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Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). Under the Deodars: The Phantom Rickshaw: Wee Willie Winkie. bound in one volume. (1888). 8vo, English issues of the Indian edition, half cloth over marbled boards, original Indian Railway Library green wrappers bound in, priced one rubee and one shilling, comprising: Under the Deodars, second edition as stated, Indian Railway Library No. 4, 96pp: The Phantom 'Rickshaw and other Tales, third edition as stated, Indian Railway Library No. 5, 104pp: Wee Willie Winkie and other Stories, first edition or early reprint, Indian Railway Library No. 6, 96pp; [Kipling, Rudyard]. Knox, J. Armoy. The Light that Failed: The Log of the Yacht Champlain. bound in one volume, (1891-1888). The Light that Failed, Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, 1891. 8vo, blue cloth, portrait frontispiece, the complete novel, 98pp., plus 2pp. adverts at rear. KNOX, J. Armoy. (1851 - 1906). The Log of the Yacht Champlain. (1889). first European edition, portrait frontispiece, illustrated by Thos. Worth, 127pp; Supplication of the Black Aberdeen. 1927. first edition, 8vo, card wrappers, illustrated by G.L. Stampa, Best Wishes strip bound in at front, 4pp; The Fox Meditates. 1933. first edition, 8vo, sewn paper wrappers, illustrated by Lionel Edwards, Best Wishes strip bound in at front, 6pp. This printing with 'pupped a car' which was later was changed to 'built a car' in Stanza 6, line 5. Livingston, Supplement, pp.67-68; His Apologies. 1932. fourth impression 8vo, sewn paper wrappers, illustrated by R.H. Buxton, Best Wishes slip bound in at front, 5pp; A New Dog Poem entitled 'His Apologies' by Rudyard Kipling, Pearson Magazine, May, 1932. 8pp. article, No. 437, vol. LXXIII, illustrated by Cecil Aldin, pp.442-448; Recessional. (ca. 1910). 8vo, unauthorised US. edition, pictorial sewn card wrappers, further within glassine wrapper, title page printed in red, first poem Recessional numbered pp.57-58, with following poem The Grave of the Hundred Head numbered p.123, the remainder of the book numbered consecutively with a misprint of '80' for '180' on the last page. The Ballad of the East and West. (1899). unauthorised US. edition, 8vo, sewn card wrappers, portrait frontispiece, 14pp; A Fleet in Being. 1899. reprint, 8vo, (199 x 135mm), blue boards, illustrated by Norman Wilkinson, half-title, 84pp; Independence. Rectorial Address delivered at St. Andrews, October 10, 1923. 1923. first UK. edition, 8vo, grey card wrappers, 32pp; Recessional. (ca. 1890). 8vo, card wrappers, illustrated to front, printed in calligraphic font, illuminated in colour and gilt by H. Wright, 8pp., within original publisher's printed brown envelope; together with four related pamphlets, 8vo, comprising: Kipling's Later Tales: The Theme of Healing, reprinted from the Modern Language Review, Vol. XLV., No. 1, 1950. sewn printed wrappers, 32pp; The Kipling Society List of Members. 1938-1940. two issues, April 1938 and 1940, 8vo, printed stapled wrappers, each 20pp, with a 2pp. leaflet, The Kipling Society Rules, loosely inserted within the 1938 issue; The Story of H.M.S. Kipling. Report of a Lecture given by Lieut. N. B. Robinson, DSC. to the members of the Kipling Society, 1946. 8vo, pictorial stapled printed wrappers, the lecture held on Wednesday, October 16, at the Society's temporary headquarters, 105, Gower Street, London, 16pp; KIPLING, Rudyard; BRIDGE, J.F. The Ballad of the 'Clampherdown', set to music for chorus and orchestra by J. Frederick Bridge. 1899. 8vo, original printed sewn paper wrappers, lyrics and music score, a satirical poem, 22pp; STAMPS. First Day Covers, Just So Stories 75th Anniversary 1902-2002. The Kipling Society, 2002. a double strip, ten self adhesive Royal Mail pictorial first class stamps, No. 285 of a Limited edition of 500, Sovereign Series No. 11, postmarked on first day of issue, 15 January, 2002, illustrations by Izah Cohen, contained within The Kipling Society original pictorial envelope with limitation to verso; LEWINS, Jefferey D. Kipling and His 'Coll'. 1993. 8vo, Magdalene College Papers No. 9, 30pp; SMITH, Michael. Rudyard Kipling. The Rottingdean Years. 1989. 8vo, 27pp; P.&O. and B.I. Steamers, Advertising flyer. Mackinnon Mackenzie & Co., Agents, Columbo, (ca. 1920s). A printed advertisement flyer for P.&O. and B.I. Steamers. 4to, a single leaf, promoting the shipowners new and luxurious Steamers with improved First Class C accommodation, listing the company's new routes and fares, with Rudyard Kipling's printed poem 'Christmas in India' on verso. British India Steam Navigation Company (B.I.) was formed in 1856 to carry mail between Calcutta and Rangoon and became part of the P&O group of companies in 1914. PONTON, Dorothy. (A former Private Secretary). Rudyard Kipling at Home and at Work. (1953) 8vo, original limp blue cloth, printed dust-jacket unclipped, priced 5s., 60pp; a portrait postcard of Rudyard Kipling, postmarked Wandsworth 1902. (Qty. 22). Condition Report: 1. Under the Deodars, The Phantom 'Rickshaw, Wee Willie Winkie - cloth marked, darkening to spine, foxing and toning to e/ps., Indian Railway library green wrappers toned with some foxing to edges.2. The Light That Failed, Lippincott's: The Log of the Yacht Champlain - cloth worn and detaching to spine, foxing to edges and further occasional foxing (some heavier in places) to pages.3. Supplication of the Black Aberdeen - covers marked with light foxing, internally clean and bright.4. The Fox Meditates - covers marked, some light foxing internally.5. His Apologies - darkening and foxing to edges of covers, o/w. internally clean.6. A New Dog Poem, Pearson magazine - lacks stapes thus pages loose, light marks and toning to pages o/w. a clean copy.7. Recessional. R.F. Fenno - very light marks to card wrappers, marginal foxing spots to joints of e/ps., o/w. internally clean.8. The Ballad of the East and West - wrappers marked with darkening to edges.9. A Fleet in Being - light marks to boards, light foxing to e/ps, toning to pages.10. Independence - light marks to covers, o/w. a clean copy.11. Recessional. Methuen & Co. - light marks and toning, the brown envelope fragile, stained, marked and chipped (with loss) to edges.12. Kipling's Later Tales: The Theme of Healing - foxing to front, internally clean.13 + 14. The Kipling Society List of Members (2) - marks and foxing to covers, internally clean.15. The Story of H.M.S. Kipling - a clean copy.16. The Ballad of the 'Clampherdown' - wrappers marked, edges chipped with creasing to corners, occasional light foxing, 17. STAMPS. First Day Covers, Just So Stories 75th Anniversary - fine copies.18. Kipling and His 'Coll - a clean copy19. The Rottingdean Years - marginal marks to covers, a clean copy.20. P.&O. and B.I. Steamers, Advertising flyer - light foxing. fold crease to centre.21. Rudyard Kipling at Home and at Work - darkening to spine and edges of wrappers, a clean copy.22.. Postcard - light foxing.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ  DU CANE, Ella. The Banks of the Nile Painted by Ella Du Cane. 1913. first edition, 8vo, (225 x 172mm), original cream pictorial cloth, spine lettered in gilt, ink half-title, complete, 60 plates with tissue-guards, including frontispiece, 2 folding maps, text by John A. Todd, notes on the plates by Florence Du Cane 282pp., plus 100pp. publisher's adverts at end; PENNY, Fanny, Emily. (1847 - 1939) and LAWLEY, Annie Allen, nee Cunard. (1863 - 1944). Southern India, plates painted by Lady Lawley, described by Fanny Emily Penny. 1914. first edition, 8vo, (224 x 170mm), original publisher's cloth, black lettering to upper cover within ornamental frame of patterns in black and yellow, spine stamped with pattern and lettered in gilt, half-title, complete, 50 plates with tissue-guards, including frontispiece, folding map at end, 257pp; RATTRAY, Robert Sutherland. (1881 - 1938). The Tribes of the Ashanti Hinterland. 1932. two vol., first edition, 8vo, (230 x 153mm), original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, continuous pagination as issued, complete, 158 illustrations on plates, including frontispiece, many pages uncut, volume one 292pp., volume two, folding map at end, 604pp; GELFAND, Michael. (1912 - 1985). Medicine and Magic of the Mashona. Presentation copy. 1956. first edition, 8vo, (220 x 148mm), original publisher's grey cloth, gilt lettering to spine, original dustwrapper, complete, presentation ink inscription on front pastedown from the author to Dr. and Mrs. Donald Hunter dated 1956.  Provenance: Doctor Donald Hunter was a British physician and author of a classic text on occupational diseases:  (Qty. 5)      Condition Report: 1. The Banks of the Nile - a little wear to corners and extremities, spine has retained its colour and remains quite bright, light spotting throughout, edges of pages block spotted.2. Southern India - some wear to corners, and cloth at lower hinge, edges of pages are a little browned, 3-4.. The Tribes of the Ashanti Hinterland - two volumes, cloth faded at edges of covers and spine,, corners a little worn, head and tails of spine slightly rubbed with a small tear in the cloth at the head of volume II, foxing on endpapers.5. Medicine and Magic of the Mashona - some spotting along top edge of pages block, some discolouration to head and tail of spine, spine and extremities a little darkened, head and tail chipped and torn all the way round with some loss, tear with some loss at spine, light foxing to folding map at end of volume two. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). First and later editions. 1888-1903. 6 vol. comprising: The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales. A.H. Wheeler (1888). first edition, second impression, 8vo, (223 x 148mm), rebound burgundy half morocco marbled boards, new e/ps., with original Indian Railway Library pictorial wrappers pasted on card bound in, titled 'The Phantom Rickshaw & other Eerie Tales', Indian Railway Library No.5, priced one rupee', contains four stories including The Phantom Rickshaw & other Eerie Tales, My Own True Ghost Story, The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes and The Man who Would be King, 104pp; Departmental Ditties and Other Verses. 1891. sixth Indian edition, 8vo, (190 x 143mm), original burgundy cloth, gilt, half-titles, first issue with the Glossary for English Readers, 125pp., plus 24pp. publisher's adverts at rear, within clear protective wrapper; Plain Tales from the Hills. 1889. second Indian edition, 8vo, (193 x 135mm), original green cloth, black monogram to front and rear boards, half-title, 'Kidnapper' for 'Kidnapped' in the Contents, 325pp., plus 32pp. adverts at rear; Soldiers Three, A Collection of Stories. Six titles bound in one vol. 1889-1890. rebound half green leather marbled boards, gilt, new e/ps., contains Soldiers Three, A Collection of Stories, 1889. third edition, 99pp; The Story of the Gadsbys, A Tale Without A Plot, 1889. second edition, 101pp; In Black And White, 1889. second edition, 106pp., plus 2pp. dedication; Under The Deodars, 1889. second edition, 106pp; The Phantom Rickshaw And Other Tales, 1890. third edition, 114pp; Wee Willie Winkie And Other Child Stories, 1889. second edition, 104pp; Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses, 1892. second edition; The Five Nations, 1903, first edition, first impression with 'David' for 'Saul' on page 56, 8vo, (195 x 130mm), UK. trade editions, original red buckram, gilt lettering to spines, gilt tops, others untrimmed, half-titles.(Qty. 6)  Condition Report: 1. The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales - clean bright boards, light foxing to edges affecting leaf edges, occasional light foxing, Indian Railway front wrapper with light marks and chips to edges(with loss), lower wrapper with loss to corners and a small hole to centre2. Departmental Ditties - bright boards and gilt, a few light marks to covers, corners a little scuffed, spine faded and bumped head/tail, light marks and browning to e/ps., light foxing a marks to edges, o/w. internally clean.3. Plain Tales from the Hills - boards worn and marked, corners scuffed, spine worn and bumped head/tail, foxing to edges and occasional foxing internally, toning to leaf edges, o/w. internally clean.4. Six Titles bound in one volume - fine binding, browning to top edge of Soldiers Three title page, toning to leaf edges, o/w. internally clean.5. Barrack-Room Ballads - boards marked and faded, corners a little scuffed, spine faded and bumped head/tail, browning to e/ps., light foxing to edges, toning to leaf edges, o/w. clean internally.6. The Five Nations - boards marked, scuffed and faded, corners scuffed, spine faded and bumped head/tail, browning to e/ps., light foxing to edges affecting leaf edges, toning to leaf edges, occasional light foxing and marks to a few pages.    Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. [Indian Railway Library]. Nos. 2-6. (of 6). First English editions and an Early Indian imprint. (1889-1890). 8vo, original pictorial green paper wrappers, priced one shilling and one rupee. comprising: No.2. The Story of The Gadsbys, with bookplate of Sir Henry Pettinger pasted to inside front wrapper, No.3. In Black And White, No.4. Under The Deodars, No.5. The Phantom Rickshaw & Other Eerie Tales, wrappers detached, No. 6. Wee Willie Winkie and other Stories, with two others, duplicates, No.2. The Story of The Gadsbys, third edition, gilt top, No.4 Under The Deodars, fourth edition, A.H. Wheeler & Co., Allahabad, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London (1890); sold with another, No.5. The Phantom Rickshaw & Other Eerie Tales, early Indian imprint, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler & Co., (1889)  (Qty. 8).  Condition Report: all worn to varying degrees, wrappers marked with chips to extremities (a few with loss) spines bumped and chipped (a few with loss), toning and light marks internally, mostly clean text.     Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). The Story of the Gadsbys; Soldiers Three: Under the Deodars: Three titles bound in one vol. (1890). UK. printings of Indian editions, 8vo, red cloth, front free e/p., detached with ink ownership of Horace Marshall, Trin. Coll. Oxon, comprising: The Story of the Gadsbys A Tale Without a Plot. nd. seventh edition as stated, 94pp., plus 4pp. adverts at rear; Soldiers Three, 1890. seventh edition as stated, 93pp., plus 3pp. adverts at rear; Under the Deodars. second edition, 104pp. Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys: In Black and White: Under the Deodars: The Phantom Rickshaw: Wee Willie Winkie: Six titles bound in one volume, Allahabad, London, (1890). UK. printings of Indian editions, 8vo, mustard cloth, gilt lettering to leather panel on spine, original Indian Railway Library pictorial green wrappers bound in, priced one shilling and one rupee, comprising: Soldiers Three A Collection of Stories, seventh edition as stated, Indian Railway Library No. 1, 93pp., plus 3pp. adverts at end; The Story of the Gadsbys A Tale Without Plot, third edition, as stated, Indian Railway Library No. 2, 93pp., plus 3pp. adverts at rear; In Black and White, fifth edition as stated, Indian Railway Library No. 3, 96pp; Under the Deodars, second edition as stated, Indian Railway Library No. 4, 96pp; The Phantom Rickshaw and other Tales, edition not stated, Indian Railway Library No. 5 titled The Phantom Rickshaw and other Eerie Tales, 104pp; Wee Willie Winkie and other Stories, edition not stated, Indian Railway Library No. 6, 96pp: A Kipling Anthology Prose. 1922. reprint, small 8vo, green gilt decorated cloth, half-title, 190pp; Sixty Poems. 1961. reprint, small 8vo, green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dust-jacket unclipped, priced 8/6, half-title, 179pp; A Choice of Songs. 1925. first edition, small 8vo, green cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, green patterned e/ps., half-title, 66pp; Mine Own People. 1891. The English Library No. 41, small 8vo, brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, half-title, 309pp; The Light that Failed. Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. 1891. 8vo, rebound grey cloth, paper label with printed title to spine, new e/ps., 4pp. adverts, portrait frontispiece, 144pp; Stalky & Co. The Windsor Magazine and Pearson's Magazine, 1899-1902. 8vo, half morocco, new e/ps., illustrated by L. Raven Hill, a collection of stories published in parts by the monthly periodicals, No. V, A Little Prep; Vol. VI-39, In Ambush; No. III, The Impressionists; No. 1, Stalky, No. VI, The Last Term; No. 2, An Unsavoury Interlude; M.I, October, 1901; The Elephant's Child, February, 1902: My Sunday at Home. The Idler Magazine. (March, 1895). 8vo, quarter pink cloth over sewn patterned boards, 2 grey card pages, bookplate of Anthony John Poucher bound in, pp.388-339 (only) of the British illustrated monthly magazine; Barrack Room Ballads and Other Verses. 1923. reprint, small 8vo, maroon gilt cloth, pictorial dust-jacket unclipped, further within clear protective wrapper, gilt top, half-title, 208pp; DODD, Alfred. The Personal Poems of Francis Bacon, Daily Post, 1931. second edition, blue cloth, pencil inscription to front free e/p. 'H.S. Welcome from Rudyard Kipling, Armistice day, 1932', title page with freemason device, 233pp. ? Henry Solomon Welcome, founder of the Welcome Foundation and Welcome Trust. (Qty. 11). Condition Report: 1. The Story of the Gadsbys; Soldiers Three: Under the Deodars; Three titles bound in one volume - cloth rubbed and scuffed, corners scuffed, spine faded, torn and bumped head/tail, foxing to edges, e/ps. and further throughout.2. Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys: In Black and White: Under the Deodars: The Phantom Rickshaw: Wee Willie Winkie: Six titles bound in one volume - clean bright cloth, leather label detaching from spine, some marks to edges, original Indian Railway Library wrappers with toning to edges, toning to leaf edges, o/w. a clean copy.3. A Kipling Anthology Prose - corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, toning to e/ps, and edges, joint cracked pp.96-97.4. Sixty Poems - light marks to cloth, dust-jacket marked with foxing to inside of wrapper, foxing to edges, light foxing to e/ps. and title page.5. A Choice of Songs - cloth rubbed, corners scuffed, spine lacking at head with tear to cloth at tail, light foxing to a few pages.6. Mine Own People - cloth marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, browning to e/ps., toning to edges and pages. 7. The Light that Failed - clean bright cloth, toning to edges, toning and marks to edges and a few pages, light foxing and marks to first advertisement page.8. Stalky & Co. The Windsor Magazine and Pearson's Magazine - cloth rubbed, corners scuffed, spine scuffed and bumped head/tail, foxing to e/ps. toning to edges affecting leaf edges, further occasional light foxing (heavier to pp.604-605 of Pearson's Magazine, 'In Ambush'), a few joints cracked, fading to a few pages.9. My Sunday at Home - occasional light foxing, toning to leaf edges.10. Barrack Room Ballads and Other Verses - dust-jacket marked and torn (with loss) to front lower corner, incidental foxing spots to a few pages.11. The Personal Poems of Francis Bacon. - cloth marked, extremities scuffed, foxing to edges.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). [Indian Railway Library]. In Black And White. No.3 (of 6). A.H. Wheeler & Co., Allahabad, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London (1890). first English edition, 8vo, (215 x 140mm), original pictorial green paper wrappers, priced one shilling and one rupee, bookplate of Sir Henry Pettinger pasted to inside front wrapper, 96pp; Departmental Ditties and Other Verses. 1890. fifth edition, 8vo, (192 x 145mm), original burgundy cloth, gilt, purple ink stamp of H. Wheeler, half-titles, 121pp., plus 23pp. publisher's catalogue at rear; All the Puck Stories. 1935. first edition, 8vo, (185 x 130mm), original limp red cloth, gilt, half-title, colour frontispiece and 32 monochrome plates by H.R. Millar and Charles E. Brock, 670pp., plus 3pp. publisher's adverts at rear; The Five Nations. 1903. second edition as stated, 8vo, (195 x 125mm), half leather bound by Riviere, gilt, five raised bands, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, pink patterned endpapers, half-title, 'Saul' p.56, 215pp; Barrack-Room Ballads and The Story of the Gadsbys. (c. 1900) 8vo, (1980 x 137mm), original maroon cloth, 413pp, plus 8pp. adverts at rear; A Song of the English. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. (c. 1913). reprint, 8vo, (290 x 150mm), original blue cloth, gilt, top edge gilt, pictorial title page and half-title, 12 full-page colour plates (including frontispiece) with printed captioned tissue guards, by W. Heath Robinson, in-text illustrations; with two others by the author, Humorous Tales, Illustrated by Reginald Cleaver. 1931; Rudyard Kipling's Verse. Inclusive Edition 1885-1918. (1919). (Qty. 8) Condition Report: 1. In Black and White - wrappers fragile and marked, upper wrapper detached, rust marks from staples to edge of spine and edge of title page, internally clean.2. Departmental Ditties and Other Verses - bright boards a little scuffed, corners scuffed, spine faded and bumped head/tail, front free e/ps., browned, foxing to edges and first few pages.3. All The Puck Stories - boards bright and marked, corners scuffed, spine faded and bumped head/tail, light foxing and marks to e/ps., joint weakening and split to half-title page, o/w. internally clean.4. The Five Nations - clean boards with light marks, foxing to untrimmed edges and further occasional foxing to a few pages of text, with heavier foxing to the lower parts of some pages.5. Barrack-Room Ballads and The Story of the Gadsbys - boards marked, corners scuffed, spine faded, marked and bumped head/tail, joints split and weak to upper and lower boards, edges and e/ps. marked, toning internally with a few pencil notes to text pages.6. Humorous Tales - 8vo., publisher's red gilt cloth, gilt lettering to spine, gilt top, 512pp., plus 3pp. adverts at end; bright cloth with a few light marks to boards and edges, o/w. internally clean.7. Rudyard Kipling's Verse. Inclusive Edition 1885-1918 - bright boards with light marks, corners a little scuffed, spine faded and bumped head/tail with edge nicks to both, foxing to joints of both free e/ps., edges and leaf edges toned, lower joint splitting to pp.528-529, o/w. clean internally.8. A Song of the English - clean bright boards and gilt, corners slightly scuffed, spine a little bumped head/tail, foxing to edges affecting some leaf edges, with further sporadic foxing to some pages being heavier to the first few pages, the colour plates clean and bright.  Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. [Indian Railway Library]. Nos. 2-6. (of 6). First English editions. A.H. Wheeler & Co., Allahabad, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London. (1890-1891). 8vo, original pictorial green paper wrappers, priced one shilling and one rupee. comprising: No.2. The Story of The Gadsbys, No.3. In Black And White, No.4. Under The Deodars, lacks rear wrapper, No.5. The Phantom Rickshaw & Other Eerie Tales, wrappers detached, both Nos. 4 and No. 5 with the bookplates of Sir Henry Pettinger, No. 6. Wee Willie Winkie and other Stories, further within brown card wrappers part pasted to original wrapper spine, with two others, duplicates, No.2. The Story of The Gadsbys, third edition, No.4 Under The Deodars, second edition, (1890); sold with another, No.XIV. The City of Dreadful Night (1891).(Qty. 8).   Condition Report: all worn to varying degrees, wrappers marked with chips to extremities (a few with loss) toning and light marks internally, mostly clean text.    Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). Works by and related to. 1891-1933. comprising: [KIPLING, Alice Lockwood. A Grey Dawning]. The Girls Own Paper. 1891. first editions, vol. XII, Nos. 586-593, March 21-May 9, eight 16pp. issues of the weekly magazine, 4to, stapled pages with engraved titles to upper covers, priced one penny, three-column pages with many steel engravings, comprising eight chapters of Alice Kipling's serialised story, with educational and improving articles. Alice Caroline Kipling (1837- 1910) was the mother of the author Rudyard Kipling, aunt of British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and sister-in-law of Edward Poynter and Edward Burne-Jones; Souvenirs of France. The Daily Telegraph, 1933. 8 loose newspaper articles, with the first publication in England of Kipling's later book of the same title serialised on consecutive days, March 14- 22 (with the exception of March 18 and 19) numbered I-VIII with a news-editor's headings and subheadings, an account of events revealing the author's close intimacy with France and the French people; Press cuttings. a group of fifteen Kipling related newspaper cuttings. 1930s-1950s. mostly first press printings of Kipling's poetry works, 1930s-1950s, contained within a red leather wallet; The Sin of Witchcraft. The Times, 1900. a complete issue of the British newspaper with the first publication of the author's views, featured as an article on page 8, 15 March, 1900, being a diatribe against what Kipling felt was a disloyalty of the Cape Colony citizens of Dutch descent; Hymn Before Action. (1915). first edition, 8vo, cream pictorial wrappers bound with red string, illuminated to upper cover and throughout in colour and gilt by Henrietta Wright, 4 leaves (printed on one side only) within original publisher's illustrated grey envelope; Supplement of the Black Aberdeen. (1927). first separate edition, 8vo, cream illustrated card wrappers tied with string, illustrated by G. Stampa, unused gift slip bound-in, 8pp; Recessional. [Poem written for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria]. 1927. a single card leaf with a red string tie, (302 x 204mm), five stanzas of six lines each, composed of rhyming couplets printed in red and black within a decorative red ruled border, priced threepence; Recessional. The Times, July 17, 1897. a complete issue of the newspaper with Kipling's poem published for the first time on page 18; Three Illustrations from Sea and Sussex from Rudyard Kipling's Verse. 1926. original card wrappers, 4to, containing three mounted colour plates by Donald Maxwell with printed captions beneath; National Bands. A speech by Rudyard Kipling, delivered at the Mansion House, Jan. 27, 1915. first edition, 4to, titled to upper card cover, 4pp. Issued to accompany 'A Song of the English' published in 1915, on Behalf of The Daily Telegraph (newspaper) National Bank Fund. Livingston 392; KIPLING, Rudyard: SULLIVAN, Arthur. The Absent-Minded Beggar. [Sheet Music]. 1899. first edition, folio, original printed paper wrappers, 9 pages of music scored for voice and piano with lyrics, words by Rudyard Kipling, music by Arthur Sullivan, priced 1s., ink inscription of Chas H. Austin and ink initials C.H.A. to upper wrapper; A Letter from Rudyard Kipling to Joseph Conrad. 1926. first edition, Limited edition of 220 copies, small oblong 8vo, original grey card wrappers sewn with red thread, the 1pp. printed letter of 9 lines, written from Batemans, Sussex, Oct. 9, 1906 being the only early letter written by Mr. Kipling found among the papers of Joseph Conrad (1857-1924); Rudyard Kipling An Index. n.d. a typescript copy with manuscript title, 4to, 20 stapled pages, a typed index of Kipling's works in alphabetical order with few additions written in ink and pencil manuscript; Men of the Day. No. 589. Mr. Rudyard Kipling, (as part of a public exhibition of Kipling's works at The Grolier Club, New York, from February 21-March 30, 1929); The Times newspaper, complete issue, August 12, 1905; A photographic print of Rudyard Kipling with the author's inset SIGNATURE. 