The Bombay Edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling. 31 volumes, set. Limited edition of 1050 sets. Signed on the half-title of volume 1.

KIPLING, RUDYARD:

Published by Macmillan & Co. 1913-1938

About this Item

31 volumes. 10 x 7 inches. Original buff quarter cloth with pale blue paper boards. Paper labels to spines (and spare label inserted at rear of each volume). Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Silk marker ribbons. Printed on handmade paper. With original cream dustwrappers, with black title lettering on spines & front board. In very good conditions. Some light tanning to a few covers. (Dw rubbed on edges, with a few chips on edges, spine a little darkened, volume 24 lacks spine of wrapper, Vol 23 & 25 have loss at ends of spine, vol 28 has loss in centre of spine, Ca 7 volumes have spine hinges split with some light repairs, Vol 8 has faint water mark down front hinge.) Last 5 volumes have private bookplate on front endpapers (Harold Hamilton Broadmead). No penned inscriptions. Inside pages all very clean, bright and tight. Else a clean and smart set. Complete 31 volumes. The first 25 volumes were published between 1913 and 1919. Volume 26 was issued in 1927 in a limited edition of 1000 copies. The last five volumes were published in 1938, two years after Kipling's death, in runs of just 500 copies. Complete sets are uncommon as a result. Volumes include 1. Plain Tales From the Hills. 2. Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys: In Black and White. 3. Wee Willie Winkie. Under the Deodars. The Phantom 'Rickshaw and other stories. 4. & 5. From Sea to Sea and other sketches. Letters of Travel. 6. Life's Handicap, etc. 7. The Light that Failed. 8. The Naulahka A Story of West and East. By R. Kipling and Wolcott Balestier. 9. Many Inventions. 10. 'Captains Courageous'. 11. The Jungle Book. 12. The Second Jungle Book. 13. The Day's Work. 14. Stalky & Co. 15. Kim. 16. Just So Stories. Illustrated by the author. 17. Traffics and Discoveries. 18. Puck of Pook's Hill. 19. Rewards and Fairies. 20. Actions and Reactions. 21. Departmental Ditties. Barrack-Room Ballads and other verses. 22. The Five Nations. The Seven Seas. 23. Songs from Books. 24. A Diversity of Creatures. 25. The Years Between. The Muse Among the Motors. 26. Debits and Credits. 27. Letters of Travel 1892-1913 and other sketches. 28. Land and Sea Tales. 'Thy Servant a Dog'. 29. A Book of Words. 30. Limits and Renewals. 31. Souvenirs of France. Something of Myself.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Bombay Edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling. 31 volumes, set. Limited edition of 1050 sets. Signed on the half-title of volume 1.
• Publisher: Macmillan & Co. 1913-1938
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