A Ken of Kipling – Will M. Clemens (1899) (1st ed)

S$58.00

A Ken of Kipling – Will M. Clemens (1899) (1st ed)

S$58.00

Title: A Ken of Kipling, being a Biographical Sketch of Rudyard Kipling, with an Appreciation and Some Notes

Author: Will M. Clemens

Publisher: New Amsterdam Book Company, New York, 1899. First edition.

Condition: Hardcover, decorative cloth. Very good. Some dust soiling and wear to covers, but the covers are still bright. Rough-cut edges, but book is clean and well-bound. Pages very clean. 3 illustrated plates. 137pp., app 7.5″ by 4.5″.

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A short biography of Rudyard Kipling (author of The Jungle Books and Kim), describing the background and setting of a selection of his works and poems. Also contains a chapter on his interactions with Mark Twain, as well as an interview given by Mark Twain (then famous) to Kipling.

Contents:

Kipling the Man

His Work in Prose and Verse

Poems for a Purpose

Kipling’s Religion

Anecdotes of Kipling

Kipling and Mark Twain

The Kipling Books