1916-37 Just So Stories, Puck of Pook's Hill & Something of Myself

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

A trio of works written by the celebrated English novelist, journalist and poet, Rudyard Kipling.

Each bound in the publisher's original red cloth.

Comprised of the following:

'Just So Stories', the Uniform Edition, with the first edition published in 1902. Comprised of a series of short stories aimed at children, including 'How the Whale got his Throat' and 'The Crab that Played with the Sea. Wonderfully illustrated by the author throughout.

'Puck of Pook's Hill', published in 1930, with the first edition published in 1906. This entertaining fantasy series is comprised of a collection of short stories, each set during different periods of history. Illustrated with twenty plates.

'Something of Myself', the first edition. Kipling's autobiographical work, written during the last year of his life and left unfinished after his death. Posthumously published, this insightful work was finished by the author's wife. Illustrated with three plates.

Collated, complete.

With an image of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night tipped-in to the front endpaper of 'Puck of Pook's Hill', and a bookplate to 'Something of Myself'.