Rudyard Kipling | First Editions
1865 - 1936
See below our stock of Rudyard Kipling First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
![Item #49910 The King of the Foxes [and] The Destroyers [in] The Windsor Magazine. Volume VIII....](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/49910.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1512569737)
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
The Naulahka: A Story of West and East.
London: William Heinemann, 1892. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[4] 276 [8]. Publisher's peach cloth with titles in gilt to spine, and in black to upper. All edges untrimmed. Contents clean, no inscriptions, last few leaves of ads are poorly opened with some tears to top..... More
The Jungle Book. With illustrations in colour by Maurice and Edward Detmold.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1908. [Children's classic] FIRST DETMOLD COLOUR ILLUSTRATED EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 14.5 cm); pp.xii, 314, [2] advertisements. With 16 full-page colour plates. Publisher's red cloth pictorially blocked in gilt, top edge gilt. Contents clean, a little toning to edges and endpapers, binding carefully handled..... More
Toomai of the Elephants.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1937. [Film Tie-In] ORIGINAL STUDIO PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS, plus First Thus of the film tie-in book. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.[8] 84. Heavily illustrated with black and white photographs. Publisher's tan paper over boards, with black titles and decoration to spine and upper. With the photographic dust-jacket..... More
'Captains Courageous' A Story of the Grand Banks.
London: Macmillan and Company, 1897. [Classic seafaring adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Crown octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 245; [1], blank; [2], ads. With 22 engraved illustrations by Taber, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth, front board shows gilt titles and a scene in gilt of Harvey at hauling on..... More
'Captains Courageous,' A Story of the Grand Banks.
London: Macmillan and Company, 1897. [Classic seafaring adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Crown octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 245 [3]. With 22 engraved illustrations by Taber, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth, front board shows gilt titles and a scene in gilt of Harvey at hauling on a line in..... More
Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling. With illustrations in colour by W. Heath Robinson.
New York, Double Day, Page and Co., 1910. [Children's classic] First HEATH ROBINSON illustrated Edition (US). Large octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.xx, 392; [2], blank. Illustrated with 9 mounted colour plates and 8 black and white line-drawings. Elegantly hand-bound in red half morocco, gilt, raised bands, over original gilt decorated..... More
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
The City of Dreadful Night.
Cleveland & New York: International Fiction Library, no date [1920s/30s]. [Strange tales] Omnibus. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[iv]; 168; 3-149; 'American Notes'; [5], blank. Publisher's red cloth hardcovers blocked in green, illustrated dust-wrapper. Contents clean, slightly toned, no inscriptions, inside paper joint cracked, jacket with a few small chops to..... More
Debits and Credits.
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, printed dust-jacket priced 7/6. With several contemporary news-clipping loosely inserted. A little toning. Generally, a clean, near fine copy. Short story..... More
The Five Nations.
London: Methuen and Co., 1903. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 215 [41]. Catalogue dated July 1903; with the misprint 'David' for 'Saul' on p.56. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt; others untrimmed. Illustrated bookplate of Wilfred H. Osmond to front..... More
The Five Nations.
London: Methuen and Co., 1903. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 215 [41]. Catalogue dated July 1903; with the misprint 'David' for 'Saul' on p.56. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt; others untrimmed. Armorial bookplate of Cyril Hamilton Aitken to front..... More
![Item #74253 [Indian Railway Library Series] Group of five titles comprising Soldiers Three, The...](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/74253.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1777652642)
[Indian Railway Library Series] Group of five titles comprising Soldiers Three, The Story of the Gadsbys, Under the Deodars, The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales, Wee Willie Winkie And Other Stories.
Allahabad: Messers. A. H. Wheeler and Co., [and] London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington Ltd., no date [1888-91]. [Strange Tales] Octavos (21 x 14cm). 'Wheeler' pamphlets, published in India at 1 Rupee or in the UK at 1 shilling. Mixed printings, including TWO FIRST EDITIONS. Bound in the publisher's..... More
Just So Stories. For Little Children. Illustrated By The Author.
