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Seller: Books@Ruawai, Kaipara District, New Zealand
Kipling, Rudyard. Under the Deodars. A. H. Wheeler & Co., Allahabad, 1889.
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Seller: Books@Ruawai, Kaipara District, New Zealand
Price: US$64.13 + shipping
Description: , 96 pages, original illustrated wraps by John Lockwood Kipling Second edition , spine and edges of wraps chipped with some loss, name stamp to top of front cover, covers marked, pages clean, good condition , printed paper wraps , octavo, 22cm x 15 cm Paperback ISBN:
Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom
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Condition: Very Good
Description: iv, 100pp. Indian Railway Library No. 2. Original printed pictorial pale green wrappers. Bound in modern plain grey boards. Wrappers are a little spotted. Internally, pages have occasional light foxing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: N. G. Lawrie Books, sheffield, United Kingdom
Rudyard Kipling. Soldiers Three. A.H. Wheeler & Co. No. 1 1889, 1889.
Price: US$86.59 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: A.H. Wheeler & Co. No. 1 , Indian Railway Library softcover, Third Edition 1889 - poor but largely intact in original binding/wrapper, front cover has some loss to edges, rear cover has 4x2 cm portion missing from top edges, one third top portion missing from dedication page
Seller: ivanpavlovitch, East Hoathly, United Kingdom
Kipling, Rudyard. The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales. A.H. Wheeler & Co. Allahabad, 1889.
Price: US$178.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A. H. Wheeler & Co. Indian Railway Library, Allahabad, India, 1889. No 5 in the Indian Railway Library. Stated Second Edition. The soft hardcovers in grey-green card covers are consistent with Kiplings plan with the publisher A.H. Wheeler, which dominated railways station bookstalls, to offer inexpensive reading materials to railway passengers. Typically the works had already been published in other Indian periodicals for which Kipling wrote, front matter notes Reprinted In Chief From The Weeks News Reportedly the initiative was a fund raiser by Kipling so he could return to England; original price was one rupee. Title to front board in gilt The Phantom Rickshaw &c. Boards show some mild blistering, as if from light water damage, but there is no penetration to paste-downs, text block is clean, binding is square and tight, pages flow freely, fore-edge is marbled, light pencil markings of prior seller and prior owners name on title page Rhoda Morris over has damaged corners, the back part is included but has become detached. The text is very good. Included "My Own True Ghost Story", "The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes", and the "The Man Who Would Be King
Seller: Douglas Park Media, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. Kipling's Indian Tales. H.M. Caldwell Company, 1889.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ornate cloth hardcover "Oriental edition" with original illustrations by L.J. Bridgman and others, some wear to edges
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$513.07 + shipping
Description: A decorative anthology of five of Rudyard Kipling's noted short stories in half morocco binding with marbled paper boards. Presenting this collection of short stories by noted English author Rudyard Kipling. This anthology includes:Soldiers Three (3rd edition)In Black and White (1st edition)Under the Deodars (1st edition)The Phantom Rickshaw (2nd edition)Wee Willie Winkie (2nd edition)In a Birdsall of Northampton binding, with their binder's stamp to the verso of front endpaper.Rudyard Kipling is most famous for The Jungle Book, which was adapted into a film by Walt Disney Pictures in 1967. Kipling is known for his short stories, many of which are included in this anthology of his work.Former owner's bookplate to the verso of front endpaper.This copy was previously housed in the Shropshire County Library with their stamp to the verso of 'Soldiers Three' title page. In half morocco binding with marbled paper board covers. Externally, smart with some rubbing to the extremities and raised bands. Previous owner's bookplate to the verso of front endpaper, 'Freeth' surname and family crest. Bibliographic notes in pencil to the recto of front free-endpaper. Internally, firmly bound and pages bright and clean. Shropshire Library stamp to the verso of 'Soldiers Three' title page. Inscription on dedication page for 'Soldiers Three' and on title page for 'Phantom Rickshaw' and 'Wee Willie Winkie' - 'Mari, Donaldson Hudson. May 1890'. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$564.38 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Two anthologies of short stories by Rudyard Kipling bound in one volume, both published in the 'Indian Railway Library' series. From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son, literary agent of Rudyard Kipling.Two short story anthologies bound in one volume, both of which were published in A. H. Wheeler & Co."s Indian Railway Library, being Numbers 3 and 4 of the series.Original wraps are bound in.'Under the Deodars' is the second edition.Two anthologies by Rudyard Kipling, containing entertaining stories by the beloved author.'In Black and White' contains a total of eight stories, including 'Dray Wara Yow Dee', 'At Twenty-Two', 'The Sending of Dana Da', and more.'Under the Deodars' contains a total of six stories, including 'The Education of Otis Yeere', 'A Wayside Comedy', 'The Hill of Illusion', and more.Bookplate of Geoffrey Ford to the front paste down.Two pages of adverts to the rear of 'Under the Deodars'.Collated, complete. Rebound in a cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light rubbing and a few minor marks to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Hinges are starting but firm. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright with the occasional handling mark. Front wrap and title page of 'In Black and White' are detached but present. Ink inscription to the title page of 'In Black and White'. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
KIPLING Rudyard. Under the Deodars. , 1889.
Price: US$606.07 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo., original pictorial wrappers by the author's father, John Lockwood Kipling, fine half red straight-grained morocco slipcase. A.H. Wheeler & Co, Allahabad. About half the spine missing, otherwise a very attractive copy of the first issue, with no loss to the covers. Richards A17. .
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1026.14 + shipping
Description: No 5 in the Indian Railway Library. We believe this to be the First edition but Second printing. The rather delicate soft cover has damaged corners, the back part is included but has become detached. The text is very good. Included "my Own True ghost story", "The Strange Ride of Morowbie Jukes", and the "The man who would be King".
Seller: Black Box Books, ASHFORD, United Kingdom