Wee Willie Winkie

by Kipling, Rudyard

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On Feb 15, 2012, feeney said
We all know "Wee Willie Winkie", don't we? Whether recited in its original 1841 broad lowland Scots or as quickly rephrased in English, generations of mothers have lulled their restless babes to sleep with its rollicking lines. Remember? "The cat is singing purring sounds to the sleeping hen,/ The dog's spread out on the floor, and doesn't give a cheep, /But here's a wakeful little boy who will not fall asleep!" *** But "Wee Willie Winkie" is also a short story dashed off by 22 year-old Rudyard Kipling in 1888 in his last of seven years of newspapering in British India. He had been born in Bombay in December 1865. It begins "His full name was Percival William Williams, but he picked up the other name in a nursery-book, and that was the end of that." Six-year old "Willie-Baba" as he is called by his mother's Indian ayah, is son of the Colonel of the 195th Infantry regiment. One day his favorite subaltern's fiancee rides across the border of British India into the land of the Afghans. Willie rides after on his pony. She is thrown and both are about to be held for ransom by what Willie calls Bad Men or Goblins. But the men of the 195th ride up and Wee Willie is a hero. *** This story also lends its title to a book: one of 14 longish short stories dashed off by Kipling in 1888 or earlier in between stints for pure journalism for two Anglo-Indian newspapers. Advertising in 1888 said this about the content of WEE WILLIE WINKIE AND OTHER CHILD STORIES: "illustrations of the four main features of Anglo-Indian life, viz., the Military, Domestic, Native and Social." *** Not all of the 14 stories are about children. And certainly some are distinctly NOT for children, being about light-hearted or bored adulteries of 7,000 foot high hill station Simla, summer capital of the British Raj. Tales readers might already know include "The Phantom Rickshaw," "Baa Baa, Black Sheep," "The Drums of the Fore and Aft" and "The Man who would be King." The last was made into a 1975 feature film directed by John Huston and starring Sean Connery as ill-fated free-booting Freemasons Daniel Dravot and Michael Caine as Peachy Carnehan. "Baa Baa Black Sheep" is a depressing tale of child abuse, as Kipling and sister Trix (Alice) lived it from age 5 to 12 in a seaside English boarding house where he had been left by his parents when they left the youngsters there and returned to Bombay and then moved on to Lahore in India. *** WEE WILLIE WINKIE AND OTHER CHILD STORIES abounds in tales worth reading even if you have no knowledge of Kipling's life. But they are also part of the Kipling biography and especially its annus mirabilis 1888 when Kipling published some of his earliest works of genius. -OOO-

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Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories. Kipling, Rudyard. A Fine- copy in a Fine binding by Bayntun of Bath England. The Other Stories are: Baa, Baa, Black Sheep. His Majesty The King. The Drum Of The Fore And Aft. This copy is number 6 in a series of short stories from the Indian Railway library. Price was one Rupee. Published by A H… Read more about this item
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London: A. H. Wheeler & Co, 1890-92. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A collection of four volumes of Rudyard Kipling's short stories, with four volumes bound as one, one of the collections, 'The City of Dreadful Night' being the first edition. A collection of short stories written by Rudyard Kipling. … Read more about this item
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Wee Willie Winkie; The City of Dreadful Night;  American Notes   (The Works of Rudyard Kipling)

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NY: Nottingham Society , 1909. Printed for subscribers only, limited to 1,000 sets; red c w/paper spine label; moderate wear at extremities; 480 clean, unmarked pages. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frontis. 8 vo.
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Wee Willie Winkie; Under the Deodars; The Phantom 'Rickshaw; and Other Stories
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London: Sampson Low, Marston, & Company, 1892. First Combined Edition. Leather bound. Very good. The first Combined Edition of Wee Willie Winkle and Other Stories by Rudyard Kipling, finely bound by Charles Mudie of London.. Octavo, 314pp. Three-quarter red morocco, marbled paper boards. Matching marbled edges and endpapers. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. "Bound by… Read more about this item
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Boston: The Edinburgh Society, 1909. Book. Poor. Hardcover. Limited. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, blue cloth with paper spine label. 480 pages. Illustrated with 4 plates. Limited to 1,000 copies. A collection of three of Kipling's shorter prose works. Cloth faded, large chip at upper spine, and spine sunned to light brown.… Read more about this item
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Wee Willie Winkie: And Other Stories