London: Macmillan and Company, 1902. [Illustrated] FIRST EDITION, first impression, in second issue binding with lettering intact. 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. Contents clean, no ink..... More
Just So Stories. For Little Children. Illustrated By The Author.
London: Macmillan and Company, 1902. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION, first impression, in first issue binding, EX LIBRIS ELEANOR EDITH HELME. Large Octavo (24 x 19cm), pp.[6] 249 [3]. Heavily illustrated with engravings by the author. Publisher's red cloth, blocked in white and black to spine and boards. Black ink gift..... More
Just So Stories. For Little Children. Illustrated By The Author.
London: Macmillan and Company, 1902. [Illustrated] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Large Octavo (24 x 19cm), pp.[6] 249 [3] With illustrations by the author. Handsomely bound in full deep red morocco, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, gilt centre tools, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Some minor reading..... More
Kim.
London: Macmillan and co., 1901. [Adventure thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 413 [3]. With 10 black and white illustrated plates. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, and gilt elephant [Ganesha] motif stamped to upper cover, top edge gilt. With the extremely scarce dust-wrapper, printed..... More
Kim.
London: Macmillan and co., 1901. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 413 [3]. With 10 black and white illustrated plates. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, and gilt elephant motif stamped to upper. Top edge gilt. Contents clean, edges of text block a little toned..... More
Kipling's Message.
London: W.H. Smith & Son, 1918. [Wartime Speech] ORIGINAL PAMPHLET. Duodecimo (15 x 9cm), pp.[12]. Publisher's plain soft covers, stapled once. Staple oxidised, and a small black ink ownership to front cover. The lightest of handling. Near fine. The transcription of a short speech given by Kipling at Folkestone on..... More
Stalky and Co.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1899. [Literature] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.ix [3] 272 [2]. Recent red half-calf, red cloth over sides. Gilt titles and raised bands to spine. Top edge gilt. Advertisements to rear. Light internal toning, a few marks here and there. Gentle marking..... More
The Years Between.
London: Methuen and Co, 1919. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp. xii; [2]; 29; [1]. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, gilt top edge of textblock, untrimmed edges. Ex-libris stamp front-paste down, toning to edges of textblock, wearing of gilt along top edge of textblock, sunning..... More
'Puck of Pook's Hill' (complete parts), and 'Some Fore-Runners of Sherlock Holmes' in The Strand Magazine [Ten monthly parts].
London, George Newnes Jan-Dec.1906. The complete Puck in parts; FIRST APPEARANCE, preceeding the edition in book-form. Original magazine issues; 10 separate parts. Illustrated throughout. Bound in publisher's light blue pictorial wrappers. Some minor chips as expected, some adsverts excised from Feb. and June issues, but generally a very clean, attractive..... More
![Item #70558 The Jungle Book [and] The Second Jungle Book. W. H. DRAKE, John Lockwood KIPLING,...](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/70558.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1736012073)
The Jungle Book [and] The Second Jungle Book.
New York, NY: The Century Co., 1894; 1895. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST US EDITIONS, first volume 18th thousand, second volume first impression. Two volumes. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xiv; 303; [3]. Pp.[10]; 324; [2]. With 35 illustrations by Drake to volume I, including a frontispiece, and frequent in-text illustrations by the..... More
The Second Jungle Book.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1895. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 238 [2]. With in-text illustrations by the author's father John. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt decoration to spine and upper boards. All edges gilt; dark navy endpapers. Contents clean, neat ink..... More
![Item #71565 The Jungle Book [and] The Second Jungle Book. Rudyard KIPLING, Joseph, John Lockwood...](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/71565.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1754930439)
The Jungle Book [and] The Second Jungle Book.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1894; 1895. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITIONS, first impressions. Two volumes. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 212; pp.[6] 238 [2]. With frequent in-text illustrations by the author's father John, as well as a frontispiece and a number of full page plates to volume I. Publisher's blue cloth..... More