1904-12 The Works of Rudyard Kipling

Description

First Edition, Leather Binding, Original Binding, Signed Binding

The first edition to ‘Traffics and Discoveries’. 

The thirtieth edition of ‘Barrack-Room Ballads’, the uniform edition to ‘The Light that Failed’, ‘Life’s Handicap’, ‘Wee Willie Winkie’ and ‘Just So Stories For Little Children’, the first edition third impression to ‘Actions and Recreations’, the first edition fourth impression to ‘Kim’. 

Illustrated with monochrome vignettes and twenty-two monochrome plates to 'Just So Stories', and a monochrome frontispiece and nine plates to 'kim'. Collated, complete. 

An eight volume set. Bound in half calf with cloth to the boards by Hatchards with their binder's stamps to the front blanks. 

This set includes ‘Barrack-Room Ballads’(1911), ‘The Light That Failed’(1911), ‘Life’s Handicap’ (1911), ‘Actions and Recreations’ (1910), ‘Traffics and Discoveries’ (1904), ‘Wee Willie Winkie Under the Deodars, The Phantom ‘Rickshaw and Other Stories’ (1912), ‘Kim’ (1912), ‘Just So Stories For Little Children’ (1910).

This set features a collection of works written by Rudyard Kipling, the popular English author and journalist, best known for his beloved 'Jungle Book’ duology. Being born in India, many of Kipling’s works were inspired by his experiences and the country.