Kipling Rudyard and Balestier, WolcottBiblio.com
Kipling, Rudyard with Wolcott BalestierBiblio.com
The Naulahka: A Story of West and East.
1913151140London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1913. The Bombay Edition of Kipling's ambitious narrative. Royal octavo bound in three quarters morocco over cloth covered boards by Morrell with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels top edge gilt marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. The Naulahka: A Story of West and East was originally serialized in Century Magazine from November 1891 to July 1892. Written in by Kipling in collaboration with American writer and publishing agent Wolcott Balestier and set in the fictional state of "Rahore" believed to be based on Rajputana it is an intriguing story of ambition love and royal court trappings. Kipling would later name his historic Shingle Style house in Dummerston Vermont Naulakha where he resided from 1893 to 1896 and wrote Captains Courageous The Jungle Book The Day's Work and The Seven Seas and did work on Kim and The Just So Stories. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
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