1924-1929 A Collection of Short Stories for Children from Rudyard Kipling

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Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Four volumes. Later editions. Written by Joseph Rudyard Kipling, an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907. This set contains: Puck of Pook's Hill, 1924. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nineteen plates. Collated complete. A fantasy book containing a series of short stories and poems set in different periods of English history. With titles such as: Puck's Song, Young Men at the Manor, and Harp Song of the Dane Women. Land & Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides, 1925. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven plates. Collated complete. A collection of short stories with titles such as: An Unqualified Pilot, His Gift, and The Parable of Boy Jones. Wee Willie Winkie and Other Child Stories, 1926. A charming collection of short stories for children with titles such as: At the Pit's Mouth, A Wayside Comedy, and His Majesty the King. Stalky & Co., 1929. A collection of school stories whose three juvenile protagonists display a know-it-all, cynical outlook on patriotism and authority as adolescent boys at a British boarding school.