1916-1927 Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses; The Years Between; The Seven Seas; Departmental Ditties; The Five Nations

Description

Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

A selection of five volumes containing the poetry of Rudyard Kipling.

With the first edition, first impression of 'The Years Between' and later editions of the remaining works. 

Each bound in the publisher's original maroon cloth. 

Rudyard Kipling was an English short-story writer, poet and novelist, best known for his works of fiction, including 'The Jungle Book' and 'The Man Who Would be King'.

He is considered a significant literary figure for his works' vivid portrayals of British India, and its explorations of themes of imperialism and clash of cultures. 

This set demonstrates wonderful examples of Kipling's poetry, including 'The Barrack-Room Ballads', which contains some of his best-known works, including 'Gunga Din', 'Tommy', 'Mandalay' and 'Danny Deever'. 

The entirety of this set comprises the following volumes:

'Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses' (1916) 

'The Years Between' (1919) 

'The Seven Seas' (1919)

'Departmental Ditties' (1922)

'The Five Nations' (1927)

With thirty-one pages of publisher's advertisements to 'Barrack', thirty-two pages to 'Years Between' and thirty-one to 'Departmental Duties'.