Dorchester, Mass: George A. Kelly, (1930). First edition. Self-published book of 9 poems celebrating police work with titles including "A Policeman's Duties," "The Vagrant," "The Traffic Cop," "I Am the Law," et al. According to the brief foreword, the poems were mostly written during a period when Kelly was working..... Item #71782 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: 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: 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

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

(San Francisco: Tales for Travellers, 1982). First edition thus: Number 12 in the short-lived "Selected Short Stories by Great Writers" series devised by James H. Schmidt in 1982 with the intent of providing quality reading material for daily commuters that was inexpensive enough to share. Originally issued in 4 slipcased..... Item #71816 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

Boston: Alfred Bartlett / (The Village Press), No-date [1905]. Second edition. But first edition to be printed by the Goudys at their Village Press. Corrects several mistakes in the printing done by Carl Rollins. Both editions and a third done by Cornhill Press in 1909 were unauthorized printings of Kipling's..... Item #55777 More

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, (1961). First edition. Her first book, a collection of poetry. INSCRIBED on first page and on her laid-in business card "to Elaine and Sam, her guardian angels." Very good in pictorial paperwraps (a simultaneous hardback was also published) with minor fading on spine and edges and..... Item #54401 More

Woodside, Heyeck Press, 1990. First edition. The Flowering Quince Poetry Series Number 6. One of 200 copies handsewn in “Heyeck hand marbled paper” from a total edition of 950 (the rest were issued in plain gray stapled wraps). Although not called for, this copy SIGNED by Kleinschmidt on page preceding..... Item #71934 More

Chicago: [Privately Printed], 1919. First edition, and only one. Printed by Carbery & Reed. "[A] subscription (or mug book) sold to the men included in the text. Unknown number of copies" [Bruccoli & Layman A10]. Limericks by Lardner illustrated with caricatures by various "regular cartoonists" of friends and/or associates, mostly..... Item #54556 More

Williamsburgh: Heron Press, 1971. First edition. Number 88 of 200 numbered copies. Poems by Lavin illustrated with woodcuts by Chandler, who also designed and printed the book. Slender folio beige cloth boards with gilt-stamped red leather spine label. Bottom front corner bumped otherwise near fine. Issued without dust jacket. Item #45673 More

(Northampton): Gehenna Press, 1958. First edition. Scarce offering from the Gehenna Press. Prints Leyda's poem about the home of Emily Dickinson in black alternating with lines in red from the house's deed. Wood engraving by Lockwood of Dickinson printed on tissue. Number 102 of a stated 100 copies SIGNED BY..... Item #53657 More