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Kipling, Rudyard. A Song of the English. Hodder & Stoughton, 1909.

Price: US$38.99 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. In pencil, inside front cover, "To Clare, With very best wishes, From, The School. Baliol, Summer term 1922" Water staining at page corners. A few pages a little loose at the bottom. Bound edge a bit damaged at the top. The colour plates are quite beautiful.

Seller: Atlantic Northwest, Tighnabruaich, United Kingdom

Kipling, Rudyard. A Song Of The English. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1909.

Price: US$42.89 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 'A Song Of The English' Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London. No Date but circa 1914. 16 Tipped-in Colour Plates and numerous line drawings by William Heath Robinson Large format, 9.75 x 7.5". Blue cloth, gilt titles and green decorations. Very good condition with no marks or inscriptions. Some fading to colour around bottom edges of front and back Blue cloth covers otherwise VG. Bright Gilt Titling and illustrations.

Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom

Kipling. Rudyard. A Song of the English Illustrated by W Heath Robinson.. UK Hodder and Stoughton 1909, 1909.

Price: US$58.48 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 28.5 x 23 cms. Dark blue cloth with Titles nd decoration in gilt to front panel and spine. Binding secure. Small nicks to top of spine, small area worn cloth at lower edge of front board.

Seller: Ystwyth Books, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

KIPLING, Rudyard. A Song of the English Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. London Hodder & Stoughton 1909, 1909.

Price: US$77.97 + shipping

Description: A nice copy of this edition, with Heath Robinson’s illustrations. 12 full page colour plates, Clean blue cloth with gilt titles & illustrations. There seem to be two variant bindings of the ordinary edition. This one, and another with a different gilt illustration and titles to the front board. This seems to be a cheaper edition, with 12, rather than 30 tipped in plates. A little rubbing to the boards. Very slight cracking to the rear hinge. Internally clean and tidy with a touch of foxing only. Two gift inscriptions - one 1913 and one 1921. Overall a very nice copy. Unpaginated. 205 by 155mm (8 by 6 inches).

Seller: Harrison-Hiett Rare Books, Richelieu, France

Kipling, Rudyard; Robinson, W. Heath Robinson, illus.. A Song of the English. London: Hodder & Stoughton c. 1909, 1909.

Price: US$85.46 + shipping

Description: Light wear to extremities else very good condition. 2 small spots to front board. Hardback with gilt embossed boards and spine. Previous owner's name. Book is as described - all defects and marks are noted.

Seller: Jeffrey Blake, Willow Grove, PA, U.S.A.

Rudyard Kipling. A Song of the English. Hodder & Stoughton Limited, London, 1909.

Price: US$90.97 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: In blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and motifs. Boards are lightly edge worn with some bumping to the extremities. Spine edges are loosened. Some light marks to upper front board and a few scratches to the rear board. Rubbing and a little loss to the head & foot of the spine. Still very attractive. Light foxing to page block ends and this has strayed onto page edges. The colour plates by Heather Robinson are all present and are very beautiful; The frontispiece has a crease across the lower right corner but the rest are in excellent condition and though the pages on which they are tipped are lightly toned and foxed, they are wonderful. Previous owner's inscription on ffep: Gerald Corry Mann, dated November 14th, 1909; he was the brother-in-law of Theodore Howard Somervell OBE, FRCS, the English surgeon, Olympic mountaineer, painter and missionary.

Seller: M RICHARDSON RARE BOOKS (PBFA Member), Ashby cum Fenby, NE Lincolnshire, LINCS, United Kingdom

Kipling, Rudyard. A Song of the English. Hodder & Stoughton N.d. [1915], London, 1909.

Price: US$97.47 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 124 pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth with decoration in pale green & lettering in gilt to front board & spine. Spotting to fore-edge and prelims. With sixteen tipped-in colour plates by W. Heath Robinson. Plates complete. Bright and clean copy. 4to. Illustrated

Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom

KIPLING, Rudyard : ROBINSON, W. Heath (illustrations).. A SONG OF THE ENGLISH.. Hodder & Stoughton, London, c. 1909., 1909.

