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KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). [ The Works, ] London: Macmillan and Company, 1937-39. Sussex edition. Number 76 of 525 copies of the Works signed by Kipling. 35 volumes, large 8vo (242 x 156mm). Titles printed in russet, vol. 13 with wood-engraved plates and initials after the author, vols 28-29 with maps printed in red and black, some folding. Original russet niger morocco gilt by James Burn, double gilt fillet border, spines lettered in gilt between raised bands, top edges gilt and red, others uncut, slipcases (vol. 35 slightly waterstained). [ Sold with ]: KIPLING, R. Collected Verse . London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1912. 4to (268 x 200mm). Original brown pigskin gilt. Limited to 100 copies on Japan paper signed by the author -- KIPLING, R. Sea and Sussex . London: Macmillan, 1926. 4to (290 x 227mm). 24 mounted coloured plates by Donald Maxwell Original quarter vellum, slipcase. Limited to 500 copies signed by Kipling. A well-preserved set of Kipling's works: "During the last years of his life, Kipling was engaged in a complete revision of his works, and the text of the Sussex edition represents his final revised text. Two volumes of uncollected prose and much verse are here collected for the first time ... Unfortunately, a substantial portion of the edition was destroyed in unbound sheets during the bombing of London in 1941" (Stewart pp.577-580). Kipling's Collected Poems : Half-title and title printed in turquoise and black, initials printed in turquoise. Original brown pigskin lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Two limited large paper issues were printed from the types of the standard edition: 500 copies on English hand-made paper, bound in limp vellum; and 100 numbered copies on Japan paper, bound in brown pigskin. The latter alone bears the signature of Rudyard Kipling rather than those of the publisher and printer. This is an out-of-series copy numbered 0000. Stewart 314. With the exception of the introductory poem, Sea and Sussex consists of extracts from Kipling's poems previously collected. Limited editions were published in both London and New York, printed from the types of the corresponding trade editions. Stewart 524.
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). [ The Works, ] London: Macmillan and Company, 1937-39. Sussex edition. Number 76 of 525 copies of the Works signed by Kipling. 35 volumes, large 8vo (242 x 156mm). Titles printed in russet, vol. 13 with wood-engraved plates and initials after the author, vols 28-29 with maps printed in red and black, some folding. Original russet niger morocco gilt by James Burn, double gilt fillet border, spines lettered in gilt between raised bands, top edges gilt and red, others uncut, slipcases (vol. 35 slightly waterstained). [ Sold with ]: KIPLING, R. Collected Verse . London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1912. 4to (268 x 200mm). Original brown pigskin gilt. Limited to 100 copies on Japan paper signed by the author -- KIPLING, R. Sea and Sussex . London: Macmillan, 1926. 4to (290 x 227mm). 24 mounted coloured plates by Donald Maxwell Original quarter vellum, slipcase. Limited to 500 copies signed by Kipling. A well-preserved set of Kipling's works: "During the last years of his life, Kipling was engaged in a complete revision of his works, and the text of the Sussex edition represents his final revised text. Two volumes of uncollected prose and much verse are here collected for the first time ... Unfortunately, a substantial portion of the edition was destroyed in unbound sheets during the bombing of London in 1941" (Stewart pp.577-580). Kipling's Collected Poems : Half-title and title printed in turquoise and black, initials printed in turquoise. Original brown pigskin lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Two limited large paper issues were printed from the types of the standard edition: 500 copies on English hand-made paper, bound in limp vellum; and 100 numbered copies on Japan paper, bound in brown pigskin. The latter alone bears the signature of Rudyard Kipling rather than those of the publisher and printer. This is an out-of-series copy numbered 0000. Stewart 314. With the exception of the introductory poem, Sea and Sussex consists of extracts from Kipling's poems previously collected. Limited editions were published in both London and New York, printed from the types of the corresponding trade editions. Stewart 524.