Rudyard Kipling — Diversity of Creatures

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1917. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of tales by celebrated author Rudyard Kipling. First edition. A charming collection of short stories, including: As Easy As A.B.C. Friendly Brook, In the Same Boat, The Honours of War, The Village that Voted the Earth was Flat, and many others. Written by Joseph Rudyard Kipling, an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor wear to the extremities and light fading to the spine. A small split in the cloth to the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light spotting to the foredge. Minor age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .