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•  First edition, unauthorized, second binding, with lettering in red rather than gilt. A cheap edition, under Doubleday's imprint, was authorized by Kipling to under cut Dodge's collection.

•  STEWART 324. Pictorial cloth, printed in black and red. Bookplate, cloth faded at edges (as usual), spine tips rubbed, else good and sound. (6307)

Kipling, Rudyard.  American oats: Being a rare dish of strange Kiplingana [wrapper title]. [ N.p.]: Privately Printed by G. Engel, 1928. [4] pp.
$30.00

•  First edition of this essay, for which 'strange' is indeed the operative word. "Only 90 copies printed."  Illustrated.

• Folded small quarto leaflet. Wrappers a bit smudged and nicked, else a very good copy. (6328)

Kipling, Rudyard.  Bonfires on the ice. Garden City: Doubleday, 1933.
$150.00

•  First edition of this poem, printed for copyright purposes, and preceding the UK printing.

•  STEWART 672. Cream wrappers, printed in green. About fine. (7536)

Kipling, Rudyard.  A choice of songs. London: Methuen & Co., [1925]. Small 8vo.
$40.00

•  First collective edition in this format, wrapper issue (preceding the issue in boards), and including the first appearance in book form of one poem.

•  STEWART 515. REILLY (WWI), p.190. Printed wrapper over stiff wrappers. Wrappers a bit darkened at edges, small nick, small leather bookplate on front flap offset opposite, isolated foxing, else very good. (6324)

Kipling, Rudyard.  The city of dreadful night and other places. Allahabad & London: A.H. Wheeler & Co / Sampson Low [et al],, [1891]. Large 8vo.
$150.00

•  First U.K. edition, printed in the style of the RAILWAY LIBRARY series (XIV).

•  STEWART 94. Pictorial wrappers (detached and rather chipped). Tan offsetting to title and last page from wrappers, publisher's slip detached but present; the text block is very good. An ordinary copy of this title, offered w.a.f. (6283)

Kipling, Rudyard.  The courting of Dinah Shadd and other stories. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890. 8vo. Frontis., xii, 182, [2 (adv.)] pp.
$150.00

•  First American edition: No. 680 in the "Harper's Franklin Square Library" series, with an introduction by Andrew Lang. Harper & Brothers published these stories without Kipling's permission, resulting in a copyright dispute.

•  Original printed paper wrappers, front cover torn and separated, back cover lacking. Contents page with inked owner's name in upper margin. (12697)

Kipling, Rudyard.  The day's work. London: Macmillan & Co., 1898.
$50.00

•  First British edition (preceded by the U.S. printing).

•  STEWART 180. Gilt decorated blue cloth. Spine a bit rubbed at extremities, else a very good copy. (6302)

Kipling, Rudyard.  Departmental ditties, barrack-room ballads, and other verses. New York: United States Book Co. / Lovell, 1890.
$100.00

•  First U.S. edition (first impression), and first book publication of seventeen pieces.

•  STEWART 79. Plum cloth, stamped in gilt, t.e.g. Bookplate, edges worn, head and toe of spine a bit frayed, named erased from endsheet, a couple signatures starting, cloth a bit soiled, just a good, sound copy. (6281)

Kipling, Rudyard.  Destroyers at Jutland [Parts I through IV]. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1916. 4 vols.
$500.00

•  A complete set of the U.S. copyright printings of this series.

•  STEWART 402a-d. Cream wrappers, printed in green. Upper wrapper of first volume shows slight tan offsetting, otherwise a very good set. (6257)

Kipling, Rudyard.  A diversity of creatures. London: Macmillan & Co., 1917.
$60.00

•  First edition. Includes some of Kipling's most significantfantasy stories.

•  STEWART 408. BLEILER (SF) 1235. Gilt red cloth, t.e.g. Large bookplate on pastedown, free endsheets tanned, as usual, cloth a trifle darkened, about very good. (6319)

Kipling, Rudyard.  The eyes of Asia. Garden City : Doubleday, Page & Co., 1918.
$45.00

•  First authorized U.S. edition, preceded by surreptitiously distributed of a canceled copyright printing in 1916. With the earliest reading of 78:8.

•  STEWART 417. Cloth and boards, paper labels. Corners bumped, spine label a bit worn, bookplate and bookseller's description on endsheets, pencil gift inscription, else a good copy. (6320)

Kipling, Rudyard.  The five nations. London: Methuen & Co., 1903.
$50.00

•  First edition.

