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"once upon a time there was a beautiful young duck named ping": First Edition of The Story of Ping
FLACK, Marjorie; Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
The Story About Ping.
New York: The Viking Press, 1933.
First edition of this beloved classic. Thin octavo, original half cloth. Bookplate, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 32043
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Julia Ellsworth Ford's Imagina; illustrated by Arthur Rackham and Lauren Ford
FORD, Julia Ellsworth.
Imagina.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1923.
Second edition of Ford's melancholic children's tale. Quarto, original cloth, with illustrations in color by Arthur Rackham and Lauren Ford. Very good in the original dust jacket which shows significant wear.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 142358
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First edition of Julia Ellsworth Ford's Snickerty Nick; illustrated by Arthur Rackham
FORD, Julia Ellsworth. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Snickerty Nick.
New York: Moffat, Yard & Co, 1919.
First edition of the author's beloved children's tale. Quarto, original publisher's cloth, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with color frontispiece, two color plates, and numerous in-text black and white illustrations. In very good condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 142503
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Signed limited first edition of Lauren Ford's The Ageless Story; Signed by the author with an original watercolor painting of a singing angel
FORD, Lauren.
The Ageless Story.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939.
Signed limited first edition of Lauren Ford's beloved retelling of the birth of Christ. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. One of only 350 copies, this is number 311. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper with an original watercolor drawing of a singing angel. In near fine condition. Housed in the original slipcase which is in very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 96512
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Neil Gaiman's American Gods; Signed by Him
GAIMAN, Neil.
American Gods.
New York: William Morrow, 2001.
First edition, early printing of Gaiman's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Neil Gaiman on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Russell Gordon.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 141802
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First Edition of Neil Gaiman's American Gods; Signed by Him
GAIMAN, Neil.
American Gods.
New York: William Morrow, 2001.
First edition of Gaiman's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "-Neal- dream dangerous- Neil Gaiman." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Russell Gordon.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142201
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First Edition of Beowulf; Signed by Neil Gaiman
GAIMAN, Neil and Roger Avary.
Beowulf: The Script Book.
San Diego: IDW Publishing, 2007.
First edition of this illustrated work of Beowulf. Octavo, original wrappers. illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Neil Gaiman on the title page. In fine condition. Art and cover by Gabriel Rodriguez. Colors by Jay Folos.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 116056
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First edition of Robert Garvey's Good Shabbos, Everybody; illustrated by Maurice Sendak
GARVEY, Robert. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Good Shabbos, Everybody.
United Synagogue of America, 1951.
First edition of charming picture book celebrating the Shabbat, with early illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Leonard Weisgard, Art Consultant. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 127020
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“He’s part Old Yeller,” she said. “And he was the best one of the bunch": First Edition of this Children's Classic Old Yeller; Inscribed by Fred Gipson
GIPSON, Fred.
Old Yeller.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers , 1956.
First edition of this timeless classic, one of the most beloved children’s books ever written. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Carl Burger. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Wayne Wilkins with warm regards- Fred Gipson." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 142011
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“He’s part Old Yeller,” she said. “And he was the best one of the bunch": Old Yeller; Inscribed by Fred Gipson
GIPSON, Fred.
Old Yeller.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers , 1956.
First edition, early printing of this timeless classic, one of the most beloved children’s books ever written. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Carl Burger. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes to Clay Michael Cooke- Fred Gipson." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145664
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First Edition of Fred Gipson's Hound-dog Man
GIPSON, Gred.
Hound-dog Man.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949.
First edition of this work, basis for the 1959 film directed by Don Siegel, starring Fabian, Carol Lynley, and Stuart Whitman. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, contemporary name to the front free endpaper. Uncommon.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 142079
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Kenneth Grahame's The Golden Age; finely bound
GRAHAME, Kenneth.
The Golden Age.
London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, c. 1920.
Finely bound example of the author of Wind and the Willows, Kenneth Grahame's collection of short stories for children. Small octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over cloth covered boards with gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, engraved frontispiece, top edge gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 111086
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"ONE OF THE MOST ENDEARING BOOKS EVER WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN": First edition of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows
GRAHAME, Kenneth.
