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"He wrote us verse of all our sweet, familiar things, of religions, of working-folk, of man and maid and philosophies": Sir George MacMunn's Rudyard Kipling: Craftsman
MACMUNN, SIR GEORGE. [RUDYARD KIPLING].
Rudyard Kipling: Craftsman.
London: Robert Hale Limited 1938.
New and revised edition of MacMunn’s biography of Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In near fine condition.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 122047
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First edition of R. Thurston Hopkins' Rudyard Kipling: The Story of a Genius
HOPKINS, R. THURSTON. [RUDYARD KIPLING].
Rudyard Kipling: The Story of a Genius.
London: Cecil Palmer 1930.
First edition of Hopkins’ biography of Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 122049
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Rare Rudyard Kipling Ephemera Collection
KIPLING, RUDYARD.
Rudyard Kipling Ephemera Collection.
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Rare collection of Rudyard Kipling ephemera from the collection of William Britton Stitt including his membership card to The Kipling Society, letters of correspondence between him and the President of The Kipling Society, newspaper clippings, articles, postcards, pamphlets and separate editions of Kipling stories and poems. In very good condition. A unique collection.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 122487
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"During this period Kipling's fame and the demand for his work were constantly growing": Revised edition of Rudyard Kipling in New England
KIPLING, RUDYARD.
Rudyard Kipling in New England.
Brattleboro: The Book Cellar 1951.
Revised edition of Howard Rice’s Rudyard Kipling in New England. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 123411
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First edition of J.M.S. Tompkins' The Art of Rudyard Kipling
KIPLING, RUDYARD.
The Art of Rudyard Kipling.
London: Methuen & Co Ltd 1959.
First edition of Tompkins’ work on Kipling. Octavo, original cloth. Good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Stamps and tape remnants to the front and rear pastedowns.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 135772
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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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First separate edition of Charles Eliot Norton's Rudyard Kipling A Biographical Sketch; one of 100 numbered copies
NORTON, CHARLES ELIOT. [RUDYARD KIPLING].
Rudyard Kipling A Biographical Sketch.
New York: Doubleday & McClure Co. 1899.
First separate edition of Charles Eliot Norton’s concise sketch of Kipling’s early life, written for the new popular edition of his writings and prepared with his approval. Octavo, original boards, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Kipling. One of one hundred numbered copies, this is number 52. In near fine condition. Scarce.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 123761
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First edition of Cyril Falls' Rudyard Kipling: A Critical Study
KIPLING, RUDYARD.
Rudyard Kipling: A Critical Study.
London: Martin Secker 1915.
First edition of Falls’ tribute to Kipling. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Kipling from the portrait by William Nicholson. In good condition.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 125404
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"Kipling is priceless": First edition of Charles Carrington's Rudyard Kipling: His Life and Work; with an autograph note signed by Lafcadio Hearn tipped in
CARRINGTON, CHARLES. [RUDYARD KIPLING; LAFCADIO HEARN].
Rudyard Kipling: His Life and Work.
London: Macmillan & Co Ltd 1955.
First edition of Carrington’s famed biography of Kipling. Octavo, original cloth. With an autograph note signed by Lafcadio Hearn adhered to the front pastedown which reads, “Kipling is priceless – his single story of Purima Bayal is worth a Kingdom; I & his suggestive moral of human life is such a miracle! I can’t tell you what pleasure it gave me. – Lafcadio Hearn.” Japanese writer of Greek-Irish descent Lafcadio Hearn is best remembered for his books about Japanese culture which offered the Western world a glimpse into a largely unknown but fascinating culture at the time. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription. An exceptional association.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 123050
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Rare Rudyard Kipling First Appearance Collection; including first appearances of The Burning of the Sarah Sands, An English School, and My Personal Experience With a Lion
KIPLING, RUDYARD.
Rudyard Kipling First Appearance Collection: The Burning of the Sarah Sands, An English School, and My Personal Experience With a Lion.
Boston: The Youth's Companion 1898.
Rare collection of Kipling first appearances including the first appearance of The Burning of the Sarah Sands, An English School, and My Personal Experience With a Lion. Quarto. Housed in a custom folder. In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 123595