Departmental Ditties

London: W. Thacker & Co., 1897 Ninth edition, limited to 150 copies. Original cloth, pages uncut. Near fine with light dust soiling and two small water stains to the front board. Overall a very attractive copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

Lahore: Civil and Military Press Gazette, 1886. First Edition. Very Good. First edition of Kipling's first published book. Bound in publisher's original tan printed wrappers imitating the form of an Indian civil service envelope with an overlapping flap. Wear to spine and a short split at the bottom end of the overlapping flap fold. Kipling was serving as… Read more about this item

London: Newnes, 1899. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. First Newnes edition (first published in 1886 in Lahore), orange printed wraps, very good clean copy with minor wear and soil, housed in handsome cloth clamshell slipcase with bookplate of John and Maggie Phillips; (John Phillips, from Derby in the UK, amassed a great collection of Kipling and of Boer… Read more about this item

London: Methuen and Co. Ltd. 1918. 12mo. xiii, 176 pp. Publisher's full leather with gilt decoration & lettering. In original colour pictorial dust wrapper. Top edge gilt. Jacket slightly edgeworn with fading to spine. Boards clean. Internally clean. Uncommon pictorial dustjacket. . Very Good. Full Leather. Reprint. 1918.

Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co., 1890. Fourth edition, but the first edition printed in the UK. The adverts at the end are dated February 1890. This edition includes ten poems in addition to those included in the 1888 3rd edition, and features revisions to others. Deep blue cloth, with elaborate gilt device on upper board replicating a note from… Read more about this item

W.Thacker, 1897. Tenth Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Dudley Cleaver [Illustrator]. Hardcover. Published 1897. Previous owner's ink inscription. Illustrated. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

London: Methuen, 1934. 41st Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in gilt-blocked modern leather. Top edge gilt. Spine bands and panel edges bumped and rubbed as with age. Remain quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xi, 176 pages; 18cm. Subjects: Poetry -- Collections.Poetry. 19th century poetry. 20th century poetry. Kipling, Rudyard.

Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1913. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1913. Twenty-Third Edition. 176 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Deckled edges. Rough cut edges. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Moderate thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable… Read more about this item

Methuen & Co., nd c 1920. reprint.. Hardback. Cloth, G. xiv+176pp, edges rubbed & bumped cloth unevely marked. A collection of Kipling's verse, featuring 48 in all.

New York, NY: M. F. Mansfield. Very good condition/No Dustjacket. ca 1898. ........ Hardcover. 8vo., 198 pp. .

M F Mansfield, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 93 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Brown… Read more about this item

hardcover, all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.

Macmillan, 1921. Hard Cover. Very Good. A near fine copy in original limp red gilt leather, silk marker. Macmillan and Co. 1921.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran. 1932. good+. Hardcover. Vol. 6 of a set. 162pp; interior clean; flexible red boards with blind- stamped swastika on front of flexible red boards; lettering on spine is faded; small tear top of spine .

London: Methuen, 1950. reprint. Very nice copy. small octavo. hardback with dust jacket xiii + 208pp., index, Nice copy instewart blue blind-stamped (elephant) boards in a very nice price-clipped dust jacket. Modern edition but uncommon with jacket

London, England: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1921. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Good. Cover has a gold elephant with a Ganesh swastika. Moderate rubbing to corners of cover. Number written on back inner cover in pencil, otherwise pages are clean but age toned. Binding is tight. Pictures available upon request.

M. F. Mansfield, 1900. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Yellow cloth over boards, covers stained. Spine tanned. Top edge gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Pages are age toned. Undated c.1900

London: Methuen & Co., 1914. Book. Good. Hardcover. 26th Edition.. 176pp + advertising. HARDCOVER Roughcut pages. Clean copy internally. No inscriptions. Browning to half-title page. Various marks to external cloth. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Size: 12mo - over 63/4" - 73/4" tall.

New York: R.F. Fenno & Co., 1899. Paperback. Good. . Uncertain early edition. Original wrap yapped with minor creasing, tears, and tanning. Pages lightly tanned and clean.

GB: Methuen Pocket Edition, 1928. Burgundy limp leather lettered and decorated in gold. Off-white dustwrapper lettered and decorated in red. Nearly as new. Dw has slight edge wear and bit trimmed along top edge.. Reprint. Softcover. Fine/VG- DW.