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189250851London: MacMillan & Co 1892. Gilt scroll to head of front cover and gilt illustration of elephant on centre of front cover. Head and foot of spine edgeworn and bumped corners bumped edges of front and rear boards shelf worn spine slightly discoloured commensurate with age. Gutters cracked sprung foxing to fep/rep closed edges uncut foxing to pp but clear to read illustration of Caligraphic Tiger to dedication page includes 95 illustrations. Hard. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo. MacMillan & Co Hardcover
18921206041892. Scarce unauthorized edition of perhaps Kipling's most popular poetry collection. Octavo original wrappers. In very good condition. This collection was so popular upon publication in 1892 it was pirated in a small number of unauthorized editions which were sold on the streets of London and quickly suppressed. Housed in a custom chemise case. Scarce. In the short span of four years English author Rudyard Kipling produced in addition to the Jungle Books a collection of short stories The Day's Work a novel Captains Courageous and a profusion of poetry including the volume The Seven Seas. The collection of Barrack-Room Ballads was issued in March 1892 first published individually for the most part in 1890 and containing his poems "Mandalay" and "Gunga Din". unknown books
189996168London: Methuen and Co. and George Newnes 1899. Finely bound early printings of Kipling's collections of songs and poems regarding the late-Victorian British Army and voyages on the high seas. Octavo three volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in 6 compartments within raised gilt bands top edge gilt others uncut marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. Bookplate to each pastedown. Written in vernacular dialect Kipling's The Barrack Room Ballads contains some of Kipling's most well-known work including the poems "Gunga Din" "Tommy" "Mandalay" and "Danny Deever" which established his early fame as a poet. The first poems were published in the Scots Observer in the first half of 1890 and collected in Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses in 1892. Kipling later returned to the theme in a group of poems collected in The Seven Seas under the same title. A third group of vernacular Army poems from the Boer War titled "Service Songs" and published in The Five Nations 1903 can be considered part of the Ballads as can a number of other uncollected pieces. Methuen and Co. and George Newnes hardcover books
1892123949London: Methuen and Co 1892. First British edition of perhaps Kipling's most popular poetry collection. Octavo original cloth top edge gilt with others untrimmed. In very good condition. Uncommon. Bookplate. In the short span of four years English author Rudyard Kipling produced in addition to the Jungle Books a collection of short stories The Day's Work a novel Captains Courageous and a profusion of poetry including the volume The Seven Seas. The collection of Barrack-Room Ballads was issued in March 1892 first published individually for the most part in 1890 and containing his poems "Mandalay" and "Gunga Din". Methuen and Co hardcover books
1892119266New York: United States Book Company 1892. Scarce early printing of perhaps Kipling's most popular poetry collection. Octavo original wrappers as issued. In near fine condition. Exceptionally rare. Written in vernacular dialect Kipling's The Barrack Room Ballads contains some of Kipling's most well-known work including the poems "Gunga Din" "Tommy" "Mandalay" and "Danny Deever" which established his early fame as a poet. The first poems were published in the Scots Observer in the first half of 1890 and collected in Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses in 1892. Kipling later returned to the theme in a group of poems collected in The Seven Seas under the same title. A third group of vernacular Army poems from the Boer War titled "Service Songs" and published in The Five Nations 1903 can be considered part of the Ballads as can a number of other uncollected pieces. United States Book Company unknown books
1892322129London: Methuen and Co. 18 Bury Street 1892. First edition thus. xix i 208 16ads.pp. 8vo. Original cloth. Very Good in half red morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition thus. xix i 208 16ads.pp. 8vo. This book of verse contains many of Kipling's most famous poems including "Fuzzy-Wuzzy" "Gunga Din" "Mandalay" "The Ballad of East and West" 'soldier Soldier" and "Ford o' Kabul River." -- all of which were first collected with Departmental Ditties Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses. Stewart 108; Livingston 90 Methuen and Co., 18 Bury Street unknown books
1892BB17270London: Methuen & Co. 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Small 8vo. Original cloth; 208 pp. 16 pp. of ads. An unusually nice copy of a book easily prone to wear. <br/><br/> Methuen & Co. hardcover books
