Something of Myself; for My Friends Known and Unlknown by Kipling, Rudyard - 1937

MaCMILLAN, 1905, 1905. , Blue & White Decorated Cloth of snowy mountains & Sun & trees with some Edge rub & minor Corner Bump edges, , VG-, AS-IS, NOJACKET, 385 pgs, Small ding to spine cvr,HARDBACK NODJ, June 1905, stated 1st edition, 2nd issue ,VG-, interior Nice & Tight relatively Clean, Ever so slight Hinge Starting, VG, AS-IS, NODUSTJACKET,Octavo, Green decorated Cloth Boards with red, Lettered Cover with white & Brown, White & Gold Gilt Lettering on Spine, Minor Cover Rub, Wear, Scuff primarily corners & along Spine & with small external small Chips & Light Tears, Mild Fox, 182 pgs, Publishers Ads in Back, . First Edition. Hard Cover.

Country Life,Ltd.London. 1926. FIRST EDITION.8vo.(8.5 x 7 inches).Decorated initial letters to each chapter.A very good copy in a fine early binding by Bumpus of London.Half tan calf,spine with raised bands and twin light and dark brown labels,gilt.Marbled paper on boards.Circular brown calf label,with owners initials,on front board.Marbled endpapers.Top edge gilt,others untrimmed.Previous owners small neat inscription "C.M.H from K.M.H" on front blank endpaper.Some minor rubbing to extremities but overall a very good copy of this interesting book.In the introduction the author reveals his thoughts on dining. "Really intense and progressive people count the calories in carrots and the vitamins in veal and advise us to live on raw cabbage.This book is not for them,but for the bad lots who openly admit that they like the pleasures of the table and who enjoy life".

London: Longman. Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1847. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 2 volumes. Vol. I. pp. viii, xxxviii, [2], 391, [1]. Vol. II. pp. [4], vii, [1], xxii, [2], 447, [1]. Frontispiece in each volume. Wood engravings by F.W. Fairholt. Green cloth with gilt front cover image of Medieval knights. Some shelf wear and rubbing. Hinges and corner tips carefully repaired. Inner joints strengthened. Name and date (1858) written in an old hand on front fly leaf of each volume. Some foxing to frontispieces and title pages. Occasional mild marginal soiling on several pages. Otherwise a generally clean copy. An excellent source book of Robin Hood lore. Volume I contains J.M. Gutch's biography of Robin Hood; a printing of the Middle English ballad "The Lytell Geste of Robin Hode" accompanied by a modern English version; W. Hone's "Dissertation upon the Morris Dance and Maid Marian", taken from his "Year Book"; Francis Douce's "A… Read More

Viking Press,NY, 1958. HBDJ ,FOTO LASER COLOR Copy DJ, Stated Fourth Printing, March 1958, 1st Edition, NF-/GOOD, AS-IS, 8 vo, Black Cloth Hardboard Cover lettered in White on Spine & On Front Cvr, A truly near beautiful copy rarely encountered in this nearly superlative condition, The boards are straight and clean with no bumping, tears, shredding, very light soiling . The white lettering is bright and complete. Internally there is no writing, tears, soiling, foxing, or separation light wear FOX ,Front Blank Flyleafs + next 15 pgs small light top Edge Stain blank Margin, 310 PAGES, Foto copy of DJ light Rub wear , Publishers FadedRed Top Stain outer pgs edge, Light Cover Scuff, Tiny Cvr corner tears .Front FOTO LASER COLOR Copy DJ has Colored Abstract Design Block makes it Very Destinctive & Beat !! Front Blank Flyleafs + next 15 pgs small light top Edge Stain blank Margin. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Faber & Faber. London.,1933. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 5.7 inches). 38pp. Fine copy, finely bound in recent full dark green calf, flat spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Single ruled gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt. :

Doubleday, This is a BOOK CLUB EDITION, 1965 HBDJ, 1965, Early Reprint, 253 PGs, Book VG Condition and Dust Jacket in VG- Condition with minor wear around the edges DJ & Tiny Chips , Light Soil Back DJ , Interior NiCE tight Clean. Beige Grey Cloth Lettered in Black on SPine light Wear, Publishers RedDye Stain on Top Pgs Edges . Gothic Mystery set in both Mediaeval Rome and the present day, which includes the classic elements of the Genre; murder, and haunting from a phantom.. Signed by Author. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.

Boston: Printed for the Booksellers. Good+. 1832. Hardcover. Clean blue paper covered boards with brown cloth spine. Complete in three volumes . 216pp, 220pp and 216pp. Interiors of the three texts are tight, clean and intact. Each volume with a frontispiece. German literature, a Corsican bandit uprising against French domination. Small piece of blue paper missing from #1's rear cover. Lightly rubbed on front corners. Prior owner's signature on top edge and frontispiece. Vol. 1 & 3 have a small narrow damp stain on bottom margin. Novel, German Literature, Fiction; Thin 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 652 pages .

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. Signed on the title page by the author. First U.S. edition / First printing. Navy cloth. Fine in a dust jacket with a closed 1/8" tear on the back panel, else fine. Gunter Grass was the 1999 Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Paris: Robert Laffont, 2012. Pefect bound. Original white wrappers printed in blue and black. With the publisher's wraparound band. Minor bump to head of spine. An excellent, fresh copy. First edition, first impression, paperback issue. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to Nobel Prize-winning biologist Sydney Brenner on the half title, "It has been great to have the chance to know you. Thanks to Gulbenkian! With my admiration and my sincére amitié, these pages about my life in science. Paris, le 26 Juillet 2012, Nicole le Douarin". Gulbenkian probably refers to the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, a philanthropic organisation which may have held a conference at which Douarin and Brenner met. Author Nicole le Douarin (1930 - ) is a leader in the field of developmental biology. She has designed important techniques for studying differentiation in embryos, most importantly the creation of chimeras in which cells from two different species can be individually tracked as they develop into organ… Read More

New York: Vertigo, DC COMICS, 1991. Book. Fine. Signed by Author. First Edition, Second Printing. SIGNED by NEIL GAIMAN on the Half-Title page. Signature with drawing of a mouse Morpheus and the note, "Sweet Dreams". A first edition, second printing of the first trade paperback Sandman comic, collecting issues 1-8. Book is in fine condition with minimal wear to front corner. Boards are clean, not bumped. Fore edges are clean. Interior is clean and legible. Unread copy. Includes flyer from 1991 event when and where the copy was signed. Extremely rare edition and signed copy. Please see photos for details.