20 x 105mm within blue card mount, with the author's signature in black ink on a cream paper inset beneath, 144 x 77mm, overall 268 x 170mm. (Qty).                      Condition Report:   Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). and others. First and later editions. 1891-1936. eleven volumes. comprising: Life's Handicap. Being Stories of Mine Own People. 1891. first UK. edition; The Light that Failed. 1891. first edition, second printing; Soldiers Three The Story of the Gadsbys in Black and White. 1892. first collected edition of the three stories; Wee Wille Winkie Under the Deodars The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Stories. 1892. first collected edition of the three stories; Many Inventions. 1893. first edition, third printing; Plain Tales from the Hills. 1896. third edition reprint; The Day's Work. 1898. first edition; The Seven Seas. 1896. Colonial Library edition, 8vo, (193 x 140mm), original blue cloth, gilt, adverts at rear; The Maltese Cat. 1936. first UK. edition, 8vo, (210 x 160mm), original cream cloth, gilt top, half-title, frontispiece and illustrations by Lionel Edwards, 81pp; KIPLING, John Lockwood. (1837 - 1911). Beast and Man in India. A Popular Sketch of India Animals in their Relations with the People. 1892. second edition, 8vo, (210 x 150mm), original blue buckram, gilt, half-title, illustrations by the author, 359pp; DUNSTERVILLE, L.C. Major-General. (1865 - 1946). Stalky's Adventures. 1933. Florin Books, 8vo, (185 x 127mm), original oatmeal buckram, half-title, 256pp., plus 12pp. publisher's adverts at rear; (Qty. 11).   Condition Report: 1. Life's Handicap - cloth marked, corners scuffed, spine cocked and bumped head/tail, split at joint of dark green e/ps. and front board, toning to pages, o/w. clean internally. 2. The Light that Failed - light marks to bright cloth, a small stain to front board, corners scuffed, spine darkened and bumped head/tail, toning to pages, o/w. internally clean. 3. Soldiers Three - cloth marked, corners scuffed, spine darkened and bumped head/tail, foxing and browning to e/ps., toning and light foxing to leaf edges, o/w. internally clean. 4. Wee Wille Winkie Under the Deodars The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Stories - light marks to cloth, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, toning to pages o/w. internally clean. 5. Many Inventions - marks and stains to cloth with chips to edge of front board (a little loss), corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, split at joint of dark green e/ps. and front and rear boards, joint weak pp.236-237, toning to pages and occasional marks to a few pages and leaf edges. 6. Plain Tales from the Hills - light marks to cloth, corners scuffed, spine darkened, a little worn and bumped head/tail, light foxing to edges and front free e/ps., toning to leaf edges o/w. internally clean. 7. The Day' Work - light marks to cloth, corners a little scuffed, spine with light marks and bumped head/tail, fraying and wear to joint of front pastedown, joint split pp.272-273, toning to leaf edges, o/w. internally clean. 8. The Seven Seas - marks to cloth, corners scuffed, spine with clean tear to cloth head of spine and bumped at tail, foxing to edges, toning to pages, o/w. internally clean. 9. The Maltese Cat - foxing to cloth, spine a little bumped head/tail, foxing to e/ps., and further occasional foxing to a few pages, o/w. internally clean. 10. Beast and Man in India - boards a little marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail with white label residue to tail of spine, small split to front e/p. lower joint and also cracking at pp.12-113, and pp.272-273, a few chips to dark green e/ps., light foxing to front free e/p. and half-title pages with occasional light foxing to other pages. 11. Stalky's Adventures - small stain to front, and marks to ear cover, spine with light marks and darkened, light foxing to edges, o/w. internally clean.   Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ WEYMAN, Stanley J. (1855 - 1928). A Gentleman of France Being the Memoirs of Gaston de Bonne Sieur de Marsac. Presentation copy to Rudyard Kipling. 1894. New Edition, 8vo, (191 x 140mm), original bevelled green cloth, INSCRIBED by the author in black ink on front free e/p., 'Rudyard Kipling / from the Author / Dec. 1894', frontispiece with tissue guard, vignette title page, printed from American plates at the Aberdeen University Press, 412pp., plus 24pp. publisher's adverts at rear. Referenced in volume 2 of Thomas Pinney's edited 'Letters of Rudyard Kipling', where Rudyard Kipling writes to Weyman on January 3, 1895, thanking him for the gift of his book. 'I took the afternoon off (and) sat down to a decent volume and showed not till teatime.'; BARRIE, J.M. (1860 - 1937). When A Man's Single A Tale of Literary Life. Rudyard Kipling Association copy. (ca. 1888). original blue cloth, top edge gilt, bookplate of Rudyard Kipling, designed by his father John Lockwood Kipling 303pp; KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). GILLET, Louis. [Translator]. (1876 - 1943). Souvenirs de France. Presentation copy from Louis Gillet to Lady Milner. (1933). eleventh edition as stated, (172 x 105mm), green cloth, gilt lettering to leather panel on spine, original paper wrapper lettered in black and blue bound in, INSCRIBED in French, to Lady Milner by Louis Gillet on half-title, 'To Lady Milner, / a souvenir of your friend Kipling . . . / Louis Gillet / 24 Mai, 34', half-title French text, 135pp. Kipling and Sir Alfred Milner (later Lord Milner) became associated in 1898 when Sir Alfred, as the Queen's High Commissioner, welcomed the Kiplings to South Africa for the European winter; KIPLING, Rudyard. Departmental Ditties and other Verses. 1899. first edition, The Sixpenny Series, 8vo, (208 x 147mm), original blue cloth, 126pp; Traffics and Discoveries. 1904. first edition, 8vo, (205 x 140mm), original red cloth, gilt, gilt top, half-title, title page printed in red and black, 393pp., plus 22pp. publisher's adverts at rear; The Dead King. 1910. first edition, 8vo, (205 x 145mm), original lavender card wrappers, vignette half-title, decorative title page and borders to every leaf printed on rectos only, by W. Heath Robinson, 42pp. Sea Warfare. 1916. first edition, 8vo, (195 x 140mm), original blue cloth, edges untrimmed, half-title, 222pp., plus 4pp. adverts at rear. A collection of articles on naval endeavours, with the poems which accompanied them in their serial publications. Stewart 400; KIPLING, Rudyard. A Diversity of Creatures. 1917. first edition, 8vo, (233 x 140mm), original red cloth, gilt, gilt top, half-title, title page printed in red and black with ink ownership 'Regina Miriam Bloch', a further 4 line ink inscription in the same hand to verso of half-title, 'To avoid the Rain, he / stood under the / Sprout. / [Afghan Proverb]', 442pp., plus 4pp. adverts at rear; CHARLES, Cecil. Rudyard Kipling. His Life and Works. (ca. 1911). first edition, 8vo, (194 x 125mm), white linen backed grey card boards, foredge untrimmed, half-title, portrait frontispiece and an illustration of Kipling's vigorous proof correction when editor of 'The Friend' on thick grey paper, half title, 499pp; BEERBOHM, Max. (1872 - 1956). A Christmas Garland. 1922. 8vo, (192 x 147mm), original blue cloth,gilt, foredge untrimmed, half-title, title page printed in red and black, 197pp; KERNAHAN, Coulson. (1858 - 1943). Six Famous Living Poets. Introductory Studies, illustrated by Quotation and Comment. 1933. Keystone Library edition, second impression, 8vo, ( 227 x 155mm), original blue cloth, foredge and lower edge untrimmed, photo. illustrations, includes works by John Masefield, Rudyard Kipling, Henry Newbolt, Maurice Baring, Alfred Noyes and John Drinkwater, 286pp; HUTTON, Maurice. (1856 - 1940). Many Minds. (ca. 1940). 8vo, (222 x 153mm), original red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, a Christmas gift inscription with a small gift card pasted to front free e/p., half-title, 300pp;  (Qty. 12)           Condition Report: 1.. A Gentleman of France - boards marked and cocked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, front pastedown with residue of a removed bookplate, foxing to edges, foxing to tissue guard with further foxing throughout, heavier to some pages. 2. When A Man's Single - clean bright boards with light marks, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, light marks to margin of bookplate, with blue ink stamp of Scarning Village Hall to front pastedown, with the letters 'V' and 'I' stamped within the r.h. edge of the bookplate, foxing to e/ps., and further occasional foxing and marks internally.  3. Souvenirs de France - clean bright cloth, corners a little scuffed, spine with small scuff to centre and bumped head/tail, light marks to paper wrapper, o/w. internally clean. 4. Departmental Ditties and other Verses - boards with light marks, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, browning to e/ps., toning to edges and pages, o/w. internally clean. 5. Traffics and Discoveries - clean bright cloth, spine bumped head/tail, light foxing to edges affecting some leaf edges, internally clean. 6. The Dead King - wrappers darkened at edges, with light marks, corners a little scuffed, spine darkened and bumped head/tail, occasional light foxing, o/w. internally clean. 7. Sea Warfare - cloth bright with marginal marks, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped at tail, foxing to edges, occasional light foxing internally. 8. A Diversity of Creatures - clean cloth with darkening to edges of boards, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to edges affecting leaf edges, joint split to front pastedown, toning and foxing to e/ps., toning to leaf edges, o/w. internally clean. 9. Rudyard Kipling His Life and Works - clean bright boards, corners bumped, darkening to spine and bumped head/tail, light foxing to edges and e/ps., o/w. internally clean. 10. A Christmas Garland, clean bright cloth and gilt, boards a little marked, corners slightly scuffed, pine bumped head/tail, foxing to edges affecting leaf edges, further occasional light foxing to some pages.  11. Six Famous Living Poets - bright clean cloth with white marks to edge of lower cover, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to edges, further foxing throughout, some heavier in places not affecting the photo. illustrations. 12. Many Minds - cloth marked and stained, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, browning to e/ps., joint cracked at pp.128-129, light foxing.      Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ ELLIS, Henry. (1777 - 1869). Journal of the Proceedings of the late Embassy to China. Comprising a Correct Narrative of the Public Transactions of the Embassy, of the Voyage to and from China, and of the Journey from the Mouth of the Pei-Ho to the Return to Canton. John Murray, 1817. single volume, first edition, 4to, (281 x 223mm), contemporary calf, gilt, raised bands, marbled edges and e/ps., armorial bookplate of Sir Frances Lindley Wood, nautical bookplate of John Montagu Ratner, etched portrait frontispiece of Lord Amherst, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 2 engraved maps only of 3, (lacking folding map) Appendix, Itinerary corresponding with the text, 526pp. Lord Amherst was chosen to proceed to Peking as British envoy and represent to the Emperor Kea K'ing the wrongs which British subjects were suffering under his rule. Ellis, a diplomat, accompanied Amherst to China in 1816, in capacity of third commissioner. Sir Francis Lindley Wood, 2nd Baronet (1771-1846) was a confidant of Lord Fitzwilliam who supported the abolition of slavery and the Reform Act, 1832 and held a large demonstration in York in order to demonstrate his favour for it, (Qty. 1).   Condition Report: boards marked and stained, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to portrait frontispiece and title page and further occasional light foxing affecting the two maps, the plates mostly clean and bright, lacks folding map and errata.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard and other Authors. Ten Works: First and later Editions. 1894-1938. comprising: The Jungle Book. 1894. first edition, 8vo, (190 x 130mm), original blue cloth, gilt, all edges gilt, illustrated by J.L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny, 212pp; KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). Stalky & Co., SIGNED. Macmillan, 1938. pocket edition, reprint, 12mo, (173 x 115mm), original blue cloth, gilt, ink ownership 'Susan Fleming' to front free e/p., and SIGNED in black ink by the author on a piece of grey paper pasted to front free e/p. (most likely clipped from a letter) 'Very sincerely yours / Rudyard Kipling'; and a loosely inserted postcard, with the printed header Mrs. John Lawry, Broadlands House, Sheet, Petersfield, with an inscription, 'This is Rudyard Kipling's signature,the gift (I think)of Stalky (Gen. Dunsterville) to Susan Fleming (Lawry). S.J.L.L', half-title, 272pp; The Complete Stalky & Co. 1930. 8vo, (212 x 145mm), original blue cloth, foredge and lower edge untrimmed, half-title, illustrated by L. Raven-Hill, 368pp; KIPLING, Rudyard: HEATH ROBINSON, W. A Song of the English. (1909). first Illustrated edition, 4to, (286 x 231mm), original cloth, gilt, 30 tipped-in colour plates, all with captioned guards and vignettes and in-text illustrations by W. Heath Robinson; DUNSTERVILLE, Major-General L. C. Stalky's Adventures. SIGNED Author's Presentation copy. 1936. Popular edition, 8vo, (250 x 145mm), original red cloth, pencil ownership of Susan Fleming, INSCRIBED by the author beneath on frontispiece, 'Yours ever / Lionel Dunsterville' and further INSCRIBED on title page, 'Susan Fleming / With every good wish from / 'Stalky' / Bookham, May 1941', half-title, photo. illustrations, 256pp; Stalky's Reminiscences. 