Abaft the Funnel

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909. English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist Rudyard Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. First published in an unauthorized edition by B. W.… Read more about this item

New York: B. W. Dodge & Co., 1909. First Edition. hardcover. Hinge cracked at the rear but very tight; covers bright and fresh. The dustwrapper is complete with only minor chipping at the spine tips and corners. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Livingston 328. Pirated Edition, preceding the first edition of this collection of stories. This… Read more about this item

New York: B.W. Dodge & Company, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Unauthorized edition, first state (blue cloth with gold lettering) which preceded the trade first. A bit of shelf wear to bottom board edges, still a tight near fine copy with clean text. No dust jacket. A lovely copy.

New York: B. W. Dodge, 1909. First edition, unauthorized. Third issue with red lettering printed vs stamped (or gilt); in dust jacket--the only one of the three to be issued in one. Short stories and one poem. Very good in good dust jacket with old tape repair to chips and tears on verso, one of which is visible at… Read more about this item

New York: B.W. Dodge, 1909. First American Edition. Octavo (20cm). Pictorial deep blue textured cloth, stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 360pp. Publisher's presentation copy, inscribed on front endpaper: "Best wishes of the publisher (see title page) and his wife / Xmas 1909." First issue, with gilt stamping to cloth (later issues stamped in red). A… Read more about this item

New York: B. W. Dodge and Company, 1909. First unauthorized edition, second issue of Kipling's 1909 short story collection with red lettering to the spine and front panel. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth with the titles stamped in red. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist Rudyard Kipling was one of… Read more about this item

NY: B. W. Dodge & Company. Fine. Hardcover. 1909. 1st American ed., third issue of the unauthorized edition. 8vo, 1st American ed., third issue of the unauthorized edition; i n pictorial blue cloth with red printed titling. 360 pp. This pir ated edition by Dodge predates the authorized Doubleday edition b y two months. Dodge published only one edition,… Read more about this item

New York: B.W. Dodge, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. First American (pirated) edition, first issue with original blue cloth with seascape in black, gilt-stamped lettering. . Appearing two months before the authorized edition by Doubleday, Page and Company. Very good with light wear to the spine ends, small newspaper clipping laid on rear pastedown (pertaining to Rudyard Kipling), without… Read more about this item

New York: B.W. Dodge & Company, 1909. Hardcover. True First Edition: predating the authorized edition by Doubleday, Page, and Company. 5 x 7.5in. viii. 360pp. Publisher's decorative cloth boards. NEAR FINE in Near Fine dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows extremely light toning of the endpapers, a small spot of discoloration at the… Read more about this item

New York: B. W. Dodge & Company,, 1909. First edition, first issue with gilt lettering, an unauthorized piracy by Dodge and Company reprinting Kipling's contributions from various Indian newspapers. The first issue can be distinguished by the gold lettering on the spine and front cover; in response to the piracy, Kipling instructed his regular American publisher, Doubleday, to produce… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. No jacket. Board corners bumped, ink gift note on front endpaper. 1909 Hard Cover. viii, 323 pp. The measure of a man's popularity is not always --or indeed seldom-- the measure of his intrinsic worth. So, when the earlier work of any writer is gathered… Read more about this item

New York: B. W. Dodge & Company, 1909. English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist Rudyard Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Published in this unauthorized, or pirated, edition months… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909. English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist Rudyard Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. First published in an unauthorized edition by B. W.… Read more about this item

New York: B. W. Dodge & Co, 1909. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Very Good. Octavo. 360pp. Second issue, bound in a blue pictorial cloth depicting a ship on the high sea; red lettering spine and front cover. A clean bright copy in very good dust jacket with repair to rear panel along bottom edge… Read more about this item

New York: Dodge, 1909. Hardcover. Fair. First American (pirated) edition, third variant binding with printed seascape in black, and printed red lettering stamped on blue cloth. Tidemark on front board and pages edges, owner's bookplate and initials penned on front endpapers, extremities worn and chipped, loss on spine head, thus fair only, lacking the dustwrapper. A collection of… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday Page & Company, 1909. First American Ediiton, First Printing . Grey Cloth. Very Good Book/No Dust Jacket. Plates. First printing; 1909 date on title page and copyright page, no additional printing noted, in original grey cloth with elephant in scene above, white lettering. Lightly used, almost no signs of wear to cloth, but spine is… Read more about this item

Doubleday Page, 1909. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: . Some staining and wear to the illustrated covers and spine; the pages are yellowed; a cigarette smell inside but a solid reading copy of an old book. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Inventory No: 183754. . … Read more about this item

New York: B. W. Dodge & Company. Near Fine. 1909. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. First edition/first Issue in Near Fine condition with lightly rubbed extremities. Binding in deep blue, vertical rib cloth with gold stamped author, title, and publisher as required. Without dust-jacket as issued. The wrapper wasn't introduced until the third issue. Richards 227, … Read more about this item

New York: B. W. Dodge & Company, 1909. First Edition. First Printing Very good+ in its original dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board on top of embossed cover and spine with the recesses in black with the silhouette of a sailing ship. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5… Read more about this item

New York: B. W. Dodge & Company, 1909. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Contemporary bookplate on front pastedown else a fine copy. Livingston 328, "Pirated edition" preceding all others. A beautiful copy.