The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-13
KIPLING'S FIRST EDITIONS.
HTGH PRICES PAID ron CERTAIN
BOOKS NJ COLLECTORS
a Rccor Price Of cI1s paid for ''scho.,
boy iyri~"- y .ooO for 4 Complete
Set Book Tina Mere suppr-sed
-kipiing's Fairy Kindergarten Fame

t 49, ~ Y atNlN
Eleven years ago. when Andrew Lang
said In the prefa-c 81 n little volume. clr.
tanning The Counting ~ Dinah Shald- a.l
five other 81 Kipiin-'~ tale~. that h.
not anticipate for Mr. kiphnga very popular
popularity, he probably did not o1ra {,
either that within a few wears the ir-' cil'. \
Of Kipling's works Would be worth pom.
the sum paid thisy year 10y a Chicago oHI,-i
Tor a complete -et 81 his books A. fr-' i--lrL.
Still another SIT ha. just been privately
sold to a New York collector for a sum al
closely To approach that figure. and Lg'I,r
= Livingstone 81 this city, who's Do
graphical knowledg" Of Kipling's wor.- ,
most intimate. has complied and pU''al
Tor this b%ibliophilc In a limited cilil.. u.
-eventv-~even copies "A catalpgIr 80 ,
possessions These include for'y-fHgr .l. .,
ninc page 81 comichl pencil drawing 80
manuscripts and the -choplhppk- g-aI '
Kipling. when al Westward H.. B.l.'.nL
England
The other collection contained s.r'y
books, some ~ them revised editions. IS :,
ard one manuscript. Tn" Legend 90 .
C@iar swamp written when NJ" al' ?
~a- y years old and signed y X hip,.g'
No other author over had st.ch '.r '
hihhogHphiCal fame. Literary fam, a
hihiogRphlcal fame lhN" Away t--l
tWo Instinct thing lsnfor" ~" nineteenth
century and indeed until hiIltIg- 'H..
TITO first editions 81 ShHFr-IE lI|. ~
Ben Jutsui, aud Spencer were d.-u'gtrl.i
I'm ~, auction room until N, end % go
eighteenth century and 'hnes' ui shelley,
Keats, Teunyson and the tvu Br'vI.E.
werr looked a. With uuapIfro.o'|t" 'yH1
until fifteen wears ago ]" h'ihUE .'"'l'y
aud l~ihllugrayhical fam" cam" together
Scaro,lv had the -Icpartm"f'o Ir'."--
and plain 1nlrr from ID" u N- t..u -
printed IN England and America iu III
kinds Of editions when C'N't' - i.gtu
10 collect he works fr-i 60 Hl 'r"v
SEARCHED for c"ld"- OF a Sntt" 'li-
uma called @Schoulbpy LYRIC. IS Iugs
nrSi hook, printed Tor prNa'. r-.u.a'lan
low his father a. LAHORE, India Don ls,I.
one Cppy that turned up rfH. N.W
York, where most hOok-tr-a-.''. H-'|.r
cane nowadays and Was sold a' private
sale for about $50 Oh'v w. '0I's
COPIES werr said 10 cNi-' at that '.''
Early in isg9 another Wa -nd q
Soth.by's In London Tor IN" r'C'ui pms
of Flss THIS wa Ni'hou' ~" brown
uat.,r covers. hut a blank l"1f hei'r, 'N'
title plg" contained a drawing "v J''n
Lockwood kiphng. the au'h'r.- ialh'..
A few months later ia IN" -"m wear thf'''
NOR, cppir- turned up. w bringing AZ"
zach aud uua G7d one had been pr"-'ui"i
lev ktnliug's mother to a tii"ud ANA bore
this inscription. Jeanne from Nice ana
a -ecpnd example was given 20 Nay
A HarNrlrt by ) !. hlpltnr Ih'
latter j. ia" copy in ia" fine celhTfipn r.
gently odd 60 a New YORK collector
A fifth copy wa odd IN July 1893, t1r
cpI Ihp priCs has ~iHC' d"pr''ld'"l
somewhat. and Oh" "Ijy, ~ Wls'rhl''
CONDITION. las fetched "a low sum. i''r'IN
Grating the heli"' iha' 'W' hV'Ilk u.,,'
was over The depreciation, however,
has been partly ~. 20 10" ia"i tha' -
market wa suddenly hpui'-l with C'pi".,
and some us.r-ou- have been ied 20 l~fl'N'
thu, the book was l"~- rar' than u was
said 90 H.. II i now known iha' "''l
fftv copie- were printed a. 'n" tNh
Military Press ~ iAhorr and w"tr W'-'F
given away 10y kiping'- parent, ~ ',.r
friends Some of tho-e have met the 'l'
of tho maioutv Of privately issued u
and "a few. II l. ufnor'd, have bFh a.
stroyed hv kipling himself.