1928. third impression, 8vo, (210 x 150mm), original red cloth, half-title, frontispiece, 298pp; 'STALKY' [MAJOR-GENERAL L.C. DUNSTERVILLE]. More Yarns. n.d., 8vo, (192 x 145mm), original brown cloth, half-title, 285pp; All the Mowgli Stories. 1956. reprint, 8vo, (205 x 195mm), original blue cloth, frontispiece, 7 full-page colour plates and in-text illustrations by Stuart Tresilian, 271pp; Animal Stories. 1932. first edition, 4to, (205 x 195mm), original red cloth, frontispiece, 7 full-page colour plates and in-text illustrations by Stuart Tresilian, 215pp; The Just So Songbook, 1909. reprint, folio, (316 x 247mm), original burgundy pictorial cloth, gilt, dustwrapper unclipped, 12 songs, musical score and lyrics, set to music by Edward German, 62pp. (Qty. 10).   Condition Report: 1. The Jungle Book - cloth creased, faded, marked and rubbed with some loss to corners and part of spine, lacks front free e/p., a few joints cracked, light foxing throughout2. Stalky & Co. SIGNED - bright cloth clean cloth with white marks to covers, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail and marked to gilt title on spine, o/w. a clean copy.3. The Complete Stalky & Co. - cloth marked, a white stain to centre of front board, corners a little scuffed, spine faded and bumped head/tail, light foxing to edges, further sporadic foxing internally, toning to pages.4. Stalky's Adventures. SIGNED - light marks to covers with stain to lower cover, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail of spine, foxing to edges affecting leaf edges, further sporadic foxing, heavier in places and affecting b/w. photo. illustrations. 5. Stalky's Reminiscences - cloth marked and faded, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, toning to pages, o/w. clean internally. 6. More Yarns - cloth marked and faded to front cover, corners bumped, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to edges, further heavier foxing internally.7. All the Mowgli Stories - light marks to cloth, extremities scuffed, foxing to e/ps., toning to pages.8. Animal Stories - cloth marked and rubbed, extremities scuffed, foxing to edges and e/ps., toning to pages.9. The Just So Songbook - clean bright cloth, extremities scuffed, dust-jacket marked with clean edge tears to lower panel, light foxing to edges, browning to e/ps., occasional light foxing.10. A Song of the English- cloth marked and stained, extremities scuffed, occasional light foxing (not affecting the clean bright plates).      Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. 1865 - 1936). The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book, First Editions with others, 1891-1895. comprising: The Jungle Book. 1894 and The Second Jungle Book, 1895. two volumes, first editions, 8vo, (191 x 130mm), original blue cloth, gilt, all edges gilt, half-titles, 212pp, 238pp; KIPLING, John Lockwood. (1837 - 1911). Beast and Man in India. A Popular Sketch of Indian Animals in the relations with the People. 1891. first edition, 8vo, (230 x 160mm), original red ochre cloth, gilt, foredge and lower edges untrimmed, green e/ps., illustrated throughout by the author, F.H. Andrews, Munshi Sher Muhammad and others, 401 pp., plus 55pp. publisher's adverts at rear; STEEL, Flora Annie. (1847 - 1929). Tales of the Punjab Told by the People. 1894. first edition, second impression, 8vo, (187 x 130mm), original green cloth with the author's ornate pictorials to upper cover and spine, all edges gilt, half-title, frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrations by John Lockwood Kipling and notes by R.C. Temple, 395pp. (Qty. 4).   Condition Report: 1. The Jungle Book - boards marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail with gilt faded, gilt edges bright and clean, upper and lower board joints cracked, browning to tissue guard, toning and foxing to several pages of text, 2. The Second Jungle Book - boards lightly marked with some creasing to upper board, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail and gilt title faded, front free pastedown numbered in thick blue crayon, and purple ink stamped 'S.B.L. Sample Room', foxing throughout to many pages of text.3. Beast and Man In India - boards a little marked, corners bumped, gilt decoration to top of upper board worn (with loss) a few small black marks to spine, foxing to title page and further foxing to page edges and some text, ink inscription to half-title 'Howell's School Library / Presented by Mrs. Grayson / May 1928', 4. Tales of The Punjab - clean bright cloth and gilt, lower board with light marks, corners a little bumped, spine bumped head/tail, browning to tissue guard, foxing to many pages of text.   Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). The Jungle Book. 1894. first edition, second impression, bookplate of Robert A. Rarkliff, 212pp; The Second Jungle Book. 1895. first edition, first impression, 238pp., plus 2pp. publisher's adverts at rear, 8vo, (191 x 130mm), original blue cloth, gilt, all edges gilt, half-titles; Just So Stories For Little Children. 1902. first edition, first impression, 4to, (240 x 185mm), original cloth with black and white titles and illustrations to upper cover and spine, half-title, 22 full-page illustrations by the author, 249pp; (Qty. 3).  Condition Report: 1. Just So Stories for Little Children - clean bright cloth with minor marks, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, light foxing to edges, heavier foxing to e/ps., occasional light foxing to some pages, o/w. mostly clean internally. 2. The Jungle Book - marks to bright boards, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, light foxing to bright gilt edges, many pages clean and crisp, light foxing throughout, heavier to some pages especially to pp.78-81, joint split pp.64-65.  3. The Second Jungle Book - boards marked, stained, corners bumped and scuffed, spine faded and bumped head/tail, foxing to bright gilt edges, front free e/p. with stain to top r.h. corner also affecting the first 31 pages, light foxing throughout, heavier to some pages.  Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). Works By and Relating to the Author. 32 volumes. 1895-1967. comprising: The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book, 1895. two volumes, 8vo, first edition, 3rd reprint, illustrated by J.L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny, 212pp.; and first edition, first impression, illustrated by J. Lockwood Kipling, 238pp., plus 2pp. publisher's adverts. at rear; Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories. tenth edition, 8vo, original red cloth, gilt, publisher's adverts at front; Independence. Rectorial Address delivered at St. Andrews, October 10, 1923. 1923. first edition, 8vo, original red cloth, gilt, 32pp; Rudyard Kipling's Inclusive Verse. 1885-1918: 1885-1926: 1885-1932. (ca.1925), 1927, 1938. three volumes, first editions and a later reprint, 8vo, India paper editions, original cloth, gilt tops, dust-jackets; FALLS, Cyril. Rudyard Kipling A Critical Study, 1915; FLETCHER, C.R.L: KIPLING, Rudyard. A History of England. 1930; BERESFORD, G.C. Schooldays with Kipling. 1936; TAPP, Major H.A. United Services College 1874-1911. A Short Account of Rudyard Kipling's old school at Westward Ho!. (1933). first edition, 'For Private Circulation only', 4to, original blue cloth, gilt, marbled e/ps., photo. illustrated throughout; HOPKINS, R. Thurston. The Kipling Country. (1924). first edition, 8vo, original red cloth, bookplate of Percy William Pegge, illustrated by Captain Irvine B. Bately and Gordon Volk; Kipling's Sussex. 1921. first edition, 8vo, original red cloth, gilt, portrait frontispiece; together with COHEN, Morton. [Editor]. Rudyard Kipling to Rider Haggard, 1965; TOMPKINS, J.M.S. The Art of Rudyard Kipling, 1959; STEWART, J. I.M. Rudyard Kipling, 1966; DOBREE, Bonamy. Rudyard Kipling Realist & Fabulist, 1967; CORNELL, Louis. Kipling in India, 1966; MACMUNN, Sir George. Rudyard Kipling: Craftsman, 1937; Kipling's Women (1934); GREEN, Roger Lancelyn. Kipling and the Children, (1965); MONKSHOOD, G.F.: GAMBLE, George. Rudyard Kipling the Man and his Work, 1902; SHANKS, Edward. Rudyard Kipling A Study in Literature and Political Ideas, 1940; VAN DE WATER, Frederic. Rudyard Kipling's Vermont Feud. Drawings by Bernadine Custer, 1937; BODELSEN, C.A. Aspects of Kipling's Art, 1964; GALLIENNE, Richard Le. Rudyard Kipling A Criticism, 1900; KERNAHAN, Coulson. 'Nothing Like Kipling Had Happened Before', 1944; HENN, T.R. Kipling, 1967; The Kipling Index, 1914; GOODWIN, James. Burwash and the Sussex Weald, (1958); BROWN, Hilton. Rudyard Kipling A New Appreciation, 1945; PALMER, John. Writers of the Day. Rudyard Kipling, 1915; (Qty. 32).  Condition Report: Jungle Book and Second Jungle Book - light marks to bright cloth, corners a little scuffed, spines bumped heads/tails, bright gilt edges, foxing throughout in both volumes, some heavier in places.  Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. Books by and relating to. 20 vol. 1897-2000. comprising: Captain's Courageous. 1897. first edition, second impression, 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt, all edges gilt, illustrations by I. W. Taber, 245pp., plus 2pp. publisher's adverts at rear; Departmental Ditties. 1899. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt, gilt top, others untrimmed, bookplate of H. Clifford Mortimer, portrait frontispiece and illustrations by Dudley Cleaver, 174pp; BROGAN, Hugh. Mowgli's Sons, Kipling and Baden-Powell's Scouts. 1987. first edition, 8vo, publisher's black cloth, dust-jacket unclipped, 64pp; LYCETT, Andrew. Rudyard Kipling. 1999. first UK. edition, 8vo, publisher' black cloth, dust-jacket unclipped, further within clear protective wrapper, 659pp; COTAZZI, Hugh: WEBB, George. [Editors]. Kipling's Japan. Collected Writings. 1988. 8vo, publisher's burgundy cloth, dust-jacket unclipped, photo. and in-text illustrations, 3 maps, 294pp; LIVINGSTONE, Flora V. Bibliography of the Works of Rudyard Kipling. 1968. reprint of 1927 edition, 8vo, publisher's green cloth, half-title, Chronological list 1879-1926, Bibliography, Notes, Index, Burt Franklin: Bibliography and Reference Series #181, 523pp; LIVINGSTONE, Flora V. Supplement to Bibliography of the Works of Rudyard Kipling (1927). 1968. reprint of 1938 edition, 8vo, publisher's pink cloth, half-title, Chronological list 1926-1937, Bibliography, Notes, Index, Burt Franklin: Bibliography and Reference Series #181, 333pp; MARTINDELL, E.W. A Bibliography of the Works of Rudyard Kipling (1881-1921). 1922. first edition, Limited edition, No. 58 of 450 copies of which 400 are for sale, 8vo, publisher's black cloth, foredge and lower edge untrimmed, half-title, photo. illustrations, 111pp, plus 2pp. adverts at rear; FIDO, Martin. Rudyard Kipling. 1974. first edition, 4to, publisher's green cloth, dust-jacket clipped, photo. and in-text illustrations, 144pp; MASON, Philip. Kipling. The Glass, the Shadow and the Fire. 1975. first edition, 8vo, publisher's brown cloth, dust-jacket clipped, further within clear protective wrapper, 334pp; TAYLOR, Ina. Victorian Sisters. 1987. first US. edition, 8vo., publisher's cream cloth, dust-jacket unclipped, subjects include Georgina, wife of painter Edward Burne-Jones, Alice, mother of Rudyard Kipling, Louisa, wife of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and Agnes, wife of painter Edward Poynter, photo. illustrations, 218pp; WILSON, Angus. The Strange Ride of Rudyard Kipling. His Life and Works. 1977. first edition, 8vo, publisher's pale orange cloth, dust-jacket unclipped, further within clear protective wrapper, brown e/ps., photo. illustrations, 370pp; SEYMOUR-SMITH, Martin. Rudyard Kipling. 1989. first edition, 8vo, publisher's black cloth, dust-jacket unclipped, photo. illustrations, 373pp; ROSS, Angus. [Editor]. Kipling 86. Papers Read at the University of Sussex in May 1986 as Part of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Rudyard Kipling's Death. University of Sussex Library, 1987. 8vo, pictorial soft wrappers, photo. illustrations, 57pp; KIPLING, Rudyard. The King's Pilgrimage. 1922. first UK. edition, 4to, original lavender cloth with pictorial onlay, foreward letter from H.M. King George V, photogravure illustrations, 108pp; KIPLING, Rudyard. East of Suez. Being a Selection of Eastern Verses from the Poetical Works of Rudyard Kipling. 1931. first edition, 4to, original blue cloth, dust-jacket unclipped, priced 7/6, further within clear protective wrapper, half-title, illustrated in colour and line by Donald Maxwell, 72pp; Brazilian Sketches. 1940. first separate edition, 8vo, original blue cloth, dust-jacket clipped, further within clear protective wrapper, foredge untrimmed, bookplate of J.C. Robin McKinley, half-title, 115pp; A Fleet In Being. Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron. 1916. 8vo, original blue, pictorial wrappers depicting a battleship of the 'Majestic' class by Norman Wilkinson, priced one shilling, half-title, 84pp. The Jungle Play. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Thomas Pinney. Penguin Classics, 2000. first paperback edition, 8vo, 80pp., plus 4pp. publisher's adverts at rear; KIPLING, Rudyard: BRIDGE, J. Frederick. The Flag of England Ballad. For Soprano Solo, Chorus, and Orchestra. (1897). Novello's first octavo edition, 8vo, original green cloth, dedication to Queen Victoria and music by J.F. Bridge, words by Rudyard Kipling, some pencil notes to a few pages of music scores, 40pp. bound with FERGUSON, Sir Samuel: BRIDGE, J. Frederick. The Forging of the Anchor. Dramatic Scene for Bass Solo, Chorus, and Orchestra. (1901). Novello's original octavo edition, words by Sir Samuel Ferguson (1832), music by J. Frederick Bridge, with pencil and red ink notes to a few pages of music scores, 33pp. (Qty. 20).   