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Allahabad: A. H. Wheeler & Co., 1988. Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.). Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper a little age toned. . Paperback in dust wrapper ). Physically C Format (8½” x 5½”) (0.5 kg); 96pp; In the A. H. Wheeler & Co.'s Indian Railway Library series; Preface by Philip Mason; Number 6 in… Read more about this item
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Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edges lightly worn.. 1938. First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated hardcover. Black and white illustrations, four color illustrations by Veva Storey, Whitman #1115.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 64 pages .
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UK: Macmillan, 1929. Reprint . Full-Leather. Near Fine/Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Reprint 1929. Book is very good++ and bright. Small name to endpaper. Full leather and gilt bound. Part of the Uniform Edition. Includes the uncommon wrapper.The wrapper is very good+ with small loss to spine top and a little age toning.… Read more about this item
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Chicago: Rand, McNally and Co., c. 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 x 8 in. Green cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners and spine ends bumped and worn, covers very clean. Binding tight and text unmarked. PO's name on ffep. Fiction. Stax.
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Macmillan, 1982. Reprint. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 372 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Macmillan, 1982. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have moderate creasing. Edges of covers have moderate wear. Spine has moderate reading creases. . Page edges are lightly browned and slightly foxed. Pages are lightly… Read more about this item
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Wee Willie Winkie: And Other Stories

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London: Macmillan and Co., 1918. Leather bound hardcover in good condition. No dust jacket. The boards are fairly worn with years of general scoring and markings. The spine is well worn with discolouration and damaged head. Thew previous owner has penned their name onto the FEP. Foxing on FEP and REP. The pages in the main body are clean and… Read more about this item
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Wee Willie Winkie -- Baa, Baa Black Sheep -- His Majesty the King -- the Drums of the Fore and Aft]

Wee Willie Winkie -- Baa, Baa Black Sheep -- His Majesty the King -- the Drums of the Fore and Aft]

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New York; Mershon, 1915. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Panel edges somewhat dulled and dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 144 pages; References: Livingston, F. V. M. Kipling, 43. Stewart, J. M. Kipling, 54.
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1899. New York, H.M. Caldwell, 1899. Kl. 8° 156 pp., 1 picture plate. Original cloth. Worn, some pages slack. Name on front fly. The cover a bit waterstained, spotted, otherwise fine. * 200 years J.J. Heckenhauer 1823 - 2023 *
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H. M. Caldwell Co., 1899. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1899. No Edition Remarks. 156 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Moderate dog-earing, foxing and tanning to pages throughout. Previous owner's inscription in pen to front free endpaper. Gutters and hinges are cracked with the netting exposed. Boards have moderate corner bumping… Read more about this item
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New York: H.M. Caldwell, 1899. Hard Cover. BOOK VERY GOOD/No Dustjacket. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. A VERY CLEAN, NICE COPY. Attractive red cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Embossed, decorative cover. Previous owner inscription on front endpaper. 139 pages. Illustrated
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Wee Willie Winkie: Under the Deodars, The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Stories (Centenary Edition)

Wee Willie Winkie: Under the Deodars, The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Stories (Centenary Edition)

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Macmillan London Ltd, London, 1982. Reissued, 1st Thus. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured illustration to the front panel with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Red coloured tint to the top text edge. Illustrated dustwrapper with gilt and white coloured titles to the front… Read more about this item
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Wee Willie Winkie: and Other Stories

Wee Willie Winkie: and Other Stories

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New York: Manhattan Press. Fair. N.D.. Hardcover. An edition in fair condition. The spine is becoming loose and the volume bears general shelfwear. There is an ink signature of a previous owner on the front flyleaf; Kipling's Wee Willie Winkie is a story of a mischievous little boy who gets into all sorts of mischief. It is… Read more about this item
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Wee Willie Winkie : and other stories

Wee Willie Winkie : and other stories

by Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936)

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Frome : R.S. Surtees Society, 1988. Facsimile Edition. Softcover. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: 96 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm. Subjects: English fiction Short stories. Genre: Fiction. Language: English.
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UK: Macmillan, 1939. Reprint . Full-Leather. Very Good ++. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Reprint 1939. Bound in full leather and gilt work to spine and cover. Book is very good++ and very bright. Nice clean contents. Bookplate to endpaper. More images can be taken upon request.Ref 16811
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