London: 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
Garden City NY: Garden City Pub. Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1937. Reprint. Hardcover. Red cloth with gilt and gold decorated spine faded. Split hinge repaired. Double column text. Inscribed to Lucille obtained from the family of Lucille La Point this book is from her library. Lucille La Pointe first worked in the theater in New York city and then in Hollywood as a minor actress of early 'talkies' and radio programs. Latter to work in Hollywood at the Canteen and teaching acting classes to newbies such as Betty Davis according to her family but substantiated ; 8vo - 7 � - 9 �" tall. " . Garden City Pub. Co. hardcover
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