•  STEWART 276. Gilt polished buckram, t.e.g. Leather bookplate offset, endsheets darkened, cloth rubbed, head and toe of spine a bit frayed, but a sound copy. (6304)

Kipling, Rudyard.  A fleet in: Being notes of two trips with the Channel Squadron. London & New York: Macmillan & Co., 1898.
$25.00

•  First edition, clothbound issue.

•  STEWART 191. Pictorial cloth. Cloth somewhat oxidized at edges, bookplate, but a good, sound copy.  (6299)

Kipling, Rudyard.  A fleet in: Being notes of two trips with the Channel Squadron. London & New York: Macmillan & Co., 1898.
$25.00

•  First edition, clothbound issue.

•  STEWART 191. Pictorial cloth. Cloth somewhat oxidized at edges, early bookseller's description on pastedown and auction records in pencil, but a good, sound copy. (6300)

Kipling, Rudyard.  For all we have & are [wrapper title]. London: Methuen, [1914].
$12.00

•  First separate UK edition.

•  STEWART 428. REILLY (WWI), p.189. Folded leaflet. Rather foxed, good. (6310)

Kipling, Rudyard.  The fox meditates. Garden City: Doubleday, 1933.
$150.00

•  First edition, printed for copyright purposes, and preceding the UK edition.

•  STEWART 616. Cream wrappers, printed in green. Small nick at crown of spine, else about fine. (6275)

Kipling, Rudyard.  The fox meditates. Garden City: Doubleday, 1933.
$175.00

•  First edition, printed for copyright purposes, and preceding the UK edition.

•  STEWART 616. Cream wrappers, printed in green. Lower edge of upper wrapper creased, else fine in somewhat faded folding cloth slipcase. (6276)

Kipling, Rudyard.  France at war. London: Methuen, 1915.
$30.00

•  First edition.

•  STEWART 387. Printed wrappers. Offset from small leather bookplate, light foxing early and late, chips at head and toe of spine. Good. (6311)

Kipling, Rudyard.  France at war. London: Methuen, 1915.
$30.00

•  First edition.

•  STEWART 387. Printed wrappers. Lower wrapper nicked and smudged, else a good copy. (6312)

Kipling, Rudyard.  France at war. London: Methuen, 1915.
$30.00

•  First edition.

•  STEWART 387. Printed wrappers. Two chips to fore-edge of upper wrapper, else a good copy, with a pencil record of auction prices on the half-title. (6313)

Kipling, Rudyard.  France at war: On the frontier of civilization. Garden City : Doubleday, Page & Co., 1915.
$25.00

•  First U.S. edition.

•  STEWART 388. Tan boards, pictorial label. Boards a bit rubbed at extremities, leather bookplate offset to free endsheet, else good and sound. (6314)

Kipling, Rudyard.  France at war: On the frontier of civilization. Garden City : Doubleday, Page & Co., 1915.
$20.00

•  First U.S. edition.

•  STEWART 388. Tan boards, pictorial label. Boards a bit rubbed at extremities, crown of spine worn, else good and sound. (6315)

Kipling, Rudyard.  The fringes of the fleet. London: Macmillan & Co., 1915.
$50.00

•  First edition.

•  STEWART 387. Printed wrappers. Wrappers a bit dusty, else a very good copy in collector's cloth wrapper. (6316)

Kipling, Rudyard.  The fringes of the fleet. London: Macmillan & Co., 1915.
$30.00

•  First edition.

•  STEWART 387. Printed wrappers. Lower wrapper a bit chipped at fore-edge, else very good. (6317)

Kipling, Rudyard.  The fringes of the fleet. Garden City : Doubleday, Page & Co., 1915.
$20.00

•  Second collective U.S. edition.

•  STEWART 386. Tan boards, pictorial label. Boards and label rubbed and smudged, bookplate, else good and sound. (6318)

Kipling, Rudyard.  The fringes of the fleet. London: Macmillan & Co., 1915. 8vo. [4], 70, [2], 2 (adv.) pp.
$30.00

•  First edition: Wartime prose and poetry of submarines, destroyers, and naval patrols.

•  STEWART 387. Publisher's printed wrappers; wrappers showing a bit of light soiling, with the spine extremities worn. (12627)

Kipling, Rudyard.  From sea to sea. Letters of travel. New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899. 2 vols.
$75.00

•  First authorized edition of this material, the text heavily revised by RK. The second volume exhibits the earliest readings on p.90 and p. 153.

•  STEWART 198. Green cloth, stamped in blind, lettered in gilt. Corners rubbed, one inner hinge cracking, some marginal smudges and soiling; just a good, sound set, w.a.f. (6303)

Kipling, Rudyard.  Great-heart. Garden City: Doubleday, 1919.
$200.00

•  First edition of this poem, printed for copyright purposes, preceding its appearance in book form in the U.K.

