Kipling (Rudyard). The Works, 26 volumes, Bombay Edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1913-27, half titles, titles printed in blue and black, initials in text and Ganesha device to colophon printed in blue, 22 plates after the author to volume 16, Just So Stories, bookplates of W.A. Foyle Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, contemporary polished tan calf gilt by Riviere and Son, covers with triple fillet border in gilt, spines with morocco labels and gilt decoration in compartments, 8vo (Quantity: 26) Provenance: The Library of William Foyle, Part III, Christie's, 13 July 2000, lot 693. Limited edition of 1050, volume one signed by the author. The first 25 volumes were published between 1913 and 1919, with volume 26 issued in 1927 in a limited edition of 1000 copies. A further five volumes were published in 1938, two years after Kipling's death, in runs of just 500 copies.
Kipling (Rudyard). The Works, 26 volumes, Bombay Edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1913-27, half titles, titles printed in blue and black, initials in text and Ganesha device to colophon printed in blue, 22 plates after the author to volume 16, Just So Stories, bookplates of W.A. Foyle Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, contemporary polished tan calf gilt by Riviere and Son, covers with triple fillet border in gilt, spines with morocco labels and gilt decoration in compartments, 8vo (Quantity: 26) Provenance: The Library of William Foyle, Part III, Christie's, 13 July 2000, lot 693. Limited edition of 1050, volume one signed by the author. The first 25 volumes were published between 1913 and 1919, with volume 26 issued in 1927 in a limited edition of 1000 copies. A further five volumes were published in 1938, two years after Kipling's death, in runs of just 500 copies.
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