Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pages are unmarked. Brown cloth with tan spine label. Book has light shelf wear, text block has yellowing. Otherwise this is an attractive copy, book has tight binding, clean pages, no major defects.
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.84 + shipping
Condition: Fair
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Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pages are unmarked. Brown cloth with tan spine label. Book has light shelf wear, text block has yellowing. Otherwise this is an attractive copy, book has tight binding, clean pages, no major defects.
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$22.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Brown cloth with tan spine label. Pages are unmarked. Book has light shelf wear, text block has yellowing. Otherwise this is an attractive copy, book has tight binding, clean pages, no major defects.
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$23.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pages are unmarked. Brown cloth with tan spine label. Book has light shelf wear, text block has yellowing. Otherwise this is an attractive copy, book has tight binding, clean pages, no major defects.
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. The Seven Seas. Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925.
Price: US$69.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Early Reprint Edition. No DJ. Very light shelf wear to the covers and spine; spine lettering lost. Prior owner's signature on the FFEP; otherwise, unmarked pages. This work has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing compares with owning a copy in an early original state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good
Seller: Ironwood Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: good unmarked copies
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: COLLECTIBLE - 1927 printing in 13 volumes - reading copy only - this book is damaged /worn /marked HARDCOVER Jumbo-sized.
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This 12 volume set of Rudyard Kipling's works is solid and tight. The top of the page edges is gilded. One volume has a dampstain on the front inside hinge bleeding on to the next 2 pages at their bottom edge and is on the rear inside hinge approximately 4". ( approximately 1.5" x 8" ). This volume has a light discoloration of the gilding ( 1.75" x 1.5" ). 2 of the volumes have a bumped corner.
Seller: Yesterday's Books, Richmond, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Thus. Twelve volumes of the 14 volume set. Missing- "The Light That Failed; Captain Courageous" and the last volume-"Around the world with Kipling{Biographical sketches of Kipling by five authors } The Kipling Index". With the exceptions of two volumes, ten volumes are in very good plus condition .The conditions of the twelve offered here are as follows, noting issues of concern,: "From Sea to Sea and Others Sketches, Letters of Travel" is in acceptable condition with the front hinge cracked and the text block exposed, but sound. A small photograph of Kipling ,left by a previous owner, has left tan offsetting on the title page. " Wee Willie Winkie. Life's Handicap" is in good condition with the front hinge cracked. All books are bound in fine maroon cloth with the titles on paper labels on the spine. The labels have faded. The bottom corner of "Puck of Pooks Corner" is rolled. Otherwise, the corners are sharp and the spine caps softened. Endpapers handsomely decorated with schooner and swatzika designs in white over maroon background. Kipling would later abandon the Hindu peace symbol with the rise of Nazism. In "Kim. The Nakula , a story of East and West" there is tan off-setting on the title page and its facing page. Otherwise pages in all 12 volumes are lightly age-toned, clean and unmarked. Kipling won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907, becoming the first English speaking to receive that honor. Please see all images. Too heavy to ship outside the United States.
Seller: Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$179.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925. Hardcover, no dust jackets. Book Condition: Most are VG but vol 9 has 50% per loss to spine. Thirteen volumes with paper labels all intact but faded. Maroon bindings with top edge gilt. Bindings generally sound, square. A complete set in thirteen volumes. Please email w/questions or to request picture(s); refer to our book inventory number. Free media mail shipping.
Seller: Streamside Books, Waterville, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st of this edition, complete in 13 volumes. 8 1/8 x 5 3/4. A Very Good Set. Maroon embossed cloth, printed paper labels on spine, top edges gilt. Endpapers same rich maroon color with decorations of swastikas and border rulings. The Swastika symbol means "well-being" in Sanskrit. The symbol has been used by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains for millenia. Kipling ordered the publication to cease the use of it once the Nazis started using it; this book predates that. Shipping extra charge, 22 lbs. From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches. Letters of Travel. Letters of Marque. Plain Tales from the Hills 1886-1887. Soldiers Three and Other Tales. Kim. The Naulahka. A Story of West and East. Songs from Books. The Years Between and Parodies. Just So Stories For Little Children. Stalky & Co. The Jungle Book. The Second Jungle Book. The Light That Failed. Captains Courageous. A Story of the Grand Banks. Puck of Pook's Hill. Rewards and Fairies. Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories. Life's Handicap. Traffics and Discoveries. Actions and Reactions. The Day's Work. Many Inventions. A Diversity of Creatures. Letters of Travel 1892-1913. Department Ditties: Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses. The Five Nations. The Seven Seas.
