KIPLING, RUDYARD — Ballads and Barrack Room Ballads

New York, Macmillan & Co. 1892, 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Book, A series of songs and poems expressing a popular view of the common soldiers and sailors of the British imperial forces in late Victorian times. Written in popular dialects with memorable verses and cadencies [Danny Deever, Gunga Din, Mandalay] they appealed to all levels of the pubic and were recited and sung everywhere with patriotic enthusiasm. First American edition of this anthology [ The UK edition was issued a few days later under the shorter title of "Barrack Room Ballads'] Neat dark blue binding with gilding on spine, on top of text block and on the horse motif on the front cover. 207p + 8p of Ads.Crisp tight unmarked text.The leaf before the half title is missing, else fine [Richards A68; Stewart 109]. Fine.