Songs From Books ~ The Years Between ~ Two Volumes in One By Rudyard Kipling [Later and First Editions In a Bumpus Binding]

Rudyard Kipling

Verlag: London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1918

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1918 and 1919, Later and First Editions. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865 1936)[1] was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in India, which inspired much of his work. Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888). His poems include "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The Gods of the Copybook Headings" (1919), "The White Man's Burden" (1899), and "If " (1910). He is seen as an innovator in the art of the short story. His children's books are classics; one critic noted "a versatile and luminous narrative gift". Kipling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was among the United Kingdom's most popular writers. Henry James said, "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius, as distinct from fine intelligence, that I have ever known." In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, as the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and at 41, its youngest recipient to date. He was also sounded for the British Poet Laureateship and several times for a knighthood, but declined both. Following his death in 1936, his ashes were interred at Poets' Corner, part of the South Transept of Westminster Abbey. Kipling's subsequent reputation has changed with the political and social climate of the age. The contrasting views of him continued for much of the 20th century. George Orwell saw Kipling as "a jingo imperialist", who was "morally insensitive and aesthetically disgusting". Literary critic Douglas Kerr wrote: "[Kipling] is still an author who can inspire passionate disagreement and his place in literary and cultural history is far from settled. But as the age of the European empires recedes, he is recognised as an incomparable, if controversial, interpreter of how empire was experienced. That, and an increasing recognition of his extraordinary narrative gifts, make him a force to be reckoned with." Songs From Books [1918] xxi, 302pp The Years Between [1919] First Edition xiii, 159pp Approximately 7 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles, 5 raised gilt bands separating 6 compartments, 4 of which have a gilt design, the outer tips of the spine are also decorated in gilt, colour faded. Joints good condition gently rubbed, slightly faded in colour. Corners good condition gently bumped and worn. Boards good condition blue leather, cloth boards divided by gilt lines. Page edges good condition top edge gilt, fore edge lightly tanned and foxed, bottom edge untrimmed tanned and foxed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition plain grey with some foxing around the edges. End papers good condition plain grey with foxing to the corners, free end papers are lightly tanned. Title good condition lightly tanned, the title page of The Years Between has a b/w vignette in the centre. Pages good condition tanned throughout. Binding good condition. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1918/19 Binding: Hardback. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1574265285814

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Titel: Songs From Books ~ The Years Between ~ Two ...
Verlag: London: Macmillan and Co. Limited
Erscheinungsdatum: 1918
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Good
Auflage: 1st Edition