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). Eleven Works: First US. Editions, 1898-1935. comprising: The Vampire. Boston, 1898. unauthorized pamphlet, (155x 114mm), pictorial stapled paper wrappers, frontispiece, illustrated poem, 9pp; 'Captains Courageous'. 1897. 8vo, (197 x 140mm), original cloth, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, small red sticker of Lennoxville Drugstore on front pastedown, contemporary ownership, half-title, illustrations by W. Tabor, 323pp: Letters of Marque. 1899. 8vo, (198 x 140mm), original green cloth, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, contemporary ownership, half-title, portrait frontispiece, 254pp; The Eyes of Asia. 1918. first printing, 8vo, (195 x 130mm), beige cloth with paper labels to upper cover and spine, half-title, incorrect spelling of 'recuiting' p.78, 101pp, within glassine wrapper; Two Forwards. 1935. Limited Edition of 950 copies, 8vo, (197 x 150mm), marbled paper boards, black cloth spine lettered in gilt, edges untrimmed, half-title, 31pp; together with six other Doubleday Page, & Co., New York publications, 8vo., original green cloth, caravel design in black to upper covers, comprising The Five Nations, 1903. top edge gilt, others untrimmed, bookplate of Albert W. Kohn to front free e/p., 215pp; Traffic and Discoveries, 1904, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 363pp; Puck of Pook's Hill, 1906. top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 4 full-page colour plates by Arthur Rackham, including frontispiece with tissue guard, (the Rackham illustrations did not appear in the UK. edition), 277pp; The Days Work, 1909. frontispiece by W. D. Stephens with tissue guard, and illustrations by W.L. Taylor, W. Louis Sonntag Jnr., and E.L. Blumenschein, 431pp; Actions and Reactions, 1909. top edge gilt, others untrimmed, frontispiece by Clara Elsene Williams with tissue guard, and illustrations by George George Gibbs, F.X. Leyendecker, G. Wright, F.C. Yohn, C.B. Falls and F. Walter Taylor, 323pp; Rewards and Fairies, 1910. 4 full-page plates, 344pp.  (Qty. 11)        Condition Report: 1. The Vampire- light marks.2. Letters of Marque - light marks to boards, a bumpy crease to lower centre edge of front board, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, joint cracked to top of front board, toning to pages, o/w. internally clean.4. The Eyes of Asia - light marks to boards, lower corners a little scuffed, lower spine bumped, toning to pages, o/w. internally clean.5. Two Forewards - boards clean, e/ps lightly marked at hinges, o/w. a clean copy.6. The Five Nations - bright boards with light marks, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, Contents pages ix and xiii and pp.189-190 torn (with loss) lower edge, not affecting text, toning to ages, o/w. internally clean.7. Traffic and Discoveries - bright boards with light marks, corners a little scuffed, spine a little bumped head/tail, untrimmed edges a little foxed, a few marks internally o/w. clean. 8. Puck of Pook's Hill - clean bright boards, corners a little scuffed, spine a little bumped head/tail, toning to leaf edges o/w. internally clean.9. The Days Work - clean bright boards, corners a little scuffed, spine a little bumped head/tail, toning to leaf edges o/w. internally clean.10. Actions and Reactions - clean bright boards, corners a little scuffed, spine a little bumped head/tail, foxing to untrimmed edges affecting leaf edges o/w. internally clean.11. Rewards and Fairies - clean bright boards, corners a little scuffed, spine a little bumped head/tail, foxing to untrimmed edges, o/w. internally clean.The Five Nations, Traffic and Discoveries, The Day's Work - light marks to green boards, untrimmed edges toned and a few light marks internally, The Five Nations torn (with loss) p.xiii Contents, clean edge tear p.9-10 Cruisers, spines bumped head and foot.    Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ ELPHINSTONE, Hon. Mountstuart. (1779 - 1859). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India; comprising a View of the Afghaun Nation. and a History of the Dooraunee Monarchy.1815. single volume, first edition, 4to, (288 x 230mm), contemporary full-calf, gilt, lettered raised bands, new e/ps., nautical bookplate of John Montagu Ratner, 13 hand-coloured aquatint costume plates, 1 uncoloured aquatint view after Grindlay and local Indian artists, errata leaf, 2 engraved maps, both hand-coloured in outline, (one large and folding), 675pp. Abbey, Travel 504. Elphinstone's account of his Mission to the Court of Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk, King of Kabul, the first full description of Afghanistan and it's people. Elphinstone was appointed British ambassador to the Afghan court in 1808. (Qty. 1).    Condition Report: scuffs and some loss to front and rear boards, corners scuffed, darkening to edges, staining to frontispiece plate, occasional foxing throughout, heavier to a few pages, toning to maps o/w. both clean, toning to some of the plates o/w. clean and bright.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). First and later Editions. 1899-1937. comprising: The Days Work. first edition, 1899; Soldiers Three The Story of the Gadsbys in Black and White, reprint, 1903; Traffics and Discoveries, first edition, 1904; Puck of Pook's Hill, first edition, 1906; Life's Handicap, reprint, 1907; Actions and Reactions, first edition, 1909; Rewards and Fairies, first edition, 1910; The Naulahka A Story of West and East, reprint, 1913; Just So Stories for Little Children, reprint, 1917; A Diversity of Creatures, first edition, 1917; Letters of Travel (1892-1913), first edition, 1920; Debits and Credits, first edition, 1926; Something of Myself For My Friends Known and Unknown, first edition, 1937. 8vo, (205 x 140mm), original cloth, gilt, gilt tops, half-titles, titles printed in red and black, adverts at rear in many volumes.(Qty. 13).  Condition Report: mostly clean bright boards with light marks, corners a little scuffed, some spines faded and bumped head/tail, light foxing to edges, (slightly heavier to Rewards and Fairies), o/w. internally clean copies.  Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). Four Works: First Editions. 1899-1901. comprising: The Jungle Book. 1899. UK. edition, eighth printing, 8vo, (185 x 132mm), rebound, burgundy half leather by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt lettering and five raised bands to spine, gilt top, pink patterned e/ps., frontispiece, illustrated by J.L. Kipling, W.H. Drake, P. Frenzeny, 212pp; Kim. (1901). Tauchnitz edition of British and American Authors, volume 3527, 12mo, (168 x 120mm), full tan leather by Oscar Brandstetter, gilt lettering raised bands to spine, gilt top, leather effect e/ps., half-title, book plate of Frederic et Anne Max, 366pp: Mine Own People. 1891. first edition, The English Library in one volume, No. 41, 16mo, (160 x 120mm), half-morocco marbled boards, half-title, 309pp; Soldiers Three with Other Stories. 1891. first edition, The English Library in one volume, No. 59, 16mo, (161 x 125mm), half-calf marbled boards, gilt lettering to red leather panels and raised bands to spine, half-title, Introduction by Henry James, 271pp.  (Qty. 4)Condition Report: 1. The Jungle Book - marks to upper board cloth and light scratches to the leather, corners a little scuffed, gilt top bright, toning to e/ps. leaf edges and other edges lightly marked, browning to tissue guard, p.212 marked, o/w. internally clean.2. Kim - clean bright boards with a few minor scratches, gilt titles and top bright, toning to edges and leaf edges, o/w. internally clean.3. Mine Own People - clean boards with scuffs to lower corner of front board, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, top of spine chipped (with loss), browning to e/ps. and leaf edges, staining to lower edge of half-title and title pages affecting the corners of the first 8 pages, o/w. internally clean.4. boards a little marked and creased, corners scuffed, spine scuffed head/tail, colour fading to edges of e/ps., browning to leaf edges, o/w. internally clean.     Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). Eleven Works: First and later editions. 1899-1917. comprising: Wee Willie Winkie, Under the Deodars, The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Stories, first edition, 1899; Stalky and Co., reprint, 1899; Soldiers Three The Story of the Gadsbys In Black and White, reprint, 1899; Kim, first edition, 1901; Plain Tales from the Hills, reprint, 1904; Traffics and Discoveries, first edition, 1904; Actions and Reactions, first edition, 1909; Rewards and Fairies, first edition, 1910; A Diversity of Creatures, first edition, 1917; 8vo, (250 x 140mm), original maroon cloth with gilt elephant head motif to upper covers, gilt lettering to spines, gilt tops, half-titles, titles printed in red and black, publisher's adverts at ends; together with The Five Nations, first edition, 1903, with 'David' for 'Saul' p.56; Departmental Ditties, twenty-sixth edition, 1914, 8vo, (195 x 130mm), original red cloth, gilt tops, foredges untrimmed, half-titles, publisher's adverts. at rear. (Qty. 11)  Condition Report: Macmillan volumes - mostly clean bright cloth, a few volumes with light marks to covers, corners scuffed, spines bumped heads/tails, a few volumes with light foxing to edges and e/ps., o/w. internally clean copies.  Wee Willie Winkie - darkening to spine. A Diversity of Creatures, Plain Tales from the Hills and Traffics and Discoveries - spines faded. The Five Nations - toning to front free e/p., light foxing to untrimmed edges affecting leaf edges. Departmental Ditties - joint weak to title page, light foxing to pastedowns and e/ps.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). Kim. 1901. first UK. edition, 8vo, (204 x 140mm), original burgundy cloth, gilt, gilt top, armorial bookplate of Ralph, second Earl of Lovelace, eighth Baron Wentworth, half-title, 10 full-page illustrations, including frontispiece with tissue guard, 413pp., plus 2pp. adverts at rear; The Two Jungle Books. 1932. first edition, first printing of the combined thin paper edition, 8vo, (187 x 130mm), original red cloth, gilt, top edge gilt, bookplate of W.L. Payne, half-title, colour frontispiece, illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling and W.H Drake, 576pp; Limits and Renewals. 1932. first edition, 8vo, (222 x 140mm), original burgundy cloth, gilt, dust-jacket unclipped, priced 7/6 to spine, further within clear protective wrapper, top edge gilt, half-title, 400pp; The Brushwood Boy. 1907. first Illustrated separate edition, 8vo, (270 x 145mm), original blue cloth, gilt, top edge gilt, book plate of Ralph Paget, half-title, 12 full-page colour plates, printed on rectos only, 92pp; KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). and BALESTIER, Wolcott C. (1861 - 1891). The Naulahka: A Story of West and East. 1892. first edition, 8vo, (195 x 140mm), original red cloth, foredge untrimmed, half-title, 276pp., plus 8pp. adverts at rear; KIPLING, John Lockwood. (1837 - 1911). Beast and Man in India. A Popular Sketch of Indian Animals in their Relations with People. 1891. first edition, 8vo, (203 x 157mm), original red cloth, foredge and lower edge untrimmed, bookplate of Herbert Octavius Moore, half-title, illustrations by the author and others, 401pp., plus 55pp. adverts at rear.(Qty. 6 )     Condition Report: 1. Kim - clean bright boards with light marks, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to e/ps. and tissue guard, some sporadic light foxing to a few pages, heavier foxing to edges affecting leaf edges, o/w. internally clean with clean plates.2. The Two Jungle Books - boards marked, corners a little scuffed, front gilt illustration bright, spine faded and a little bumped head/tail, internally a clean copy.3. limits and Renewals - clean bright boards, gilt bright, dust-jacket with chips to head/tail of spine, foxing to edges and e/ps., o/w. internally clean. 4. The Brushwood Boy - boards darkened at edges and a little marked, corners scuffed, spine marked and bumped head/tail, browning and light foxing to e/ps. and edges, further sporadic foxing (some heavier in places) to some pages of text and margins of plates. 5. The Naulahka - boards worn and marked, corners scuffed, spine darkened and bumped head/tail, joints to front board split and weak, light foxing to e/ps., further light foxing in places and toning internally. 6. Beast and Man in India - boards marked, corners scuffed, spine faded and bumped head/tail, foxing throughout.    Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). Three Works: First Editions. 1901-1905. comprising: Kim. 1901. first Canadian edition, 8vo, (230 x 140mm), original green cloth, gilt lettering and black line image to upper cover, gilt top, others untrimmed, half-title, within clear protective wrapper, 460pp; Just So Stories For Little Children. 1902. first edition, 4to, (240 x 185mm), original pictorial red cloth, half-title, 22 full-page illustrations by the author, 249pp; 'They'. 1905. first separate UK. edition, 8vo, (215 x 144mm), original cream cloth, gilt vignette to upper cover, half-title, full-page illustrations by F.H. Townsend, including colour frontispiece with tissue guard. 80pp. (Qty. 3)Condition Report: 1. Kim - light marks to boards, corners slightly scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, e/ps. browned, marks and toning to page edges, a few light marks internally. 2. Just So Stories - boards with signs of wear and lightly marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to e/ps., split hinge to lower board, toning to leaf edges, foxing to edges, a few joints splitting to pp. 48-49, pp. 64-65, a clean tear (approx. 50mm) to top of page 97, some light marks internally.3. 'They' - marks to boards, lower board stained, some darkening to spine, corners a little scuffed, minor foxing to lower free e/p. and pastedown, otherwise clean text and illustrations.  Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). Thirteen Works: First and later Editions. 1906-1938. comprising: Puck of Pook's Hill, first edition, 1906; 'Captains Courageous', first edition, 1913; From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches, 2 volumes, reprints, volume 1. 1917, volume 2. 1914; Letters of Travel, first edition, 1920; Many Inventions, reprint, 1920; The Light that Failed, reprint, 1922; The Jungle Book, reprint, 1924; The Second Jungle Book, reprint, 1924; Debits and Credits, first edition, 1926; A Book of Words, first edition, 1928; Limits and Renewals, first edition, 1932; Something of Myself, reprint, 1937; Thy Servant A Dog' and Other Stories, first edition, 1938; 8vo, original red cloth, gilt, half-titles, titles printed in red and black. (Qty. 14).               