•  STEWART 476. Cream wrappers, printed in green. A fine copy. (6262)

Kipling, Rudyard.  The holy war [wrapper title]. London: Methuen & Co., [1918].
$25.00

•  Second separate UK edition.

•  STEWART 431. REILLY (WWI), p.189. Folded leaflet. Minor use at edges, but a very good copy. (6321)

Kipling, Rudyard.  A Kipling note book. Illustrations, anecdotes, bibliographical and biographical facts anent this foremost writer of fiction. New York: M.F. Mansfield & A. Wessels, 1899. 8vo. 12 vols. 188 pp.; illus.
$750.00

•  Nos. 1 through 12 (the complete run) of this journal of Kiplingiana, an "attempt to glorify the genius of this now popular author." Full sets are now scarce on the market.

•  Sewn in original printed paper wrappers, covers with some edge chips. Pages clean. (12715)

Kipling, Rudyard.  A Kipling note book. Illustrations, anecdotes, bibliographical and biographical facts anent this foremost writer of fiction. New York: M.F. Mansfield & A. Wessels, 1899. 8vo. 4 vols.
$200.00

•  Numbers 1, 2, 3, and 7 of this periodical, which had a 12-issue run in total. The pamphlets provide all sorts of interesting snippets of Kipling information.

•  Sewn in original printed paper wrappers; some covers separated, with edge chips. (12718)

Kipling, Rudyard.  Limits and renewals. London: Macmillan & Co., 1932.
$60.00

•  First edition.

•  STEWART 588. Gilt red cloth. Spine a shade darkened, otherwise a near fine copy, in crisp dust jacket disfigured by a dark discoloration at upper portion of spine panel mirrored on the verso. (6331)

Kipling, Rudyard.  Many inventions. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1893.
$50.00

•  First U.S. edition (state with p.425 signed '28').

•  STEWART 119. Gilt decorated red cloth. Cloth a bit darkened and marked, edges slightly tanned, small ink name, light foxing to endleaves, small spot on fore-edge, else a good, sound copy. (6287)

Kipling, Rudyard.  Many inventions. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1893. 8vo. viii, 427 pp.
$50.00

•  First American edition. The issue with one blank leaf at front, two leaves of advertisements at rear, followed by two blank leaves.

•  STEWART 119. Publisher red/orange cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Spine sun-faded. Binding with light wear. (16487)

Kipling, Rudyard.  Mesopotamia. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1917.
$175.00

•  First U.S. edition of this war poem, printed for copyright purposes.

•  STEWART 455; REILLY (WWI), p.189. Cream wrappers, printed in green. Wrappers slightly creased and dusty; about very good. (6259)

Kipling, Rudyard.  Mine own people...with a critical introduction by Henry James. New York: United States Book Co. , [1891].
$150.00

•  First edition (authorized), including six stories for the first time published in book form.

•  STEWART 98. EDEL & LAURENCE B8. Gilt plum cloth, t.e.g. Portrait. Old bookseller's description affixed to front pastedown, spine a bit rubbed and corner worn, usual offset from tissue-guard to title, else a very good copy. (6282)

Kipling, Rudyard.  Mine own people...with a critical introduction by Henry James. New York: United States Book Company, [1891].
$75.00

•  First edition (authorized), including six stories for the first time published in book form.

•  STEWART 98. EDEL & LAURENCE B8. Gilt plum cloth, t.e.g. Portrait. Bookplate, spine a bit soiled (with hint of label removal) and worn at corners, bookplate shadow on rear endsheets, string-dents on fore-edge, else a good copy. (6285)

Kipling, Rudyard; & Wolcott Balestier.  The Naulahaka: A story of West and East. London: Heinemann, 1892.
$75.00

•  First edition of Kipling's sole serious collaboration with another author on a work of fiction.

•  STEWART 105. Salmon cloth, stamped in brown and gilt. Binding rubbed and a bit soiled and spotted, bookplate, chip to fore-edge of terminal ad leaf, Smith's blindstamp in corner of free endsheet, but good and sound. (6286)

Kipling, Rudyard.  Neighbours. Garden City: Doubleday, 1932.
$150.00

•  First edition of this poem, printed for copyright purposes, and preceding the UK printing.

•  STEWART 597. Cream wrappers, printed in green. About fine. (6267)

Kipling, Rudyard.  A pilgrim's way. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1918.
$225.00

•  First edition in book form, one of a small number of copies printed to protect U.S. copyright.

•  STEWART 460. Cream wrappers, printed in green. Near fine, in plain cloth folder labeled in manuscript. (6263)

Kipling, Rudyard.  The pleasure cruise. Garden City: Doubleday, 1933.
$150.00

•  First edition of this short play in the style of Lucian, printed for copyright purposes, and preceding the UK printing.

