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Daily Mail Publishing Co.. Poor. 1899. Hardcover. Front cover is detached but present. Spine has rubbing to the ends and the raised ridges. Covers have light wear to the outer corners. Rear cover has a small faded spot. Outer (free) edge of folded page is creased its entire length. Front and rear blanks are foxed. Title page and last page (printer's crest) are slightly foxed. ; Approx. 8 1/2" wide by 12 1/2". One page of text followed by folded page with plate and second page of text. When fold is open, entire contents are displayed. Four stanza poem is in facsimile Kipling handwriting. Plate is "A gentleman in kharki" by R. Caton Woodville. ; 3 pages .
The Absent-Minded Beggar by Kipling, Rudyard - 1900
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New York: Brentano's Publishers [Printed by the Carl H. Heintzemann Press, Boston], 1900. Brentano's Edition (copyright February 19, 1900). Decorated with grey floral borders. [8] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original buff wrappers printed in black and red, edges uncut. Fine. Brentano's Edition (copyright February 19, 1900). Decorated with grey floral borders. [8] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Kipling's poem The Absent-Minded Beggar was published in the (London) Daily Mail on October 31, 1899, as part of an appeals for funds for the families of British servicemen serving in the Boer War. The Brentano's edition is the probable first American edition (Stewart & Yeats cite an undated New Bedford, Mass., edition as another possible contender). The poem was not published collected form until 1914, when it appeared in vol. XXII of the Bombay Edition. Sir Arthur Sullivan set it to music. Livingston 224; Stewart & Yeats 214
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- Format/Binding Decorated with grey floral borders. [8] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
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- Edition Brentano's Edition (copyright February 19, 1900)
- Publisher Brentano's Publishers [Printed by the Carl H. Heintzemann Press, Boston]
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1900
- Keywords British | Private Press | Rudyard Kipling
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Daily Mail 1899, 1899. Paperback. Fair. G PB 4to a little creased
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Brentano's. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Writing inside. In polypropylene bag. (poetry, poems)
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New York: Bentano's Publishers, 1900. Softcover. Fair. [14 p.]. 20 cm. Grey paper covers detached and chipped with some light soiling.
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New York: Brentano's, 1900. Unauthorized edition. Paper wrappers. No outer wrappers, lightly soiled, small chip to one corner, some small creasing at a second, sewn-in silk pulled from one signature, some leaves still unopened (uncut); overall about very good. A nice copy of this fragile item.. 7 pp. Sm. 8vo. Printed in brown with ornamental border in gray on one side of leaf only. Livingston 224. Stewart p.604B.
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