Kipling Rudyard

1892 · ref. 045599 — New York: Macmillan & Co. 1892 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st US Edition. A series of songs and poems expressing a popular view of the common soldiers and sailors of the British imperial forces in late Victorian times. Written in popular dialects with memorable verses and cadencies Danny Deever Gunga Din Mandalay they appealed to all levels of the pubic and were recited and sung everywhere with patriotic enthusiasm. First American edition of this anthology The UK edition was issued a few days later under the shorter title of "Barrack Room Ballads' Neat dark blue binding with gilding on spine on top of text block and on the horse motif on the front cover. 207p 8p of Ads.Crisp tight unmarked text.The leaf before the half title is missing else fine Richards A68; Stewart 109 . Macmillan & Co. hardcover