1892D12691London: Methuen and Co. 1892. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's red cloth gilt-stamped lettering on spine; 8vo; pp. xix 1 208 1 publisher's device 16 ads. Cloth lightly rubbed with a few small scuff marks here and there; spine just a touch sunned; the tiniest bit of fraying at corners. In custom clamshell. A unique copy with other poems by Kipling clipped from a variety of sources usually identified and dated including "Literature Magazine" 1899 "The Morning Post" 1913 "Pall Mall Gazette" 1895 et al and mounted to the FFEP pp. 12-15 of the ads and rear paste-down. <br/><br/> Methuen and Co. hardcover books
18993988London Methuen 1899. 1899. Early edition. Small 8vo. Title page vignette. 3/4 contemporary red morocco over marbled boards by Bumpus spine with raised bands gilt stamped titles and musical devices drums and horns marbled endpapers t.e.g. uncut slight rubbing. Very good. 208 pages. Bookplate of Oliver Brett son of Viscount Esher. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Methuen, 1899. hardcover books
189843153London 1898. 8vo. 208pp. FROM THE LIBRARY OF CHARLES BUTLER GRACE son of W.G. Grace WITH HIS SIGNATURE OF OWNERSHIP on the front endpaper: "Charles Butler Grace March 26th 1899." Charles Butler Grace 1882-1938 played some matches for London County in 1900. His final first-class match was for W.G. Grace's XI in 1906. unknown
1892033583Calcutta: Thacker Spink & Co 1892. Book. Very Good-. Hardcover. 208pp. Brick cloth boards gilt titles on spine. Binding secure spine straight corners a bit bumped. FFEP loose but still attached. Slight foxing to pages prior to body of text. Clean unmarked text block apart from the expected age toning. Deckle edged pages. 16pp of publisher's ads in back. Rear hinge just showing. Variously credited as first Indian edition printed from the English sheets and third edition. Either way an early Kipling edition hailing from Calcutta. Scarce. Thacker, Spink & Co Hardcover
1898019357M.F. Mansfield & Co. Spine lightly sunned. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1898. M.F. Mansfield & Co. hardcover
189201AIR0182.<p>Original boards rubbed lightly stained and faded especially on spine. Top page edges gilt other edges untrimmed. Some tanning and foxing most notably of edges and end-papers. Personal <em>ex libris</em> book plate paasted onto front end-paper. Title page vignette. 16 page booklist appended at rear.</p> Methuen & Co. hardcover
1898blb06142New York: M.F. Mansfield & Co. 1898. Hardcover. Near Fine. Red cloth with bright gilt lettering rulings and swords to front and titling to spine. Small book is tight square sharp-cornered and free of markings or flaws inside and out. Book is Near Fine. Nicely illustarted with one-color plates and tissue guards. Top edge gilt. Matching volume is available with us as well - Departmental Ditties and Other Verses. M.F. Mansfield & Co. hardcover
189823606M.F. Mansfield 1898. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. M.F. Mansfieldcirca 1898 no date stated. Hard Cover. Top edge gilt. Red boards with gilt decoration and titles.Frontipieces to both collections are present. Cover has mild shelfwear spine is faded. Pages are clean and unmarked slightly toned. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Very nice copy. This collection captures the voices of common British soldiers 'Tommies' during the height of the British Empire using accessible rhythms vivid vernacular and a deeply ironic sense of patriotism and service.His work raises uncomfortable questions about empire class and race. For readers interested in British history colonial literature or the evolution of poetic voice this remains an essential if challenging read. M.F. Mansfield hardcover
1892119266New York: United States Book Company 1892. Scarce early printing of perhaps Kipling’s most popular poetry collection. Octavo original wrappers as issued. In near fine condition. Exceptionally rare. Written in vernacular dialect Kipling's The Barrack Room Ballads contains some of Kipling's most well-known work including the poems "Gunga Din" "Tommy" "Mandalay" and "Danny Deever" which established his early fame as a poet. The first poems were published in the Scots Observer in the first half of 1890 and collected in Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses in 1892. Kipling later returned to the theme in a group of poems collected in The Seven Seas under the same title. A third group of vernacular Army poems from the Boer War titled "Service Songs" and published in The Five Nations 1903 can be considered part of the Ballads as can a number of other uncollected pieces. United States Book Company unknown
18921206041892. Scarce unauthorized edition of perhaps Kipling's most popular poetry collection. Octavo original wrappers. In very good condition. This collection was so popular upon publication in 1892 it was pirated in a small number of unauthorized editions which were sold on the streets of London and quickly suppressed. Housed in a custom chemise case. Scarce. In the short span of four years English author Rudyard Kipling produced in addition to the Jungle Books a collection of short stories The Day's Work a novel Captains Courageous and a profusion of poetry including the volume The Seven Seas. The collection of Barrack-Room Ballads was issued in March 1892 first published individually for the most part in 1890 and containing his poems "Mandalay" and "Gunga Din". unknown
