{"product_id":"kipling-stories-poems-1956-set","title":"Kipling: A Selection of His Stories and Poems 2 Volume Set Book Club Edition Doubleday 1956 Hardcover Dust Jackets","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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 \u0026amp; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem:\u003c\/strong\u003e Two volume book set, Volume I and Volume II\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kipling: A Selection of His Stories and Poems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rudyard Kipling, selected by John Beecroft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrator:\u003c\/strong\u003e Richard M. Powers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Doubleday \u0026amp; Company, Garden City, New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e Copyright 1956 by Elsie Bambridge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition and Printing:\u003c\/strong\u003e Book Club Edition, printed on the jacket flaps of both volumes. Library of Congress 56-6647\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat and Binding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover with dust jacket, black cloth boards, red top edge stain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes, both volumes. Color illustrated, Volume I with a jungle elephant scene and red spine, Volume II in yellow with a woman and palace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e Volume I 531 pages. Volume II 505 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Classic literature, short stories, poetry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e None, printed before ISBNs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Each volume 8 3\/4 x 6 x 1 1\/2 inch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition Grade: Very Good\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePositives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoth dust jackets are present, with no rips on the Volume I jacket front or back.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe jackets keep their fun, colorful graphics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColor frontispiece and title spreads by Richard M. Powers, and Volume I has illustrations inside.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVolume II was paged through with no flaws found.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA postage stamp from Hong Kong was found inside Volume II and is included. It is not pictured.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIssues \/ Wear\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVolume I dust jacket has obvious scuffing and wear on the front and back.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdge wear at the corners of the dust jackets.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFind more like this in our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/myreadingvintage.com\/collections\/vintage-classic-books\"\u003eVintage Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf 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. 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