Light Failed by Kipling, First Edition (58 results)

Condition: Good+ unmarked. First Thus. Famous novel (1890) about a painter who goes blind. Solid clean tight PB copy. 327 pp, appendix, notes. MM paperback in glossy color illus wraps.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. Brown cloth with gilt titles and decoration on the spine, gilt ruling to the front panel and circular elephant embossed decoration at mid-cover; covers are lightly to moderately soiled and rubbed and corners are very lightly bumped and rubbed; spine is cut horizontally at top and lightly rubbed at bottom; White Endpapers with some darkening and soiling/foxing; Front hinge and rear hinge cracked but still intact; book edges are lightly soiled and rough-cut; top book edge gilt; 8vo; 329 pages; book interior is clean.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. Second Printing. Pocket Book Paperback #45, 1940, 2nd Edition, 16mo, 248 pages. Some peeling to plastic wrapping, "X" on bottom edge, else book very good+ condition. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. #45, 2nd Printing, March. 248pp. Slight general wear, light wear to spine bottom, very slight laminate peel. Photos on request. Size: Mass Market.

Hardcover. Condition: Good/No Dj. 1st Printing. 8vo nice clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. G+ condition. This RARE edition of The That Failed was published by Renard in 1925. The blue cloth covers with red titles look sharp. The covers show light rubbing to the edges and boards. Book is very slightly rolled forward. The binding is in good shape. A few pages have a blue stain to the upper corner; however, the staining only extends about 1/4" into the page. The interior pages are unmarked. There is a small abrasion to the front flyleaf. Dust jacket is not included. USPS electronic tracking number issued free of charge.

Hardcover. 8vo., 339 pp. Authorized Edition. Written in Vermont like his second, more successful and more famous novel, Captain's Courageous. Published for the first time in 'Lippincott's Monthly Magazine,' Kipling revised it later for an earlier Doubleday & McClure edition to appear as he intended it. Authorized Edition in green, gilt titles, embossed RK device. First printing, no others noted. Good in green boards with hinges starting and with handling and wear.

Hardback. Condition: New. 1st.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. 4th Printing. Nice copy. Unmarked, tight and square. Pages tanned but supple. Price clipped jacket has photo of Ronald Colman from movie of the same name swashbuckling in the desert. A haunting love story. Jacket lightly sunned on spine with only mild edgewear. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No writing or marks. Tanned fragile pages. Some tears on title page. Cover has a couple stain spots.

Digest Size Paperback. Condition: Good- Very Good. 1st Printing. Square solid copy with wrinkles on spine, small edge tears on covers, small corner creases, and covers show light wear. Undated, but pre 1920, pulp style newprint interior with thin white cover stock. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st. NO Dust Jacket. Has heavy tanning/browning, Covers have stains, wear, soil, starting to fray on corners. Owner markings noted on First Free End Page, Cracked hinges. CLEAN TEXT! See Picture! The Copyright date is 1909 for this Printing. Thank you for your purchase from Sunset Books! Help Promote World Literacy, GIVE a Book as a GIFT!! In stock, Ships from Ohio. WE COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES!!!! SEE PICTURES!!!!! ANY ODD/GREEN TONES ON THE SCANS ARE CAUSED BY MY SCANNER!! All of our Technical/Textbook/Ex-Library volumes were obtained legally through Public or Auction sales. This volume was purchased through Local Public Auction. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

First Edition. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 339 pages. Subjects; Fiction in English (1837-1900) Texts. Genre; Fiction. 3 Kg.

FIRST UNIFORM EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG); 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 4 p. ., 289 p. ; 21 cm.Subjects: English literature 19th century. Genre: Literature. Language: English. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 339 pages. Subjects; Fiction in English (1837-1900) Texts. Genre; Fiction. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The Standard Book Company January 1930, 1930. Hardcover. Condition:fine, Punjab Edition, maroon cloth with stampled cover and spine.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 4 p. ., 289 p. ; 21 cm.Subjects: English literature 19th century. Genre: Literature. Language: English. 1 Kg.

