New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1906. First U.S. edition and the first edition with illustrations by Rackham. A fantasy book for children with frontispiece and four full-page colored illustrations by Rackham tipped in. 8vo green cloth stamped in black and lettered in gilt; top edge gilt. Small hole in..... Item #53962 More
London: A & C Black, (1926). First edition. Two poems, one each by Kipling and De La Mare, "A Rector's Memory" and "A Memory" respectively. First appearance of both poems. The book was published as a fundraiser for the "Student Welfare Scheme." Illustrated with reproductions 16 pencil drawings and etchings..... Item #53947 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1926. First edition. Collects 14 stories and 21 poems. 8vo gilt-stamped red cloth; top edge gilt. Near fine in dust jacket tanned at spine and with few shallow chips but otherwise near fine. Item #53990 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1917. First edition. First issue binding with publisher's name at foot of spine measuring over one inch; in second issue dust jacket. Fourteen stories and 14 poems. First appearances for two of the stories and most of the poems. Page fore edges lightly foxed otherwise near..... Item #53934 More
(London: Methuen and Co.), no-date [1919]. First UK edition, preceded by the 1918 U.S. copyright edition. Broadside poem in six stanzas with two on front and remaining four on back. SIGNED BY KIPLING on back beneath the final stanza. 5.5 x 8" stiff cream paper printed in black on both..... Item #54024 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1901. First edition. This British version reportedly differs greatly from the U.S. one [Livingston 250]. 8vo gilt-stamped red cloth boards; raised gilt-stamped elephant emblem on front cover; top edge gilt; 413 pages plus 2 pages publisher's ads. Ten full-plate illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling (Kipling's father)..... Item #72433 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1920. First edition. Three sections of letters, 24 letters in all. 8vo gilt-stamped red cloth; 284 pp + 4 pp ads; top edge gilt. Hole in last page of text not affecting any lettering, front board bumped at top corner and a little shaken, otherwise near..... Item #54021 More
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1932. First U.S. edition, published a few weeks after the UK. Short stories and poems. First appearances for 3 of the stories and 19 of the poems. Near fine in about very good dust jacket with rear panel lightly soiled and pair of..... Item #53939 More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1933. First edition, preceding the UK and French editions. Issued in two parts on March 1 and March 15, 1933, respectively, in an edition of only 75 copies each. Part 1 only. [Richards A412]. A childhood recollection of his trip with his father..... Item #53959 More
London: Methuen and Co., (1919). First edition. Forty-five poems and a series of epitaphs. First appearance of 3 of the poems. 12mo gilt-lettered plum boards; 258 pages plus 32-page publisher's catalog; top edge gilt. Near fine in good dust jacket that is soiled and torn but free from any significant..... Item #53985 More
Evanston, W. M. Carpenter, 1929. First edition. One of 100 copies for private circulation. [Richards B83]. First book appearance of "Speech on Behalf of the Old Boys" and first appearances of several letters. A history of Kipling's prepatory school by Chicago manufacturer William Montelle Carpenter, whose Kipling collection is now..... Item #56078 More
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New York: American Art Association. 1922. First edition. Auction catalog for items "To Be Sold at Unrestricted Public Sale" on January 26th and 27th, 1922, at the American Art Galleries in Madison Square. 795 items. Hammer prices recorded by hand in margins. 8vo perfectbound paperwraps printed in black and red;..... Item #54538 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1926. First edition, trade issue. First appearance of Kipling's introductory poem, "The Downs, The Weald, and The Marshes," followed by 24 selections from Kipling's verses, each accompanied by a full-page color Illustration by Maxwell. Small quarto gilt-stamped blue cloth; top edge gilt. Spine ends and corners..... Item #54567 More
New York: R. H. Russell, 1898 [1897]. First U.S. edition. Published in 1897 with title page dated 1898 per Richards A106. Two-page calendar for 1898 followed by twelve color woodblocks by Nicholson--one for each month of the year--with verses by Kipling on opposing pages. Each month illustrates a different sport..... Item #54572 More
New York: B. W. Dodge & Company, 1909. First U.S. edition. Though a pirated one, it does precede the authorized Doubleday, Page and Co. edition by a few months. First issue in gilt-lettered blue cloth boards with ship at sea illustration stamped In black. Spine a little shaken otherwise near..... Item #55046 More
New York: B. W. Dodge, 1909. First edition, unauthorized. Third issue with red lettering printed vs stamped (or gilt); in dust jacket--the only one of the three to be issued in one. Short stories and one poem. Very good in good dust jacket with old tape repair to chips and..... Item #54088 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1898. First UK edition (preceded by the U.S.). 8vo gilt-stamped cloth boards; 381 pp + 18 pages of ads dated "15-9-98." Good or better with spine shaken, endpapers foxed, scattered staining, and edges of boards somewhat scuffed but color still good and gilt still bright. Item #39719 More
Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co., 1890. Fourth edition, but the first edition printed in the UK. The adverts at the end are dated February 1890. This edition includes ten poems in addition to those included in the 1888 3rd edition, and features revisions to others. Deep blue cloth, with elaborate..... Item #54081 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1917. First edition. Red cloth with elephant gilt stamp on front cover and top edge gilt. Spine just a bit faded and foxing to front and back endpapers otherwise very good to fine, lacking dust jacket. Item #39702 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1923. First edition. Near fine with light soiling. Item #29217 More
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1924. First U.S. edition. SIGNED BY KIPLING on title page. Fine in near fine dust jacket with internal archival tape repair to few splits and tears. Housed in custom cloth chemise and slipcase with gilt-stamped leather titling labels on spine. Scarce to rare signed..... Item #54125 More
(London: Methuen and Co.), no-date [1919]. First UK edition, preceded by the 1918 U.S. copyright edition. Broadside poem in six stanzas with two on front and remaining four on back. 5.5 x 8" stiff cream paper printed in black on both sides with exterior double frame rule and interior single..... Item #54121 More
Allahabad: A. H. Wheeler & Co., 1891. First edition. Nineteen newspaper articles describing Kipling's life in an area of India semi-independent from British rule. 1000 copies printed and bound with all but 100 reportedly destroyed when Kipling suppressed the book's release but bibliographer estimates there are more. Publisher's purple stamp..... Item #54124 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1891. First edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt on front and spine. A little cocked and cover shows edgewear, still a good to very good copy. Item #39904 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1891. First U.S. edition with imprint of New York printer at base of copyright page. First issue sheets without "October" on copyright page; in second issue binding [Richards A58]. Short stories and a poem. 8vo half light-olive cloth stamped in gilt and black, dark-olive cloth lettered..... Item #54277 More