Publisher's Synopsis
 
Rudyard Kipling was one of the most popular writers of prose and poetry in the late 19th and 20th Century and awarded the Noble Prize for Literature in 1907.
Born in Bombay on 30th December 1865, as was the custom in those days, he and his sister were sent back to England when he was 5. The ill-treatment and cruelty by the couple who they boarded with in Portsmouth, Kipling himself suggested, contributed to the onset of his literary life. This was further enhanced by his return to India at age 16 to work on a local paper, as not only did this result in him writing constantly but also made him explore issues of identity and national allegiance which pervade much of his work.
Whilst he is best remembered for his classic children's stories and his popular poem 'If...' he is also regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story.
 
Macmillan and Co.; 1932. First edition. Red cloth covered boards with gilt medallion with a relief of an elephants head to front board. Gilt lettering to spine. Some slight sunning to parts of cover. Faded inscription to FFEP dated 1932. Some slight foxing evident to first and last end papers. Some age spotting to page edges. Book has a removable transparent book cover. Residual tape marks to BFEP.  Pre-owned. No ISBN.