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Kipling, Rudyard : Debits and Credits

Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City, N.Y., 1926

First American edition. vii, 354 pages, dark green cloth with gilt lettering and black stamped sailing scene, printed dust wrapper, announcement printed on orange paper proclaims "Rudyard Kipling's first book of new fiction in 10 years". Near fine in chipped and darkened jacket.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

First American Edition

Kipling, Rudyard : Debits and Credits

Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, England, 1926

First Edition. Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Small gilt decoration of a roundel portrait of an elephant stamped on front cover (this version of the decoration has a swastika as part of the design which was used by Kipling as an Indian symbol of blessing). Original brown paper dust jacket with black lettering printed on front panel and spine included. Dust jacket protected in a Mylar sleeve. 5 1/2" x 8." 416 pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for small spots of foxing limited to edges of text block. Covers are virtually pristine and intact except for almost imperceptible wear along extremities. Binding is tight. Corners of covers of sharp and not bumped. Dust jacket is clean and intact overall but has some browning and slight wear and bumping to corners and head and tail of spine. A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket. Debits and Credits is an anthology containing a variety of works by the acclaimed English author, Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), namely, fourteen short stories, nineteen poems, and two play fragments. The following are the titles of the works contained herein: "The Enemies to Each Other," "The Changelings," "Sea Constables: A Tale of '15," "The Vineyard," "Banquet Night," "In the Interests of the Brethren," "To the Companions (Horace, Ode 17, Bk. v.)," "The United Idolaters," "The Centaurs," "Late Came to God," "The Wish House," "Rahere," "The Survival (Horace, Ode 22, Bk. v.)," "The Janeites," "Jane's Marriage," "The Portent (Horace, Ode 20, Bk. v.)," "The Prophet and the Country," "Gow's Work: Act IV. Sc. 4," "The Bull That Thought," "Alnaschar and the Oxen," "Gipsy Vans," "A Madonna of the Trenches," "Gow's Watch: Act V. Sc. 3," "The Birthright," "The Propagation of Knowledge," "The Legend of Truth," "A Friend of the Family," "We and They," "On the Gate: A Tale of '16," "The Supports," "Untimely," "The Eye of Allah," The Last Ode: Nov. 27, B.C. 8 (Horace, Ode 31, Bk. v.)," "The Gardener," and "The Burden.". Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine

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