Holy by Kipling Rudyard (15 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Single poem on single piece of folded paper. Approx. 4 1/4" wide by 6 3/4" when closed. ; 4 pages.

Paper Wrappers. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. Second Edition. a single sheet folded once to give four pages 6 3/4" x 4 1/8". The pamphlet was written in 1917. The title is enclosed in beautifully engraved knotwork in an almost Celtic style. The piece is printed on a heavy, laid, stock. Separate edition. Bibliographies: Livingston 422 note p. 376, Stewart 431, Grolier 485, Richards E1107.…

Softcover. Condition: Good. No jacket. Poem on a single sheet fold out pamphlet (4 printed pages). No date but the poem was written in 1917.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Small single fold pamphlet containing Kipling's poem, The Holy War, an homage to John Bunyan. Black lettering and design on buff stiff paper. A very clean and solid example of this fragile work. The U.S. edition of 1917 predates the U.K. edition. It was done to secure copyright protection and was a very small print run. No date to this U.K. edition but my copy of "An English Collection Of First Editions Of Rudyard Kipling" from the "American Art Association" auction catalogue from 1928 spells it out pretty clearly. Near Fine.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Four-page poem. Undated. Foxed and small tear to top edge. Probably a first edition.

Limited numbered edn (87 of 125). 8vo. Original card covers with printed label on upper cover (upper cover lightly marked - otherwise VG). Pp. xi + 20 (no inscriptions).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 20 pages, near fine condition in card covers, paper title label on front cover, edges and corners of overlapping covers creased, number 116 of an edition of 125 copies.

First American Copyright Edition. First American Copyright Edition. octavo, light yellow paper wrappers printed in green. (8)pp. Doubleday, Page, The Doubleday, Page copyright editions were issued in small print runs of generally under 50 to 75 copies. Staples starting to rust otherwise a fine clean copy. Slight stain line across back wrapper. octavo, light yellow paper wrappers printed in green.…

First Edition - American Copyright Issue. Printed in a tiny quantity by the publisher to secure the copyright. Published 8 December 1917, distributed privately. Number of copies unknown. Richards A300 locates 14 copies. Precedes the English edition "Published: December 1917, at 2p." Poetry. Paperbound. Fine in printed wrappers. …

Second separate English edition. Kipling's verse, "The Holy War", was first published in the Christmas 1917 edition of the Land and Water Magazine. It was later collected in The Years Between 1919 From the library of Oliver Brett (later Viscount Esher) with his bookplate. 16mo., pp.4 pamphlet. A very good copy preserved in cloth flapcase lettered in gilt on spine. Richards E1-107.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. Octavo. Original stiff yellow wrappers stamped in green. No dust jacket. Very good. 5 pages. Livingston 421. Only a few copies printed to secure copyright. Actor Jean Hersholt?s copy, with his signed bookplate.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Limited edition, no.82/125. Thin Octavo. xi, 20pp. Original red textured card covers, paper title label. Generally clean and bright. A 'Very Good+' copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition- American Copyright Issue. Printed in a tiny quantity by the publisher to secure the copyright. Published 8 December 1917, distributed privately. Number of copies is unknown. Richards A300 locates 14 copies. Precedes the English edition "Published: December 1917, at 2p." Poetry. Paperbound. Fine in printed wrappers. Housed in a custom case with cold lettering on spine. Also includes a brochure on Kipling Poetry. …

Paperback. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. The Courting of Dinah Shadd and Other Stories With a Biographical and Critical Sketch by Andrew Lang. 1st American edition (preceding the first authorized American edition. ) "In The Athenaeum of October 4, 1890, on the authority of Mr. Kipling, it was stated that these stories had been collected by Messrs. Harper without permission, and they were accused of literary piracy, " an accusation which Harper denied. Livinston 57. Xii, 182, ads [2] pp. Losses to the paper spine and inner margins of wraps, corners slightly rounded. Ownership scrawled on title page. Marginal pencilling to ads, a cello tape repair. First time a portrait of Kipling appears in one of his books. This along with "Holy War" [2] leaves. Lon: Methuen & Co. , (nd) , ("Written 1917" at top of p2). Toned. Lot consists of 2 pieces. …

First separate British edition of Kipling's homage to John Bunyan which first appeared in Land and Water Magazine, December 1917, printed by Methuen and Co. to secure copyright protection. Small octavo, original wrappers with elaborate woodcut borders to the front panel. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. A superior example. English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901) and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India, which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. 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.…