The Wind in the Willows.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908.
First American edition of Grahame's beloved children's novel which preceded the English edition by only four days, with Scribner's seal on the copyright page. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece by W. Grahame Robertson. In good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 143829
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Rare first edition of Vernon Grant's Mr. Mixie Dough
GRANT, Vernon.
Mr. Mixie Dough.
Racine, Washington: Whitman Publishing Company, 1934.
First edition of Grant's children's classic. Quarto, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with 16 full-page illustrations. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 136341
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"I never promise lies and the rose-garden world of perfection is a lie, and a bore too": First Edition of I Never Promised You a Rose Garden; Lengthily Signed by the Author
GREEN, Hannah [Joanne Greenberg].
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964.
First edition of the author's semi-autobiographical modern classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author as Joanne Greenberg and her pseudonym "Hannah Green", as follows, "I never promise lies and the rose-garden world of perfection is a lie, and a bore too." "Hannah Green" Joanne Greenberg." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ellen Raskin. An exceptional inscription.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 106831
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First Edition of Matt Haig's A Boy Called Christmas; Signed by Him
HAIG, Matt.
A Boy Called Christmas.
London: Canongate, 2015.
First edition of this modern Christmas classic. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Matt Haig on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rafaela Romaya. Illustrations by Chris Mould.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 125921
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First edition of Joel Chandler Harris' Uncle Remus and His Friends; inscribed by illustrator A.B. Frost with an original drawing and with a clipped signature signed by Joel Chandler Harris tipped in
HARRIS, Joel Chandler.
Uncle Remus and His Friends: Old Plantation Stories, Songs, and Ballads with Sketches of Negro Character.
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1892.
First edition of the fourth collection of “Uncle Remus” tales. Octavo, original pictorial cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated with frontispiece and 11 plates by A.B. Frost. Presentation copy, inscribed by the illustrator on the flyleaf, "To Doctor Eugene S. Hoyt with the warmest regards of his friend A. B. Frost April 1906." Frost has added a large original drawing of a fox dressed in men's clothing. With a clipped signature inscribed by the author tipped in, "Yours faithfully Joel Chandler Harris." In near fine condition. Bookplate. An exceptional example, most rare and desirable signed…
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 133016
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First edition of Joel Chandler Harris' Nights with Uncle Remus; In exceptional condition
HARRIS, Joel Chandler.
Nights With Uncle Remus: Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation.
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883.
First edition of the second book of Uncle Remus stories. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with frontispiece and 19 plates by Frederick Church. In fine condition. Housed in a custom folding chemise slipcase. A brilliant example.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 133125
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Rare first edition of Joel Chandler Harris' Evening Tales' lengthily inscribed by him
HARRIS, Joel Chandler.
Evening Tales: Done Into English from the French of Frederic Ortoli.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893.
First edition of the author's charming collection of children's stories. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "My dear Field: As you have made me a millionaire, it is an easy matter to present you this book, which was already yours. It is also easy as well as true to say that I am Faithfully yours: Joel Chandler Harris. This is Mr. Rabbit that runs in the grass - Oh rise up ladies, and let him pass." The recipient, Eugene Field, as an American writer, best known for his children's…
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 133051
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First edition of George Alfred Henty's The Dash For Khartoum: A Tale of The Nile Expedition
HENTY, G. A.
The Dash For Khartoum: A Tale of The Nile Expedition.
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1892.
First edition of Henty's classic adventure tale of the Nile Expedition. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with ten illustrations by Joseph Nash, R.I. and John Schonberg. In near fine condition. A superior example.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 122778
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First edition of George A. Henty's A Woman of the Commune: A Tale of Two Sieges of Paris
HENTY, George Alfred.
A Woman of the Commune: A Tale of Two Sieges of Paris.
London: F. V. White & Co, 1895.
First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 122360
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First edition of George Alfred Henty's The Dash For Khartoum: A Tale of The Nile Expedition
HENTY, George Alfred [G.A.].
The Dash For Khartoum: A Tale of The Nile Expedition.
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1892.
