Kipling rudyard december 1865 (3 risultati)

Paper Wrappers. Condizione: Good. 32 pages. 219 x 135 mm. Minor chipping to wrappers.

Full Cloth. Condizione: Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Original pebbled blue cloth blind and gilt stamped vertical borders on front cover extending around the spine, top edges untrimmed. Book is cocked, front cover slightly discolored. ix, [i], 365 & [i]pp. and [6]pp. of ads. Stewart 118. Overall in GOOD condition. UncleAndy Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. …

Full Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. Full brown cloth with black embossed design of flowers on front board. Gilt border and cressant around gilt title. Gilt lettering and design to spine. The original issue of this work was in Century Magazine. As with most of Charles Dicken's work, the serial publication preceeds the book. This is the FIRST EDITION of the book. Rare in the EXCELLENT condition. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 - 18 January 1936) was a British author and poet, born in India, and best known for his children's books, including The Jungle Book (1894), The Second Jungle Book (1895), Just So Stories (1902), and Puck of Pook's Hill (1906); his novel, Kim (1901); his poems, including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), and "If" (1895); and his many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888) and the collections Life's Handicap (1891), The Day's Work (1898), and Plain Tales from the Hills (1888). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best work speaks to a versatile and luminous narrative gift. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in English, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The author Henry James famously said of him: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known." In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, making him the first English language writer to receive the prize, and he remains today its youngest-ever recipient. Among other honours, he was offered the British poet laureateship and a knighthood, both of which he refused. However, later in life Kipling also came to be seen (in George Orwell's words) as a "prophet of British imperialism." Many saw prejudice and militarism in his works, and the resulting controversy about him continued for much of the 20th century. UncleAndy Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.…