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Rudyard Kipling Seven Volume Set 1890s

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About this lot

Country of Origin: United States, New York / England, London

Period: 1892-1896, Late Victorian

Author: Rudyard Kipling (English, 1865–1936); The Naulahka co-written with Wolcott Balestier (American, 1861–1891)

Title: Seven Macmillan Volumes of Rudyard Kipling

Publisher: The Macmillan Company / Macmillan & Co.

Medium: Seven hardcover volumes bound in matching dark blue publisher’s cloth with gilt floral ornament, gilt spine lettering, black stamped front cover titles, and embossed publisher’s device on the rear boards

Dimensions: Approx. 8 x 5 x 1 in.

Condition: Shelf kept condition. Matching blue cloth bindings remain intact with expected age related rubbing, minor wear to corners and spine ends, and toning to covers and pages. Gilt decorative bands and spine lettering remain generally clear and attractive. No major external losses are apparent. 

Additional Information: Matching group of seven Macmillan editions of works by Rudyard Kipling dating from 1892-1896, uniformly bound in dark blue cloth with elaborate gilt floral decoration, gilt spine lettering, black-stamped titles to the front boards, and matching embossed publisher’s devices on the rear covers.

The group includes:

  1. The Light That Failed

  2. Life’s Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People

  3. Soldiers Three / The Story of the Gadsbys / In Black and White

  4. Under the Deodars / The Phantom ’Rickshaw / Wee Willie Winkie

  5. The Naulahka: A Story of West and East — by Rudyard Kipling and Wolcott Balestier

  6. Ballads and Barrack-Room Ballads

  7. Plain Tales from the Hills

The volumes present a strong selection of Kipling’s early fiction, short stories, and poetry, much of it associated with British India and the late Victorian imperial period. The books retain a cohesive decorative appearance as a matched 1890s Macmillan group.

Lot details

Lot
214
Category
Antiques and Fine Art Auction
Estimate
$100–$200
Starting bid
$30
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Starting bid $30
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