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Auction archive: Lot number 25

KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-36) [Works] London: Macmillan, 1913-...

Estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
ca. US$5,009 - US$7,012
Price realised:
£5,000
ca. US$10,018
Auction archive: Lot number 25

KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-36) [Works] London: Macmillan, 1913-...

Estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
ca. US$5,009 - US$7,012
Price realised:
£5,000
ca. US$10,018
Beschreibung:

KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-36). [ Works. ] London: Macmillan, 1913-38. 31 volumes, small 4°. Half titles, titles printed in blue and black. Contemporary red calf gilt by Frost of Bath, spines with dark blue and mauve lettering-pieces, top edges gilt, others uncut (some upper joints splitting, extremities lightly rubbed). BOMBAY EDITION. The first volume is signed by the author. Livingston p.572: "1,050 copies of volumes I-XX were printed; 500 copies printed of each remaining volume." Complete sets are, therefore, comparatively rare. (31)
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-36). [ Works. ] London: Macmillan, 1913-38. 31 volumes, small 4°. Half titles, titles printed in blue and black. Contemporary red calf gilt by Frost of Bath, spines with dark blue and mauve lettering-pieces, top edges gilt, others uncut (some upper joints splitting, extremities lightly rubbed). BOMBAY EDITION. The first volume is signed by the author. Livingston p.572: "1,050 copies of volumes I-XX were printed; 500 copies printed of each remaining volume." Complete sets are, therefore, comparatively rare. (31)

Auction archive: Lot number 25
Auction:
Datum:
19 Mar 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
19 March 2008, London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-36). [ Works. ] London: Macmillan, 1913-38. 31 volumes, small 4°. Half titles, titles printed in blue and black. Contemporary red calf gilt by Frost of Bath, spines with dark blue and mauve lettering-pieces, top edges gilt, others uncut (some upper joints splitting, extremities lightly rubbed). BOMBAY EDITION. The first volume is signed by the author. Livingston p.572: "1,050 copies of volumes I-XX were printed; 500 copies printed of each remaining volume." Complete sets are, therefore, comparatively rare. (31)
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-36). [ Works. ] London: Macmillan, 1913-38. 31 volumes, small 4°. Half titles, titles printed in blue and black. Contemporary red calf gilt by Frost of Bath, spines with dark blue and mauve lettering-pieces, top edges gilt, others uncut (some upper joints splitting, extremities lightly rubbed). BOMBAY EDITION. The first volume is signed by the author. Livingston p.572: "1,050 copies of volumes I-XX were printed; 500 copies printed of each remaining volume." Complete sets are, therefore, comparatively rare. (31)

Auction archive: Lot number 25
Auction:
Datum:
19 Mar 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
19 March 2008, London, South Kensington
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