First edition of Henty's classic adventure tale of the Nile Expedition. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with ten illustrations by Joseph Nash, R.I. and John Schonberg. In good condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 123068
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First edition of George Alfred Henty's A March on London
HENTY, George Alfred [G.A.].
A March On London: Being a Story of Wat Tyler’s Insurrection.
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1898.
First edition of Henty’s classic historical adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with eight illustrations by W. H. Margetson. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription, bookplate.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 122907
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First edition of George Alfred Henty's Those Other Animals
HENTY, George Alfred [G.A.].
Those Other Animals.
London: Henry and Co., [1891].
First edition of one of the more uncommon Henty titles. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth, with twenty two illustrations by Harrison Weir. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 123098
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First Edition of Herge's The Adventures of Tintin: Destination Moon
HERGE,.
The Adventures of Tintin: Destination Moon.
London: Methuen & Co, 1959.
First edition in English of Herge's classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 125499
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First edition of Sarah Orne Jewett's Betty Leicester; signed by her
JEWETT, Sarah Orne.
Betty Leicester: A Story For Girls.
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1889.
First edition of the author's classic story for girls. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Sarah O. Jewett 1899." In near fine condition.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 138148
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"One moonlit evening, mainly to prove himself he could do it, Harold went for a walk on a tightrope": Scarce First Edition of Harold's Circus: An Astounding, Colossal, Purple Crayon Event!
JOHNSON, Crockett.
Harold’s Circus: An Astounding, Colossal, Purple Crayon Event!
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959.
First edition of the fifth book in the author's beloved series. 16mo, original cloth, illustrated. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Scarce.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 101254
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“The sandy beach reminded Harold of picnics": Rare First Edition of Crockett Johnson's Harold and the Purple Crayon
JOHNSON, Crockett.
Harold and the Purple Crayon.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955.
First edition of the first book in Crockett Johnson’s Harold series. 12 mo, original half cloth, illustrated throughout. Fine in a very good dust jacket without the price to top of front flap, with code "30-60 / No. 5671A" to front flap and "No. 5672A" to rear flap. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. A nice example.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 107552
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First Edition of Crockett Johnson's Ellen's Lions; Inscribed by Him
JOHNSON, Crockett.
Ellen’s Lion.
New York: Harper & Brothers , 1959.
First edition of this work by the author of Harold and the Purple Crayon. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Greetings to Barbara Alden Burns April 16, 1960 Crockett Johnson." In very good condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 142051
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First edition of Crockett Johnson's Harold and the Purple Crayon; inscribed by Johnson to close friend and fellow Children's Book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak
JOHNSON, Crockett. [Maurice Sendak].
Harold and the Purple Crayon.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955.
First edition, first issue of the first book in Crockett Johnson’s charming Harold series, first issue with "30-60" and "No. 5671A" to the front flap of the dust jacket. 12 mo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to fellow children's book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, "To Maury, with fond regards, Crockett Johnson." The recipient, Maurice Sendak, is best known for his immensely popular illustrated children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, which was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1964 and gained him international fame. Sendak, Johnson, and Johnson's wife Ruth Krauss…
Price: $40,000.00 Item Number: 135433
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First Edition of Norton Juster's The Dot and the Line; Signed by Him
JUSTER, Norton.
The Dot and the Line.
New York: Random House, 1963.
First edition of this classic work. Small octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Norton Juster on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First editions are rare, especially signed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 132133
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First Edition of The Last Days of Pompeii; Signed by Nikos Kazantzakis
KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos.
The Last Days of Pompeii.
Athens: 1933.
First edition of this work translated by the Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis. Octavo, original boards, illustrated endpapers, illustrated. Signed by Nikos Kazantzakis on the copyright page. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 78932
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She Loves Me. She Loves Me Not; Signed by Maurice Sendak
KEESHAN, Robert; Pictures by Maurice Sendak.
She Loves Me… She Loves Me Not.
New York: HarperCollins, 1991.
First edition of the 1991 edition. Small quarto, original illustrated boards. Signed by Maurice Sendak on the half title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 27056
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"It says: Destroy this before reading further": Original Drawings of Walt Kelly's Pogo
KELLY, Walt.
Walt Kelly Pogo Strips Original Drawings.
Original pen and ink and Wash Drawings by Walt Kelly. Four panel Pogo Strips from 1956. Each approximately 16.5 inches by 5 inches. Slightly toned, together in one matte. Each is signed on the image, each also inscribed below the image at right and one of these also signed by Walt Kelly. Matted and framed. The complete piece measures 19.5 inches by 24.5 inches.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 39011
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Rare First Edition of Judith Kerr's When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
KERR, Judith.
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit.
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1972.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by the author. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 137100
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“Thank you for my nice tea": Rare First Edition of Judith Kerr's The Tiger Who Came To Tea
KERR, Judith.
The Tiger Who Came To Tea.
London: Collins, 1968.
First edition of this classic, one of the best selling children's book of all-time. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 142030
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First Edition of Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins; Signed by both Eric Kimmel and Illustrator Trina Schart Hyman
KIMMEL, Erica; Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman.
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins.
New York: Holiday House, 1989.
First edition of this Caldecott Honor-winning classic. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, To Ann, Eric A. Kimmel." Additionally signed below by the illustrator "Trina Schart Hyman 1990." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 103993
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First Edition of Dick King-Smith's The Sheep-Pig; boldly inscribed by him
KING-SMITH, Dick.
The Sheep-Pig.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1983.
First edition, first issue of the basis for the Oscar-winning film 'Babe'. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated by Mary Rayner. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With best wishes - Dick King-Smith." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Mary Rayner. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 131618
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Toomai of the Elephants; with illustrations from the 1937 film Elephant Boy
KIPILNG, Rudyard.
Toomai of the Elephants.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1937.
First separate edition Kipling's story of Toomai, a young elephant-handler, the basis for the 1937 film "Elephant Boy" starring Sabu Dastagir, India's first child actor. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs from the film by Mrs. F. H. Flaherty. Very good in the original dust jacket which is in good condition.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 121393
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Toomai of the Elephants; with illustrations from the 1937 film Elephant Boy
KIPILNG, Rudyard.
Toomai of the Elephants
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1937.
First separate edition Kipling's story of Toomai, a young elephant-handler, the basis for the 1937 film "Elephant Boy" starring Sabu Dastagir, India's first child actor. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs from the film by Mrs. F. H. Flaherty. In good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 123115
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Soldier Tales
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Soldier Tales.
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1896.
First edition of Kipling's collection of soldier tales. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and pictorial gilt tooling to the spine and front panel, gilt ruled, all edges gilt, frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated with engravings. In near fine condition with a touch of wear to the crown of the spine. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. A bright example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 96105
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"Let us now praise famous men - men of little showing": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Stalky & Co.
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Stalky & Co.
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1899.
First British edition of Kipling's collection of school stories. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt medallion displaying an elephant to the from panel, top edge gilt. In fine condition. From the library of George Barr McCutcheon with his bookplate to the pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. A bright example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 96106
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Second Jungle Book
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Second Jungle Book.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1895.
First edition of Kipling's Second Jungle Book. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt vignette to the front panel, all edges gilt, pictorial title pages, illustrated. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. Contemporary ownership inscription.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 119977
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Songs From Books
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Songs From Books.
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1912.
First edition of this selection of songs from Kipling's children's stories. Octavo, original illustrated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 121421
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"Girls and boys come out to play, the moon is shining bright as day!": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Brushwood Boy
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Brushwood Boy.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1907.
First separate edition of this Kipling children's classic. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles and vignette to the front panel, illustrated by F. H. Townsend, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In near fine condition.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 121482
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First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Songs For Youth From Collected Verse
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Songs For Youth From Collected Verse.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, [1924].
First edition this selection of Kipling's songs for children. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations by Leo Bates. In near fine condition. Bookplate to the pastedown.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 121607
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"My small feet could walk the sun up and down across the stony hill-crests where we worked": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's "Teem"- A Treasure-Hunter; in the scarce original dust jacket
KIPLING, Rudyard.
“Teem”- A Treasure-Hunter.
