If by Kipling, First Edition (13 results)

Hardcover, in dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Light crimping to spine tips, still fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.

Brossura. Condition: nuovo. prima edizione. Testo inglese a fronte.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. First Edition. 1st Edition 1910. Includes the famous poem "If". Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. Light age toning to some pages. More images can be taken upon request. Ref19424.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good ++. First Edition. 1st UK Edition 1914. A very rare 1st UK separate edition of this classic poem. The Poem first appeared in the book Rewards and Fairies in 1910, this separate publication was issued in the UK to capitalise on the huge, and instant, popularity of what has become Kipling's most enduring work of verse. The soft cover book is very good and bright. Light age toning. Contents average. Foxing to pages. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18889.

Sewn Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. (8pp.) No.9/12 copies hand-printed by students. The Text set in 18pt. Bembo Roman, 1 pt. leaded, the title in 30pt Extra-Ornamented, and printed in Viridian. Uncommon. Book.

FIRST SEPARATE EDITION (U. S). IN RARE PUBLISHERS DELUX IMITATION LEATHER BINDING. Precedes the first U. K separate edition by 4 years. Oblong 8vo. (4.4 x 6.4 inches). 8 double leaves, uncut at the top. Each double leaf has a green rule and dot border, the text printed in black with green initial letters. Half title has "IF" printed in green within an ornamental black panel, the same as the design stamped onto the front board, with the addition of the author's name. This version with the green colour printing is Richards' variant a. The Publishers note on page 5 appears in four different variants, with priority unknown, and this copy has variant ii. In the very rare original delux publishers dark red imitation morocco leather binding with gilt ruling and lettering to the front panel (Richards binding variant ii). Some wear to the surface of the binding at the spine and corners and the gilt on the front board is a bit dulled, as usual. Some creasing and bending to the boards. Internally a very bright and clean copy. Overall this is a very good and attractive copy of this rare little book. This imitation leather bound issue is by far the rarest of the three variant bindings published. In 35 years of dealing in English Literature and handling many dozens of copies of this edition in the paper covered boards and 18 copies in the delux green leather, this is only the eighth time I have come across a copy in this red variant binding. Published (probably November 1910) very shortly after the Poem first appeared in the book Rewards and Fairies (October 1910), this separate publication was issued to capitalise on the huge, and instant, popularity of what has become Kipling's most enduring work of verse. A poll taken by the BBC in the UK in 2005 voted it as Britain's favourite Poem, poling twice as many votes as the number 2 choice, Lord Tennyson's The Lady of Shallot. Originally written in 1895, IF was inspired by the actions of Dr. Leander Starr Jameson, a British Officer whose forces were defeated by the Boers in 1895, but who was portrayed as a victorious hero by the British press, the poem is a powerful masterclass in maintaining the British stiff upper lip. ------ David Alan Richards. Rudyard Kipling. A Bibliography. A244. Binding variant ii. Text Variants ii, a.

hardcover. Condition: fine. First. 8 double leaves cut at bottom edge, each leaf stamped with a green border. Oblong 16mo, red leather stamped in gilt. Garden City: Doubleday Page (1910). First Edition. Fine. First separate U.S. edition of Kipling's most enduring work of verse, in the publisher's deluxe leather binding. Precedes the UK edition by four years.

8vo., First Edition, with title in red and black, and 4 plates; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 10pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Kipling's collection of historical fantasy and short stories includes the first appearance of the well-known poem 'If'. Bleiler 344.

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A first edition, first printing of Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling, printed by Macmillan in 1910, illustrations by Frank Craig. A very good book, boards bound in publisher's original red cloth with gilt titling to spine and gilt blind stamped elephant device to front board, fading and wear to spine and pushing to spine tips, handling wear to corners and extremities, gilt top stain still present. No dust wrapper. Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling is a collection of historical and fantastical short stories, intertwined with poems, that explore England's past. A sequel to Puck of Pook's Hill, it features characters Dan and Una who meet Puck, a mischievous fairy, who introduces them to figures from various eras. The stories blend myth, legend and history, providing moral lessons and insights into English heritage. Notable for its famous poem "If," the collection showcases Kipling's storytelling and poetic skill.

Garden City, New York, Doubleday Page and Company, copyright by Rudyard Kipling: 1910, in-16 formato album (mm 110x162), legatura editoriale in pieno marocchino verde, piatto anteriore inquadrato da cornice in oro con titolo - IF - in verde all'interno di un pannello ornamentale dorato con accanto il nome dell'autore in oro, 8 fogli doppi uniti al margine superiore. Ogni foglio doppio ha una cornice rosso vivo con righe e punti, il testo è stampato in nero con iniziali rosse. L'occhietto ha "IF" stampato in rosso all'interno di un pannello ornamentale nero. Questa versione con la stampa a colori rossi è la variante b censita da David Alan Richards in "Kipling. A Bibliography". Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2010. La nota dell'editore su p. 5 appare in 4 varianti diverse con priorità sconosciuta e questa copia reca la variante III censita da Richards. Prima edizione separata: precede la prima edizione separata inglese di 4 anni. Esemplare con la legatura editoriale di lusso in pelle di colore verde (Richards: binding variant I). Pubblicata - probabilmente nel novembre 1910 - subito dopo la prima apparizione del poema nel volume "Rewards and Fairies" (ottobre 1910), questa edizione separata fu realizzata per sfruttare l'enorme e immediata popolarità di quella che sarebbe diventata l'opera in versi più duratura di Kipling. Bell'esemplare.

Rare print of Rudyard Kipling's poem Being a Man, more commonly referred to as "If-". One page, typed. Boldly signed by author Cormac McCarthy at the bottom right corner. Cormac McCarthy (1933â"2023) was an American novelist whose stark prose and often violent themes earned him recognition as one of the most influential literary voices of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. His best-known works include Blood Meridian (1985), regarded as a masterpiece of the American West and frontier violence, and the Border Trilogyâ"All the Pretty Horses (1992), The Crossing (1994), and Cities of the Plain (1998)â"which brought him both critical acclaim and commercial success, with All the Pretty Horses winning the National Book Award. Later, No Country for Old Men (2005) and The Road (2006) achieved bestseller status, with the latter earning him the Pulitzer Prize and cementing his reputation as a chronicler of human survival and moral ambiguity. In near fine condition. The piece measures 6 inches by 7.5 inches. Housed in a hand-made cloth folder by the Harcourt Bindery. "Ifâ"" first appeared in the "Brother Square Toes" chapter of the book Rewards and Fairies, a collection of Kipling's poetry and short-story fiction, published in 1910. In his posthumously published autobiography, Something of Myself (1937), Kipling said that, in writing the poem, he was inspired by the character of Leander Starr Jameson, leader of the failed Jameson Raid against the Transvaal Republic to overthrow the Boer Government of Paul Kruger. The failure of that mercenary coup d'Ã tat aggravated the political tensions between Great Britain and the Boers, which led to the Second Boer War (1899â"1902).As an evocation of Victorian-era stoicismâ"the "stiff upper lip" self-discipline, which popular culture rendered into a British national virtue and character trait, "Ifâ"" remains a cultural touchstone.

A first edition, first printing of 'Rewards and Fairies'. Octavo. pp xii, 338, [2] adverts. Illustrations by Frank Craig. Original red cloth with gilt elephant device on front cover. Top edge gilt. Stories and poems. First appearance of the poem ''If --''. Cloth at head of spine slightly bumped. Prelims and edges spotted - without inscriptions - some light staining to the inside of the rear board. A near fine copy. No dustwrapper. Scarce.