Bidspirit auction | Lot of 6 books, 5

Lot of 6 books, 5 of them first editions, by Rudyard Kipling The Seven Seas. Poetry collection. Hardcover. 20 cm. XV, [1], 230, [39 catalogue] pages. Maroon cloth boards originally had gilt stamped titles on the spine. Fair condition: the top of the spine is peeled and worn. Page edges untrimmed. Interior fine. No DJ. London, Methuen and Co, 1896. A Fleet in Being: Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron. Softcover. 20 cm. 84 pages. Wrapped issue. Pictorial blue wrappers. Good–fair condition: light wear at the extremities. London, Macmillan and Co, 1898. The Five Nations. A collection of poems by the popular English author, divided in two sections, the first dealing with a wide range of subjects, and the second entitled ”Service Songs, ” comprised of poems about British soldiers. Hardcover. 20 cm. XIII, [1], 215, [38 catalogue] pages. Maroon cloth boards, gilt stamped titles on the spine. Fair condition: part of the spine is peeled. A few moisture stains. Page edges untrimmed. Interior fine. No DJ. London, Methuen and Co, 1896. Sea Warfare. The only analytical, non-fiction writing on the topic of warfare at sea. Hardcover. 20 cm. 222, [4 catalogue] pages. Blue cloth boards, gilt stamped titles on the spine. Fair–good condition: spine sun-faded and stained. Upper edge coloured brown, lower edges untrimmed. Interior fine. No DJ. London, Methuen and Co, 1916. A Choice of Kipling's Verse, edited by T. S. Eliot, with an essay on Rudyard Kipling. Hardcover. 21 cm. 306 pages. Dark blue cloth boards, gilt stamped titles on the spine. Good–fair condition: spine sun-faded. London, Faber and Faber, 1941. Barrack Room Ballads and Other Verses. 19th edition. Hardcover. 20 cm. XIX, 206, [48 catalogue] pages. Maroon cloth boards, gilt stamped titles on the spine. Good–fair condition: a few moisture stains. Upper edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Interior fine. No DJ. London, Methuen and Co, 1902. It should be noted that the climatic conditions in Israel, which differ from those in Europe in terms of natural lighting and humidity, generally affect the condition of the books. לוט של 6 ספרים, 5 מהם מהדורות ראשונות, מאת רודיארד קיפלינג ג'וזף רודיארד קיפלינג (1865 –1936) היה מספר סיפורים קצרים, סופר ומשורר אנגלי, שהתפרסם בימיו כשופרה של האימפריה הבריטית וחייליה, וכיום מפורסם בעיקר בזכות ספרי הילדים שלו ובפרט, ”ספר הג'ונגל”. זוכה פרס נובל לספרות לשנת 1907 (היה הסופר הבריטי הראשון שזכה בפרס). מהדורות ראשונות שלו נמכרות במאות ואלפי דולרים.