The volume contains tw"ntN-'hr's
p-m.. twor'v-iwu - which can L. fpuni
low the curious in Early \crac, part ni ~"
Outward Sound edition 81 ll- N'fN-
The one exception j. Tn" Night B"i"n",
which describes the reflections OF "A criminal
the night trfuro hi- execution
1-h,. --~pud item IN ~" hlplng N-' =
The ! n,i,1 Ssrr1ces CnH,1, 'hrunic' -
cnllcre pat.,r, Bedford, Devon, l>'-'i,
of Which r." edited No II. 'o " ''
many i~ss,l,s 81 which W" o'rir'i'"l
No tV.. drted June ~. ISL contain 'l
editor anUouncrncn hv Ripping, WHOA
il a~pu.rentiy his frsr purt"d picC'Ni prose
Thcrp were 2p buys N b cuU's' We.
Kipung attended. aud each ~ ih'~' r@''N.'I
oir. COW. only a few cnfnplrt"
now In exisiauCn. One 81 th'~' has i'' ''i
Ii0i NJ auction.
In 1851 Kipling prir'el I'm India Li- s'"nrf
h,ok -Tcbo-s By Two Wutcr-, thg thor
author lsing HI sister Boatrts' t''
contains 'hirty -nin" Isr'm-, ~''"n "l N.I
arp 70 isatil,r' hilNiiS
of these are parusli'~ OF c'rt6lu ~c'hi''.'
pncm-. The book T. nov. uulto ini'' an
n c,uv vas ono, sold Tor $50 topl"~ l''
worth loss now. hut a good copy will "is'N
nrug half that sum kiplng rrn' -
c,,rv Z, his Alma Mater, inscribed To Wy
vriv Iohlc and approved g"r1 mast
In lSs5~ nuyoarrd IN" -Qulrfcltc, w" ''''
mas Annual " the tiri and MIhLnTy "as'''
hv Four Anglo-Indian Writers, the Tour
author l.inc kbling. hi- father, m"'h'r
and sister This volum" II notable i"' -
n,arary interest A. well A. for IT. rarity, hS.
Cnninins Tho strange Ride o. MOTT.
hio Jukcs.- aud Tho Phantom Hck-ha"
Tho newt vcar. is~d, saw ~" ruh.na,l'n
tho book thai brought kIpling hlS first in-'"
of fame the Departmental Duties hii
O,h.r V,r-.-.- The first edition contained
poems. taken from no 'I'1
OF m. Gdscfs This has ls|n u'~CTl~@l v
kipliug as his 'nrst book. which D. '''-
tninly IL. in the sense ~ it, hr'ug h. US
book vuhlishel In "a regular wuN. Woe '''
others having apIsar'd for pu'.'" Is
The ~,~Nond edition C~on'ninci eiiNI.i.Nl
dittic~ n IA" author addict oth"r- 20 '.'
third edition, and finally M" book cam, -
London with a gilt top and "a -'in lNrN =
kipling ono" said But n" alNaN- I.N'i
II h-st, he wrote. when h roughly ali""r'l
in a narrow ucfavo form, %t-'fur" ~ hN'l'r
slav awake 81 nights plotting and -c."'ni'
how 20 writ" something that should 'a"'
with the English pubic.
Scau,,. but not ESPECIALLY valuable, az
his other Indian tEpk-, soldier IhT~
which introduced tho thrCo Muskrt'-ro.
Mulynncy. Orth.ris and lNaroyd TO
Story of the Gadshys. In BLACK and VINE
Under the pNpdars, Tho Phantom
and Other feric TABS We
WilNo Winkie and Other 'hild Stori'~,
all i--nsi In Wh'~lrr's Indian hailw a
IN iSSS At rlprc "ac'., lie
CITY II Dreadful night. 1891, and Letters
81 Maruue. . 1891
After Kipling left India and hts lam" was
RAPIDLY Increasing, hi Indian ih'l-h"rS
together ia two VOLUMES sons
minor pics~, first coutrihui'Nt 70 '"ss-
parcrS therr one e the" lnr' NE we
II The CtV 81 Dreadful Nigtt nui p'h"r
anal Tho other VA IN" NinIn
Admins ration. Each Ma "a r~~''.
uuly two or 'hrp-n C1pi"s furNiNing ana
c,u@s.u.uce th. two lspk~ arr a."
yr..i Nalue The first Of the two va