Lot 296
Kipling, Rudyard
Collection of works
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 June 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
Just So Stories for Little Children. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902. First edition, 4to, original pictorial cloth, inscribed by Henry Shackleton (father of Ernest H. Shackleton) to his daughter (and Ernest's sister) 'Eleanor Hope Shackleton, from Daddy, Dec. 8, 1902', with the Shackleton family bookplate on front pastedown, binding worn and sunned, inner hinges cracked, occasional pencil markings;
The Five Nations. London: Methuen and Co., 1903. First edition, signed by Kipling on the title-page, 8vo, original red cloth, bookplate (Mildred Chelsea), rear inner hinge partially cracked;
The Second Jungle Book. With Illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling. London: Macmillan and Co., 1895. First edition, 8vo, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, small damp-stain and erased pencil inscription to head of title-page, spotting towards rear;
Traffics and Discoveries. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1904. First edition, 8vo, later half morocco by Delrue, a little damp-staining to fore edge and front pastedown;
and 13 others including first editions in the original cloth of Kim, Captains Courageous, Soldier Tales, etc.