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Kipling, Rudyard. The Second Jungle Book. New York, NY: The Century Co. 1897, 1897.
Price: US$55.15 + shipping
Description: Very good illustrated sage green cloth boards, gilt lettering to front board with black picture of an elephant, gilt lettering to spine slightly faded, with black animals in between, pale blob-like stain to back board, faint inscription of previous owner dated 1898 to front endpaper, 324 pages, 'decorated by John Lockwood Kipling. ' A very good neat and tight copy.
Seller: Horsham Rare Books, Horsham, United Kingdom
Rudyard Kipling. The Second Jungle Book. The Century Company, 1897.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Early (not numbered) printing of this, the first edition, first published in 1895 with two variant bindings. Illustrated by John Lockwood Kipling. Heavy wear around the edges of covers including bumped/frayed corners and spine ends. Apparent liquid stain to bottom 1/3 of spine wrap and along bottom edge of rear board. Previous owners' inscriptions on front endpaper. Hinges cracked and half title page completely separated from binding. Very loose binding and several instances of split binding throughout book. Tanning pages with some blemishes around the edges from handling. Smells faintly of smoke.
Seller: Sparrow's Bookshop, IOBA, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book. The Century Company, New York, 1897.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Later printing (thirty-fifth thousand - with year 1897 on title page) clean decorated American trade binding. Clean green cloth boards with black elephant on cover, blind-stamped border; various animals on spine, gold lettering on cover and spine; jungle cat and blind-stamped border on rear cover. No bumpiing or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. gilt top page edges. Very small dent to fore-edge of front board - no breakage to cloth. Previous owner name neatly penned on front free endpaper. Illustrations throughout. 303 pages.
Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.
Rudyard Kipling. The Seven Seas & The Five Nations. Methuen & Co. 1897-1903, London, 1897.
Price: US$173.16 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two smartly bound volume of poetry from Rudyard Kipling, the first edition of The Five Nations. Two volumes. Written by Rudyard Kipling, an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist, best known for his novel The Jungle Book. This set includes: The Seven Seas, 1897. Third edition. Originally published in 1896. A collection of poetry, with titles including "Hymn Before Action", "In the Neolithic Age", "The Lost Legion", "The Mary Gloster", and "McAndrew's Hymn". The Five Nations, 1903. First edition. With the issue point of 'David' to page 56 line 9 (that was later changed to 'Saul'), but lacking the publisher's advertisements dated 'July 1903'. This work is split into two sections: the first covering a wide range of subjects and the second section entitled "Service Songs" containing poems about British soldiers at the turn of the twentieth century. Bound in half red calf with patterned boards. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpapers dated 1904. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$214.29 + shipping
Description: Worn set bound in blind-bordered and gilt-decorated cloth with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 20 volumes. Contents; Volume 1. Plain tales from the hills -- v. 2-3. Soldiers three and military tales -- v. 4. In black and white -- v. 5. The phantom 'rickshaw and other stories -- v. 6. Under the deodars ; The story of the Gadsbys ; Wee Willie Winkle -- v. 7. The jungle book -- v. 8. The second jungle book -- v. 9. The light that failed -- v. 10. The naulahka : a story of West and East / written in collaboration with Wolcott Balestier -- v. 11. Verses, (1889-1896) -- v. 12. "Captains courageous," a story of the Grand banks -- v. 13-14. The day's work. -- v. 15-16. From sea to sea : letters of travel -- v. 17. Early verse -- v. 18. Stalky & co. -- v. 19. Kim ; v. 25. Rewards and fairies. Subjects; Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936). Writings in prose. Writings in verse. 19th - 20th century writings. 20 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$244.00 + shipping
Description: Worn set bound in blind-bordered and gilt-decorated cloth with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 20 volumes. Contents; Volume 1. Plain tales from the hills -- v. 2-3. Soldiers three and military tales -- v. 4. In black and white -- v. 5. The phantom 'rickshaw and other stories -- v. 6. Under the deodars ; The story of the Gadsbys ; Wee Willie Winkle -- v. 7. The jungle book -- v. 8. The second jungle book -- v. 9. The light that failed -- v. 10. The naulahka : a story of West and East / written in collaboration with Wolcott Balestier -- v. 11. Verses, (1889-1896) -- v. 12. "Captains courageous," a story of the Grand banks -- v. 13-14. The day's work. -- v. 15-16. From sea to sea : letters of travel -- v. 17. Early verse -- v. 18. Stalky & co. -- v. 19. Kim ; v. 25. Rewards and fairies. Subjects; Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936). Writings in prose. Writings in verse. 19th - 20th century writings. 20 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Two Volumes. American Editions. The Jungle Book, originally published in 1894, this is the 1897 printing. 303pp. Green cloth, gilt titles and animal motifs, top edge gilt, illustrations in text and frontispiece. The Second Jungle Book, originally published in 1895, this is the 1899 printing. 324pp. Green cloth, gilt titles with animal motifs in black, top edge gilt, illustrations in text. An extraordinarily nice set, clean, unworn, and bright. Q18819
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.