The Letters pf Rudyard Kipling: Volume 1: 1872-89; Volume 2: 1890-1899

The first two volumes from this series comprising the selected letters of Rudyard Kipling, both in excellent condition. The first edition.Containing Volume 1 and Volume 2 out of the six-volume series containing the letters of journalist, novelist and poet, Rudyard Kipling, never before collected and edited and largely unpublished.With a frontispiece and four double-sided plates to both volumes. Collated, complete.With the publisher's original unpriced, unclipped dust wrappers.These letters, which span from 1872-1899, present the first half of Kipling's life, showing the remarkable development of a young schoolboy into the seasoned journalist and famous writer of the 1890s.Edited by Thomas Pinney, an American-English scholar best known for this collection of letters as well as those of Thomas Babington Macaulay. In the original cloth binding. With the original unpriced, unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, excellent, with minor shelf wear only. Dust wrappers are also excellent, with light edge wear. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine.…