first edition Hardcover
1909 · New York
by KIPLING, Rudyard
New York: B.W. Dodge, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. First American (pirated) edition, first issue with original blue cloth with seascape in black, gilt-stamped lettering. . Appearing two months before the authorized edition by Doubleday, Page and Company. Very good with light wear to the spine ends, small newspaper clipping laid on rear pastedown (pertaining to Rudyard Kipling), without dustwrapper as issued. Scarce. A collection of short stories. (Inventory #: 292190)