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Rudyard Kipling. Limits and Renewals. Macmillan, 1932.
Price: US$12.88 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: *** BOOK in very good clean and tight condition. As with all the Kipling stock, this book was published before 1936, the year of the author's death. Maroon leatherette boards with gilt titling and decoration on spine and gilt Ganesha and Swastika roundel on front cover. Gilt top edge of textblock. Previous owner's discrete name on ffep. 400pp. Some edgewear to corners and spine ends. Silk bookmarker. ***CONTENTS: This collection of 14 short stories and 19 poems was Kipling's last fictional work, published in 1932 Size: 180x115mm
Seller: Salusbury Books, GLASGOW, United Kingdom
Kipling, Rudyard (Ed). Animal Stories. Macmillan & Co, London, 1932.
Price: US$19.32 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A good copy, red cloth with black design to the front board, with titles and decoration to the spine, some fading to red boards at edges but otherwise clean. 215pp (1) with 8 coloured plates, as called for and numerous black and white illustrations all by Stuart Tresillian. In very good original decorative and unclipped dust jacket (6/-net) to the front flap, some minor wear to edges, but very attractive. and list of author's children's titles to the rear panel. The only version of this work to have 8 full colour plates
Seller: Rickaro Books BA PBFA, Wakefield, United Kingdom
KIPLING, Rudyard.. Limits and Renewals.. Macmillan and Co.,, London:, 1932.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A collection of stories. First edition thus (The Works of Rudyard Kipling, uniform edition). Previous owner's name and date (1932) on front free endpaper, else very good octavo in red cloth with gilt lettering and design, top edge gilt in a very good (minor edge wear at the spine ends) dust jacket. ; 400 pages
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Rudyard Kipling. Limits and Renewals. Macmillan and Co., London, 1932.
Price: US$63.12 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first impression of this anthology of short stories by Rudyard Kipling, a bright copy. The first edition, first impression of this work. Short story collection by celebrated author Rudyard Kipling, each story accompanied by poem as often seen with other Kipling's anthologies.An excellent example of this work.With 'By the Same Author' advertising leaf to verso half title. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. externally lovely with only light bumping to head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Odd light spotting to fore edge, not affecting pages that remain bright and clean. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Rudyard Kipling. Limits and Renewals. Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1932.
Price: US$83.74 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first edition of this collection of short stories and poems by the popular and prolific author Rudyard Kipling, held in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. Held in the original publisher's unclipped dustwrapper. A collection of short stories and poems by Rudyard Kipling. Including the stories and poems 'Dayspring Mishandled', 'The Church That Was at Antioch', 'Akbar's Bridge', 'Fairy-Kist', 'Dinah in Heaven', 'Naaman's Song', 'Azrael's Court', 'Song of Seventy Horses', and many more. Rudyard Kipling is best known for his novel 'The Jungle Book', however he was a prolific writer of poems, novels, and short stories. Being born in India inspired much of his work, and he went on to become one of the most popular writers of his time. Kipling became the Lord Rector of St Andrews University in 1922. In the original publisher's cloth binding, held in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Very minor edgewear to the dustwrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Rudyard Kipling. Limits and Renewals. Macmillan and Co., 1932.
Price: US$173.92 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Macmillan and Co.; 1932. First edition. Red cloth covered boards with gilt medallion with a relief of an elephants head to front board. Gilt lettering to spine. Some slight sunning to parts of cover. Faded inscription to FFEP dated 1932. Some slight foxing evident to first and last end papers. Some age spotting to page edges. Book has a removable transparent book cover. Residual tape marks to BFEP.
Seller: Book_Attic, Newark on Trent, United Kingdom
Kipling, Rudyard. Limits and Renewals.. Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1932.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this fine collection of fourteen short stories. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with central gilt elephant emblem to the front panel. Near fine in the original dust jacket which is in very good condition. 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. Limits and Renewals contains fourteen stories, three of which appear here for the first time: "The Tie," "Aunt Ellen," and "Uncovenanted Mercies," each with introductory, and sometimes supplemental verses. These include eighteen poems which are here published for the first time.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 5 1/8" x 8", viii, 400 pp. Dark red cloth with titling gilt & spine, and gilt circular, elephant-head medallion on front cover, top-edge gilt. With dark-blue text-printed dustjacket on brown paper, with printed titles, Macmillam M&Co monograms, list of the Works of Rudyard Kipling, Uniform Edition, printed on back panel & notice on inner front flap. Unused copy of the publisher's printed card:"Macmillan's Periodical List of New Books", inserted in this copy. Slight edge ruffling, dusting to dustjacket edges, 1" chip out of dj. paper to upper edge of back dj. inner flap, rubbing with some slight wear to upper edge of the dj., tanning to spine of dj. Fine copy (clean, unused, copy, which appears to be unread); small penciled dealer's catalogue number to upper left corner of back paste-down, in a very good dustjacket. Scan shows the spine & front panel of the dustjacket, displayed on the book. Purchased from Bill Targ's Chicago Argus Book Shop, in the 1930's, by Cleveland, Ohio-based book collector, C. T. Lonney (but without marks of his ownership). Publisher's statement from the front inner dj. flap: "As in the case of Mr. Kipling's earlier volumes, most of the stories in 'Limits and Renewals' have appeared in periodicals; but the following three are now published for the first time: 'The Tie,' 'Aunt Ellen,' and 'Uncovenanted Mercies.' The fourteen stories have introductory, and in some cases supplementary, verses. These include eighteen poems which are now published for the first time."
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.