Condition Report: mostly clean bright boards, corners a little scuffed, spines a little bumped head/tail, internally clean copies.Pucks of Pook's Hill - boards a little faded, foxing to edges and e/ps.From Sea to Sea - gilt tops marked, light foxing to edges and e/ps.Many Inventions - front board a little scuffed, light foxing to edges.Debits and Credits - boards worn, faded and marked, foxing to edges.   Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ EXQUEMELIN, Alexandre Olivier. (1645 - 1707). RINGROSE, Basil. (1653? - 1686). Bucaniers of America or, A True Account of the most Remarkable Assaults Committed of late years upon the Coasts of the West Indies by the Bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga Both English and French: bound with Bucaniers of America. The Second Volume. Containing the Dangerous Voyage and Bold Attmpts of Captain Bartholomew Sharp, and others. London: for William Crooke, 1684-1685. single volume, four parts bound in one volume, first edition in English, 4to, (237 x 185mm), rebound full- calf, gilt lettering to leather panels on spine, all edges gilt, new green e/ps., nautical bookplate of of John Montagu Ratner, volume 1: (parts I-III) 6 full-page engraved plates, including 4 portraits of the buccaneers Rock Brasiliano, Bartholomew Portuguese, Sir Henry Morgan, and Francis Lolonais, Translator to the Reader, 10pp., 2 folding engraved plates, a folding map of the Country and City of Panama, the Table, 10pp; 1pp. ads at end of part II; the second Volume: (part IV) Preface, 14pp., including 1pp. corrections, 14 full-page engraved maps/plans, 2 folding maps and 1 double-page map, 7pp. bookseller ads at end. Collates according to Sabin 23479. The classic of buccaneering books (Hill). originally published in Dutch (1678). Alexandre Exquemelin offers first-hand accounts of buccaneering in the West Indies with Basil Ringrose's original account of the Pacific voyage of Bartholomew Sharpe. Captain Morgan, one of the most notorious of those featured, successfully sued for slander and was awarded £200(Qty. 1).    Condition Report: boards a little scuffed and marked, fading and slight loss to lower edge to front board, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, joint slightly splitting to front e/ps., foxing to 1684 title, toning to leaf edges and further occasional foxing and marks to some pages, heavier in some places, foxing to folding plate of The Spanish Armada destroyed by Captain Morgan, and light foxing to folding plate of A Description of the South Sea & Coasts of America.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ The Bookman, Special Christmas Number, 1912. first edition, folio, (338 x 226mm), original hessian stapled wrappers, of Kipling, illustrated throughout, captioned colour plates mounted on card, publishers' announcements and catalogues, published as an extra number of The Bookman journal, 35pp; Princess Mary's Gift Book. (1914). first edition, 4to, (251 x 188mm), original ivory cloth with scroll border, illustrated throughout with 14 coloured plates by Dulac, Detmold, Rackham, Flint and others, in-text illustrations, published during World War I to raise funds for the Queen's Work For Women Fund, 140pp; COTTON MINCHIN, Captain H. [Editor]. The Legion Book. La Belle Sauvage, 1929. first edition, fifth impression, 4to., (292 x 235mm), original maroon cloth, red top, others untrimmed, half-title, anthology of Prose collected for the British Legion at the invitation of the Prince of Wales, contributors include John, Galsworthy, Rudyard Kipling, Sir Winston Churchill, Edith Sitwell and many others, 12 full-page half-tone plates, and 4 in-text illustrations, 234pp; KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). HEATH ROBINSON, W. (1872 - 1944). A Song of the English. (1915). special edition, 4to., (281 x 225mm), original cream cloth with dark blue titles and vignettes, 16 tipped-in colour plates by W. Heath Robinson mounted on brown stiff paper with decorative border, in-text illustrations, text of poems taken from Kipling's 'The Seven Seas' and text of Kipling's speech delivered at the Mansion House, January 27, 1915; The Graves of the Fallen. (1919). oblong 4to, (211 x 277mm), original stapled paper wrappers, text by Rudyard Kipling, illustrations by Douglas MacPherson, 16pp. An account based on the report by Sir Frederic Kenyan (Director of the British Museum) for the preferred design of military cemeteries for the war dead of Britain and her Dominions. Kipling developed a deep personal interest in the commemoration of Britain's war dead after his only son Jack was killed in action at the Battle of Loos in September 1915; OLLERENSHAW, Robert. [Editor]. The Hospital Centenary Gift Book. 1935. first edition, blue decorated cloth, half-title, frontispiece with colour and b/w. illustrated plates throughout, 254pp; The King's Pilgrimage. 1922. first edition, 4to, (244 x 185mm), original card wrappers, pictorial onlay, half-title, a foreword letter from King George V, photogravure illustrations throughout. An account of the King's visit to the Commonwealth war graves in France and Belgium, with proceeds of the sale to benefit relief organisations; TIPPELL, Major H.F. [Editor]. (1908). first edition, 4to, (250 x 195mm), pictorial stapled paper wrappers, with contributions by Rudyard Kipling, Marie Corelli, George Meredith, Arthur Conan Doyle and other authors of the day, an introductory extract from King Edward VII's speech at the opening of of the Union Jack Club, July 1, 1907. plates and adverts throughout, 116pp; Programme for the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2 June, 1953. Oldhams Press Limited for King George's Jubilee Trust, 1953. (Qty. 9).   Condition Report: 1. The Bookman, Special Xmas Number, 1912 - hessian covers with light marks, heavier marks to spine, foxing to edges, further light foxing to first page, o/w. internally clean.2. Princess Mary's Gift Book - light marks to cloth, corners scuffed, spine a little bumped head/tail, joint cracked to front pastedown, browning to e/ps, some foxing to edges affecting leaf edges, plates clean and bright.3. The Legion Book - light marks to lower cover, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to edges affecting leaf edges, foxing to e/ps., occasional foxing to a few pages, some heavier in places.4. A Song of the English - browning to covers and spine, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, foxing and browning to pages, not affecting the plates.5. The Graves of the Fallen - toned with light foxing, light marks to folder and slipcase.6. The Hospital Centenary Gift Book - light marks to cloth, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to edges.7. The King's Pilgrimage - front lavender cover faded, light marks and creasing with chips and tears to paper on spine, corners scuffed, toning to leaf edges o/w. internally clean.8. The Flag - fragile covers, marked with chips and some paper loss to head/tail of spine, light foxing to edges, occasional light foxing internally.9. Souvenir Programme for the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II - marks to stapled card pictorial covers, internally clean. 40pp.  Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865-1936). Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling. 1912. first edition, 8vo, (250 x 180mm), quarter vellum blue cloth, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, half-title and title page printed in blue and black, first capital letters of verses printed in blue, 477pp; KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). and DE LA MARE, Walter. (1873 - 1956). St. Andrews Two Poems. (1926). first edition, 8vo, (225 x 158mm), original paper boards, half-title, 16 reproduction pencil drawings and etchings of St. Andrews by Malcolm Patterson, the two poems, 'A Rector's Memory' by Rudyard Kipling, Rector of the University, 1922-1925 and 'A Memory' by Walter de la Mare, LLD., St. Andrews, 1923, profits derived from the sale of the book devoted to the Student Welfare Scheme of the University of St. Andrews; KIPLING, Rudyard. A Choice of Songs from the Verse of Rudyard Kipling. 1925. first edition, 8vo. (175 x 110mm), original yellow wrappers, priced one shilling, edges untrimmed, 66pp: KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). GRAVES, Charles. (1856 - 1944). Q. Horati Flacci Carminum Librum Quintum. Edited by A.D. Godley. 1920. first edition, 8vo, (193 x 129mm), original brown paper boards, parallel Latin text and English translation, 34pp; Rudyard Kipling's Verse Inclusive Edition 1885-1918. 1919. three volumes, first edition, 8vo, (220 x 170mm), original maroon buckram with the author's initials within gilt vignettes to upper covers, foredges and lower edges untrimmed, half-titles, title pages printed in red and black, volume 1 - 318pp, volume 2 - 324pp, volume 3 - 292pp; CHANDLER, Lloyd. H. A Summary of the Work of Rudyard Kipling Including Items Ascribed to Him. The Grolier Club, 1930. Limited Edition, No. 313 of 325 copies, 4to, (250 x 170mm), half buckram grey paper boards with Grolier Club colophon in gilt to upper cover, printed paper label to spine, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, half-title, 465pp.  (Qty. 8) Condition Report: 1. Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling - clean bright cloth, light marks to vellum spine, toning to edges and text pages, o/w. a clean copy. 2. St. Andrews Two Poems - boards clean with light marks toning to board edges and spine, clean tears (no loss) to spine at head/tail, toning and light foxing to e/ps. o/w. internally clean. 3. . A Choice of Songs - bright wrappers with creasing to lower edges, corner and tail of spine, spine faded, foxing to edges affecting leaf edges, and foxing to first 6 pages. 4. Q. Horati Flacci Carminum - boards warped, marked and darkened at edges, corners a little scuffed, spine darkened and lettering faded, foxing to edges, with further occasional foxing internally, heavier to top edges of pp.32-33.  5. 6. & 7. - Kipling's Verse Inclusive Edition 1885-1918 - clean bright boards with light marks, spines bumped heads/tails, foxing to e/ps., and leaf edges, o/w. all clean internally.      Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). The Works: Bombay Edition. 1913-1927. 26 volumes (of 31) limited to 1050 copies, SIGNED by the author, large 8vo, (250 x 174mm), publisher's quarter oatmeal buckram paper boards, original printed labels to spines, gilt tops, others untrimmed, SIGNED by the author on half title of vol. one, a few volumes with the bookplates of Harold Nickson and Jean Lomax, some blue ribbon book marks present, printed R.& R. Clark from the Florence Press on hand-made paper. The series was initially published in 20 volumes and eventually extended to 31 volumes, however the final 6 volumes were released over an extended period and are often lacking.(Qty. 26)   Condition Report: boards and spines marked with light stains, some spine labels also stained and browned, untrimmed edges with light marks, some spotting to the first and last few leaves, o/w. clean text. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). The Service Edition of Works and others. 1886-1923. 26 volumes. comprising: The Service Edition of The Works of Rudyard Kipling. 1914-1915. 22 volumes, 10 titles, mixed editions, 8vo., (167 x 120mm), original blue cloth, gilt, foredges and lower edges untrimmed, half-titles, each title in 2 volumes, From Sea to Sea in 4 volumes, Plain Tales from the Hills, 1914; Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories, 1914; The Five Nations, 1914; From Sea to Sea, 1914; Actions and Reactions, 1915; Life's Handicap, 1915; The Day's Work 1915; The Light that Failed 1915; Many Inventions 1915; The Years Between, 1915; Around the World with Kipling. 1923. first edition, volume 26 of the Mandalay Edition of The Works, 8vo, (205 x 142mm), maroon cloth, titled paper label to spine, gilt top, foredge untrimmed, portrait frontispiece, photo. illustrations, folding map at rear, 121pp; Departmental Ditties and other Verses. 1886. second edition as stated, 8vo, (187 x 140mm), mustard cloth, half-title, 63pp; The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales. n.d. fourth edition, maroon cloth, 104pp; Barrack-Room Ballads. (1898). small 8vo, (165 x 111mm), yellow cloth, lettered and ruled in blue, gilt top, foredge untrimmed, illustrated e/ps., portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, 96pp.  (Qty. 26 ).            Condition Report: 1-22. The Service Edition of The Works of Rudyard Kipling - bright clean cloth, a few with minor marks, corners a little scuffed, a few volumes bumped head/tails of spines, light foxing to edges affecting leaf edges, occasional foxing to some pages, o/w. mostly all internally clean. 23. Around the World with Kipling - staining to lower upper board, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, toning to pages. 24. Departmental Ditties and other Verses. cloth marked and rubbed, corners scuffed, spine rubbed and bumped head/tail, joints cracked to front and rear e/ps., light marks and foxing to a few pages.  25. The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales - light marks to cloth, corners scuffed, spine rubbed and bumped head/tail, corner top corner of front e/ps. torn (with loss), browning to e/ps., light marks to a few pages.  26. Barrack-Room Ballads - boards marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, toning to leaf edges, marginal foxing spots to a few pages.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). Eight Works: mostly First Editions. 1917-1960. comprising: A Diversity of Creatures, 1917. first edition, dust-jacket unclipped, priced 7/6 net., half-title, 442pp., plus 4pp. publisher's adverts at rea; The Complete Stalky & Co., 1929. first edition, gilt top, dust-jacket unclipped, priced 10/- to spine, half-title, frontispiece and other illustrations by L. Raven-Hill, 447pp; A Book of Words Selections from Speeches and Addresses Delivered between 1906 and 1927, 1928. first edition, pictorial dust-jacket unclipped, half-title, 299pp., plus 4pp. publisher's adverts at rear; Songs From Books. 1930. pictorial dust-jacet unclipped, gilt top, bookplate of Geoffrey Ford, half-title, 303pp; Limits and Renewals. 1932. first edition, gilt top, brown paper dust-jacket unclipped, priced 7/6. to lower spine, half-title, 400pp; Thy Servant A Dog told by Boots. Edited by Rudyard Kipling, 1930. first edition, pictorial dust-jacket unclipped, priced 5/-, half-title, illustrated by G.L. Stampa, 93pp., plus 1pp. publisher's catalogue at rear; Something of Myself For My Friends Known and Unknown, 1937. first edition, gilt top, dust-jacket unclipped, priced 7/6 to spine, further with clear protective wrapper, half title, photo. illustrated with frontispiece and 2 plates, 237pp; Rewards and Fairies, 1960. The Young People's edition, pictorial dust-jacket unclipped, design by Stuart Tresilian, half-title, illustrations by Charles E. Brock, 338pp; 8vo, original red cloth, gilt.  (Qty. 8)                  Condition Report: 1. A Diversity of Creatures - cloth bright with creases, fading and marks to upper and lower covers, spine bumped head and tail, dust-jacket marked and stained, red colour run to top of wrapper coves and inside of wrapper, red colour run and stains to top edges of e/ps., light foxing to edges. internally clean. 2. The Complete Stalky & Co. - cloth and gilt bright, light marks to covers, clean bright dust-jacket scuffed to front top corner, chips to spine and three clean edge tears (approx. 20mm) to edges of lower wrapper, light foxing and toning to edges, o/w. internally clean.3. A Book of Words Selections from Speeches and Addresses Delivered between 1906 and 1927 - clean bright cloth and gilt, spine bumped at tail, dust-jacket toned and marked with a small chip (with loss) to top of spine, o/w. internally clean.4. Songs from Books - clean bright cloth and gilt, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dust-jacket marked with clean edge chips to top of spine and lower wrapper top edge, very light foxing to edges, browning to e/ps., o/w. internally clean.5. Limits and Renewals - clean bright cloth and gilt, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dust-jacket with light foxing, very light foxing to edges, o/w. internally clean.6. Thy Servant A Dog - clean bright cloth, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped at tail, dust-jacket marked and foxed, with two tears (with some loss) one to top front corner and second to top of spine, heavier foxing to inside of wrapper and flaps, light foxing to edges, and further foxing to e/ps. and sporadic foxing to some pages.7. Something of Myself For My Friends Known and Unknown - clean bright cloth and gilt, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dust-jacket with light marks and chips to spine, light foxing to edges, o/w. internally clean.8. Rewards and Fairies - clean bright cloth, corners very slightly scuffed, spine a little bumped head/tail, bright dust-jacket with light marks and chips, light foxing and toning to inside of wrapper, light foxing to edges, o/w. clean internally. Condition Report Disclaimer

