Rudyard Kipling Soldiers Three 1890

$750.00

Kipling, Rudyard, Soldiers Three: a Collection of Stories Setting Forth Certain Passages in the Lives and Adventures of Privates Terence Mulvaney, Stanley Ortheris, and John Learoyd. , London: Simpson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, Limited, St. Dunstan’s House, Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, E.C., 1890. 93 pages, plus “Opinion of the Press” and “L’Envoi,” followed by a page of advertisements for A.H. Wheeler & Co.’s Indian Railway Library. Remains of original wrappers conserved and bound in. A clipped signature of Kipling pasted down on the title-page.

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Kipling, Rudyard, Soldiers Three: a Collection of Stories Setting Forth Certain Passages in the Lives and Adventures of Privates Terence Mulvaney, Stanley Ortheris, and John Learoyd. , London: Simpson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, Limited, St. Dunstan’s House, Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, E.C., 1890. 93 pages, plus “Opinion of the Press” and “L’Envoi,” followed by a page of advertisements for A.H. Wheeler & Co.’s Indian Railway Library. Remains of original wrappers conserved and bound in. A clipped signature of Kipling pasted down on the title-page. Bound in full red twentieth century calf. Except for the now-conserved worn original Indian Railway Library wrappers, this is a fine copy.

Preserved original paper wrapper front cover showing price of One Rupee.
Verso of paper wrapper on left and a notice of books also by “the same author” Kipling
Title-page of “Soldiers Three” with a pasted-in signature of Rudyard Kipling
Back of original wrapper showing advertisements for Treloar’s carpets
Dedication to T. Atkins
Preface to “Soldiers Three”
“The God from the Machine” first page
Red calf modern binding of “Soldiers Three”