Kl.8°, Obr. In privater HLwd. 1. Aufl. 278 Seiten, sehr guter und sauberer Zustand Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Red cloth gilt lettering to spine. Elephant head in gilt on front cover. No inscription. 289 pages clean and tight. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This copy of 'The Light that Failed', is a reprint of the 1907 first pocket edition. Complete, firm and tight. Gilt decoration on front of cover; gilt titling and decoration on slightly faded spine; grazing at edges and bumping and bruising at corners. Contents slightly toned, marked on fly pages and discoloured at page edges.Dedication onfront fly pagein black ink. 289 pages. Dimensions: 17 1/2 x 11 1/2 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. In remarkably good shape. Tan cover with elephant emblem on the front with a gold border and gold lettering on spine.Wear at the top and bottom of spine.Otherwise tight and clean.

Hardback. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+ DW. Youngman Carter (DW) (illustrator). 1st Thus. Pictorial dw by Youngman Carter states "The Book of the Film" on front cover and "This is the Book of the Film. A Paramount Picture starring Ronald Colman and Walter Huston, Ida Lupino and Muriel Angelus ." on rear cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Très bon. Gérard Économos (illustrator). First printing of this edition. Collection des Prix Nobel de Littérature éditée sous le patronage de l'Académie Suédoise et de La Fondation Nobel. In-8. Cartonnage d'éditeurs. Reliure d'editeur moderne, illustré en couleurs sur le 1er plat avec un dessin original de Picasso. 289 pages + illustrations en plein page en couleur par Gérard Économos. Traduit de l'anglais vers le français par Louis Fabulet et Robert d'Humières.Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907. To date he is the youngest recipient of the award. 18 other volumes in this series also available.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First United Kingdom Edition. Early UK edition. Good condition for it's age. The binding is askew due to improper storage yet the binding is firm. Two ownership marks on the FEP. Some edge wear and corner bumping. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Original blue gilt stamped cloth. Spine leaning, otherwise a decent copy.

Hardback. Condition: New. 1st.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. V Grubeyedoff (illustrator). 1st Edition. *** BOOK this is a bound edition of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, volume XLVII for January 1891, and consists of the Kipling story pp1-97 and 50 pp of shorter pieces. There were four versions of this, Kipling's first novel, this one has the happy ending ; the eventual standard edition is quite a bit longer ans has a sad ending. It is strongly bound with brown boards with gilt title on spine. The upper board is slightly scuffed. Frontispiece steel engraving of the author by V Grubeyedoff. This was the first novel of KIpling's to be published.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. An attractive library set of 8 Rudyard Kipling works, comprising; Traffics and Discoveries, 1904, 1st edition;  Life's Handicap; Being Stories of Mine Own People, 1916, Reprint;  Actions and Reactions, 1917, Reprint;  The Day's Work, 1919, Reprint;  Many Inventions, 1920, Reprint;  Letters of Travel (1892-1913), 1920, 1st edition;  The Light That Failed, 1925, Reprint;  Debits and Credits, 1926, 1st edition.   All published by Macmillan and Co, Limited, London. Printed by R. and R. Clark of Edinburgh. A very good set of hardbacks with dark green leather spine and corners. The leather is sunned to brown on spine. Spines with raised bands, morocco title labels and gilt motifs to panels. With green linen over boards. With mild bumping and wear. All volumes are soundly bound. With gilt top edge to text block. Three of the volumes have the gilt armorial crest of Eton College to the front and rear cover and feature a different, but complementary emblem to the spines. One of these volumes also carries an Eton prize presentation label to the first pastedown. Some offsetting to borders of marbled endpapers opposite the leather, and occasional light spotting. Text pages are generally in near fine condition - clean and bright throughout. A very smart set indeed. Text in English. Dimensions: Each volume approx 205mm high x 136mm wide x c.30mm deep. Weight: Approximately 4.4kg (the set - unpacked). Many more phtoso available on request. No extra postage costs other than the price shown.