The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling: 32 Volume Set

Rudyard Kipling

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920

[Fine Binding, with interesting provenance: Paul Mellon's Copy] 32 volume set. Bound in fine 3/4 navy morocco, over marbled boards. Gilt decorated spine compartments. 6 raised spine bands. Top edges gilt Marbled end pages. Hardcover. Some bindings weakened with cracked hinges. Clean, unmarked pages. Frontispiece illustration, with tissue guard. Printed 1920-1937. A complete set of the edition published within Kipling's lifetime, 4 volumes were added to the set posthumously.  

Contents: v. 1. Plain tales from the hills --v. 2. Soldiers three --v. 3. In black and white --v. 4. The phantom rickshaw --v. 5. Under the deoders --v. 6. The jungle book --v. 7. The second jungle book --v. 8. The light that failed --v. 9. The naulahka; a story of West and East, written in collaboration with Wolcott Balestier --v. 10. Verses --v. 11. "Captains courageous," a story of the Grand banks --v. 12. The day's work --v. 13-14. From sea to sea --v. 15. Stalky & co --v. 16. Kim --v. 17. Just so stories for little children --v. 18. Traffics and discoveries --v. 19. Puck of Pook's hill --v. 20. Actions and reactions --v. 21. Rewards and fairies --v. 22. A diversity of creatures --v. 23. Five Nations ; The years between --v. 24. Letters of travel, 1892-1913 --v. 25-26. The Irish guards in the Great War; edited and compiled from their diaries and papers --v. 27. Debts and credits --v. 28. A book of words --v. 29. Limits and renewals --v. 30. War writings and poems --v. 31. Land and sea tales --v. 32. Something of myself; index. 

Paul Mellon (1907-1999) was an American philanthropist and breeder/owner of thoroughbred racehorses. His fortune derived from the Mellon Bank created by his grandfather Thomas Mellon, his father Andrew W. Mellon, and his uncle Richard Mellon. His father was the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1921-1932). Mellon's Rokeby Stables owned many successful racehorses, including Kentucky Derby Winner Sea Hero. He was a trustee of the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame. He was created an Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and was awarded the National Medal of Arts and Humanities in 1997. 

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