19000102205<p>Methuen & Co.; 1900. Red/Orange cloth covered boards. Ex Library book. Faded to edges. Gilt lettering to spine. Page edges seem to be hand cut. Corners bumped. Mild foxing to end papers. Previous owners hospital library book plate to first paste down and cardboard ticket wallet to rear. Preowned. No ISBN.</p> Methuen and Co. hardcover
189927408NY: Thomas Y. Crowell. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1899. Reprint. Hardcover. Some smudges of soil on the decorated light blue cloth covers. Signed by Kipling on the title page. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 253 pages; Signed by Author . Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover
189996168London: Methuen and Co. and George Newnes 1899. Finely bound early printings of Kipling's collections of songs and poems regarding the late-Victorian British Army and voyages on the high seas. Octavo three volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in 6 compartments within raised gilt bands top edge gilt others uncut marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. Bookplate to each pastedown. Written in vernacular dialect Kipling's The Barrack Room Ballads contains some of Kipling's most well-known work including the poems "Gunga Din" "Tommy" "Mandalay" and "Danny Deever" which established his early fame as a poet. The first poems were published in the Scots Observer in the first half of 1890 and collected in Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses in 1892. Kipling later returned to the theme in a group of poems collected in The Seven Seas under the same title. A third group of vernacular Army poems from the Boer War titled "Service Songs" and published in The Five Nations 1903 can be considered part of the Ballads as can a number of other uncollected pieces. Methuen and Co. and George Newnes hardcover
1892KIPLINGR028319Methuen London. 1892. Fourth edition : scarce issue in white parchment with gilt bugler device on front top edge gilt. Octavo. pp xx 208 16 adverts. The first title listed in the adverts is this fourth edition with mention of ''a special Presentation Edition bound in white buckram with extra gilt ornament''. Is it possible that in the event the publishers opted for this parchment binding instead of the buckramCovers slightly marked. Spine slightly darkened. Very good indeed. Methuen, London. hardcover
18921532London: Methuen And Co. 1892. first edition without limitation statement on copyright page. VG bottom corner tips are a little rubbed otherwise book is clean tight. A very handsome copy. ; 8vo finely bound in 3/4 red leather with marbled boards top edges gilt others uncut. Raised bands marbled endpapers LIMITED TO 225 LARGE PAPER COPIES this was the variant issue which was handsomely rebound in 3/4 leather. On the front endpaper is a mounted limitation statement which reads: "Of this Edition on Dutch Paper 225 Copies have been printed of which 200 are for sale. No. 11" This statement appears to have been added later. A scarce issue. . Methuen And Co. hardcover
18993988London Methuen 1899. 1899. Early edition. Small 8vo. Title page vignette. 3/4 contemporary red morocco over marbled boards by Bumpus spine with raised bands gilt stamped titles and musical devices drums and horns marbled endpapers t.e.g. uncut slight rubbing. Very good. 208 pages. Bookplate of Oliver Brett son of Viscount Esher. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Methuen, 1899. hardcover
1892001667London: Methuen and Co. Ltd. 1892. Third Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾. xix 208 16 page publisher's cat. vignette to title page brown buckram with gilt titles to spine teg corners and head and tail of spine bruised some light foxing and finger marks. Presentation inscription "To Harry From A.S.S. and P.R.S September 13-92". Harry is Harry leslie Sherwood who entered the Foreign Office in 1882 rising to become Inspector General of H.M. Consulates and editor of the F.O. List-the donors are assumed to be members of his family. The book contains 2 press cuttings including the first printed version of "The Absent-minded Beggar" published by the Daily Mail on 31st October 1899. The poem is headed "Rudyard Kipling's New Poem" with "Copyright in England and America by the "Daily Mail" publishing company." Although there is no date on the newspaper indications are that it was printed in 1899. The rights to publish had been given by Kipling to Lord Harmsworth proprietor of the Daily Mail who had made a request to Kipling to write a patriotic poem to support the fund-raising for the mobilistation of army reservists in 1899 to fight in South Africa. <br/> <br/> Methuen and Co. Ltd. hardcover
190019New York: A. L. Burt Company 1900. Biographical sketch by Henry Ketcham. Red covered cloth/hardcover with gilt lettering in Good/Fair condition. Cover is missing a piece on bottom and top of spine from shelf wear. Pages front and back cover and binding are all in excellent condition. A real find. A. L. Burt Company hardcover