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1938.
First edition of Kipling's beloved dog story. Octavo, original cloth. Frontispiece illustration by Marguerite Kirmse. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 121883
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"GIRLS AND BOYS COME OUT TO PLAY, THE MOON IS SHINING BRIGHT AS DAY!": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Brushwood Boy
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Brushwood Boy.
New York: Doubleday and McClure Company, 1899.
First separate American edition of Kipling children’s classic. Octavo, original illustrated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Orson Lowell, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very condition. Bookplate.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 121634
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Maltese Cat: A Polo Game of the 'Nineties
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Maltese Cat: A Polo Game of the ‘Nineties.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1936.
First edition of Kipling's tale of a polo pony living among the British in India. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Lionel Edwards, frontispiece and plates in color. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 122493
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"PLEASE MAY I COME IN? I AM BOOTS. I AM SON OF KILDONAN BROUGUE - CHAMPION RESERVE - V.H.C. - VERY FINE DOG": FIRST EDITION OF RUDYARD KIPLING'S THY SERVANT A DOG
KIPLING, Rudyard.
“Thy Servant A Dog” Told by Boots.
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1930.
First edition of Kipling’s beloved children’s classic, as told by Boots the dog. Octavo, rebound in new boards with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, illustrated by Marguerite Kirmse, frontispiece. Near fine in a custom slipcase.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 123470
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"Art thou content with thy servant? He is very comfy with thee": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's His Apologies
KIPLING, Rudyard.
His Apologies.
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1932.
First edition of Kipling's classic poetic tribute to his beloved Scottie. Octavo, original half cloth over illustrated boards. With drawings by Cecil Alden. In very good condition. Ownership name.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 123048
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Rare German edition of Rudyard Kipling's Puck
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Puck: Geschichten aus alten Sagen. Ein Buch fur groke und heine Leute.
Berlin-Charlottenburg: Bita Deutsches Berlagshaus, n.d..
Rare German edition of Kipling's collected Puck stories. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth, illustrated by H.R. Millar. Translated into German by E. Rosenbach. In near fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 123493
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Rare first edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Just So Song Book
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Just So Song Book: Being Songs From Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories. Set to Music by Edward German.
Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc: Garden City, 1903.
First edition of Kipling's Just So Song Book. Quarto, original illustrated boards. In very good condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 123113
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Rudyard Kipling's The Just So Song Book
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Just So Song Book: Being Songs From Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories. Set to Music by Edward German.
Macmillan and Co., Limited: London, 1918.
Early printing of Kipling's Just So Song Book. Quarto, original illustrated boards. In very good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 126592
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First Editions of Rudyard Kipling's The First and Second Jungle Books
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book.
London: Macmillan, 1894-95.
First editions of both volumes of The Jungle Book. Octavo, two volumes, original blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard present. Illustrated by J. L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. One of Kipling's most desirable works, uncommon in this condition.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 135901
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Rudyard Kipling's Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories. [Baa, Baa, Black Sheep; His Majesty the King; The Drums of Fore and Aft]
Allahabad: Published by Messrs. A. H. Wheeler & Co, n.d.
Later printing of this classic collection of Kipling's tales for children. Octavo, original cloth. Contains Wee Willie Winkie, Baa Baa Black Sheep, His Majesty the King, and The Drums of Fore and Aft. In very good condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 135005
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"SHERE KHAN SPEAKS THIS MUCH TRUTH. THE CUB MUST BE SHOWN TO THE PACK": Rudyard Kipling's Two Jungle Books
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Two Jungle Books.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1932.
Later printing of Kipling's Two Jungle Books in one volume. Octavo, original red cloth decorated in gilt with illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling and W.H. Drake. In very good condition. Bookplate and small ownership inscription.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 135221
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Finely Bound Edition of Rudyard Kipling's The First and Second Jungle Books; Bound by Bayntun Bindery with a Fore-Edge Painting
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Macmillan, 1978.
Finely bound edition of both volumes of The Jungle Book, with an exceptional fore-edge painting. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, all edges gilt, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard present. Illustrated by J. L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 139448