Seller: The Lantern, Bryn Mawr Bookshop Inc., Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 6 x 9 in. Finely bound in half deep blue morocco with blue cloth boards. Raised spine bands, gilt spine titles and decorations, gilt upper text block. Incomplete set, a sequential run from Vol. 6 - Vol. 13. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; the leather is supple and has no cracks or splits, all joints are excellent. Covers very clean except Vols 6,7, 10 and 13, which have some paler discolorations to the cloth only, Vol. 6 also has some pale stains to the leather of the covers, but not the spine. Bindings all tight and text spotless. A very handsome partial set. Fine Bindings, RGR.
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Rudyard Kipling. Songs for Youth. Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1925.
Price: US$250.14 + shipping
Description: A scarce, first edition of this selection of Rudyard Kipling's songs for children, with the exceedingly scarce dust wrapper. From the library of Kipling's literary Agent AP Watt. First edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth, with the original, unclipped, vanishingly scarce dust wrapper.Written by British poet, novelist and short story writer, Rudyard Kipling, who was best known for his novel 'The Jungle Book', as well as for his extensive poetry. This work is comprised of Kipling's poetry taken from his other collections, with the aim to select those poems most appropriate for young people. The collection features some of Kipling's well-known poems, such as 'The Ballad of the East and West' and 'If', but also contains some of his lesser-known verse, including 'Big Steamers' and 'The Way Through the Woods'. Illustrated with eight beautiful colour plates by Leo Bates. Collated, complete.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son, literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. Bound in the publisher's cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with a little bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. A touch of fading to the spine. Dust wrapper is smart, with light edgewear and the odd tear. Loss to the tail of the spine. Wraps are lightly soiled, with the odd mark and a little spotting to the reverse. Sunning to the spine of the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Eleven volumes of a thirteen volume set, missing Vol 13-16, each volume contains a pair of volumes. All are in their original dust jackets, which are soiled, shelf and edge wear, corners worn, spine on Vol 19-20, 2-4, 7-8, 11-12 have holes, Vol 17 has significant tears and chips, it's just good. Burgundy/purple cloth boards are clean and bright, minimal rubbing at extremities, Vol 9 has a small hole in the spine text block. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011
Seller: Ivy Ridge Books/Scott Cranin, Fayetteville, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Mandalay Edition, complete in 13 volumes. Octavo ¾ crimson morocco over red cloth-covered boards. Spines with three raised bands and a single gilt-decorated compartment. Gilt titles. Top edges gilt. A fine set.
Seller: The Literary Lion,Ltd., Thousand Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. Songs For Youth.. Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, NY, 1925.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition this selection of Kipling's songs for children. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations by Leo Bates. Boldly signed by Rudyard Kipling on the title page. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed. 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. THE WORKS. Doubleday, Page & Company 1925-26, New York, 1925.
Price: US$3900.00 + shipping
Description: 213 x 146 mm. (8 3/8 x 5 3/4"). 26 volumes bound in 14. Recent dark blue highly polished calf, covers with vaguely Art Deco gilt frame, raised bands decorated with stylized silver Greek key rolls, azure morocco labels, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Stewart, p. 575. âOne leaf with two-inch closed tear into text with no loss, isolated mild foxing or other trivial imperfections, but IN VERY FINE CONDITION, the text clean and fresh throughout, and the bindings as new. The is a pleasing deluxe set of the writings of one of Britain's best-known writers. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is most famous for his works portraying the lives of both natives and colonialists on the Indian subcontinent. An opponent of female suffrage and a staunch supporter of British imperialism, Kipling nonetheless had great sympathy for the traditions of India as well as the literary ability and desire to present it as a land of beauty and enchantment. He was born in Bombay, where his father ran a school of art, and he lived in India until the age of six. He was sent to school in England, but chose to return to the East at 18. His father had become director of the Lahore Museum in what is now Pakistan, and Rudyard became a journalist for the "Lahore Civil and Military Gazette." His first two collections of stories, "Plain Tales from the Hills" and "Soldiers Three," depict the lives of the British military in India; he proved to be a prolific author, writing novels, tales for children and adults, and many poems. Kipling's wife was American, and they lived for a time in Vermont, but from 1896 the couple settled in England. Among his many honors are a Nobel Prize (1907) and the Gold Medal of the Royal Society of Literature (1926), which had previously only been awarded to Scott, Meredith, and Hardy. According to Stewart, this edition was "printed from the types of volumes I-XXV of the Seven Seas edition," the deluxe set issued by Doubleday beginning in 1914. An additional volume, not found in the Seven Seas edition, is added here, a collection of biographical essays by various authors entitled "Around the World with Kipling." The recent unsigned bindings, probably American, are at least slightly adventurous in their design, especially in their mixing of gold and silver ornamentation. (They also no doubt cost more to execute than the price we're asking for the set.).
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.