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Rudyard Kipling Abaft the Funnel US First Authorised Edition 1909
The First Edition has this wonderful modern first edition book for sale Rudyard Kipling Abaft the Funnel, published by Doubleday, Page and Company [New York, USA], this being the US first authorised edition from 1909.
The front of the book has a brief Author’s Note from Rudyard Kipling that reads as follows:
“Messrs. B. W. Dodge & Company have issued without my knowledge or sanction the following odds and ends unearthed from newspaper files of twenty years ago, and therefore unprotected by copyright. I should never have reprinted them, but Messrs. Dodge’s enterprise compels me to do so. Rudyard Kipling October, 1909.”
Clearly, Rudyard Kipling was very displeased to produce this book, and its controversy makes this Rudyard Kipling first edition of particular importance and interest.
The original grey boards are in Good condition being complete but with fading to front and back boards and to the spine; wear to the top and bottom of the spine; and there are knocks to the corners; but the illustration of the elephant walking through the jungle is still very clear to the top of the front board. The hinges are broken to the front and back boards, but the whole book is intact, and this is merely cosmetic.
There are 323 numbered pages which are in overall Very Good condition with age toning to the margins.
This is an excellent opportunity to own the early work of Rudyard Kipling contained in this rare authorised edition of Abaft the Funnel, particularly since it was not a book which Rudyard Kipling wanted to publish. This is a very collectable Rudyard Kipling book and a great piece of Rudyard Kipling memorabilia.
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