Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Lloyd Carr (1912-1994) was a teacher, novelist and English eccentric who won the Guardian Fiction prize in 1980 for his novel 'A Month in the Country'. From his back bedroom, he published a "Series of Small Books", which he claimed "hover between a greeting and a present. They fit a common envelope and go for minimum postage.In cold bedrooms only one hand to the wrist need suffer exposure. A distinguished novelist recommends them for reading in the bath. An ambassador, albeit an American, claims they can be palmed from the cuff during tedius (sic) speeches and profitless sermons" As New in Illustrated stapled card wraps. pp.16 on cream paper. No. 92 in the Series of Small Books. Undated, but probably 1970s. Contains a personal selection of Kipling's poetry, including 'If', 'The way through the woods', 'Recessional' and 'The Ballad of East and West'.