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KIPLING, RUDYARD.
Soldiers
Three.
8vo, later full tan polished calf,
covers with triple-fillet gilt borders, cor-
nerpieces and inner dentelles, spine tooled
and lettered in gilt, by Morrell; original
green-grey wrappers bound in (front
wrapper separated neatly along gutter),
joints rubbed; front hinge cracked, 6 pages
of advertisements at end; Walter Thomas
Wallace armorial bookplate; housed in
chemise and matching green board slip-
case.
Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler & Co., 1888
[600/900]
FIRST EDITION
,
FIRST ISSUE
.
A scarce copy of
this fragile book, and even more difficult to
locate in the first state, unretouched wrappers, as
found here. Issue No. 1 in the Indian Railway
Library series; six of the seven stories herein
first appeared in The Week’s News in the same
year. Livingston 28; Martindell 17.
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SCHOOL PRIZE BINDING SIGNED BY KIPLING FOUR TIMES
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KIPLING, RUDYARD.
Verse.
3 volumes. 8vo, rebound in
3
/
4
red calf over cloth
boards, front covers with central gilt heraldic shield of St. Augustine Benedictine College,
Ramsgate, rear covers gilt-stamped with stag on shield arms with motto, spines gilt in
compartments, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; top edges gilt, few stray marks, last volume with a
few light stains to front cover; flyleaves with occasional discoloration, old ownership signa-
tures to front-free endpapers; school prize bookplates awarding the Mackenzie Prize to
Gerard Ford, dated 1923 to front pastedowns.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1919
[800/1,200]
INCLUSIVE EDITION
.
EACH VOLUME SIGNED BY KIPLING ON THE TITLE
-
PAGE
.
Also with
his additional signature above titled caption on volume 1 half-title.
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