A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RUDYARD KIPLING'S PRINCIPAL WRITINGS
[Separate issues of single poems or stories have not generally been included in this list. Dates of first publication of books are given; new editions only when they involve revision of text, alteration of format or transference to a different publisher.]
Departmental Ditties and Other Verses (Lahore: The Civil and Military Gazette Press). 1886. New editions (London: Thacker). 1888; 1890; 1898; (Newnes). 1899; (Methuen). 1904; 1908; 1913.
Plain Tales from the Hills (Thacker). 1888. New editions (Macmillan). 1890; 1899; 1907.
Soldiers Three: A Collection of Stories (Allahabad: Wheeler). 1888. New edition (London: Sampson Low). 1890.
The Story of the Gadsbys: a Tale without a Plot (Allahabad: Wheeler). N.D. [1888]. New edition (London: Sampson Low). 1890.
In Black and White (Allahabad: Wheeler). N.D. [1888]. New edition (London: Sampson Low). 1890.
Under the Deodars (Allahabad: Wheeler). N.D. [1888]. New edition (London: Sampson Low). 1890.
The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales (Allahabad: Wheeler). N.D. [1888]. New edition (London: Sampson Low). 1890.
Wee Willie Winkie and other Child Stories (Allahabad: Wheeler). N.D. [1888]. New edition (London: Sampson Low). 1890.
Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys: In Black and White (Sampson Low). 1890. New editions (Macmillan). 1895; 1899; 1907.
Wee Willie Winkie: Under the Deodars: The Phantom Rickshaw (Sampson Low). 1890. New editions (Macmillan). 1895; 1899; 1907.
The City of Dreadful Night and Other Sketches (Allahabad: Wheeler). 1890. This edition was cancelled.
The Smith Administration (Allahabad: Wheeler). 1891. This edition was cancelled.
The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places (Allahabad: Wheeler). 1891. English edition (Sampson Low). 1891. These were suppressed as far as possible.
Letters of Marque (Allahabad: Wheeler). 1891. This edition was suppressed.
The Light that Failed (Macmillan). 1891. New editions, 1899; 1907.
Life's Handicap, being Stories of Mine Own People (Macmillan). N.D. [1891]. New editions, 1899; 1907.
Barrack Room Ballads and Other Verses (Methuen). 1892. New editions, 1908; 1913.
The Naulahka: a Story of West and East. By Rudyard Kipling and Wolcott Balestier (Heinemann). 1892. New editions (Macmillan). 1901; 1908.
Many Inventions (Macmillan). 1893. New editions, 1899; 1907.
The Jungle Book (Macmillan). 1894:. New editions, 1899; 1903; 1907; 1908.
The Second Jungle Book (Macmillan). 1895. New editions, 1899; 1908.
The Seven Seas (Methuen). 1896. New editions, 1908; 1913.
Soldier Tales (A selection of stories from earlier volumes) (Macmillan). 1896.
The Novels, Tales and Poems of Rudyard Kipling (Edition de luxe) (Macmillan). 1897, etc. 27 volumes have so far been issued.
"Captains Courageous." A Story of the Grand Banks (Macmillan). 1897. New editions, 1899; 1907.
An Almanac of Twelve Sports for 1898. By William Nicholson. Words by Rudyard Kipling (Heinemann). 1897.
The Day's Work (Macmillan). 1898. New editions, 1899; 1908.
A Fleet in Being: Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron (Macmillan). 1898.
Stalky & Co. (Macmillan). 1899. New edition, 1908.
From Sea to Sea (Macmillan). 2 volumes. 1900. New edition, 1908. The volumes contain also Letters of Marque, The City of Dreadful Night and The Smith Administration.
The Science of Rebellion [Pamphlet] (Vacher). 1901.
Kim (Macmillan). 1901. New edition, 1908.
Just-So Stories, for Little Children (Macmillan). 1902. New editions, 1903; 1908; 1913.
The Five Nations (Methuen). 1903. New editions, 1908; 1913.
Traffics and Discoveries (Macmillan). 1904. New edition, 1908.
Puck of Pook's Hill (Macmillan). 1906. New edition, 1908.
A Pocket Edition of Mr Kipling's Works was issued during 1907 and 1908, the verse by Methuen & Co., the prose by Macmillan & Co. After 1908 the works issued by Macmillan & Co. appear simultaneously in the ordinary library edition, the pocket edition and the edition de luxe.
Doctors: an Address delivered at the Middlesex Hospital (Macmillan). 1908.
Actions and Reactions (Macmillan). 1909.
