Balestier --v. 10. Verses --v. 11. "Captains courageous" a story of the Grand banks --v. 12. The day's work --v. 13-14. From sea to sea --v. 15. Stalky & co --v. 16. Kim --v. 17. Just so stories for little children --v. 18. Traffics and discoveries --v. 19. Puck of Pook's hill --v. 20. Actions and reactions --v. 21. Rewards and fairies --v. 22. A diversity of creatures --v. 23. Five Nations ; The years between --v. 24. Letters of travel 1892-1913 --v. 25-26. The Irish guards in the Great War; edited and compiled from their diaries and papers --v. 27. Debts and credits --v. 28. A book of words --v. 29. Limits and renewals --v. 30. War writings and poems --v. 31. Land and sea tales --v. 32. Something of myself; index. <br> Paul Mellon 1907-1999 was an American philanthropist and breeder/owner of thoroughbred racehorses. His fortune derived from the Mellon Bank created by his grandfather Thomas Mellon his father Andrew W. Mellon and his uncle Richard Mellon. His father was the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 1921-1932. Mellon's Rokeby Stables owned many successful racehorses including Kentucky Derby Winner Sea Hero. He was a trustee of the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame. He was created an Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and was awarded the National Medal of Arts and Humanities in 1997. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1907004172New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1907. Decorative Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Books are brown cloth with gilt decorations and lettering. An embossed picture of Ganesh decorates the front covers. All volumes are very good except Volume 1 which has a cracked front hinge. Extra shipping will apply. <br/> <br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
0332077357.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0265363543.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1899097148London England: Macmillan & Co 1899. Hardback. Limited Edition. 1899. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling Volume XIV. The Day's Work. Part II. This Edition Consists of Ten Hundred and Fifty Copies. Slight foxing to end inside covers and some pages. Mark to back cloth. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Contents: '007. The Bold 'Prentice. The Maltese Cat. 'Bread Upon the Waters'. The Lang Men O' Larut. An Error in the Fourth Dimension. The Record of Badalia Herodsfoot. My Sunday at Home. The Brushwood Boy. 252 pp. Hand cut pages. We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts Theology History Politics Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions Reference books and all types of Academic Literature. Edition De Luxe. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Hardback. Macmillan & Co Hardcover
0243963211.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1936373051US: Books Inc. 1936. Books Inc. 1936 Art Type Edition Good/ Black lether like boards with edgewear on all sides. Solid structure tight light tanned pages. 252 pages. 8.8 ounces. Size: 7 5/8 x 5 1/8 x 1 inches. Art Type Edition. Hardcover. Good. Books, Inc. Hardcover
193736073London: Macmillan and Company 1937. 35 volumes large 8vo. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Original full russet niger morocco by James Burn & Co. for Macmillan spines lettered in gilt within raised bands double gilt rule to covers top edges gilt on the rough other edges uncut as issued marbled endpapers twin gilt and blind rules to turn-ins printed on handmade paper the first sheet of each signature bearing a Ganesha watermark. Bookseller's ticket to front endpapers. Spines a little sunned a few instances of very minor discolouration and scuffing to bindings. A near-fine set.<br/> <br/>Limited edition of 525 sets of which 500 signed by the author were for sale. However many of these were destroyed when the publisher's warehouse was bombed in 1941.<br/> <br/>The Sussex Edition number 101 of a limited edition of 525 sets signed by the author on the limitation leaf of vol. I. In his last years and with his health failing Kipling continued the gathering-up of existing material that resulted in the great retrospective work. the Sussex Edition of his works undertaken by Macmillan as a monument to one of the firms most profitable authors. The idea for the edition went back to 1928 and work was begun by 1930. The selection fuller than that of any other edition was the work of Kipling and he saw the proofs of at least 21 of the editions 35 volumes before his death. Set in Bembo type on hand-made paper bound in Nigerian goatskin and limited to 525 sets the Sussex Edition did not begin publication until 1937; sales were slow in those depression years and a large number of the unbound sheets lying in a London warehouse was destroyed by German bombs. One result of this exaggerated scarcity is that the Sussex Edition is now among the most prized and most expensive of all modern editions ibid. Vol. 6: 1931-36 2004 p. 231. Though the edition was published posthumously Kipling had signed the limitation sheets prior to his death on 18 January 1936. A very attractive set of this superb edition.<br/> <br/>Richards D23; Stewart pp. 577-80. Macmillan and Company unknown books
