Rudyard Kipling
47 copies for sale · $30–$11,250 · 23 first editions · 7 signed
Notable copies for sale
The Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling Signed limited edition in 35 vols. (signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$11,250
Works Bombay Edition (signed) — Heritage Book Shop$8,500
The Burwash Edition of the Complete Works in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling 28 vols (signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$8,500
Portrait photograph of Rudyard Kipling (signed) — David Brass Rare Books$2,500
Quartette, the Christmas Annual of the Civil and Military Gazette (first edition) — Whitmore Rare Books$7,500
Quartette (first edition) — David Brass Rare Books$4,500
The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book (first edition) — Whitmore Rare Books$4,050
Departmental Ditties, and Other Verses (first edition, signed) — B & B Rare Books$200
Captains Courageous (first edition) — Manhattan Rare Books$1,000
Rewards and Fairies, finely bound (first edition) — Churchill Book Collector$700
THE SEVEN SEAS (signed) — Phillip J. Pirages$450
Songs From Books (first edition) — Whitmore Rare Books$337
Works on the market
Puck of Pook's Hill3 copies · $150–$1,200
Departmental Ditties and Other Verses2 copies · $200–$6,000
THE SEVEN SEAS2 copies · $40–$450
The Works of Rudyard Kipling1 copy · £15,000
The Burwash Edition of the Complete Works in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling 28 vols1 copy · $8,500
Works Bombay Edition1 copy · $8,500
Writings In Prose And Verse1 copy · $7,000
The Jungle Book; with: The Second Jungle Book1 copy · $5,750
Quartette1 copy · $4,500
The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book1 copy · $4,050
Portrait photograph of Rudyard Kipling1 copy · $2,500
Captains Courageous1 copy · $1,000
Rewards and Fairies, finely bound1 copy · $700
Songs From Books1 copy · $337
Letters of Travel 1892-19131 copy · $200
Letters to the Family1 copy · $200
Market context
167 copies of Rudyard Kipling's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $85 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Just So Stories, first edition, first state, 1902. (forum, 2026-07-02)£85
Autograph verse from 'The Native-Born' signed, Kimberley, 9 March [18]98 (bonhams, 2026-07-01)£1,000
Just So Stories, first edition, second issue cloth, 1902; and a first edition of "Toad of (forum, 2026-06-04)£150
The Years Between, first edition, 1919; and 2 other first editions by the same (3) (forum, 2026-06-04)£35
The Seven Seas, 1896; and others by the same (20) (forum, 2026-06-04)£30
Rudyard Kipling's Verse, 3 vols, limited edition, 1919 (dominic winter, 2026-06-01)£600
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