Kipling Rudyard

1904 · réf. 09192402VA — Philadelphia PA: Henry Altemus Company Undated but appears to be #14 of the Altemus' Illustrated Vademecum Series 1904. Pale green leatherbound volume with Altemus "Nasturtium" pastedowns on front cover gilt titles and decorations on cover and spine 247 pages. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Previous owner's name written inside front cover but otherwise clean and unmarked. Endpapers and pages lightly toned. Covers lightly age soiled; very light wear to spine extremities. Text block intact; solidly bound although front hinge shows some looseness. Original slipcase missing. ABOUT THE BOOK: This is a book of a series of songs and poems dealing with the late-Victorian British Army and mostly written in a vernacular dialect. It was originally published in two parts: the first set in 1892 the second in 1896. The series contains some of Kipling's most well-known work including the poems "Gunga Din" "Tommy" "Mandalay" and "Danny Deever" which helped consolidate Kiplings early fame as a poet. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rudyard Kipling 1865 - 1936 was an English journalist novelist poet and short-story writer. He was born in British India which inspired much of his work. Kipling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was among the United Kingdom's most popular writers. In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature as the first English-language writer to receive the prize and at 41 its youngest recipient to date. He was also sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and several times for a knighthood but declined both.--Wikipedia. Henry Altemus Company hardcover