Kipling, Rudyard

A Fleet in Being

London: Macmillan, 1898. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Item #016678

Slim 12mo.,84pp. Solid First hardcover edition, (there was also an edition published in wraps), of Kipling's account of "..Two trips with the channel squadron". This was a series of articles originally appearing in The Morning Post. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with lettering in black on spine and front board with illustration of ship in black Square, tight and clean throughout with no toning or foxing. Wear to edges and tips. Boards lightly soiled. Spine mildly toned. A very respectable, collectable copy at a great price.

Price: $45.00