A Diversity of Creatures

A Diversity of Creatures by Rudyard Kipling. Published by Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, UK, 1917. First edition. Sm8vo., viii, 441pp., 4 pages ads. Very good book in very good minus dust jacket. Deep red cloth covered boards, author's small round gilt logo on front board panel, gilt lettering on spine. Upper external edges are gilt. Spine and extremities are sunned. Edges at head and tail of board spine are crimped and scuffed; upper edge has small amount of fraying. Upper edge of front panel has a small dent about 1 1/2" from the front spine corner. Lowermost edges of front and back panels are scuffed. Shadow transfer stains on the front- and back-free endpapers. A few small foxings on the external fore- and lower-edges, which are also age-toned. Text pages are lightly age-toned, no marks or tears. Text block is sound. Dust jacket is sunned overall, heavily on spine and fore-edges. List of Works of Rudyard Kipling on the back jacket panel and pencilled check marks against the titles. Head of jacket spine has loss across width (1 1/4") and up to 1/2" on the back corner. Upper back fore-edge corner has loss of 7/8" by up to 1/4". Upper edge of back jacket panel has a number of chips, rubs, closed tears and a 4" diagonal crease to the back spine fold. Upper edge of front jacket panel has loss from chips, shallow creasing and small vertical closed tears. The upper right front fore-edge corner is rubbed and with loss of approx. 1/4". Lower edges of front and back jacket panels have several small chips; tail of jacket spine and lower fore-edge corners are chipped and with loss of 1/8". Price of Six Shillings is at tail of jacket spine. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request.…