Title: Lot of 52 volumes Author: Kipling, Rudyard Place: Various places Publisher: Date: 1888-1940 Description: Comprises: Plain Tales from the Hills. (Worn, just good). Calcutta: Thacker, Spink, 1888. * The Light That Failed. Half vellum & cloth. Lippincott, [1890]. * The Courting of Dinah Shadd. Wraps. NY: 1890. * Life’s Handicap. 2 copies (variant cloth): L: 1891. * The Light that Failed. L: 1891. * Ballads and Barrack-Room Ballads. L: 1892. * Many Inventions. 2 copies: L & NY: 1893. * The Second Jungle Book. 1st. Worn, just good. L: 1895. * The Seven Seas. 2 copies: 1 of 150 large paper copies, Methuen & U.S. trade (Appleton). 1896. * Captains Courageous. NY: 1897. * The Drums of the Fore and Aft. Estes, 1898. * The Vampire. NY: [c.1898]. * From Sea to Sea. 2 vols. 1st issue. NY: 1899. * Kim. Ex-library copy. NY: 1901. * Just So Stories. Rubbed, just good. NY: 1902. * The Five Nations. L: 1903. * Abaft the Funnel. NY: 1909. * Collected Verse of… Illus. W. Heath Robinson. NY: 1910. * A History of England. Dj. NY: 1911. * The Fringes of the Fleet. 2 copies: 1st U.K. (wraps) & 1st U.S. (boards, dj). 1915 * Sea Warfare. L: 1916. * How Shakspere Came to Write the ‘Tempest’. Papers on Playmaking No. 1. Boards, worn, just good. Dramatic Museum of Columbia Univ., 1916. * A Diversity of Creatures. Dj just fair. L: 1917. * The Eys of Asia. NY: 1918. * Letters of Travel (1892-1913). Dj. L: 1920. * The Irish Guards in the Great War. 2 vols. L: 1923. * Independence. DJ. 2nd? NY: 1924. * Songs for Youth. Illus. by Bates Dj worn (fair). NY: 1925. * They and the Brushwood Boy. Illus. by Townsend. Dj. NY: 1926. * Songs of the Sea. Illus. by Maxwell. NY: 1927. * The Complete Stalky & Co. Illus. by Raven-Hill. L: 1929. * Two Forewords. Slipcase (worn). 1 of 950 copies. NY: 1935. * Something of Myself. Dj. L: 1937. * The Mother Hive. Wraps. Ltd. Ed. 1940. * Plus, 12 other volumes (2 are in leather & 2 in wrappers). Together, 52 volumes total. Most in publisher’s cloth and/or boards, 8 in jackets; 2 in wrappers; 6 are leather-bound. Mostly First printings. Kipling represents the 1907 Nobel winner. Lot Amendments Condition: General edge and age wear overall, rubbing, shelf wear, nicks, chips, etc.; some hinges tender or cracking, occasional bookplate / owner’s signature; from fair to very good or a bit better. Sold as is. Additional shipping charges will apply. Item number: 177230
Title: Lot of 52 volumes Author: Kipling, Rudyard Place: Various places Publisher: Date: 1888-1940 Description: Comprises: Plain Tales from the Hills. (Worn, just good). Calcutta: Thacker, Spink, 1888. * The Light That Failed. Half vellum & cloth. Lippincott, [1890]. * The Courting of Dinah Shadd. Wraps. NY: 1890. * Life’s Handicap. 2 copies (variant cloth): L: 1891. * The Light that Failed. L: 1891. * Ballads and Barrack-Room Ballads. L: 1892. * Many Inventions. 2 copies: L & NY: 1893. * The Second Jungle Book. 1st. Worn, just good. L: 1895. * The Seven Seas. 2 copies: 1 of 150 large paper copies, Methuen & U.S. trade (Appleton). 1896. * Captains Courageous. NY: 1897. * The Drums of the Fore and Aft. Estes, 1898. * The Vampire. NY: [c.1898]. * From Sea to Sea. 2 vols. 1st issue. NY: 1899. * Kim. Ex-library copy. NY: 1901. * Just So Stories. Rubbed, just good. NY: 1902. * The Five Nations. L: 1903. * Abaft the Funnel. NY: 1909. * Collected Verse of… Illus. W. Heath Robinson. NY: 1910. * A History of England. Dj. NY: 1911. * The Fringes of the Fleet. 2 copies: 1st U.K. (wraps) & 1st U.S. (boards, dj). 1915 * Sea Warfare. L: 1916. * How Shakspere Came to Write the ‘Tempest’. Papers on Playmaking No. 1. Boards, worn, just good. Dramatic Museum of Columbia Univ., 1916. * A Diversity of Creatures. Dj just fair. L: 1917. * The Eys of Asia. NY: 1918. * Letters of Travel (1892-1913). Dj. L: 1920. * The Irish Guards in the Great War. 2 vols. L: 1923. * Independence. DJ. 2nd? NY: 1924. * Songs for Youth. Illus. by Bates Dj worn (fair). NY: 1925. * They and the Brushwood Boy. Illus. by Townsend. Dj. NY: 1926. * Songs of the Sea. Illus. by Maxwell. NY: 1927. * The Complete Stalky & Co. Illus. by Raven-Hill. L: 1929. * Two Forewords. Slipcase (worn). 1 of 950 copies. NY: 1935. * Something of Myself. Dj. L: 1937. * The Mother Hive. Wraps. Ltd. Ed. 1940. * Plus, 12 other volumes (2 are in leather & 2 in wrappers). Together, 52 volumes total. Most in publisher’s cloth and/or boards, 8 in jackets; 2 in wrappers; 6 are leather-bound. Mostly First printings. Kipling represents the 1907 Nobel winner. Lot Amendments Condition: General edge and age wear overall, rubbing, shelf wear, nicks, chips, etc.; some hinges tender or cracking, occasional bookplate / owner’s signature; from fair to very good or a bit better. Sold as is. Additional shipping charges will apply. Item number: 177230
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