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KIPLING, RUDYARD.
Kim.
Illustrated. 2 pages of advertisements at
end. 8vo, publisher’s red cloth gilt, light
rubbing to spine tips, top edges gilt; small
spot of foxing to upper fore-edges, hinges
starting; tipped-in Typed Letter Signed by
book agent to early owner Paul Lemperly
at front with same owner’s bookplate on
front pastedown; housed in maroon cloth
chemise within matching
1
/
4
morocco
slipcase.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1901
[1,200/1,800]
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION
,
WITH KIPLING
’
S
SIGNATURE ON BOOKPLATE
.
With the
extremely scarce original printed dust jacket,
though unconscionably trimmed, folded, and
laid-in at end. The TLS to Mr. Lemperly
(Nov. 19, 1901) thanks him for his contribu-
tion to Kipling’s Boys’ Club and acknowledges
returning the aforementioned bookplate as hav-
ing been signed in gratitude by Kipling. With
“gain” for “again” on page 210, line 2, and
page 320 with “Munsoorie” for “Mussoorie.”
Livingston 250.
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KIPLING, RUDYARD.
The
Second Jungle Book.
Decorations by
John Lockwood Kipling. 8vo, original
cloth stamped in orange and gilt, slightly
askew, overall rubbing, spine tips slightly
fraying, corners bumped; top edges gilt;
old ownership signature partially erased
from rear endpaper.
New York: The Century Co., 1895
[1,000/1,500]
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
,
SIGNED
.
With
an additional poetic inscription that reads:
“Now these are the Laws of the Jungle; and,
many & mighty / are they — / But the head
and the hoof of the Law, and the haunch and
the hump / is Obey.”
SHOULD BE SEEN
.
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KIPLING, RUDYARD.
Plain Tales from the Hills.
8vo, original olive green
pictorial cloth, spine gilt-titled, slight lean, some staining to rear cover, minor rubbing to
spine tips and corners; publisher’s rubberstamp at upper edge of front pastedown, textblock
coming loose with pastedowns separating from covers near gutters, but signatures intact.
Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co., 1888
[700/1,000]
FIRST EDITION
,
FIRST ISSUE
,
with 24 page publisher’s catalogue bound in at end dated
December, 1887, and running head numerals of page 192 misplaced. Livingston 24.
