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. AN ALMANAC OF TWELVE SPORTS. By William Nicholson. With Words by Rudyard Kipling.. New York: R.H. Russell, 1898., 1898.

Price: US$329.88 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: New York: R.H. Russell, 1898. 2nd printing. 4to. Unpaginated. Illus. Good book. Boards rubbed and edgeworn. Front free endpage detached. (sports in art, wood-engraving, poetry, calendars) Inquire if you need further information.

Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.

William Nicholson; Rudyard Kipling. An Almanac of Twelve Sports. New York: R. H. Russell, 1898.

Price: US$335.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Cover shows moderate wear, tear, chipping, edgewear, rubbing, and tanning. Name of former owner on the front pastedown. Pages tanned.

Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.

Rudyard Kipling. An Almanac of Twelve Sports ill by William Nicholson Kipling 1st ed 1898. R.H. Russell, 1898.

Price: US$375.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: This book is in good condition. There is some light rubbing to the outside boards. The blank front free endpaper is missing. This book contains all 12 of Nicholson's original Full-page color illustrations, with none missing or removed. A rare find complete with many beautiful illustrations.

Seller: The Lion's End, Antiquarian Books, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.

Nicholson, William. An Almanac of twelve sports; Words by Rudyard Kipling. R.H. Russell, New York, 1898.

Price: US$395.00 + shipping

Description: 15 pages. 30.5 x 25. Twelve color lithograph plates after woodcuts by Nicholson. Interior and plates clean and sharp. Nick with loss at middle spine front cover, rubbing to extremities with calendar for 1898 noting dates for each day of the week. Orig. drab boards illustrated and lettered. Very good

Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.

Nicholson, William und Kipling, Rudyard. An Almanac of twelve Sports. Words by Rudyard Kipling.. New York, R. H. Russell., 1898.

Price: US$544.66 + shipping

Description: 4°. 31,5 x 25,5 cm. 15 Blatt. Illustrierter Original-Halbleinenband. Erste amerikanische Ausgabe. Englischsprachige Ausgabe. Mit dem zweiseitigen Kalender für das Jahr 1898 und 12 eingebundenen Farblithografien nach den Farbholzschnitten von William Nicholson, ein Motiv zu jedem Monat: Jagen ("Hunting"), Hetzjagd ("Coursing"), Geschwindigkeitsrennen ("Racing"), Bootssport ("Boating"), Angeln ("Fishing"), Kricket ("Cricket"), Bogenschießen ("Archery"), Kutschfahrt ("Coaching"), Schießsport ("Shooting"), Golf, Boxen ("Boxing") und Schlittschuhlaufen ("Skating"). Einband leicht fleckig und leicht berieben, an den Kanten stärker berieben. 2 Innenfalze mit mehreren kleinen Einrissen. Blätter papierbedingt gebräunt, Blattränder kaum fleckig. Textseiten mit Abklatsch der gegenüberliegenden Abbildung. Gutes bis sehr gutes Exemplar. First american edition. English language edition. With the calender of 1898 on 2 pages and 12 color lithographs after the woodcuts by William Nicholson, one scene for each month: hunting, coursing, racing, boating, fishing, cricket, archery, coaching [carriage driving], shooting, golf, boxing and [ice] skating. Original illustrated cloth binding. Cover lightly spotted and lightly rubbed, rubbed stronger at the margins. 2 inner folds with several small tears. Sheets darkened, rarely spotted at the margins. Text sheets with a poor copy (darker shadow) of the image on the opposite. Nearly fine copy. Sprache: englisch.

Seller: Antiquariat Lenzen, Düsseldorf, Germany

Kipling, Rudyard, William Nicholson. AN ALMANAC OF TWELVE SPORTS. R. H. Russell 1898 [1897], New York, 1898.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Description: First U.S. edition. Published in 1897 with title page dated 1898 per Richards A106. Two-page calendar for 1898 followed by twelve color woodblocks by Nicholson--one for each month of the year--with verses by Kipling on opposing pages. Each month illustrates a different sport: "Hunting," "Racing," "Boating," "Fishing," "Skating," "Boxing," "Golf," "Shooting," "Archery," etc. Quarto tan, illustrated paper boards backed with plain brown cloth; unpaginated, Overall rubbing and light soiling to binding with loss at spine ends and corners revealing boards. Still good or better with interior bright, free from foxing and showing just a few small scattered stains.

Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.

KIPLING, Rudyard. An Almanac of Twelve Sports. R.H. Russell, New York, 1898.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Description: Illustrated with 12 colored plates after woodcuts by William Nicholson, with text in facing pages. Thin folio pictorial boards (well-worn at edges and with some soiling and light penciling on covers; contemporary gift inscription on front endpaper). New York: R.H. Russell, 1898. First American edition. Overall a very good(-) copy. All the plates are in clean condition, with some offset to the opposite text pages, as usual. There is one rather large purplish stain on Horse Racing text page (the rear of Dog Coursing plate) but images are un-effected.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

(Nicholson, William) Kipling, Rudyard. An Almanac of Twelve Sports with words by Rudyard Kipling. R. H. Russell, New York, 1898.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Description: First American edition. Illustrated with 12 colored lithographs after Nicholson's hand-colored woodblocks, one for each month. 1 vols. Thin 4to. This Nicholson gem which, along with his LONDON TYPES and TWELVE PORTRAITS, represents the summit of Nicholson's art in this medium. The twelve sports, one for each month, are: Hunting (January), Coursing (February), Racing (March), Boating (April), Fishing (May), Cricket (June), Archery (July), Coaching (August), Shooting (September), Golf (October), Boxing (November) and Skating (December), each accompanied by a whimsical verse by Kipling. Campbell, William Nicholson: The Graphic Work33c (and pp. 44-54); Livingston 145; Grolier, Kipling p. 5 Buff pictorial paper boards, linen cloth spine. Very good copy Illustrated with 12 colored lithographs after Nicholson's hand-colored woodblocks, one for each month. 1 vols. Thin 4to

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.