Price: US$117.58 + shipping

Description: 4to, 30 tipped-in colour plates and black and white text illustrations by W. Health Robinson. A good hardback copy in original cloth boards with wear and rubbing. Gold embossed decoration and titles very clear and vibrant. Fore edges and prelims tanned and with a little foxing. Boards varnished. Slight splitting to inner front hinge. First edition with full compliment of 30 plates. Only 16 were printed in later editions.

Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia

Rudyard Kipling. A Song of the English. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1909.

Price: US$142.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: This book is from the personal library of Lou M. Davenport (Mrs. William Slocum Davenport), wife of the prominent American dentist in Paris in the early 1900's. Dr. Davenport was awarded for his work with soldiers in WWI. He was the first to identify remains from dental work. Also honored by the Belgian Royal Family. He was also an amateur painter, encouraged by Whistler, with works in museums such as The Brooklyn Art Museum. Blue cloth boards with pictorial gilt device o front, printing and small pictorial device in gilt on spine. Spine mildly faded, rubbing to top spine end and bottom spine corners. Bottom spine end lightly bumped. Some light spotting to front board. PO name and other PO bookplate on inside front paste down. Set in on ffep is a newspaper article about Kipling's ashes being laid in the Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey and his home in Sussex being administered as a National Shrine. Some inscriptions on verso of frontis dated 1912. Interior in fine condition. Lovely illustrations.

Seller: onourshelves, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.

Rudyard Kipling, W. Heath Robinson Illustrator). A Song of the English. (1909 First Edition). Hodder & Stoughton, 1909.

Price: US$154.31 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A Song of the English by Rudyard Kipling. Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. First Edition. No date but 1909 as inscription to ffep is dated Xmas 1909. Very good hardback. Binding firm. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations to front cover and spine. Some marks and rubbing to covers, a little chipping/fraying to spine ends. Some tanning and a little foxing to pages. 30 tipped-in colour plates and numerous line drawings by William Heath Robinson.

Seller: Phoenix Books NZ, Waimate, CANTE, New Zealand

Rudyard Kipling. A Song of the English, illustrated by W Heath Robinson. Hodder & Stoughton, 1909.

Price: US$162.44 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, hardback, in dark blue cloth; no date. Illustrations by W Heath Robinson. With 30 tipped in and tissue guarded colour plates and further black and white illustrations. A very good copy, with bright blue boards, with rubbed corners but in very good condition otherwise. Bookplate to front paste down endpaper. Some foxing to the text block, but internally largely very fresh. For overseas buyers, please contact me first for a postage quote as the book is a heavy object.

Seller: April Star Books, Banstead, United Kingdom

Kipling, Rudyard. A Song of the English. Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1909.

Price: US$180.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: This FIRST AMERICAN EDITION by Doubleday is much scarcer than the First English by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1909, although they are very similar in character. Bright gilt work to the front board and spine. Gilt pictorial armorial device. Fine bookplate of William Maffett. 30 full-page plate illustrations in full colour, many textual vignettes, etc, by W. Heath Robinson. Thick tissue guards. Unpaginated but COMPLETE. Photographs sent upon request. Offered by Hirschfeld Galleries of Saint Louis--Rare Books--Since 1931.

Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.

Rudyard Kipling: illustrations by W Heath Robinson. A Song of the English. Hodder & Stoughton, London, undated, 1909.

Price: US$181.94 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A very good copy of this title, the first edition with the full collection of 30 plates, no date but with an inscription on the front endpaper dated 1909. The tipped in colour plates with their printed tissue guards are all present and the drawings in the text are superb. In illustrated blue cloth binding. Condition is very good, external wear minimal, binding sound, very light foxing to fore-edge and a few pages, otherwise very clean.

Seller: The Bookmonger, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Rudyard Kipling. A Song of the English. Hodder & Stoughton, 1909.