λƟ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936) : ANTHUR, Richard. (1883 - 1956). Das Dschungelbuch (The Jungle Book). Berlin: Gurlitt Press, (1921). single volume, first edition, Limited Edition, No. 35 of 200 copies, folio, (375 x 28.5mm), original red paper backed cloth, black outline title and illustration to upper cover, edges untrimmed, half-title, German text, printed on handmade paper by O. von Holten, 15 original lithographs, one SIGNED in pencil by the artist, 75pp.  (Qty. 1).  Condition Report: boards scuffed with fading and light staining mostly to edges, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, first front free e/ps. creased, half title page with neat repair to a clean edge tear at centre r.h. edge, some light marks and toning internally, o/w. the lithographs and text clean.  Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). The Jungle Book, 1922. later reprint, 8vo, (213 x 145mm), original red cloth, gilt, top edge gilt, half-title, 16 full-page illustrations by Maurice and Edward Detmold, 314pp., plus 2pp. publisher's adverts at rear; Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides, 1923. 8vo, (210 x 165mm), original red cloth, half-title, 282pp., plus 2pp. adverts at rear; 'They' and The Brushwood Boy, 1925. first edition as stated, 8vo, (213 x 145mm), original red cloth, gilt, top edge gilt, half-title, illustrations by F.H. Townsend, 160pp; Humorous Tales, 1931. first edition, 8vo, (225 x 164mm), original red gilt cloth, gilt,-top edge red, half-title, illustrations by Reginald Cleaver, 512pp., plus 4pp. adverts. at rear; Collected Dog Stories, 1934. first edition, 8vo, (210 x 165mm), original red cloth, gilt, top edge red, half-title, illustrated by G.L. Stampa, 278pp.(Qty. 5)Condition Report: 1. The Jungle Book - boards a little marked, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, spine with vertical split to cloth approx. 70mm, foxing to foredge affecting some leaf edges, further light foxing to a few pages. 2. Land and Sea Tales - clean bright boards with a few light marks, spine faded and bumped head/tail, toning to e/ps.3. 'They' and The Brushwood Boy - bright clean boards with light marks, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to foredge affecting some leaf edges, further sporadic foxing to other pages.4. Humerous Tales - bright clean cloth with a few marks, corners slighty scuffed, foxing to edges affecting some leaf edges, further sporadic foxing to some pages.5. Collected Dog Stories - clean bright boards with light marks, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, internally clean save a few light marks.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). The Irish Guards in the Great War. First Edition, 1923 and others related, six volumes. comprising: The Irish Guards in the Great War Edited and Compiled from their Diaries and Papers. 1923. two volumes, first editions, 8vo, (230 x 155mm), original red cloth with gilt regimental crest to upper covers, gilt tops, frontispiece maps by Emery Walker and nine maps (2 double-page) printed in red and black, half-titles, Volume 1-The First Battalion, 344pp, Volume II- The Second Battalion and Appendices, 310pp., plus 2pp. adverts at rear; The New Army In Training. (1915). first edition, 16mo. (157 x 120mm), original limp velvet calf, gilt top, 64pp; France At War On the Frontier of Civilization. 1915. first US. trade edition, 8vo, (175 x 108mm), brown mottled paper boards with labels to upper board and spine, dust-jacket clipped, half-title, title page printed in red and black, 130pp., BLAND-SUTTON, Sir John. (1885 - 1936). The Story of a Surgeon: With a Preamble by Rudyard Kipling. 1930. first edition, 8vo, (225 x 150mm), original blue cloth, edges untrimmed, half-title, 27 plates, including frontispiece, 204pp., plus 8pp. adverts at rear; KIPLING, Rudyard, CROCKETT, S.R., Sir Walter Besant [Et al]. For Britain's Soldiers A Contribution to the Needs of Our Fighting Men and their Families. 1900. second edition as stated, 8vo, (197 x 130mm), original red cloth, gilt, edges untrimmed, half-title, 315pp., plus 46pp. publisher's catalogue for August, 1900 at rear. An anthology of fourteen stories by the most popular authors of the day, published to raise money for those who had fought in the Boer War;  (Qty. 6).Condition Report: 1 - 2. The Irish Guards in the Great War - boards a little worn and marked, corners scuffed, spines worn and bumped heads/tails, light foxing to edges, browning to e/ps., o/w. both volumes internally clean. 3. The New Army in Training - light marks and fading in places to covers, corners a little scuffed, spine faded and bumped head/tail with clean edge tear (approx. 20mm) to tail of spine, and a small chip (with loss) to head of spine, two small red ink stains to front pastedown and e/p., toning to edges and pages, o/w. a clean copy.4. France At War - clean bright boards, corners a little scuffed, bumped, tail of spine bumped, dust-jacket marked and in two parts, with two clean edge tears to spine and torn at top of spine (with loss), chipped to front lower corner (with loss), o/w. internally clean.5. The Story of a Surgeon - boards bright but worn, corners bumped, spine bumped head/tail, front board hinge split, foxing to edges an further occasional foxing throughout.6. For Britain's Soldiers - boards bright and clean with a few minor marks, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, light foxing to edges, browning to e/ps., foxing to untrimmed edges and further occasional foxing and marks internally.    Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). Songs of the Sea from Rudyard Kipling's Verse. SIGNED. 1927. single volume, first edition, Limited edition of 500 large paper copies, 4to, (298 x 242mm), original quarter vellum blue boards, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, dust-jacket, SIGNED on the limitation page by the author, mounted hand-colour plates and in-text illustrations by Donald Maxwell, 99pp., within original slipcase with paper label to front. (Qty. 1).   Condition Report: clean bright boards, a few light marks to vellum spine, lower corners a little bumped, dust-jacket marked with loss to top front corner and spine, browning to e/ps., o/w. internally clean and bright.slipcase marked and stained, with a split (approx. 45mm) to top r.h. edge. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). 'Teem' A Treasure Hunter. First US. Edition, 1938. INSCRIBED by Carrie Kipling, with others by the Author. comprising: 'Teem' A Treasure Hunter. INSCRIBED by Carrie Kipling. 1938. first US. edition, 8vo, (198 x 137mm), original crimson cloth, gilt, with pictorial label to upper cover, red top, others untrimmed, pictorial dust-jacket unclipped, half title, INSCRIBED by the author's wife in black ink to title page, 'Elizabeth Hardinge from her old / friend / Carrie Kipling', frontispiece illustration by Marguerite Kirmse, 46pp. Caroline 'Carrie' Starr Balestier Kipling (1862-1939) the American-born wife of Rudyard Kipling, was introduced to the author by her brother, Wolcott Balestier, who had co-authored 'The Naulahka' with Kipling. Carrie Kipling became the custodian of Rudyard Kipling's literary legacy after his death in 1936; Thy Servant A Dog told by Boots. 1930. first edition, original green pictorial limp morocco, all edges gilt, illustrated by G.L. Stampa, 93pp; Collected Dog Stories. 1934. first edition, 8vo, (210 x 165mm), original black morocco, gilt, half-title, vignette to title page, illustrated throughout by G.L. Stampa, green silk ribbon bookmark, 278pp; Toomai of the Elephants. 1937. first separate English edition, 8vo, (210 x 157mm), original pictorial paper boards, half-title, photo. illustrated throughout, 84pp. The photographs were mostly taken in India by Mrs. F.H. Flaherty during the filming of London Films Production, 'Elephant Boy' (1937) produced by Alexander Korda, starring Sabu as Toomai. (Qty. 4).     Condition Report: 1. 'Teem' A Treasure Hunter - bright clean boards, corners a little scuffed, spine a little bumped head/tail, dust-jacket worn and chipped with clean tear to top spine faded and chipped (with loss), light foxing to edges, light foxing and browning to e/ps., toning to leaf edges, o/w. internally clean.  2. Thy Servant A Dog - clean bright boards, gilt bright, spine faded, o/w. a clean copy. 3. Collected Dog Stories - clean bright boards with very light marks, corners a little scuffed, spine a little worn to head/tail, light foxing to edges, o/w. a clean copy. 4. Toomai of the Elephants - boards marked and stained, corners scuffed, spine darkened and chipped head (with loss) and tail, light foxing to e/ps. toning to pages, o/w. clean internally.   Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ BAUM, Frank L. (1856 - 1919). The New Wizard of Oz. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [copyright 1903, published 1906]. single volume, first UK. edition, large 8vo. (240 x 185mm), original publisher's light green and peach pictorial cloth, title 'The Wizard of Oz' stamped in black and dark green to upper cover with the crow's eye stamped in orange, spine titled in black with lion illustration and London publisher's imprint, green and orange pictorial e/ps., 'The New Wizard of Oz' on title with U.S. and London publisher's credits, three copyright notices listed to verso of title page, an introduction by L. Frank Baum, List of Chapters, 1-XXIV, illustrated by W.W. Denslow with 15 full-page colour plates and in-text colour illustrations, the crying lion on page 68, the contents identical with the Bobbs-Merrill second edition, second state, except the British publisher's name has been added on the illustrated title page beneath The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, credit, 261pp. a scarce first UK. edition of the classic American children's novel. The success of Frank L. Baum's first novel, 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz', published May, 1900, prompted Baum to write fourteen novels in the Oz series being sequels to the original story. The 1939 film adaptation of the first Oz novel starred Judy Garland in the role of Dorothy and became a landmark of 20th-century cinema.(Qty. 1). Condition Report: cloth darkened and marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, bright pictorial e/ps. with a little browning, toning to leaf edges, occasional marginal foxing, a few joints beginning to crack but still tightly bound, clean bright plates and in-text illustrations, no scribbles or colouring in, internally a clean bright copy.        Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ BRIGGS, Raymond. (b. 1934-). Fungus the Bogeyman. SIGNED. with an INSCRIBED and Illustrated card. 1977. first edition, first printing, 4to, (370 x 230mm), original pictorial boards, within clear protective wrappers, green patterned e/ps., illustrated throughout by the author, 41pp.; with a loosely inserted printed auction bidding card, National Doodle Day, 2017, INSCRIBED, SIGNED and illustrated by the author, inscription on front reads 'Thank you for buying this smelly rubbish, Raymond Briggs, 17 September, 2017', with an ink drawing of Fungus and a further inscription on verso, 'Too Late Now, All this Slime slows me down, With Worst Wishes from Raymond Briggs, 2017 '. A popular cartoon-strip picture book for older children. National Doodle Day is an annual auction event organised by Epilepsy Action, raising funds for The British Epilepsy Association; STEADMAN, Ralph. (b.1936) and STONE, Bernard. (1929 - 2020). Inspector Mouse. SIGNED. 1980. first edition, 4to, (235 x 240mm), pictorial boards, half-title, SIGNED by both the author and the artist to title page, colour illustrated throughout by Ralph Steadman; BRIGGS, Raymond. (b. 1934-). Fungus the Bogeyman. SIGNED Presentation copy. 1979. first paperback edition, 4to, (300 x 224mm), original publisher's pictorial card wrappers, green patterned e/ps., INSCRIBED by the author in green ink to half-title, 'To Tom With Best Wishes from Raymond Briggs, 7 July '79', colour illustrated throughout by the author, 41pp; SEUSS, Dr. (1904 - 1991). The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. 1958. first edition, first printing as stated, 8vo., (230 x 170mm), original publisher's pictorial boards, first issue dust-jacket unclipped, further within a clear protective wrapper, pink pictorial e/ps., colour illustrated throughout by Dr. Seuss, 63pp. The author's sequel to 'The Cat in the Hat' (1957). Theodore Seuss Geisel's works, written under the pen name Dr. Seuss, include many of the most popular children's books; DAHL, Roald. (1916 - 1990). Dirty Beasts. 