A.H. Wheeler & Co.'s Indian Railway Library. No.1: Soldiers Three. No.2: The Story of the Gadsbys. No. 3: In Black and White. No.5: The Phantom Rickshaw. No.6: Wee Willie Winkie. (Indian editions, bound with original wraps)

Rudyard Kipling

Published by A.H. Wheeler & Co., Allahabad, 1890

About this Item

Quarter red cloth with marbled boards, rubbing to board edges, light wear to corners. Light foxing to endpapers, previous owner's name to front pastedown endpaper. Some light patches of foxing to text, outside margin of two pages in Soldiers Three have slight damage from a label (appears to be an original binding flaw). Original wraps priced at 1 Rupee are bound in with all issues, and have varying degrees of damage - most have small sections of loss to edges and/or corners, rear cover of Soldiers Three has a large section of loss, rear cover of Wee Willie Winkie has a hole to the centre. All issues are the fourth Indian edition published in 1890 (this includes Soldiers Three, despite it stating Second Indian Edition to the title page). This edition used the same sheets as the first English Edition, pagination is the same as the English edition but some of the ads are omitted. Each of these titles had a total Indian issue of 3000 copies. Roberts notes that the fourth Indian edition did not sell well and some copies are known to be stamped to the cover margin in purple ink: 'To still further popularize this Celebrated Series the price is reduced to Eight Annas per volume.' This is stamp is present to front wrappers of all issues in this collection. A rare group of Indian editions, including the sought after 'Phantom Rickshaw', a collection of supernatural tales. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches (14 x 21.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 93, [3] + [8], 85, [3] + 96 + 104 + 96. Seller Inventory # 1019E015

Bibliographic Details

Title: A.H. Wheeler & Co.'s Indian Railway Library....

Publisher: A.H. Wheeler & Co., Allahabad

Publication Date: 1890

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good Minus

Edition: 4th Edition.