Kipling: A Selection of His Stories and Poems 2 Volume Set Book Club Edition Doubleday 1956 Hardcover Dust Jackets
$27.99
This is the two volume set of Kipling: A Selection of His Stories and Poems by John Beecroft, illustrated by Richard M. Powers, published by Doubleday & Company of Garden City, New York, in 1956, as Book Club Edition hardcovers with dust jackets, and both volumes shown are included in the sale.
The Volume I dust jacket has obvious scuffing and wear on the front and back with no rips, and the jackets show edge wear at the corners, while Volume II has no other flaws and both jackets keep their fun, colorful graphics.
Volume I gathers Kim, The Jungle Book, Just So Stories, and Puck of Pook's Hill. Volume II holds short stories such as The Phantom 'Rickshaw, The Man Who Would Be King, Wee Willie Winkie, and The Mark of the Beast, the poems Gunga Din, Danny Deever, Mandalay, and The Ballad of East and West, and Kipling's autobiography Something of Myself, a full shelf of Rudyard Kipling's stories and poems in two books.
Details
- Item: Two volume book set, Volume I and Volume II
- Title: Kipling: A Selection of His Stories and Poems
- Author: Rudyard Kipling, selected by John Beecroft
- Illustrator: Richard M. Powers
- Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York
- Publication Year: Copyright 1956 by Elsie Bambridge
- Edition and Printing: Book Club Edition, printed on the jacket flaps of both volumes. Library of Congress 56-6647
- Format and Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket, black cloth boards, red top edge stain
- Dust Jacket: Yes, both volumes. Color illustrated, Volume I with a jungle elephant scene and red spine, Volume II in yellow with a woman and palace
- Pages: Volume I 531 pages. Volume II 505 pages
- Genre: Classic literature, short stories, poetry
- Language: English
- ISBN: None, printed before ISBNs
- Dimensions: Each volume 8 3/4 x 6 x 1 1/2 inch
Condition Grade: Very Good
Positives
- Both dust jackets are present, with no rips on the Volume I jacket front or back.
- The jackets keep their fun, colorful graphics.
- Color frontispiece and title spreads by Richard M. Powers, and Volume I has illustrations inside.
- Volume II was paged through with no flaws found.
- A postage stamp from Hong Kong was found inside Volume II and is included. It is not pictured.
Issues / Wear
- Volume I dust jacket has obvious scuffing and wear on the front and back.
- Edge wear at the corners of the dust jackets.
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If you collect Rudyard Kipling, this 1956 set puts Kim, The Jungle Book, Gunga Din, and The Man Who Would Be King together in two Richard M. Powers jackets. If it's the one you've been looking for, it's ready to come home.
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