Kipling Rudyard

ref. 0505J366496 — Hardcover. Good. Red leather Century 1915. No other printings indicated; Clear or Kyle tape at spine and edges as pictured;copyrights of 1896 1897 on obverse of Century 1915 copyright page. Red leather smooth chipping loss at edges. W. Taber illustrations. Bw frontis and 20 others. gilt decoration of an elephant and tribal good-luck device of the swastika on the front cover and gilt titling and decoration to spine. 323 pages. Text block is immaculate. 21 illustrations to the text. Red silk marker detached but present. Floral gilt spine is complete and bright: only the bottom half of "CENTURY" at the spine tail is worn away. Easter 1916 gift inscription on second free endpaper: "To my dear friend Ada F. Adams. Easter 1916--Henrietta C. Rayner." Red endpapers. Top edge gilt some oxidizing. Binding and pps remarkably tight and clean. hardcover