1913187925New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1913-1926. A stately array of bindings The Seven Seas Edition number 63 of 1050 sets printed on watermarked paper and signed by the author on the half-title of Volume I. Intended as the American counterpart to Macmillan's Bombay Edition this deluxe signed limited edition was issued in 27 volumes. This set has been finely bound likely by the publishers in 51 slimmer and more readable volumes. 27 vols expanded to 51 octavo. Title pages printed in red and black rubricated initials in some vols illustrations to text of children's works. Likely publisher's deluxe red crushed morocco spines lettered in gilt compartments and corners of boards richly gilt wide turn-ins with multiple gilt rolls dark blue crushed morocco doublures with richly gilt frames cream silk flyleaves top edges gilt fore and bottom edges uncut cream bookmarkers. Bookplate of John Francis Neylan 1885-1960 attorney to William Randolph Hearst to first blanks. Spots of rubbing hear hinge of From Sea to Sea volume I part II cracked. Overall a fine set. Richards D15; Stewart pp. 573-4. hardcover
1426132739New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1914-26. Handsome Stikeman binding The Seven Seas Edition number 435 of 1050 copies signed by the author on the half-title of vol. I. This was issued by Doubleday as the counterpart to the Bombay Edition published by Macmillan in London. A particularly attractive set beautifully bound by the workshop of Henry Stikeman one of the leading American binders of the period. 27 vols octavo 237 x 161 mm. Title pages printed in red and black. Contemporary burgundy morocco by Stikeman spines gilt lettered direct compartments with double fillet panels enclosing trefoil foilate motifs on a field of gilt dots sawtooth pattern on the raised bands sides with double fillet frame enclosing panel of trailing stems and repeated trefoils and dots gilt ruled turn-ins marbled endpapers top edges gilt. A fine set. Richards D15; Stewart pp. 573-4. hardcover
1426115765Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company Inc 1914-26. Signed limited edition of Rudyard Kipling's collected works. Octavo 27 volumes. Bound in full morocco gilt titles to the spine gilt tooling and ruling to the spine front and rear panels raised bands inner dentelles top edge gilt marbled endpapers. One of 1050 sets with volume 1 signed by Rudyard Kipling. In fine condition. An exceptional set. The works of Rudyard Kipling contains his poetry novels stories travel writings childrens tales military tales and essays. Kipling in 1907 became the first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize. Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover books
1897114945London: Macmillan & Company 1897-1919. The Bombay edition of Rudyard Kipling's collected works. Octavo 30 volumes. Bound in full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe gilt titles to the spine gilt tooling and ruling to the spine front and rear panels raised bands inner dentelles top edge gilt marbled endpapers. One of 1050 sets with volume 1 signed by Rudyard Kipling. In very good condition. The works of Rudyard Kipling contains his poetry novels stories travel writings childrens tales military tales and essays. Kipling in 1907 became the first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize. Macmillan & Company hardcover books
191343755London: Macmillan & Company 1913. The Bombay edition of Rudyard Kipling's collected works with volume one signed by Rudyard Kipling. Octavo 17 volumes of 31 volumes. Bound in original half cloth top edge gilt. Near fine in very good dust jackets. The works of Rudyard Kipling contains his poetry novels stories travel writings childrens tales military tales and essays. Kipling in 1907 became the first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize. Macmillan & Company hardcover books
18993141New York: Doubleday & McClure 1899. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ as Issued. Light shelf wear several spots of careful repair to leather else tight bright and unmarred. Small 8vo. Various Pagination. Illus. b/w plates. <br/><br/>A handsome set of this extremely readable collection. Doubleday & McClure hardcover books
19141172901914. EXCEPTIONAL DELUXE BINDING KIPLING Rudyard. The Works of Rudyard Kipling. Twenty-seven volumes expanded to fifty-one. 8vo. 237 x 152 mm bound in full deluxe red morocco elaborate gilt borders spines elaborately gilt silk moire endleaves turn-ins inlaid with blue morocco gilt extra with wide dentelles composed of small ornamental tools and large flowers t.e.g. Garden City N.Y.: Doubleday Page & Co. 1914-1920. The Seven Seas Edition one of 1050 sets printed signed by the author. An extremely fine copy in a full red morocco binding of the absolute highest quality. Leather bound sets of this quality are very rarely seen on the market. The Seven Seas Edition is one of the most respected and sought-after collected works of Kipling ever printed. It includes: Wee Willie Winkie The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Stories Captains Courageous The Jungle Book The Second Jungle Book Puck of Pook's Hill Plain Tales from the Hills Life's Handicap The Day's Work Stalky & Co. Kim Just So Stories and much more. Ordinary copies were issued in cloth in twenty-seven volumes. This copy has been exquisitely bound and expanded to fifty-one volumes. PROVENANCE: John Francis Neylan with his bookplate designed by William H. Wilke and printed by John Henry Nash the famous California printer. Neylan 1885-1960 was a noted San Francisco lawyer who was chairman of the Board of Regents of the University of California. Additionally he was William Randolph Hearst's chief attorney with close ties to the Hearst newspapers and thus had enormous political clout and considerable wealth. Stewart Kipling pp. 573-574. hardcover books
1899299762New York: Doubleday & McClure 1899. hardcover. fine. 14 of 15 volumes. Short 8vo handsomely rebound by Blackwell in 3/4 tan polished calf marbled boards and endpapers ornately gilt spines with red leather labels top edges gilt. New York: Doubleday & McClure 1899. A fine set un-numbered volumes but lacking "Captains Courageous".<br/><br/> Doubleday & McClure unknown books
1984G0681287659I4N00Longmeadow Press 1984. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Longmeadow Press hardcover