Rudyard Kipling. The Light That Failed. Macmillan and Co., 1897.

Price: US$4.67 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Boards have some wear. Content has light toning, webbing showing front gutter, 339pp, writing rear endpapers. No DJ

Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom

Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book with Illustrations by J. L. Kipling, W. H. Drake, and P. Frenzeny. Macmillan and Company, Limited - The Macmillan Co., London - New York, 1897.

Price: US$1650.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Rare near very good, clean first edition, sixth printing. Matches first printing from 1894 in color, design and content. Dark blue full cloth boards, gilt cover design w/decorative bands, crisp spine titles and design, moderate shelf, rub, bump, toning. Front board depicts iconic scene of characters riding elephants by W. H. Drake; spine features scene of viper and mongoose. Cover protected in thick clear sleeve. Flat navy endpapers, sharp. Pages generally very good, clean w/moderate bowing; no writing. First and last endpapers, especially title page, frontis and tissue guard w/some fox. Bright gilded text block at all sides. String-bind very good, square; hinges intact Illustrated throughout with engaging, dynamic, and decorative imagery of J. L. Kipling, W. H. Drake, and P. Frenzeny. Wonderfully enchanting full-page designs by William H. Drake & Paul Frenzeny grace this volume in addition to stunning headers and vignettes by Kipling's father. Each story begins and ends with a verse and the intricate designs of John Lockwood Kipling. Handsome first edition of Rudyard Kipling's beloved classic of a feral jungle boy in India and near very good rarity of fine book craftsmanship. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh. 212 pages. Insured post. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.

Rudyard Kipling SIGNED. Plain Tales from the Hills - Signed by the author to the title page and further inscribed by Kipling 'To A.P.W who made this edition from R.K with much gratitude Nov 98'. Macmillan, UK, 1897.

Price: US$1924.90 + shipping

Description: 1st Edition 1897. Presentation copies of Kipling's books are seldom seen in commerce. Signed by the author to his literary agent to the title page and further inscribed by Kipling 'To A.P.W who made this edition from R.K with much gratitude Nov 98' Volume 1 of The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling: in 20 volumes. In a edition of 1050 copies. This collected edition of his work was never signed by Kipling. Book is good++ and bright. Spine/edge lightened. Contents good. Excellent provenance. A really nice example. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18468

Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom

Kipling, Rudyard. The Works of Rudyard Kipling: The Deluxe Signed Edition. [Including Plain Tales from the Hills; The Phantom Rickshaw; The Light That Failed; Gunga Din; The Jungle Book; The Second Jungle Book; Captains Courageous; Kim; Just So Stories].. Macmillan & Company 1897-1919, London, 1897.

Price: US$8800.00 + shipping

Description: The Bombay edition of Rudyard Kipling's collected works. Octavo, 30 volumes, bound in full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt titles to the spine, gilt tooling and ruling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, inner dentelles, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. One of 1,050 sets with volume one signed by Rudyard Kipling. In very good condition. The works of Rudyard Kipling contains his poetry, novels, stories, travel writings, children’s tales, military tales and essays. Kipling in 1907 became the first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize.

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.