1897-1903 The Seven Seas & The Five Nations

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First Edition, Leather Binding

Two volumes. Written by Rudyard Kipling, an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist, best known for his novel The Jungle Book. This set includes: The Seven Seas, 1897. Third edition. Originally published in 1896. A collection of poetry, with titles including "Hymn Before Action", "In the Neolithic Age", "The Lost Legion", "The Mary Gloster", and "McAndrew's Hymn". The Five Nations, 1903. First edition. With the issue point of 'David' to page 56 line 9 (that was later changed to 'Saul'), but lacking the publisher's advertisements dated 'July 1903'. This work is split into two sections: the first covering a wide range of subjects and the second section entitled "Service Songs" containing poems about British soldiers at the turn of the twentieth century.