The Dead King. [A Poem] (Hodder & Stoughton). 1910.
Rewards and Fairies (Macmillan). 1910.
A School History of England, By C. R. L. Fletcher and Rudyard Kipling (Clarendon Press). 1911.
The Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling (Hodder & Stoughton). 1912. This edition does not contain the Departmental Ditties nor the Rhymes for Nicholson's Almanac.
Simples Contes des Collines (Nelson). 1912.
The Bombay Edition of the Works in Verse and Prose of Rudyard Kipling. 23 volumes (Macmillan). 1913-1915.
Songs from Books (Macmillan). 1913.
The Service Edition of some of the works of Rudyard Kipling: Verse, 8 volumes (Methuen); prose, 26 volumes (Macmillan). 1914-1915.
The New Army in Training (Macmillan). 1915.
AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY
[Some of Mr Kipling's earlier stories and poems, as well as certain later poems that are non-copyright in America, have been issued in an almost bewildering variety of arrangement and by many different publishers. Full enumeration of these variants is not attempted in this bibliography.]
Plain Tales from the Hills (Lovell). N.D. [1890]. (Macmillan). 1890.
The Story of the Gadsbys (Lovell). 1890. (Munro). 1890.
The Courting of Dinah Shadd and Other Stories (Harper). 1890.
Indian Tales (Lovell). 1890.
The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales (U.S. Book Co.). N.D. [1890]. (Rand, M'Nally & Co.). 1890.
Soldiers Three and Other Stories (Munro). N.D. [1890].
American Notes, by Rudyard Kipling, and The Bottle Imp, by Robert Louis Stevenson (Ivers). 1891. New edition (Brown). 1899.
Mine Own People: with Introduction by Henry James (Munro). N.D. [1891]. (U.S. Book Co.). 1891.
Under the Deodars (U.S. Book Co.). 1891.
The Story of the Gadsbys; Under the Deodars (U.S. Book Co.). 1891.
Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories (Rand). 1891.
The Light that Failed (Rand). 1891. (Munro). N.D. [1891]. (U.S. Book Co.). 1891.
Life's Handicap, being Stories of Mine Own People (Macmillan). 1891.
Ballads and Barrack Room Ballads (Macmillan). 1892. New edition, 1893.
Barrack Room Ballads and Other Verses (U. S. Book Co.). N.D. [1892].
The Naulahka: a Story of West and East. By Rudyard Kipling and Wolcott Balestier. (Rand). 1892. New edition (Macmillan). 1895.
Many Inventions (Appleton). 1893.
The Jungle Book (Century Co.). 1894.
Prose Tales. New uniform edition. 6 volumes (Macmillan). 1895.
Out of India: Things I saw and failed to see, in certain days and nights at Jeypore and elsewhere (Dillingham). 1895. [Included in From Sea to Sea, 1899, under the title, Letters of Marque.]
The Second Jungle Book (Century Co.). 1895.
The Seven Seas (Appleton). 1896.
Soldier Stories (Macmillan). 1896.
The "Outward Bound" Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Works (Scribner). 1897, etc.
"Captains Courageous." A Story of the Grand Banks (Century Co.). 1897.
An Almanac of Twelve Sports. By William Nicholson. Words by Rudyard Kipling (Russell). 1897.
Collectanea: Reprinted Verses (Mansfield). 1898. [Contains: The Explanation, Mandalay, Recessional, The Rhyme of the Three Captains, The Vampire.]
The Day's Work (Doubleday). 1898.
The City of Dreadful Night (Grosset). 1899.
Letters of Marque (Caldwell). 1899.
From Sea to Sea: Letters of Travel (Doubleday). 1899.
Departmental Ditties and Ballads and Barrack Room Ballads (Doubleday). 1899. [The first authorised American edition.]
Stalky & Co. (Doubleday). 1899.
Kim (Doubleday). 1901.
Just-So Stories for Little Children (Doubleday). 1902.
The Five Nations (Doubleday). 1903.
Traffics and Discoveries (Doubleday). 1904.
Puck of Pook's Hill (Doubleday). 1906.
Collected Verse (Doubleday). 1907.
Actions and Reactions (Doubleday). 1909.
Abaft the Funnel (Dodge). 1909.
Rewards and Fairies (Doubleday). 1910.
Songs from Books (Doubleday). 1912.
A School History of England. By C. R. L. Fletcher and Rudyard Kipling (Oxford University Press). 1912.
The Seven Seas Edition of the Works in Verse and Prose of Rudyard Kipling (Doubleday). 23 volumes. 1913.