Price: US$194.93 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: *** BOOK in very good clean tight and unmarked condition. As with all the Kipling stock, this book was published before 1936, the year of the author's death. Believed to be first edition as such, 1909. Publisher's original blue boards with gilt title and decoration on spine and upper board. Spine ends are worn and there is minor shelfwear, the book is structurally sound. Heavy art quality paper used throughout. Unpaginated. This is the top-end edition with 30 lovely tipped in colour plates, all with captioned guards with vignettes; many b&w illustrations in the text. Text printed by T&A Constable and illustrations and borders printed by Henry Stone and Son. This is a heavy book; it will be posted at default rate within the UK, and overseas at Royal Mail rates, seller will pay extra insurance and tracking costs. Size: 290x230mm

Seller: Salusbury Books, GLASGOW, United Kingdom

KIPLING, Rudyard. A Song of the English. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1909.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: This edition of "A Song of the English' is reprinted from 'The Seven Seas, and the Publishers desire to acknowledge the courtesy of Messrs. Methuen & Co. in consenting to its issue as a separate volume. Original dark blue cloth with ornate gilt decoration on cover depicting a knight in armor on horseback slaying a dragon. Gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson with 30 beautiful color plates tipped onto cream card mounts and multiple textual illustrations. Unpaginated. Pictorial endpapers with toning. Cover and spine in very good condtion. Text block is tight and pages, illustrations and captioned tissue guards are in very good condition. Book is gifted "To Mother & Father" from Jim Christmas 1912 on first free endpaper.

Seller: Top Edge Gilt, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.

Kipling, Rudyard.. A Song Of The English.. Hodder & Stoughton., London., 1909.

Price: US$227.42 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Undated, but 1919. Unpaginated, 30 tipped-in colour plates with decorative borders & caption guards, drawings. Original blue pictorial gilt decorated cloth, with gilt tiles. Solid binding, some wear at the spine ends, a few minor marks Internally, two of the plates have a corner crease, otherwise all plates are clean & bright, pages have occasional light scattered spotting, owner's inscription dated 1910. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Seller: N. G. Lawrie Books, sheffield, United Kingdom

KIPLING, RUDYARD. A Song of the English. Musson Book Company, Toronto, 1909.

Price: US$227.44 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Quarto. Gilt lettered and decorated blue cloth. 30 tissue guarded colour plates by Robinson. Ist Canadian edition from the Hodder & Stoughton sheets. Pencil inscription on front endpaper from 1910. Extremities worn. Hinges starting, Some scuffing. Still an attractive copy priced accordingly.

Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada

Kipling, Rudyard. A Song of the English. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1909.

Price: US$233.92 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1st trade edition [1909]. Large Quarto. With the 30 colour plates, tissue-guards. Original blue cloth, gilt. Rubbed, bumped and marked. Internally in good clean order. Overall a 'Good+' copy.

Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom

KIPLING, Rudyard and W. Heath Robinson. A Song of the English. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1909.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: First trade edition. Hardcover. An attractive edition of this work by Kipling. Features 30 tipped in color plates along with some additional black and white illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. A close to near fine copy in illustrated blue cloth boards with all tissue guards present and with some scattered foxing to the page edges and internally, some very minor fraying to the base of the spine, and a small vintage bookstore sticker to the rear pastedown. No dust jacket. Despite the minor flaws a very pleasing copy.

Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.

Kipling, Rudyard. A SONG OF THE ENGLISH. Hodder & Stoughton, 1909.

Price: US$252.44 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st 1909. Very good condition with no wrapper. Large format. Dark blue cloth, gilt titles and decoration to spine and front cover. 30 stunning tipped-in tissue-guarded colour plates, mounted on card with green decorative borders. Numerous b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some very light rubbing to covers. A few foxspots/fingermarks else contents clean. All plates present, 2 have corner creases. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom

Kipling, Rudyard. A SONG OF THE ENGLISH. Hodder & Stoughton, 1909.

Price: US$272.90 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st 1909. Very good condition with no wrapper. Large format. Dark blue cloth, gilt titles and decoration to spine and front cover. 30 stunning tipped-in tissue-guarded colour plates, mounted on card with green decorative borders. Numerous b/w illustrations. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Some fraying to cloth at top and tail of spine. A few marks and scuffs to covers. Some foxing and light browning to pages. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom

Kipling, Rudyard. A Song of The English.. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1909.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work by Robinson. Quarto, original blue cloth, gilt pictorial to the front panel, gilt titles and tooling to the spine. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson with 30 mounted color plates, lettered tissue guards. In near fine condition. "This poem originally appeared in The English Illustrated Magazine, May, 1893, prior to its inclusion in The Seven Seas, 1896" (Martindell).

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.

Rudyard Kipling. A Song of the English 1ST Trade Edition (30 Color Plates by W. Heath Robinson). Hodder & Stoughton, 1909.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description:

Seller: Basement Seller 101, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.

