Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Kipling, Rudyard. Life's Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People. Macmillan 1891 London, 1891.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Description: Good plus or better, light general wear, corners bumped. Cloth Pages browned. Many weak or split hinges, binding shaken. Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:11:08 PM 52pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Prev owner's bookplate inside front cover, blacked-out name on front endpaper.
Seller: Prairie Archives, Springfield, IL, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard:. Life's Handicap, being Stories of mine own People.. London: Macmillan, 1891.
Price: US$12.72 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: xvi 351p plus 45p publisher's catalogue, blue cloth with gilt decorative bands, bright text, clean pages with rough cut edges, a little movement in the spine, a good copy Language: English
Seller: Plurabelle Books Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Kipling, Rudyard. Life's Handicap being stories of Mine Own People;. London, Macmillan, 1891;, 1891.
Price: US$12.72 + shipping
Description: Reprint, September (1st impression was August 1891) . Hardback. Good+/ No dj. 352pp with dark green endpapers. Navy boards with band of gilt decorationn across the top, title on spine. " I met a hundred men on the road to Delhi and they were all my brothers." Native proverb.
Seller: Wheen O' Books, Selkirk, United Kingdom
Rudyard Kipling. Life's handicap being stories of mine own people. MacMillan and Co., London, 1891.
Price: US$13.17 + shipping
Description: INGLESE Adesivo ex libris The Reverend William Charles Eppstein 1898 al risguardo anteriore, distacco e colla tra guardia e risguardo ant., firma appartenenza ed abrasione all'occhiello, pagine leggermente ingiallite, con sporadica fioritura e qualche impronta ai margini, legatura allentata, rilegatura in tutta tela editoriale, blu con titoli d'oro, con qualche macchia, usura ai bordi ed alle punte, dorso scolorito, con danni alle cerniere al piede ed alla cima. Numero pagine 351+55
Seller: Biblioteca di Babele, Tarquinia, VT, Italy
KIPLING, Rudyard.:. Life's Handicap. Being Stories of Mine Own People.. London: Macmillan, 1891.
Price: US$14.63 + shipping
Description: 1st. Edn. pp.xvi, 352pp. plus 55pp. publisher's catalogue. In the original dark blue cloth. Gilt lettered and decorated spine. Gilt decorated front board. Some slight marking of boards. Slight wear to head and tail of spine. a little internal soiling. A good plus to near very good hardback copy.
Seller: Richard Roberts Bookseller., KILMARNOCK, United Kingdom
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: October 1891; 2nd printing. Olive and light green cloth over boards; front cover and spine gilt stamped with titles and with garlands surrounding books design in light brown. Clean, lightly scuffed covers and spine; some rubbing at spine ends - not split or frayed; tightly bound; front hinge has been reglued at end papers; clean interior. 12mo, 351 pp.
Seller: Lee Madden, Book Dealer, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard,. Life's Handicap, being stories of mine own people.. London: Macmillan & Co, 1891.
Price: US$17.71 + shipping
Description: xvi, 351[1] pp, 55[1] page publishers catalogue. Original pebble grained navy cloth gilt. 20 cm x 14 cm. Spine discoloured, wear with loss to spine tips & corners, rubbing to joints & board edges, front board starting to pull but holding firm, contents lightly age browned.
Seller: John Turton, Crook, United Kingdom
Price: US$29.90 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xvi, 352pp; (55), blue cloth worn at spine ends, title and decoration in gilt, corners a tad rubbed, previous owner's inscription to half title page.; 190 x 130mm
Seller: M. & A. Simper Bookbinders & Booksellers, WARRNAMBOOL, VIC, Australia
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: xvi, 352 pp. plus pub. cat. 8vo, publisher's blue cloth. First edition. Rear hinge cracked and front hinge half-cracked (underlying structure still sound); cloth a little rubbed at extremities; ole ink ownership signature.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Rudyard Kipling. Life's Handicap Being Stories of Mine Own People. Macmillan and Co, London, 1891.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition in North America: lacking 'October' on the copyright page. 5 x 7.25in. xiii. 351pp. [8pp. ads]. Publisher's cloth boards with stamped and gilt titling and decoration. FAIR. Shows shelf rubbing of the edges and corners, spine with scuffing and abrasions, former owner name dated 1891 on the front endpaper, front and back hinge have been reglued, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain distinct. As pictured.
Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard.. Life's Handicap Being Stories of Mine Own People.. London: Macmillan., 1891.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. 8vo. 351 pp., plus 55-page catalogue at rear. Good in blue cloth, spine slanted, ex-libris John Ruyle label within, with his notes in pencil on end paper, front hinge a little weak, corners bumped.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
KIPLING, Rudyard. Lifes Handicap - Being Stories of Mine Own People. Macmillan & Co, London, 1891.
Price: US$38.16 + shipping
Description: Thick 8vo in blind and gilt embossed blue cloth, 351pp + 55pp publishers ads at rear dated May 1891 (making this the first issue) CONDITION: VERY GOOD, a clean and tight copy (thin sliver of wear to bottom edge of spine, bottom cover corner tips bumped and a little creased, name on front paste-down end-paper and half title leaf with an elegant private bookplate on the front paste-down end-paper, page-block edges slightly tanned and faintly dusty) ] ._ ._We Ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS
Seller: David Bunnett Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Two-tone olive cloth binding rubbed at extremities; some pale spotting & smudging to boards; hinges & a few points in textblock cracked; owner's name inked on front paste-down; a few leaves bent at corner, edges chipped; leaf edges, endpapers foxed, else a nice copy. No dj. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 351 pages
Seller: Hyde Brothers, Booksellers, Fort Wayne, IN, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. Life's Handicap. Macmillan, London, 1891.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 351 pp., Bound in pebbled red cloth; publisher's logo gilt-stamped on front cover and blindstamped on rear; spine darkened. Eight undated pages of publisher's ads following the text.
Seller: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: Red cloth. 351pp + 8pp of ads. Spine somewhat darkened, minor hand-soiling to the binding, a little pinhole-size bugging to the front joint, slight spine slant--a tight, internally unmarked, VG copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: D. Richards, Bookman, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Rudyard Kipling. Life's Handicap. MacMillan, London, 1891.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edit, 1st imp, hbk, pub by Macmillan, vg book, no names or inscriptions, tightly bound, some minor foxing of eps, 55 page book catalogue bound in, rear board faded, slight cant, no DJ, this English first edition preceded its U. S. Counterpart, which was published one month later and this has sixteen additional stories and one poem more than US edit; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
Kipling, Rudyard. Life's Handicap Being Stories of Mine Own People. Macmillan and Co. London, 1891.
Price: US$63.60 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, blue publisher s cloth, with gilt decoration to front cover and spine 8vo., xvi., 351,[55], pp., dark endpapers. Publishers catalogue to rear, 55pp. Bookplate of The Hon. Richard Moreton to front pastedown. W.H Smith blind stamp and previous owner s signature G.H.G. Martin to flyleaf and Moreton Crookshaw House written on half-title.
Seller: Celsus Books, PBFA., London, United Kingdom
KIPLING, Rudyard. Life's Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People. Macmillan and Co, London, 1891.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. Octavo. Original two toned green cloth with gilt lettering on close and black stamped designs, gilt lettering with black stamped design on spine. A collection of short stories with ads prices in back. Very good, light shelf wear, dent at top of back coverfront hinge cracked on first free page about an inch on the top and the bottom, pages clean.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
KIPLING, Rudyard. LIFE'S HANDICAP: Being Stories of Mine Own People. London Macmillan 1891, 1891.
Price: US$73.78 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION 8vo. hardback, rebound by Zaehnsdorf in half red morocco,raised bands, decorative gilt to spine and marbled boards, with original cloth front cover and spine preserved and bound-in at end. Marbled endpapers. t.e.g. xvi, 352pp. Previous owner's engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Pencil bookseller's notes to verso of ffep. Light foxing to prelims. Very slight rubbing to spine edges and slight scuffing to marbled boards. A GOOD+ COPY. (Shelf 2) Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.
Seller: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London & New York: Macmillan, 1891. This collection contains Kipling's supernatural tale, "The Mark of the Beast." A Very Good copy of the First Edition. Blue cloth binding (now a blue/green on the spine), ruled, and with gilt decorations on the front cover and spine. Clean text; 352 pages, with an extensive list (55 pages, as of May 1891) of the publisher's other offerings in the rear; pages are rough-cut. There is a lean, corners are bumped: the front gutter has cracked but is holding well. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard.. Life's Handicap Being Stories of Mine Own People.. London: Macmillan., 1891.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First American ed. 8vo. 351 pp., [8] pp. of ads in rear. Very good in olive cloth, prev. owner's inscription and ex-libris John Ruyle label within, in clear protective mylar jacket.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. Life's Handicap. Macmillan and Co., London, 1891.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good plus, first edition book, no dust jacket. Bright red cloth covered boards with publisher's logo stamped in gilt on the front panel, blind-stamped on the back panel, and gilt lettering and graphics on the spine. Front and back boards also have blind-stamped vertical borders along the upper and lower edges. Boards are clean in general with only a few light stains and scuffs. Spine is sunned. Edges at head and tail of board spine are crimped and with small vertical closed tears in the center and at the corners. Eight undated pages of ads at the back. Pages are lightly age-toned. Internally clean and with snug text block. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
KIPLING, Rudyard. LIFE'S HANDICAP; Being stories of mine own people. Macmillan, London, 1891.
