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Price: US$44.83 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A wonderful two volume set containing early editions of some of Kipling's works, those being 'Soldiers Three', and 'Plain Tales from the Hills', in the publisher's original cloth binding. Early impressions of these Macmillan editions.Two volume set in the original cloth binding.This is a wonderful collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling, published between 1891 and 1898 by Macmillan and Co. This set contains 'Plain Tales from the Hills' as well as 'Soldiers Three, The Story of the Gadsbys, and In Black and White'.This is the third edition of 'Plain Tales from the Hills' (1891), containing a selection of short stories that appeared in the 'Civil and Military Gazette' between 1885 and 1887. This was Kipling's first collection of prose, containing stories with a 'deceptively simple narrative style'. Most of the stories are set in the Hill Station of Simla, and contains works such as 'Lispeth','Thrown Away', 'Miss Youghal's Sais', and 'Cupid's Arrows'.This is the third impression of 'Soldiers Three, The Story of the Gadsbys, and In Black and White' (1898), which contains three other collections of short stories by Kipling. These works were all published in 1888, and contains an assortment of characters including three soldiers named Learoyd, Mulvaney, and Otheris, as well as various Indian characters. These short stories were originally published in booklet form by A H Wheeler & Co's Indian Railway Library.Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, and poet who is particularly known for 'The Jungle Book'. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his literary works throughout his life.With six pages of publisher's adverts to the rear of 'Soldiers Three', and forty-one pages of adverts to the rear of 'Plain Tales'.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Minimal edge wear to the extremities, with light bumping to the head and tail of spine. Fading to spine, with wear along the raised bands of joints. A few marks to boards. Marks to rear pastedown and endpaper of 'Plain Tales'. Front endpaper to 'Soldiers Three' has been neatly excised from text. Internally, firmly bound. Binding is loosening towards the middle of 'Plain Tales'. Pages are very bright and clean throughout, with light age-toning to margins. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: Early Pirated Edition. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers printed in blue and green. 208 pp. Issued as Ivers American Series, No. 223. An early American edition, published at the height of Kiplings battle against American Piracies. The tale was first published in the USA by Lovell on 30 June 1890 as No. 4 in Lovell's Westminster Series; Ivers also published the pirated first book edition of Kipling's AMERICAN NOTES (American Series No. 230) and operated without the author's permission in publishing his works in America. Toning to text block, small chips at edges, neat ink name on upper cover. A Very Good Copy. Uncommon. Short Stories, written in dramatic form, consisting of eight short scenes. Originally issued separately in 1888 as no. 2 of the Indian Railway Library (A. H. Wheeler, Allahabad); later collected in Soldiers Three And Other Stories.
Seller: Thompson Rare Books - ABAC / ILAB, Hornby Island, BC, Canada
Price: US$93.18 + shipping
Description: Good set in original stiff card wrappers with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; three issues. Contents; Soldiers Three by Rudyard Kipling ; Wee Willie Winkie and other stories by Rudyard Kipling ; The Story of the Cadsbys by Rudyard Kipling. Subjects; Rudyard Kipling. A.H. Wheeler & Co. Indian Railway Library. Short Stories. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Kipling Rudyard. SOLDIERS THREE. Sampson Low, Marston & Company Ltd, London, 1891.
Price: US$96.06 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This is the edition published for A.H.Wheeler & Co's Indian Railway library still with it's green paper covers, bound with "Under The Deodars" . There is a half inch section missing from the leather at the top of the spine, and the rear board is loose.
Seller: Don Kelly Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$112.00 + shipping
Description: Good set in original stiff card wrappers with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; three issues. Contents; Soldiers Three by Rudyard Kipling ; Wee Willie Winkie and other stories by Rudyard Kipling ; The Story of the Cadsbys by Rudyard Kipling. Subjects; Rudyard Kipling. A.H. Wheeler & Co. Indian Railway Library. Short Stories. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is 3 issues of the Indian Railway Series re-bound in early 20th Century plum cloth, edges slightly rubbed. First, third & first edition, 85; 93; 96 pages. Binder's stamp of Sim, Harvey & Co. Glasgow. Photos on request.
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.