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Rudyard Kipling | First Editions
1865 - 1936
See below our stock of Rudyard Kipling First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
![Pharos The Egyptian [in] The Windsor Magazine. Volume 8. Guy BOOTHBY, Arthur Conan DOYLE, Rudyard...](/pictures/thumb/50087.jpg?v=1534949575)
Pharos The Egyptian [in] The Windsor Magazine. Volume 8.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., June to November 1898. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.vi; 716. With many photogravure illustrations. Contemporary deep burgundy half calf with gilt titles to spine and dark green foliate cloth. All edges flecked red; yellow coated endpapers. Binding rubbed and worn, slightly... More about Pharos The Egyptian [in] The Windsor Magazine. Volume 8
![The King of the Foxes [and] The Destroyers [in] The Windsor Magazine. Volume VIII. Arthur Conan...](/pictures/thumb/49910.jpg?v=1512569739)
The King of the Foxes [and] The Destroyers [in] The Windsor Magazine. Volume VIII.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1898. [Literary Magazine]. FIRST APPEARANCES. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.vi; 3-716. With numerous in-text lithographic illustrations. In publisher's green cloth with red titles to spine and upper board. Brown floral endpapers. With a PSA Book Fund bookplate to front pastedown. Some gatherings a little loose;... More about The King of the Foxes [and] The Destroyers [in] The Windsor Magazine. Volume VIII
![An Incident of African History [and] M.I. [in] The Windsor Magazine. Volumes XIII and XIV. Sir H....](/pictures/thumb/49974.jpg?v=1513346118)
An Incident of African History [and] M.I. [in] The Windsor Magazine. Volumes XIII and XIV.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., December 1900 to November 1901. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. In two volumes. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.vi; 754; pp.vi; 714. With frequent photogravure illustrations. Publisher's green cloth with gilt and dark brown titles and decoration to spines and upper boards. Blue ink ownership inscription to... More about An Incident of African History [and] M.I. [in] The Windsor Magazine. Volumes XIII and XIV
Captains Courageous. A Story of the Grand Banks.
London: Macmillan and Company, 1908. [Classic seafaring adventure story] FINELY BOUND. Crown octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.vi; 282. Uniform edition, finely bound in an elegant Edwardian binding of half red calf with gilt-decorated spines, cloth sides, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Modernist bookplate of Thomae Zamoyski. Spine pleasingly sunned otherwise... More about Captains Courageous. A Story of the Grand Banks
The Dead King.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. [Poetry]. FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (20 x 15cm), unpaginated, with 22 leaves, most with marginal illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. In original publisher's lilac card covers with titles to front cover and the original glassine jacket. Covers lightly sunned with some chips and tears to... More about The Dead King
![All the Mowgli Stories [The Jungle Book]. Rudyard KIPLING](/pictures/thumb/49459.jpg?v=1510409674)
All the Mowgli Stories [The Jungle Book].
London: Macmillan and Co., 1933. FIRST EDITION THUS. Quarto (25 x 19cm), pp.272. With colour plate illustrations by Stuart Tresilian, numerous in-text drawings. First edition thus; collecting all the tales featuring Kipling's enduring character Mowgli, previously spread over three books; Many Inventions, The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book... More about All the Mowgli Stories [The Jungle Book
The Brushwood Boy. With Illustrations by F. H. Townsend.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1907. [Fantasy] FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm). With ninety-two numbered leaves printed on rectos only. Illustrated with sixteen plates in colour, frontispiece with tissue guard present. Smartly bound in recent dark blue half calf over publisher's original gilt-pictorial sides, top edge gilt. Some light... More about The Brushwood Boy. With Illustrations by F. H. Townsend
The Brushwood Boy. With Illustrations by F. H. Townsend.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1907. [Fantasy] FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm). With ninety-two numbered leaves printed on rectos only. Illustrated with sixteen plates in colour, frontispiece with tissue guard present. Mid blue cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt. Ink name/date, very light and occasional spotting, some moderate... More about The Brushwood Boy. With Illustrations by F. H. Townsend
![Debits and Credits [short stories / strange tales]. Rudyard KIPLING](/pictures/thumb/48440.jpg?v=1505131478)
Debits and Credits [short stories / strange tales].
London, MacMillan and Co., 1926. Strange tales. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.[vi]; 416. Publisher's red buckram, gilt device of elephant and fylfot emblazoned on upper, gilt titles, top edge gilt. Original dust-jacket. Binding is fine, used and brittle wrapper has some chips and tears, toned to spine, discreet tape strengthening to... More about Debits and Credits [short stories / strange tales
Departmental Ditties. And other verses.
Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co., 1890. [Poetry] FOURTH EDITION WITH NEW ADDITIONS. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[viii]; 121; [24] publisher's catalogue. Publisher's burgundy cloth titled in gilt to spine, gilt illustration to upper board, black monogram to lower board, floral patterned endpapers. Ownership inscription to half title, toning to edges... More about Departmental Ditties. And other verses
The Five Nations.
