Kipling rudyard

1909 · 927Z7 — London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 10" by 7.5". W. Heath Robinson. Rudyard Kipling's poetical anthology ruminating on the British Empire beautifully illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. An early edition reprinted from 'The Seven Seas' by Methuen then printed for the first time on its own as a limited signed edition. This edition features the monochrome title page rather than the alternative red accented title page with the red shield and the sixteen plates rather than the thirty found in the first trade edition. Beautifully illustrated by W. Heath Robinson with a colour frontispiece many monochrome vignettes and fifteen full colour tipped in plates. Collated complete. An anthology of poems by Rudyard Kipling in which he explores the question of British Imperialism towards the end of the Empire's life. Kipling uses the imagery of seafarers going to far-flung corners of the Earth in most of these poems in particular in the series 'The Song of the Cities' in which he discusses capitals such as Bombay Hong Kong and Sydney.In the publisher's original decorative cloth. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with slight bumping and rubbing to the extremities and the odd very minimal mark to the boards. Offsetting to the endpapers. Internally generally firmly bound with minimal strain to pp. 53. Pages lightly age toned in places with the odd spot heavier to the front and rear. Very Good Indeed Hodder & Stoughton hardcover