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Kipling, Rudyard: New World Edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling 13 Volumes, New York Doubleday, Page & Co ; fester Einband / hard cover

Hardcover Good+ Red boards with 'RK' embossed inside of a circle. Some wear on corners, but overall good condition. The works of Rudyard Kipling in a 13 volume set. Professional book dealer with storefront since 1975. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packed.

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Kipling, Rudyard. Captains Courageous. A Story of the Grand Banks. New York, The Century Co., 1897. ISBN: B002MG9IUI
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 - 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was born in Bombay, in British India. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction The Jungle Book (1894) (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888); and his poems, including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), and If- (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift". Kipling was one of the most popular writers in English, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The author Henry James said of him: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known." In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English language writer to receive the prize, and to date he remains its youngest recipient. Among other honours, he was sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood, all of which he declined. Kipling's subsequent reputation has changed according to the political and social climate of the age and the resulting contrasting views about him continued for much of the 20th century. A young George Orwell called him a "prophet of British imperialism". According to critic Douglas Kerr: "He is still an author who can inspire passionate disagreement and his place in literary and cultural history is far from settled. But as the age of the European empires recedes, he is recognised as an incomparable, if controversial, interpreter of how empire was experienced. That, and an increasing recognition of his extraordinary narrative gifts, make him a force to be reckoned with." (Wikipedia)

14 x 20 cm. 323 pages. Original red and gold-gilt stamped pictorial binding. Illustrated. Very good condition inside and out with only few small stains on the cover.

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Kipling, Rudyard: The Bombay Edition of The Works of Rudyard Kipling - Vol III: Wee Willie Winkie, Under the Deodars, The Phantom 'Rickshaw, and Other Stories, 1913 London Macmillan & Co Ltd

Half Cloth & Boards Fine Edition: Limited Edition 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall Limited Edition The Bombay Edition of the works of Rudyard Kipling consists of 1050 copies, printed by R. & R. Clark from the Florence Press Type, designed by Hebert P. Horne and Lent by Chatto & Windus, the proprietors of the type. 302 uncut heavy bleached printed paper. Clean, bright and tightly bound with no inscriptions. Bound in half white cloth spine with paper label (replacement label loosely inserted at rear) and light blue boards (slightly damp stained to top upper, unaffecting the rest of the book). For images or further imnformation please contact us. Please see the other Bombay Editions of Kiplings work which we hold in stock.

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Daniel, Lucy: Books. A century of the greatest books, writers, characters, passages and Events that rocked the Literary World. London: Cassell, 2007. ISBN: 9781844035885
Sehr gutes Ex. - Written by a superb selection of over 30 international literary critics, academics, journalists, prize-winning authors, poets and experts. Includes in-depth reviews of key works and characters, passages, authors and events, scenes and speeches from over 60 countries offer rare insight into the impact of the giants of the literary world. Covers all areas of literature, from poetry and plays to children's books and major reference works. A decade-by-decade review of the greatest books, writers, characters, passages and events that rocked the literary world, including The Time Machine, Jude the Obscure, Emil Zola, Sigmund Freud, Oscar Wilde, The Wonderful Wizard ofOz, Beatrix Potter, Sherlock Holmes, Anton Chekhov, Rudyard Kipling, Jules Verne, The Secret Agent, The Wind in the Willows, Howards' End, Leo Tolstoy, The Secret Garden, Encyclopaedia Britannica, August Strindberg, The Metamorphosis, James Joyce, Dr Seuss, WB Yeats, The Waste Land, Just William, The Great Gatsby, Winnie-the-Pooh, The Hobbit, Mark Twain, Brighton Rock, Rebecca, Virginia Woolf, The Little Prince, DrZhivago, Anne Frank, A Streetcar Named Desire, George Orwell, The Chronicles ofNarnia, Samuel Beckett, The Lord of the Rings, The Godfather, Judy Blume, Germaine Greer, The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dorothy Parker, Beloved, Foucault's Pendulum, Sophie's World, The Secret History, Wild Swans, Kazuo Ishiguro, Northern Lights, Harry Potter, The Shadow of the Wind, JM Coetzee, The Kite Runner, and many, many more. ISBN 9781844035885 - , ISBN: 1844035883

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