Rudyard Kipling
333 copies for sale · $20–$12,500 · 110 first editions · 16 signed
Notable copies for sale
The Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling Signed limited edition in 35 vols. (signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$12,500
Collected Verse (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$2,750
Jungle Books (first edition, signed) — Bauer Rare Books$85
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
In Black and White (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$900
Quartette, the Christmas Annual of the Civil and Military Gazette (first edition) — Whitmore Rare Books$7,500
Departmental Ditties (first edition) — Burnside 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$4,500
The Bombay Edition of The Works of Rudyard Kipling (signed) — Swan's Fine Books$1,500
What these are worth
Just So Stories For Little Children3 copies from 3 sellers
Limits and Renewals6 copies from 5 sellers
Puck of Pook's Hill (first edition)3 copies from 3 sellers
They3 copies from 3 sellers
Each page gathers every copy on the market, what similar copies have fetched, and the spread between them.
Works on the market
JUST SO STORIES12 copies · £37–£1,500
JUNGLE BOOK10 copies · $20–$8,500
THE SEVEN SEAS7 copies · $20–$450
THE LIGHT THAT FAILED6 copies · $20–$144
PLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLS6 copies · $30–$78
The Years Between4 copies · $20–$1,500
Five Nations4 copies · $35–$600
CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS: A STORY OF THE GRAND BANKS3 copies · $25–$7,500
ABAFT THE FUNNEL3 copies · $37–$550
Puck of Pook's Hill3 copies · $125–$500
Limits and Renewals3 copies · $35–$150
UNDER THE DEODARS, THE PHANTOM 'RICKSHAW, WEE WILLIE WINKIE3 copies · $20–$144
LIFE'S HANDICAP : ; Being Stories of Mine Own People3 copies · $30–$98
TWENTY ONE TALES; Folio Society3 copies · $73–$91
TRAFFICS AND DISCOVERIES3 copies · $25–$85
Five Nations3 copies · £50–£75
CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS3 copies · $43–$73
Phantom Rickshaw3 copies · $30–$73
THE DAY'S WORK3 copies · $20–$40
Departmental Ditties and Other Verses2 copies · $200–$6,000
Market context
200 copies of Rudyard Kipling's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $56 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Many Inventions, first edition, 1893; and others by the same (c.120) (forum, 2026-10-08)£240
A Song of the English, first trade edition, illustrations by W. Heath Robinson, [1909]. (forum, 2026-09-17)£40
Stalky & Co., first edition, 1899; and others in cloth by the same or similar (7) (forum, 2026-09-17)£160
Just So Stories, first edition, first state, 1902. (forum, 2026-07-02)£85
The Second Jungle Book, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1895 (dominic winter, 2026-07-01)£180
Autograph verse from 'The Native-Born' signed, Kimberley, 9 March [18]98 (bonhams, 2026-07-01)£1,000
Listings aggregated from rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide; refreshed continually. Prices are seller asking prices unless marked as auction results.