Kipling Rudyard

1890 · ref. 125195 — New York: United States Book Company 1890. Hardbound. Good- general fragility and wear. Publishers blue cloth. 771pp. no illustrations. A most noteworthy copy bearing the copper-engraved bookplate of Henry Van Deventer Black which was designed by Mr. Black and engraved by Edwin Davis French. The book is signed by Henry Van Deventer Black and he has dated it Dec. 1892. He has also written that "This book has spent a winter on the Nile and been around the world" on the ffep. A few pencil lines to the contents perhaps indicating favorite passages. The bookplate is stunning in it's detail and beauty. United States Book Company hardcover