Kipling, Rudyard. A Song Of The English. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. Musson Book Company, Hodder & Stoughton (1909), Toronto; London, 1909.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Description: No pagination Pp. 30 full page tipped in colour illustrations as well as black & white vignettes through by W. Heath Robinson Cloth is sl. worn along edges. Previous owner's inscription on f.e.p. Blue cloth with gilt titles & decorations to front & spine

Seller: Schooner Books Ltd.(ABAC/ALAC), Halifax, NS, Canada

ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator; KIPLING, Rudyard. Song of the English, A.. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909, 1909.

Price: US$550.00 + shipping

Description: Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson [ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator]. KIPLING, Rudyard. A Song of the English. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, [n.d., 1909]. First American trade edition. Large quarto (10 15/16 x 8 5/8 inches; 278 x 219 mm.). [64] leaves. Thirty color plates (including frontispiece), mounted on leaves with color border decorations. Descriptive tissue guards, each with a miniature line illustration. Pictorial title and fifty-nine black and white line illustrations in the text (half-page or smaller). Title printed in red and black. Original green cloth with front cover pictorially stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. A very fine copy. "The next important task I undertook, was the illustration of an edition of Rudyard Kipling's A Song of the English to be published by Hodder & Stoughton in the year 1908. It became necessary for me to meet the author and discuss the proposed book with him. For this purpose, I travelled down to Burwash where he lived at that time. This was an excursion I shall always remember. I was met at Heathfield and journeyed thence in a motor-car. There were few cars on the road in those days and this in itself was a joyful experience as we drove through the pleasant Sussex lanes. Bateman's, the house at Burwash, where Rudyard Kipling lived, was a fine old building with stone mullioned windows. It was in the midst of wind-blown Sussex country. There was a faint smell of the sea in the air wafted across the few miles of country from the shore where the Coastwise lights of England watch the ships of England go. It was a fitting setting in which to find the author of A Song of the English. He met and entertained me with a quiet affability, which speedily removed the shyness I felt at first in his presence. Before long I was quite at home with him. His own knowledge of illustration gave him an appreciation of the artist's point of view. While making suggestions, he realized that the illustrator must have as free a hand as possible. His sympathetic understanding of my part in the undertaking made me feel that I was consulting with a brother artist. I spent a happy and for me a helpful day. It was a great inspiration for the work I had in hand to be in such close association with the author's interesting personality. I am always glad to remember that he was satisfied with my illustrations to his book." (W. Heath Robinson, My Line of Life. pp.126-127) "This poem originally appeared in The English Illustrated Magazine, May, 1893, prior to its inclusion in The Seven Seas, 1896" (Martindell). Beare 61b. Lewis, p. 215. Livingston 321. Martindell 133. Stewart 152*.

Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.

Kipling, Rudyard & Robinson, W. Heath. A SONG OF THE ENGLISH. Hodder & Stoughton, 1909.

Price: US$551.00 + shipping

Description: A SONG OF THE ENGLISH, Hodder & Stoughton, 1909, first edition, a bright vg+ copy with 30 full color, full page tipped-in plates by W. Heath Robinson.

Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.

Kipling, Rudyard. W. Heath Robinson (illustrator). A Song of the English. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1909.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Description: Original blue cloth with front cover pictorially stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Large quarto (10 15/16 x 8 5/8 inches; 278 x 219 mm.). [64] leaves. Thirty color plates (including frontispiece), mounted on leaves with color border decorations. Descriptive tissue guards, each with a miniature line illustration. Pictorial title and fifty-nine black and white line illustrations in the text (half-page or smaller). Title printed in red and black. An excellent copy of the first trade edition. "This poem originally appeared in The English Illustrated Magazine, May, 1893, prior to its inclusion in The Seven Seas, 1896" (Martindell). It is classic Kipling, beautifully illustrated by Robinson. Beare 61b. Lewis 215. Livingston 321. Martindell 133 (giving the date of publication as 1913). Stewart 151.

Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

(ROBINSON, W. Heath). KIPLING, Rudyard. A Song of the English. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. London: Hodder & Stoughton [1909]., 1909.

