Kipling RudyardABAA
Kipling RudyardABAA
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1926136436London: Macmillan And Co. 1926. Octavo pp. 1-2 i-iv v-vi 1-2 3-416 title page printed in red and black original red cloth Ganesha device stamped in gold on front panel spine stamped in gold t.e.g. First edition. A mixed collection consisting of twenty-one poems and fourteen stories including six which are fantasy or science fiction: "The Enemies to Each Other" "The Wish House" "A Madonna of the Trenches" "On the Gate: A Tale of '16" "The Eye of Allah" and "The Gardener." Perhaps Kipling's finest collection of short fiction. "The Wish House" one of the most highly regarded of all Kipling's many short stories is according to his biographer Angus Wilson "probably Kipling's most successful single story." Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 959. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1235 incorrectly recording "The Eye of Allah" as collected in A Diversity of Creatures 1917. Clute and Grant eds The Encyclopedia of Fantasy p. 541. Clute and Nicholls eds The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction p. 670. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V p. 2054. Wilson Shadows in the Attic p. 307. Bleiler 1978 p. 115. Stewart 520. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with mild shelf wear to spine ends and corner tips. #136436 Macmillan And Co. unknown books
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