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1912-1928 A Collection of Pocket Kipling
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Description
Illustrated, Leather Binding, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding
Eleven volumes, mixed editions and printings. Illustrated throughout. A collection of the works of Joseph Rudyard Kipling, an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer who was born in British India. Kipling is seen as an innovator in the art of the short story and, in 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, as the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and at the age of forty-one, its youngest recipient to date. With illustrations from a collection of British artists, including John Lockwood Kipling, an English art teacher, illustrator and museum curator. This set contains: Stalky & Co., 1912. The Jungle Book, 1913. The Second Jungle Book, 1912. Departmental Ditties and Other Verses, 1913. Kim, 1913. Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses, 1914. The Day's Work, 1915. Songs From Books, 1915. A Diversity of Creatures, 1917. Rewards and Fairies, 1923. Just So Stories, 1928.
Condition
In the original full red calf binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spines with light loss to the head and tail of the spine of the odd volume. Small marks to the boards with the odd small crack or tear to the spines. Splits to the front joint of The Second Jungle Book. Front board detached but present to A Diversity of Creatures. Front hinges starting but firm to most volumes. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. A contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper of the odd volume. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Creases to the rear few pages of The Day's Work. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown of Stalky & Co, with a newspaper article tipped in to the front endpaper of Songs from Books. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown of Just So Stories.
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