The Strand Magazine, January 1936 by Churchill, Winston S. ; Kipling, Rudyard - 1936

Book on good shape. jacket has a tear on spine and wear on corners. some staining on book and jacket.

London: Ward, Lock and Co., December 1900 to November 1901. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. In two volumes. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.vi; 754; pp.vi; 714. With frequent photogravure illustrations. Publisher's green cloth with gilt and dark brown titles and decoration to spines and upper boards. Blue ink ownership inscription to front pastedown of each volume. Upper hinge to volume XIII split and quite loose, with netting showing. Old tape repair to upper hinge of volume XIV. Some gatherings a little loose but bindings holding together well overall. Some light outer wear. Good. Featuring 'An Incident of African History' by Haggard; 'Ancient History', 'A Fatal Obstacle', 'A Life Subscription' and 'More Dolly Dialogues' by Anthony Hope; 'An Unlucky Rehearsal', 'My First Diplomatic Mission', 'My Dreadful Secret', 'Mr Ashley's Failure', 'Shocking Mesalliance', 'The Two Gamblers' and 'A Mad Christmas' by Oppenheim; 'Fields for Future Explorers' by Stanley; 'The Great Tipperary' by Boothby; 'Staggers'… Read More

New York: Hearst's International Library Co, 1914. First edition of King Albert's Book, produced to profit the Belgian Fund. Quarto, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of King Albert, with numerous tipped-in color plates illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Kay Nielsen, and Maxfield Parrish. Contains the first appearance of Rudyard Kipling's The Outlaws. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is lacking the spine. Produced to benefit the Belgian Fund, King Albert's Book contains contributions by numerous princes, diplomats, ecclesiastics, scholars, scientists, men and women of letters, artists, and composers including Winston S. Churchill, Rudyard Kipling, Edith Wharton, Arthur Rackham, and Claude Debussy.