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Kipling, Rudyard. Thy Servant A Dog" Told by Boots.. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., Garden City, 1930.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of Kipling's beloved children's classic, as told by Boots the dog. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Marguerite Kirmse, frontispiece. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. 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.

Kipling, Rudyard. “Thy Servant A Dog” Told by Boots.. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, New York, 1930.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of Kipling’s beloved children’s classic, as told by Boots the dog. Octavo, rebound in new boards with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, illustrated by Marguerite Kirmse, frontispiece. Near fine in a custom slipcase. 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.

Kipling, Rudyard. Poems 1886-1929 by Rudyard Kipling [3 volumes]. Doubleday, Doran, 1930.

Price: US$700.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Copy #193 of 537 numbered sets signed by Rudyard Kipling in Volume I. 3 volumes, complete as issued. Bound in the original white boards stamped in gilt, ribbon corners and bands on covers, top edges gilt (bindings hand rubbing, soiling, stains, and spine of volume I has crackings and splits to hinges).

Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.

Kipling, Rudyard [signed limited edition]. Poems 1886-1929 [3 volume set. Limited edition. signed by Kipling]. Doubleday, Doran & Company. New York. 1930, 1930.

Price: US$800.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Oversized, three volume set. Each bound in ivory white cloth with faded red title labels on the spine. Tiny red corners and thin vertical red band on the covers. Gold stamped on the front cover with circular emblem containing elephant and swastika. Some fading at the edges of the boards and on the spine. Very faint high tide line at bottom half-inch of front cover of the first volumes. A limited edition of 537 sets, of which this is number 76. Signed by Rudyard Kipling on the limitation page of the first volumes. Volumes 2 and 3 have their original, plain paper, dustjackets - faded and tattered at the edges - but scarce in any condition. Volume 1 has only a single, cover-sized, remnant of its DJ. 395 pages in volume 1. 367 pages in volume 2. 354 in volumes 3. All bindings good and tight and attractive. Pages clean, unmarked, unfaded. Each measures 8 x 11 inches. Extra shipping will be required, since it's a heavy set. Please email with questions or to request photos.

Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.

Kipling, Rudyard.. POEMS, 1886 - 1929 [three volumes, signed, limited].. Doubleday, Doran and Co: Garden City, NY, 1930.

Price: US$862.50 + shipping

Description: 3 volumes. Facsimile frontis in volume one, 11 x 8, gilt decorated parchment, 395 pp, 367 pp, 354 pp with glossary, covers rubbed and heavily spotted, extremities bumped and fraying, some outer hinges cracking, spines quite darkened, ink inscriptions inside each from former owners, edges of text blocks browned, some damping to corners. LIMITED TO 537 NUMBERED SETS, SIGNED BY RUDYARD KIPLING in first volume.

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Kipling, Rudyard. Poems, 1886-1929 (3 Volume Set). Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1930.

Price: US$900.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 3 Volume Set, 4to. "This edition, printed from type that has now been distributed, is limited to five hundred and thirty-seven sets. Twelve of these are for presentation. The first volume of each of the remaining five hundred and twenty-five numbered sets is signed by the author." This is set number 114. Signed by Rudyard Kipling in black ink. Volume One includes a facsimile page opposite the title page of Rudyard Kipling's handwriting within the manuscript of "The Thousandth Man," limited to the copies of this edition of poems. Separated by bounded tissue. Light tan cloth boards with light brown title boxes along spines. Gold-embossed design of an elephant holding a flower with a swastika near its head on all three volume front covers. Many page leafs remain uncut. Shelfwear: light scuffing along cover edges, heavy spine tanning to all volumes, heavy smudge and scuff marks to front and back covers, light fading to covers. Light foxing to page edges, inside front and back covers and front and back free endpapers. Volume One is missing a small piece from the top of the spine. All three volumes are tightly bound with very clean and crisp pages. No marks. Overall, volumes are in Good condition.

Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Rudyard Kipling. Poems 1886-1929. Doubleday, Doran, & Company, New York, 1930.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Description: Stated First Edition: "Printed from type that has now been distributed, is limited to five hundred and thirty-seven sets. Twelve of these are for presentation. The first volume of each of the remaining five hundred and twenty-five numbered sets is signed by the author." This copy is No. 227 and signed by the author on the limitation page. 8 x 10.5in. xviii. 395pp. xxii. 367pp. xxi. 354pp. Publisher's paper-covered boards with gilt emblem and ruling. Edges rough cut. All 3 volumes are in VERY GOOD condition in Good dust jackets protected in removable archival covers. The books themselves show marginal shelf rubbing of the bottom edges and corners, spines ever so slightly toned, otherwise the bindings are strong and tight, the texts are clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. The fragile dust jackets show the spines tanned and chipped somewhat, marginal loss along the edges, otherwise distinct. As pictured.

Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.

Kipling, Rudyard. POEMS 1886-1929 (Complete in 3 volumes). (SIGNED). Doubleday, Doran & Company, Garden City, New York, 1930.

Price: US$1350.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 3 volumes. Limited to 525 copies, signed and numbered. 4to., [vol.1] xviii, 395; [vol.2] xxii, 367; [vol.3] xxi, 354pp. Bound in paper vellum over boards. Title in gilt on red paper label on spine. Gilt elephant decoration on front boards. t.e.g. Plain paper dust wrappers, with title on spines in red ink. The dw's spines are browned a bit, and sun faded. Small loss to the dw's spine, at the head and tail. Volumes2 & 3 have some minor soiling on the spine's vellum. Text block untrimmed and unopened. SIGNED by Kipling on the limitation page of volume 1. A NEar Fine set in good dw's. *** This set numbered 32. Note: Only volume 1 is signed and numbered, as usual. ***.

Seller: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.

Kipling, Rudyard.. Poems 1886-1927 [3 Vols.].. Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., Garden City, 1930.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Limited Edition. #442/535 copies, Numbered and SIGNED on the preliminary colophon of the first volume. A Fine set, printed on large paper, bound in cream paper vellum covered boards, red vertical striping and board tips, top edges gilt, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, with elephant/swastika motif on front boards. Though lacking dustwrappers, this set is in miraculous condition, with virtually no wear. Volume I: Departmental Ditties, Barack-Room Ballads, The Seven Seas, preceded by Index. 395pp. Volume II: The Five Nations, Songs from Books, preceded by Index. 367pp. Volume III: Verses from Sea Warfare, The Years Between, The Muse Among the Motors, Verses from A History of England, Verses from A Diversity of Creatures, Verses from Land and Sea Tales, Verses from Debits and Credits, Verses from Inclusive Verse, preceded by Index. 354pp. with Glossary at end. A gorgeous set. Q10400

Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.

Rudyard Kipling. Poems: 1886-1929: 3 Volume Set. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Garden City, NY, 1930.

Price: US$2450.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Signed, limited edition #35/525. Very good, clean, tight set. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.

Seller: 3rd St. Books, Springfield, MO, U.S.A.

Kipling, Rudyard. Poems 1886-1929. Doran and Company, Garden City, 1930.

Price: US$2700.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Poems 1886-1929 by Rudyard Kipling. Signed and limited edition in scarce dust jackets. This being number 157 of 525 copies. In 3 volumes. Signed and numbered on the limitation page. Publisher: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Garden City, 1930. First edition so stated on the copyright page. Vellum bindings. Bindings are in very good plus condition, toning to the spines, water stain to spine of volume one. Else no defects. Dust jackets complete and very good plus condition with printed label on each. Volume one with slight wear at the top of the spine, small chip at the bottom; same for volume two plus diagonal tear across bottom front corner (no lose) plus small triangular tear at bottom corner; volume 3 with V chip at top front spine corner and very small V chip a bottom of spine back. Overall a very attractive set of scarce jackets. Contents clean and bright. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #13-037. Price: $2,700. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng

Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.

Kipling, Rudyard. Poems 1886-1929. Doubleday, Doran & Co.,, NewYork,, 1930.

Price: US$2750.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: This in No. 264 of 537 copies. A beautiful set of Kipling's poems bound in the publishers full white vellum, red paper labels and elephant and swastika seal on front boards, fore-edge untrimmed, t.e.g. SIGNED BY KIPLING on the limitation page. A few small spots to the boards otherwise an exceedingly clean, bright and fresh set. Size: 4to.

Seller: Quaker Hill Books, Redding, CT, U.S.A.

KIPLING, Rudyard.. Poems 1886-1929.. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1930, 1930.

Price: US$3898.64 + shipping

Description: First US signed limited edition, number 325 of 525 sets signed and numbered by the author in the first volume. Beautifully printed on handmade paper, this edition is notably scarce in the dust jackets. It was preceded by the London signed limited edition, published the previous year. Richards A396; Stewart 575. 3 volumes, quarto. Original japon, red paper spine labels lettered and framed in gilt, vignette design to front covers in gilt, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. With dust jackets. Facsimile of Kipling's manuscript for "The Thousandth Man" printed as frontispiece to vol. I, with tissue guard. Title pages printed in red and black. Spine ends bumped, hint of foxing to edges of boards, corresponding spots to extremities of jackets, a little rubbed, a few tiny marks and nicks, a couple of short closed tears, flaps without price as issued: a very good set in very good dust jackets.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom