Kipling, Rudyard. Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses (tipped in signed note). Methuen and Co., London, 1892.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses by Rudyard Kipling. First British edition with signed tipped-in note in original reddish-brown cloth. Publisher: Methuen and Co., London, 1892. Contents of tipped-in note written on Grand Hotel, Stockholm letterhead and states: "Very Sincerely" Rudyard Kipling in the author's handwriting. 208 pages plus 16-page ad catalog in the rear. Binding is in near fine condition, slight loss at the top of the spine. Binding is tight. Contents clean, edge toning to the pages. Top edge gilt. The Barrack Room Ballads contains some of Kipling's most well-known work, including the poems "Gunga Din", "Tommy", "Mandalay", and "Danny Deever" 5 x 7 ¾ inches. Inventory #23-118. Price: $1,000.

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