THE WRITINGS OF RUDYARD KIPLING, ATTRACTIVELY BOUND
KIPLING, Rudyard. The Writings in Prose and Verse. London: Macmillan, 1897-1938. Thirty-eight volumes. Octavo, modern three-quarter red calf, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, blue morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut and partly unopened. $7000.
Limited "Edition de Luxe, one of 1050 sets of Kipling’s writings in poetry and prose, handsomely bound by Bayntun-Riviere.
Contains Kiplings's poetry, novels, stories, travel writings, children's tales, military tales and essays. In 1907 Kipling became the first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize.
Scattered light foxing to some volumes, mostly earlier; binding fresh and fine.