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William Attwood's Making It Through Middle Age; inscribed by him
ATTWOOD, William.
Making it Through Middle Age: Notes While in Transit.
New York: Atheneum, 1982.
First edition, second printing of this work by the award-winning journalist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 142304
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First edition of Kingsley Amis' Rudyard Kipling
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Rudyard Kipling.
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1975.
First edition of Amis' study of great English author, Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, frontispiece portrait of Kipling, with 114 illustrations. In near fine condition. Cover illustration by Avril Broadley.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 126944
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First edition of Hilton Brown's Rudyard Kipling: A New Appreciation
BROWN, Hilton. [Rudyard Kipling].
Rudyard Kipling: A New Appreciation by Hilton Brown.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1945.
First edition of Brown's candid work on the genius of Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with 5 portriats. Foreword by Frank Swinnerton. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in good condition.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 123612
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"A Stone's throw out on either hand from that well-ordered road we tread, and all the world is wild and strange": First edition of John Palmer's Rudyard Kipling
PALMER, John.
Rudyard Kipling.
London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd, 1915.
First edition of Palmer's warm biography of the famed Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition. Bookplate.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 136201
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First edition of Lucile Russell Carpenter's Rudyard Kipling: A Friendly Profile
CARPENTER, Lucile Russell.
Rudyard Kipling: A Friendly Profile.
Chicago: Argus Books, 1942.
First edition of Lucile and William Carpenter's work on Kipling's life in Vermont, his travels around the world, and school days. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 123558
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First edition of R. Thurston Hopkins' Kipling's Sussex
HOPKINS, R. Thurston. [Rudyard Kipling].
Kipling’s Sussex.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., 1921.
First edition of Thurston's work on Kipling in Sussex. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In good condition.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 135205
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First edition of G. C. Beresford's Schooldays With Kipling
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Schooldays With Kipling.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1936.
First edition of Beresford's homage to the legendary man of letters. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. In near fine condition.
Price: $15.00 Item Number: 135197