Drums fore aft (28 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: Good. First edition copy. . In protective mylar cover. (British India, classic literature).

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. (British India, Fiction) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. No date stated, ca. 1910. Short gifter's inscription on endpage. (Great Britain, India, kings, short stories).

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

Decorative Cloth. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. 1899 , first American Edition of 114 pages. Published in the same year as Stalky and Co, this appears to be a piece of military writing. With light grey cloth covers, with depicting on an elephant in a landscape. Clean interior except for one page which has pencil scribbles. Covers clean but spine cover missing. Still robust.…

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

1st Edition in this form. 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. 1 Kg.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. pp. 81.

Zustand: New. In English.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No. First US Edition. New York: Doubleday and McClure Company, 1899. First American edition. Well kept copy in white cloth printed in shades of khaki and gray, elephant and palm tree motif at tops of both covers, no dustjacket, about 6.5 inches tall. Light foxing to the exterior, noticable mainly on the white background areas and spine, good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages free from names or other markings. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.…

hardcover. Zustand: Good. circa 1900 published by AH Wheeler/Sampson Low on marked burgundy boards + signature.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Zustand: Good. 16mo. 114 pp. Very Good, Decorative Cloth, with sun-fading, rubbing, edge wear, shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition by this publisher, likely a piracy. 12mo. Pictorial wrappers. Pages browned, chips on the wrappers, a good or better copy of a fragile volume.

Hardback. Printed pages: 71. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First American separate edition of this short story taken from the 'Wee Willie Winkie' collection (1889). An unauthorized pirate edition. First printing: with the J.J. Little printer's device to verso of title page, and final page listing six volumes in the series (three by Kipling). Green cloth binding with decorative boards, gilt lettering to spine. Top page edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Slight flecking to spine, very clean text throughout. Two previous owner bookplates to front endpaper. Scarce. (Richards A121, E1-33). Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 3.75 x 6.25 inches (10 x 16 cm).…

Later printing of this classic collection of Kipling's tales for children. Octavo, original cloth. Contains Wee Willie Winkie, Baa Baa Black Sheep, His Majesty the King, and The Drums of Fore and Aft. In very good condition. 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.…

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. A lovely two volume set of the work of Rudyard Kipling, both first U.S. editions. This set features two fictional works by Kipling, 'Without The Benefit of Clergy' and 'The Drums of Fore and Aft'. Uniformly bound in the original cloth binding, with a elephant illustration to the front board, both of these volumes are the first U. S. editions. Joseph Rudyard Kipling was a English journalist, novelist, poet and short story writer. Born in colonial India, Kipling spent his school days in England. One of the leading authors of the 19th and 20th century, he is perhaps famous for his novel 'The Jungle Book'. An extremely influential and popular writer, poet Alison Brackenbury once stated 'Kipling is poetry's Dicken's'. In 1907 aged 42 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature, making him the first English language writer to receive the accolade. Rudyard Kipling is of course best remember his novel 'The Jungle Book'. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally excellent with minor shelfwear, and rubbing to the spine. Light offsetting to the front and rear endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. None (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Near Fine. First edition by this publisher, likely a piracy. 12mo. Green cloth elaborately decorated in gilt. Offsetting on endpapers from jacket flaps, near fine in lightly worn near fine dust jacket. Rare in jacket.

First Neely's Booklet Library edition of Kipling's classic military tale. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare. English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist Rudyard 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. Kipling's The Drums of the Fore and Aft concerns an inexperienced Regular battalion on overseas service brigaded with a Highland Regiment and a Gurkha Regiment in Afghanistan. Unlike Kipling's other tales, it concerns the disgrace of a battle almost lost rather than the glory of a battle won.…