Price: US$97.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 351. Red cloth, stamped in gilt. Cover ilittle worn at corners and ends of spine, one hinge near tender, o/w VG. Volumes under this title were published by Macmillan & Co. both in London and New York in 1891 [this being the somewhat earlier American edition]. They contain all the stories in MINE OWN PEOPLE, 1891, with the exception of 'A Conference of the Powers,' together with sixteen additional stories and one poem." - Stewart 99; Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 955. Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 541. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 306. Bleiler (1978), p. 115. A series of short stories including a number that are supernatural.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Octavo half green decorated cloth and olive paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt and olive. A light scuff at the upper spine, else a fine copy in the publisher's second issue binding.
Seller: The Literary Lion,Ltd., Thousand Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt on front and spine. A little cocked and cover shows edgewear, still a good to very good copy.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. Life's Handicap. Macmillan and Co. Limited, London and New York, 1891.
Price: US$129.19 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Life's Handicap, Being Stories of Mine Own People, First English Edition, red cloth, 352 pages plus 6 pages of ads in rear of book. There are stories in this volume appearing for the first time. They include The Finances of the Gods, The Limitations of Pambe Serang, The City of Dreadful Night, and others.
Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. LIFE'S HANDICAP Being Stories of Mine Own People. MacMillan, London, 1891.
Price: US$148.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Spine cocked. Binding not tight ; short stories; 8vo; 351 pages
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Kipling's collection of short stories on the British in India. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt. In very good condition. English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901) and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India, which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Kipling's collection of short stories on the British in India. Octavo, original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In good condition. Ownership inscription. English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901) and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India, which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First U.S. edition with imprint of New York printer at base of copyright page. First issue sheets without "October" on copyright page; in second issue binding [Richards A58]. Short stories and a poem. 8vo half light-olive cloth stamped in gilt and black, dark-olive cloth lettered in gilt on front; 351 pages plus 8-page publisher's catalog; top edge olive. Light soiling, spine a little darkened spine ends rubbed, otherwise very good.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
KIPLING, Rudyard. LIFE'S HANDICAP, BEING STORIES OF MINE OWN PEOPLE. , 1891.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: KIPLING, Rudyard. LIFE'S HANDICAP, BEING STORIES OF MINE OWN PEOPLE. London: MacMillan and Co., 1891. First edition. Octavo. xvi,351,[1] pp., +[6] pp. ads. for MacMillan, NY. Red cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine and publsiher's device to upper board. Binding is lightly sunned and damp-spotted, with some rubbing at heel,crown and joints, and the upper board shows light general soiling. Quite clean within, but for light spotting in top margin of a few leaves, and a bit overopened near the center. Nonetheless, it is a solid copy whose overall condition is very good plus. (Stewart 99).
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
KIPLING, Rudyard.. Life's Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People. Macmillan & CO., London, 1891.
Price: US$540.61 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo. 20th-century burgundy calf by Bayntun, Bath, five raised bands to spine, titles to orange and green spine labels, gilt tooling in compartments, covers bordered with a double gilt fillet, elaborate decoration to board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Small sticker to front endpaper. Cover minor rubbed. A near fine copy.
Seller: Michal Sawka Books, LONDON, United Kingdom
KIPLING, Rudyard. Life's Handicap; Being Stories of Mine Own People. Macmillan, London, 1891.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 352pp., 55pp. ads. Thick 8vo, artfully bound in dark olive green morocco; gilt-lettered spine with raised bands & floral devices stamped in gilt and red on covers and spine; original wrappers bound-in at rear. Inner dentelles, uncut edges, t.e.g. London: Macmillan and Co., 1891. First edition. Near fine.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., inscribed by Kipling on the title-page "A. P. Watt from Rudyard Kipling Aug : 91", bound in the publisher's original gilt stamped blue cloth, engraved bookplate of A. P. Watt to front pastedown, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, internally clean and bright, A VERY GOOD COPY. From the library of A. P. Watt, literary agent to Rudyard Kipling.
Seller: D&D Galleries - ABAA, Somerville, NJ, U.S.A.