•  STEWART 658. Cream wrappers, printed in green. About fine. (6265)

Kipling, Rudyard.  Recessional. A Victorian ode. [London: ca.1910?]. 8vo. Frontis., 8 pp.
$30.00

•  Unidentified reprint, text printed in green within gold frames, with decorative capitals.

•  Publisher's printed paper wrappers; wrappers browned with edges chipped. Sewing going, with leaves separated. Additional clipped engravings of Kipling affixed to front fly-leaf and last leaf. (12626)

Kipling, Rudyard.  The seven seas. London: Methuen, 1896.
$45.00

•  First British edition, slightly enlarged over the preceding U.S. trade edition.

•  STEWART 140. Gilt polished buckram, t.e.g. Large bookplate, cloth a trifle rubbed, endsheets a trace discolored at edges, else a good, sound copy. (6298)

Kipling, Rudyard.  The shipping industry report of a speech by...at the annual dinner of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom. Garden City: Doubleday, 1925.
$175.00

•  First American edition, printed for copyright purposes.

•  STEWART 557. Cream wrappers, printed in green. Light foxing to title leaf and upper wrapper, small nick at top of upper wrapper, else very good or better. (6261)

Kipling, Rudyard.  Souvenirs of France I [with] Souvenirs of France II. Garden City: Doubleday, 1933. 2 vols.
$225.00

•  First edition in book form of these sketches first published in LA REVUE DES DEUX MONDES and the DAILY MAIL.

•  STEWART 600. Cream wrappers, printed in green. Fine, in plain folding cloth case. (6273)

Kipling, Rudyard; & Walter de la Mare.  St. Andrews: Two poems. London: A. & C. Black, [1926]. Small 4to.
$35.00

•  Illustrations by Malcolm Patterson. First trade edition (preceded by the US copyright printing of Kipling's poem).

•  STEWART 668. Boards. Small leather bookplate, usual offset to endsheets, else a very nice copy, in darkened and worn dust jacket. (6325)

Kipling, Rudyard.  Supplication of the black Aberdeen...Drawings by G.L. Stampa [wrapper title]. [London]: The Medici Society, [1928]. Large 8vo.
$20.00

•  First separate U.K. edition.

•  STEWART 607. String-tied pictorial wrappers. Wrappers typically a bit dust soiled and creased; good. (6330)

Kipling, Rudyard.  The supports. Garden City: Doubleday, 1919.
$150.00

•  First edition of this poem, printed for copyright purposes, and preceding the UK printing.

•  STEWART 522. Cream wrappers, printed in green. A bit creased, staples slightly rusty, extreme lower fore-corner of upper wrapper chipped, about very good. (6269)

Kipling, Rudyard.  'They'...With illustrations by F. H. Townsend. London: Macmillan & Co., 1905.
$25.00

•  Later impression of the first separate British edition, printed on ove paper, with the requisite signature marks and printer's imprint.

•  STEWART 303. White cloth. Plates. Cloth darkened and dust soiled, but a sound, internally very good copy. (6306)

Kipling, Rudyard.  Three poems. Garden City: Doubleday, 1934.
$150.00

•  First edition of these poems written for the Pageant of Parliament, printed for copyright purposes, and preceding the UK printing.

•  STEWART 673. Cream wrappers, printed in green. About fine. (6264)

Kipling, Rudyard.  To the companions. Garden City: Doubleday, 1933.
$150.00

•  First edition of this poem, printed for copyright purposes, and preceding the UK printing.

•  STEWART 670. Cream wrappers, printed in green. About fine. (7535)

Kipling, Rudyard.  A tour of inspection. New York: Privately Printed, 1928.
$65.00

•  First edition in book form (unauthorized), printed in an edition of 93 numbered copies.

•  STEWART 412 . Boards, paper spine label. Spine tanned, heavy streak of offsetting on upper board, internally very good and unopened. (6327)

Kipling, Rudyard.  Traffics and discoveries. London: Macmillan & Co., 1904.
$45.00

•  First British edition, uncorrected ('35.8.04') state of the ads.

•  STEWART 295. Gilt cloth, t.e.g. Endsheets slightly offset, but a very good, bright copy. (6305)

Kipling, Rudyard.  Twenty poems. London: Methuen & Co., [ 1918]. Small 8vo.
$60.00

•  First collective edition in this format, including several of Kipling's war poems.

•  STEWART 420. REILLY (WWI), p.190. Printed wrapper over stiff wrappers. Near fine. (6322)

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