1983. first US. edition, 4to, (387 x 224mm), publisher's plum cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dust-jacket unclipped, priced $11.95, full-page colour plates and in-text illustrations by Rosemary Fawcett, 32pp. (Qty. 5 ). Condition Report: 1. Fungus the Bogey Man, 1977 - marginal discolouring to white edges of boards, o/w. a near fine copy.2. Inspector Mouse - a fine copy.3. Fungus the Bogeyman, 1979 - light marks and toning to wrappers, corners scuffed, spine rubbed and creased with chips and some loss to black lettering, internally clean and bright.4. The Cat in the Hat Comes Back - 5. Dirty Beasts - a fine copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ FITZCLARENCE, Lieutenant-Colonel George Augustus (1794 - 1842). Journey of a Route across India through Egypt to England. John Murray, 1819. single volume, first edition, 4to, (273 x 230mm), contemporary full-calf, raised bands, red leather panels lettered in gilt to spine, new e/ps., nautical bookplate of John Montagu Ratner, lacks half-title, dedication leaf, directions to the bookbinder leaf, errata, 7 engraved maps and plans, (one folding, 4 with explanatory letterpress leaf), 9 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 3 plain plates, 502pp. Abbey, Travel 519.   An account of the author's journey from India to England in 1817-18 whilst carrying despatches. The author was the eldest son of William IV by Mrs Jordan, he served as aide-de-camp to Hastings in India 1816-17 and became first Earl of Munster in June 1831. (Qty. 1).   Condition Report: boards a little scuffed, toning and occasional foxing, some heavier in places, folding map heavily foxed, plates and plans mostly clean and bright. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ BUCHAN, John. (1875 - 1940). The Thirty-Nine Steps. 1915. single volume, first edition, 8vo, (190 x 130mm), original blue cloth, half-title, 258pp., plus 2pp. publisher's adverts at rear. First edition in book form, originally published as a serial in the 'All Story Weekly' and 'Blackwood's magazine' (1915)  (Qty. 1).Condition Report: cloth with light marks, extremities a little scuffed, toning to pages.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ BURGESS, Anthony. (1917 - 1993). Two Works: INSCRIBED and SIGNED First Editions, 1961 - 1964. comprising: A Devil of a State. INSCRIBED and twice SIGNED. 1961. first edition, 8vo, (202 x 135mm), original red cloth, dust-jacket unclipped, priced 16s., design by John Rowland, further within clear protective wrapper, INSCRIBED and dated by the author on title page, 'To David, Anthony Burgess, 4.11.89', with the printed dedication to Graham Greene crossed through by the author and further SIGNED beneath, 'Anthony Burgess'; together with an accompanying 1pp. letter of provenance loosely inserted, 282pp. A novel based on the author's experiences living and working in Bandar Seri Begawan, on the island of Borneo, 1958-59; Nothing Like the Sun: A Story of Shakespeare's Love Life. INSCRIBED. 1964. first edition, 8vo, (206 x 143mm), original blue cloth, dust-jacket clipped, design by Arthur Schwartzmann, further within clear protective wrapper, INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page, 'To David / Anthony Burgess', 234pp. Provenance: an accompanying handwritten anecdote relating to the author personally signing this copy, 'When Anthony Burgess signed 'Devil of a State' for me he huffed and he puffed when he realised he had dedicated the book to Graham Greene. 'We can't have that' he said as he crossed out Greene's name and wrote in his own. I asked him if he had fallen out with Greene but he didn't reply'. (Qty. 2).  Condition Report: 1. Devil of a State - clean bright cloth, corners a little scuffed, dust-jacket with minor marks with two clean edge tears centre front and rear of wrapper, o/w. a clean copy.2. Nothing Like the Sun - a near fine copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ BURGESS, Anthony. (1917 - 1993). A Clockwork Orange. 1962. single volume, first edition, first impression, 8vo, (205 x 140mm), original black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, first printing dust-jacket with wide flaps unclipped, priced 16s., design by Barry Tengrove, further within clear protective wrapper, contemporary inscription, University of Witwat ink stamp,196pp. The 1971 film adaptation starring Andy McDowell, directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick, was withdrawn from British cinemas at Kubrick's request as the scenes of graphic violence were thought to have inspired copycat acts of violence. (Qty 1).       Condition Report: clean bright cloth, dust-jacket with minor wear and toning to top edges of inner flaps, light foxing and toning to edges, a clean copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ CAMUS, Albert. (1913 - 1960). The Plague. 1948. first UK. edition, 8vo, original green cloth, silver panel lettered in red to spine, dust-jacket unclipped, design by Michael Ayrton, translated from the French by Stuart Gibson, 285pp. The author's second novel, originally published in Paris, titled 'La Peste' (1947); Marquez, Gabriel Garcia. (1927 - 2014). Love in the Time of Cholera. 1988. first UK. Edition, 4to, original green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dust-jacket clipped, design by Andrew Kulman, half-title, translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman, 352pp. (Qty. 2) Condition Report: 1. The Plague - cloth faded at edges of covers, corners scuffed, spine marked, faded and bumped head/tail, dust-jacket foxed with tape repairs, foxing to edges affecting leaf edges and foxing internally to some pages.2. Love in the Time of Cholera - clean bright cloth, a black mark to top edge, dust-jacket with light marks, o/w. a clean copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ CH'ENG-EN, Wu. (1500 - 1582). Monkey. Translated from the Chinese by Arthur Waley. 1942. first edition, 8vo, (222 x 155mm), original orange cloth, yellow top, others untrimmed, dust-jacket unclipped, priced 12s. 6d., dust-jacket and title page design by Duncan Grant, further within glassine wrapper, half-title, 305pp. A sixteenth-century Chinese novel, compounded of adventure, popular folklore, Buddhist mysticism and poetry; HARRISON, Ernest John. (1873 - 1961). The Fighting Spirit of Japan. 1913. first edition, 8vo, (230 x 160mm), original blue cloth, gilt top, others untrimmed, half-title, 35 illustrations including frontispiece of Dr. Kano Founder of Kudo-Kwan, 352pp; MURRAY, Margaret Alice. (1863 - 1963). The God of the Witches. nd. later impression, 8vo, (230 x 150mm), original black cloth, dust-jacket unclipped, priced 8/6. to spine, further within clear protective wrapper, half-title, 16 illustrated plates, 208pp. The author's second work, a popular exposition of her 'witch-cult hypothesis'. Margaret A. Murray was an Egyptologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, and folklorist.(Qty. 3).    Condition Report: 1. Monkey - bright cloth slightly faded to edges, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dust-jacket with minor marks and chips to head/tail of spine, front cover detached, glassine wrapper fragile, foxing to untrimmed edges and light foxing to pastedowns, occasional light foxing internally to a few pages, o/w. a clean copy. 2. The Fighting Spirit of Japan - bright cloth and gilt with light marks, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, browning to e/ps., gilt top faded, light foxing and toning to untrimmed edges with further occasional light foxing to a few pages, joint cracked (but still tight) to pp. 82-83, o/w. internally clean. 3. The God of the Witches - clean bright cloth, spine bumped head/tail, dust-wrapper with light marks, darkening to spine, toning and chips to edges, foxing to edges affecting leaf edges, further occasional foxing, some heavier in places.   Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ CLINTON, Bill. (b. 1946). Giving. How Each of Us Can Change the World. SIGNED by the author, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton. 2007. single volume, first edition, 8vo, (243 x 153mm), blue cloth, blindstamped to upper cover, silver lettering to spine, foredge untrimmed, dust-jacket unclipped, design by Carol Devine Carson, further within a clear protective wrapper, half-title, SIGNED in blue and black ink to the title page by the former President of the United States, his wife Hillary and his daughter Chelsea, 'Bill Clinton, Hillary, Chelsea Clinton', photo. illustrated frontispiece, 240pp.  President William Jefferson Clinton's Presidential term ran from 20 January 1993-20 January 2001. Clinton recognised the famous, such as Bill and Melinda Gates and several private citizens who had given of themselves and their resources on behalf of others (Qty.1)Condition Report: a fine copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ DAHL, Roald. (1916 - 1990). James and the Giant Peach A Children's Story. 1967. single volume, first edition, tall 8vo, (244 x 170mm), original pictorial laminated boards, illustrations throughout by Michael Simeon, 110pp. (Qty. 1). Condition Report: minor marks to boards, laminate lifting head/tail (with some loss) to tail of spine, light foxing and toning to edges.Condition Report Disclaimer

Keith Haring (American, 1958-1990)Galerie Watari Tokyo Offset lithographic poster printed in colours, 1989, on Japanese pearlescent wove, from the edition of 1,000, published by On Sundays Publications, Tokyo, on the occasion of the artist's first solo exhibition at Galerie Watari, Tokyo, Japan, the full sheet, 680 x 517mm (26 3/4 x 20 1/4in)(SH)(unframed)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ΩΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Sir Terry Frost R.A. (British, 1915-2003)Madron Woodcuts (Kemp 177) The complete set, 1998, comprising ten woodcuts printed in colours, on Somerset Satin, each signed and inscribed with the plate number and 'PP' in pencil verso, printer's proofs aside from the numbered edition of 35, the first woodcut also dated in pencil verso, together with the colophon page inscribed 'PP', printed by Stoneman Graphics, Cornwall, published by The Paragon Press, London, the full sheets, loose as issued, housed in the original orange solander box with a design by the artist screenprinted on the cover, each 840 x 345mm (33 x 13 1/2in)(and similar)(SH); overall 840 x 3450mm (33 x 135 3/4in)(10)(Folio)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Royal Mint gold proof four coin sovereign collection, 500th Anniversary of the First Gold Sovereign 1489-1989, comprising five pound, double sovereign, sovereign and half sovereign limited edition no. 3462 of 5000, boxed with certificate of authenticity

WW2 RAF High Commanders of the RAF Hardback Book with High Ranking RAF Personnel Signatures on FDC s. First Edition Book. Signatures include Grp Cptn Geoffrey Oxlee on The Right Honourable Sir Frederick Sykes RAF2 FDC. AVM E H Macey Obe and Grp Cptn T G Thorn AFC on Viscount Trenchard of Wolfeton RAF1 FDC. Grp Cptn CT Moore and Wing Commander RJ Colver Signed Sir John Salmond RAF3 FDC. Air Commodore CW Bruce OBE Signed Sir Edward Ellington RAF4 FDC. Lord Newall Signed on Lord Newall RAF5 FDC. Wing Commander The Lord Dowding Signed Lord Dowding of Bentley Priory RAF7 FDC. Grp Cptn TC Potesta Signed Viscount Portal of Hungerford RAF6 FDC. Grp Cptn SA Baldwin MBE and Wing Cmdr R McKendrick on Sir Arthur Harris Bt RAF9 FDC. Lady Douglas of Kirtleside signed Lord Douglas of Kirtleside RAF10 FDC. Grp Cptn KB Latton Signed Lord Tedder of Glenguin RAF8 FDC. Grp Cptn MG Peaker and Wing Cmdr W Metcalfe Signed Sir John Slessor RAF11 FDC. AVM RM Austin AFC and Grp Cptn JD Lunt Signed Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle FDC. Marshal of the RAF Sir William Dickson Signed Sir William Dickson RAF12 FDC. Marshal of the RAF Sir Dermot Boyle signed Sir Dermot Boyle RAF13 FDC. Sir Thomas Pike Signed Kings Cup Air Race RAFM FDC. Marshal of the RAF Lord Elworthy Signed Lord Elworthy RAF15 FDC. Marshal of the RAF Sir John Grandy GCB KBE DSO Signed Sir John Grandy RAF16 FDC. Marshal of the RAF Sir Denis Spotswood Signed Sir Denis Spotswood RAF17 FDC. Lady Humphrey Signed Sir Andrew Humphrey RAF18 FDC. Neil Cameron Signed No17 Squadron RAF FDC. Marshal of the RAF Sir Michael Beetham GCB CBE DFC AFC Signed Sir Michael Beetham RAF20 FDC. Marshal of the RAF Sir Keith Williamson GCB and RH Jones Signed Sir Keith Williamson RAF21 FDC. Marshal of the RAF Sir David Craig Signed Sir David Craig RAF22 FDC. Fantastic Lot. Not to be missed. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Centenary The Royal Flying Corps Large Limited Edition 7 of 100 Benhams First Day Cover With Stamps and postmarks. Part of Benhams 100 Collection. Great Cover. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

WW2. Steve Potter Multi Signed First Edition Paperback book Titled Seven Short Lives. Personally Signed on first page by the Author, John Bell and Geo Dunn. 280 pages. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

WW2. Dr Robert Owen Multi Signed First Edition Hardback Book Titled Bomber Pilot. Personally Signed by John Bell and Benny Goodman. 226 pages. Good Condition Overall. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

WW2. Geoff Simpson Multi signed Guy Gibson Dambuster First Edition Hardback Book. Personally Signed on title page by Johnny Johnson, Frank Tilley, Basil Ambrose, John Langston, Ken Trent, Benny Goodman, Colin Cole, John Bell, and Charles Avey. 191 pages. Good Condition Overall. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

WW2. Chris Ward and Andy Lee Book Titled Dambusters. First Edition Hardback Book. Personally Signed on the title page by 617 Squadron Fighter Pilots including Johnny Johnson, Basil Fish, Colin Cole, John Langston, John Bell, Benny Goodman, Grant McDonald, Tony Iveson, Ray Grayston, Frank Tilley, Fred Sutherland, Ken Jenkinson, James Tait and 2 others. 288 pages. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Vice Admiral Sir Richard Janvrin and Commander Charles Lamb Signed Robert Taylor print. Titled The Swordfish Attack At Taranto. First Edition Print. Print is 22x16. Overall Size is 25x19. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

WW2 Stuart Howe and John Cunningham Hand signed First Edition Book Titled Mosquito Survivors Signed on title page, with dedication 138 pages Overall condition is very good. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

WW2 MULTI SIGNED Richard Pike Book Titled Phantom Boys First Edition Hardback book Hand signed on title page by the Author Richard Pike, Alan Winkles, John Wamsley, Ian Hartley, Jack Hamill and Phil Owen Published by Grub Street Printed and Bound by Finidr of Czech Republic overall condition is superb. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Mercedes-Benz E Class 2.1 E250 CDI Blue Efficiency Avantgarde Edition 125 G-Tronic+ (s/s) 5dr (11 - 12) Estate, mileage: 136,764 Date of First registration: January 2012, two key full Mercedes service history. condition generally good condition but some scratches to the body work and wheels

'The First of Many' signed spitfire plane ltd edition print signed by Micheal Turner and Alex Henshaw no 384/850 23x27cm

Harry Potter 'first edition' Order of the phoenix