Price: US$974.66 + shipping

Description: Limited edition, no. 272 of 500 copies signed by Robinson, 4to, (xvi, 114) pp. 30 coloured plates tipped in with captioned tissues plus further black and white illustrations in the text. Original publisher's gilt decorated vellum, t.e.g., lacking the ties and with some light soiling and browning.

Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom

Kipling, Rudyard; Robinson, W. Heath [Illustrator]. A SONG OF THE ENGLISH [Signed]. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1909.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Description: Quarto, unpaginated. In Very Good condition. Bound in white vellum with gilt lettering and gilt, green, and red vignettes on front board and spine. Thirty tipped-in color plates with green decorative border and printed tissue-guards, including frontispiece. Ties missing. Top edge gilt; fore edge and lower edge uncut. This edition is limited to five hundred copies, signed by the artist and numbered, of which this is number 75. Foxing throughout, not impacting color plates. Bookplate belonging to Jacobi R. W. Robinson on inside front board. Boards curving, as is typical of vellum. DC Consignment. Shelved in Case 14. 1262601. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

Kipling, Rudyard. A Song of the English. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1909.

Price: US$1050.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909 First English separate edition. First autograph edition. Number 167 of edition of 500. Signed and numbered by the artist W. Heath Robinson on the verso of an additional leaf placed before the fore-title, bound in white vellum, lettered in gold and illustrated on the front in dark green and gold. Boards are somewhat strung, original case is missing. Printed on heavy untrimmed cream stock, thirty tipped-in color illustrations, with paper, not tissue guards, plus B&W drawings on every page. "The Song of the English" was first published in the English Illustrated Magazine, May 1893. It was then presented as a collection by The Seven Seas. This edition, published by Hodder & Stoughton was produced for the Christmas season in 1909. The poetry collection, which includes six subsidiary poems with illustrations in colour and black and white by W Heath Robinson. These are some of Kipling's earliest verses setting out his version of the British Empire and the duties that it imposes on the English people. His definition of 'the English' is wide, embracing all of the Anglo-Saxon dominions, and probably the United States. The theme underlying this collection is that the English are the Chosen under the Lord as long as they obey the Higher Law, a theme he again returned to in "Recessional, "1897 and "White Man's Burden" 1898. The illustrator, William Heath Robinson, (1872 -1944) was born and educated in London. His early career involved illustrating books - among others: Hans Christian Andersen's Danish Fairy Tales and Legends (1897); The Arabian Nights, (1899); Tales From Shakespeare (1902), and Twelfth Night (1908), Andersen's Fairy Tales (1913), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1914), Charles Kingsley's The Water-Babies (1915), and Walter de la Mare's Peacock Pie (1916). In the course of his work Heath Robinson also wrote and illustrated three children's books, The Adventures of Uncle Lubin (1902), Bill the Minder (1912) and Peter Quip in Search of a Friend (1922). Uncle Lubin is regarded as the start of Heath Robinson's career in the depiction of unlikely machines. During the First World War he drew large numbers of cartoons, depicting ever-more-unlikely secret weapons being used by the combatants. In England his name became a byword for unlikely contraptions very like Rube Goldberg's name became in the US. By Heath Robinson, Illustrator. Edition of 500. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket as Published. Illus. by W. Heath Robinson. Thick Crown Quarto.

Seller: Catron Grant Books, Rio Rancho, NM, U.S.A.

Kipling, Rudyard. A SONG OF THE ENGLISH. Hodder & Stoughton, 1909.

Price: US$1231.45 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st 1909. Very good condition with no wrapper. Deluxe, limited to 500 copies. Large format (32 x 26cm). White vellum binding with gilt titles and vignettes. 30 lovely tipped-in colour plates mounted on cream card with green decorative borders and captioned paper guards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. SIGNED by the artist, this is copy no. 304. Spine and corners are slightly bumped and slightly grubby. Ties missing. Name plate to front pastedown. There is slight bookworm or silverfish damage to the front endpaper and some slight foxing to contents but generally a very nice copy. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom

KIPLING, RUDYARD. A SONG OF THE ENGLISH. HODDER & STOUGHTON, LONDRES, 1909.

Price: US$1715.13 + shipping

Description: Nº Edición: 1 Paginas: 0,00 Idioma: ESPAÑOL

Seller: LIBRERÍA COCHERAS-COLISEO, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, MADRI, Spain

ROBINSON, W. Heath; KIPLING, Rudyard. Song of the English, A.. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909, 1909.

