The kipling society (4 risultati)

Condizione: as new. Pbk stapled 63pp illus an unread copy excellent as new.

Condizione: Very Good. 4 pages, illustrated. This is an original article separated from an issue of The Book & Magazine Collector publication. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

8pp., landscape 12mo. Saddle-stitched into light-brown printed wraps. In good condition, lightly-aged. A tasteful production, with two full-page illustrations by 'T. O'B. Horsford', captioned 'Bateman's' and 'The Hall'. Introductory note by Parish, inside the front cover: 'The following article was written for the Kipling Society's Journal and is here printed by courtesy of its Editor.' The piece begins: 'It was not long after our arrival in 1940 as the tenants of Bateman's that we learnt that Mr. Kipling had a sister, and we wondered what manner of lady she might be, little expecting ever to meet her. | Judge then of our pleasure when last July, five years later, a letter arrived from Mr. Brooking, founder of our Society, saying that Mrs. Fleming, whose home was in Edinburgh, was on a visit to London and had expressed the wish to see Bateman's again, and that he would escort her. The date was fixed for July 10th, and at midday I met them at Etchingham station. Now how better can I describe this most charming little lady than by saying that she was exactly what you would wish a sister of Mr. Kipling to be.' A letter from Mrs Fleming to Parish, dated from 6 West Coats, Edinburgh, on 17 September 1945, is printed over one and a half pages. Surprisingly scarce: no copy in the British Library or on OCLC WorldCat, and the only copy traced on COPAC in the National Trust collections. Newspaper cutting of letter from Evelyn C. Johnson of Elloughton, regarding 'Burne-Jones's St. Cecilia window', loosely inserted.…

Limited edition of 1000 numbered copies, signed and numbered by the illustrator on the limitation engraving, which is handprinted from the woodblock. Quarter vellum and decorated foil-blocked boards with vellum corner-tips, top edge gilt, 4to, 216 pp, colour plates, numerous engraved tailpieces. With an introduction by Michael Morpurgo and 14 paintings by Niroot Puttapipat printed with gold borders and tipped in as colour plates. The binding used 4 coloured metallic foils to illustrate the Leopard. Contents: Introduction; How the Whale got his Throat; How the Camel got his Hump; How the Rhinoceros got his Skin; How the Leopard got his Spots; The Elephant's Child; The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo; The Beginning of the Armadilloes; How the First Letter Was Written; How the Alphabet Was Made; The Crab That Played With the Sea; The Cat That Walked by Himself; The Butterfly That Stamped; The Tabu Tale. Copy no. 453, signed and numbered by the artist on the original etching. As new in the publisher's solander box which has a tiny indentation to the rear face. …