London: Methuen. 1903. First Edition. Octavo, pp. xiii, 215, 38 of adverts. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, gilt top edge. Upper inner joint just starting, some browning to endpapers, occasional light spotting mostly to prelims and edges, gilt top edge is dulled. Some light wear to the covers... More about The Five Nations
Independence. Rectorial Address delivered at St. Andrews, October 10, 1923.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1923. [Speech] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.32. Publisher's blue/grey card covers with titles to front. Light rubbing to spine. Near fine. Elected Rector of St Andrews, following Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig and writer J.M. Barrie, Kipling here congratulates the students of the... More about Independence. Rectorial Address delivered at St. Andrews, October 10, 1923
The Irish Guards in the Great War.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1923. [Military History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.344; 310; [2], advertisements. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, regimental badge blocked in gilt to upper board, top edges gilt. Illustrated with maps. Light wear and handling only; a very good copy indeed. Following the... More about The Irish Guards in the Great War
Just So Stories. For Little Children. Illustrated By The Author.
London: Macmillan and Company, 1902. [Illustrated] FIRST EDITION, in First Issue binding. Large Octavo (24 x 19cm), pp.[6]; 249; [3] With illustrations by the author. Publisher's decorative red cloth boards, blocked in white and black depicting notable incidents from the stories. Armorial bookplate. Internally clean, binding sound, but for the... More about Just So Stories. For Little Children. Illustrated By The Author
Kim.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1901. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8]; 413; [1]; [2 of advertisements]. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, gilt medallion to upper board, top edge gilt. Illustrated with ten plates. Some light spotting to endpapers and edges, end-caps slightly rolled, title page tissue guard... More about Kim
Kim.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1901. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8]; 413; [1]; [2 of advertisements]. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, gilt medallion to upper board, top edge gilt. Illustrated with ten plates. Contents clean, edges toned with a few light spots, discreet stamp (Overton... More about Kim
Kipling's Indian Tales.
New York, NY: Dodge Publishing Company, 1899. [Fiction] ORIENTAL EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 750; [ii], blank. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine and boards, blocked in colour to boards and spine, gilt top edge. Title page in red and black. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, list... More about Kipling's Indian Tales
Kipling's Indian Tales.
New York, NY: Dodge Publishing Company, 1899. [Fiction] ORIENTAL EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 750; [ii], blank. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine and boards, blocked in colour to boards and spine, gilt top edge. Title page in red and black. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, sixteen... More about Kipling's Indian Tales
Stalky and Co.
London: Macmillan, 1899. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.xii, 272, [2]. In publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt elephant motif to upper board. Top edge gilt. Illustrated bookplate of Steven R. Lomax to front paste-down. Light sunning to spine, otherwise very good. Kipling's famous tales about adolescent boys... More about Stalky and Co
Stalky and Co.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1899. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xii; 272; [2], advertisements. In publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt elephant motif to upper board. Top edge gilt. Mostly clean within, endpapers browned, cloth shows some general wear and handling. Very good at... More about Stalky and Co
Stalky and Co.
London: Macmillan, 1899. [Boarding school stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[xii]; 272; [2] publisher's advertisements. Recent red half morocco over red cloth sides, top edge gilt, raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Original cloth front board and spine bound in at rear. Infrequent thumbing and spotting. Binding... More about Stalky and Co
The Vampire and Other Poems.
New York, NY: Street and Smith, n.d. [c. 1899]. First US edition. Octavo. Publisher's brown cloth decorated in and titled in black and gilt with a rather fierce portrait of Kipling, and some bats. I'm not sure how Kipling felt about bats, but I'm pretty sure that this is the... More about The Vampire and Other Poems
Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories. Wee Willie Winkie, Under the Deodars, The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Stories.
London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. Uniform Edition, Colonial Issue. Octavo. pp. 358 [7]. In publisher's coloured paper wraps with red titles to spine and front cover. Fairly clean and tight in plastic jacket, with some cracking and chips to spine cover. Slight spotting and yellowing to pages, especially edges and... More about Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories. Wee Willie Winkie, Under the Deodars, The Phantom 'Rickshaw...
The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling. [The works include: The Jungle Books, The Second Jungle Book, Kim, Wee Willie Winkie, Plain Tales from the Hills, Just So Stories, Captain Courageous, Rewards and Fairies, Stalky and Co., Puck of Pooks Hill, Rewards & Fairies, The Man Who Would be King, etc.]
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897-1937. COMPLETE SET, FIRST PRINTINGS, the Outward Bound Edition. In 36 volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm). With a series of engraved frontispieces. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles and gilt to spines and an gilt ivory medallion to upper board of each volume. Top... More about The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling. [The works include: The Jungle Books, The...
The Years Between.
London: Methuen and Co., 1919. FIRST EDITION. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xiv; 159; [1], imprint; [32], advertisements dated 2/19. Original red cloth, gilt, in illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 7/6. A lightly used copy; jacket a little frayed to spine ends, short tear to upper, minor creasing. Shows well. The... More about The Years Between