Price: US$1850.00 + shipping

Description: One of 500 Copies, Signed by W. Heath Robinson [ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator]. KIPLING, Rudyard. A Song of the English. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., 1909]. Edition DeLuxe. Limited to 500 copies (this copy being No. 311), numbered and signed by the artist. Large quarto (12 3/16 x 9 7/8 inches; 308 x 252 mm.). [65] leaves. Thirty color plates (including frontispiece), mounted on leaves with color border decorations. Descriptive tissue guards, each with a miniature line illustration. Pictorial title and fifty-nine black and white line illustrations in the text (half-page or smaller). Title printed in red and black. Original vellum over boards with front cover pictorially stamped in dark green, red, and gilt and lettered in gilt and spine pictorially stamped in dark green, red, and gilt and lettered in gilt and green. Later brown silk ties. Top edge gilt, others uncut. A fine copy. "The next important task I undertook, was the illustration of an edition of Rudyard Kipling's A Song of the English to be published by Hodder & Stoughton in the year 1908. It became necessary for me to meet the author and discuss the proposed book with him. For this purpose, I travelled down to Burwash where he lived at that time. This was an excursion I shall always remember. I was met at Heathfield and journeyed thence in a motor-car. There were few cars on the road in those days and this in itself was a joyful experience as we drove through the pleasant Sussex lanes. Bateman's, the house at Burwash, where Rudyard Kipling lived, was a fine old building with stone mullioned windows. It was in the midst of wind-blown Sussex country. There was a faint smell of the sea in the air wafted across the few miles of country from the shore where the Coastwise lights of England watch the ships of England go. It was a fitting setting in which to find the author of A Song of the English. He met and entertained me with a quiet affability, which speedily removed the shyness I felt at first in his presence. Before long I was quite at home with him. His own knowledge of illustration gave him an appreciation of the artist's point of view. While making suggestions, he realized that the illustrator must have as free a hand as possible. His sympathetic understanding of my part in the undertaking made me feel that I was consulting with a brother artist. I spent a happy and for me a helpful day. It was a great inspiration for the work I had in hand to be in such close association with the author's interesting personality. I am always glad to remember that he was satisfied with my illustrations to his book." (W. Heath Robinson, My Line of Life. pp.126-127) "This poem originally appeared in The English Illustrated Magazine, May, 1893, prior to its inclusion in The Seven Seas, 1896" (Martindell). Beare 61b. Lewis, p. 215. Livingston 321. Martindell 133 (giving the date of publication as 1913). Stewart 151.

Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.

ROBINSON, William Heath; KIPLING, Rudyard. A SONG OF THE ENGLISH. Hodder & Stoughton, 1909.

Price: US$1949.32 + shipping

Description: First edition. Large 4to. Edition de Luxe, number 187 of 500 copies, numbered and signed by the illustrator, William Heath Robinson. Full white vellum with striking decoration in red and gold to upper cover and spine. Top edge gilt and others untrimmed, silk ties present A very good copy indeed. Thirty mounted colour plates under captioned tissue guards, all from wonderfully evocative watercolours and fifty black and white drawings to accompany the poetry. Poems include: A Song of the English; The Coastwise Lights; The Song of the Dead, The Deep-Sea Cables; The Song of the Sons; The Song of the Cities and England's Answer. Beautiful illustrations include views of cities from the then British Empire, such as, Bombay, Hong-Kong, Calcutta and Sydney.

Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom

Kipling, Rudyard. A SONG OF THE ENGLISH. Hodder & Stoughton, 1909.

Price: US$3212.48 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1909. Very good condition with no wrapper. Autograph Edition De Luxe, Limited to 50 copies. Large format (32 x 26cm). Bound in attractive brown leather with gilt titles, vignettes and borders. 30 lovely tipped-in colour plates mounted on cream card with green decorative borders and captioned paper guards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. This is copy no. 22, SIGNED by the author. Corners are slightly worn and covers a little edge rubbed. Spine has been professionally rebacked retaining the original spine piece (which is worn). A few light fingermarks and tiny foxspots else contents clean. A very nice copy of a handsome and very scarce book. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom