apologies von kipling (5 Ergebnisse)

First edition, third printing. Very good pamphlet with foxing to the covers.

Stapled paper pamphlet. 8p. illustrated poem.

The Medici Society, London, 1932. 4th impr. 8p.(including cover, not numbered). ills.(B&W line drawings). Sewn. Cover a little bit worn to edges. Small piece of back cover gone. Gift intention in pencil on inside front cover. 'Master, this is Thy Servant. He is rising eight weeks old. He is maily Head and Tummy. His legs are uncontrolled. But Thou hast forgiven his ugliness, and settled him on Thy knee. Art Thou content with Thy Servant? He is very comfy with Thee.' (p.3).

First edition of Kipling's classic poetic tribute to his beloved Scottie. Octavo, original half cloth over illustrated boards. With drawings by Cecil Alden. In very good condition. Ownership name. English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901) and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India, which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907.

Illustrated by Cecil Aldin. First American edition. 8vo., original quarter black cloth with pictorial boards. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Doran & Co.   Extremities lightly rubbed, corners bumped, modern bookplate to front pastedown, else a very good, unopened copy. Housed in a functional modern slipcase.  Richards A408.