The Years Between -
Rudyard Kipling
1919 - Methuen & Co. Ltd., London - First Edition, Limited Edition of 200
The first edition of Kipling's first book to be published after his years in the service of the war were ended. One of 200 copies with handmade paper and vellum spine.
Containing forty-five poems and a series of epitaths, ‘some of these, from before the war, reflected the turbulent political conflicts of those days; others, recording the experiences of the war, varied from savage to desolate. It is by far the darkest of all Kipling's collections’ [ODNB].
The title refer to the years between the onset of the war in South Africa and the conclusion of the Great War in Europe Thirteen of the poems and thirty-one ‘Epitaths’ are published here for the first time.
References: Richards, Rudyard Kipling A Bibliography, A320. Martindell, Bibliography of Rudyard Kipling, 164. Livingston, Works of Rudyard Kipling, 442. Stewart, Rudyard Kipling: A Biographical Catalogue, 434. Grolier, Catalogue of the works of Rudyard Kipling, 502. Ballard, My Kipling Collection, CXCII(A).
Large octavo (book size 22.6x15.4cm), pp. [2] xiii [1] 159 [1]. In publisher’s quarter vellum spine over pale blue paper boards, light brown paper spine label lettered and ruled in black, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Condition: Fine in near fine bonding, band of toning to upper edge of boards. Ref: 112652 Price: HK$ 2,000
Containing forty-five poems and a series of epitaths, ‘some of these, from before the war, reflected the turbulent political conflicts of those days; others, recording the experiences of the war, varied from savage to desolate. It is by far the darkest of all Kipling's collections’ [ODNB].
The title refer to the years between the onset of the war in South Africa and the conclusion of the Great War in Europe Thirteen of the poems and thirty-one ‘Epitaths’ are published here for the first time.
References: Richards, Rudyard Kipling A Bibliography, A320. Martindell, Bibliography of Rudyard Kipling, 164. Livingston, Works of Rudyard Kipling, 442. Stewart, Rudyard Kipling: A Biographical Catalogue, 434. Grolier, Catalogue of the works of Rudyard Kipling, 502. Ballard, My Kipling Collection, CXCII(A).
Large octavo (book size 22.6x15.4cm), pp. [2] xiii [1] 159 [1]. In publisher’s quarter vellum spine over pale blue paper boards, light brown paper spine label lettered and ruled in black, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Condition: Fine in near fine bonding, band of toning to upper edge of boards. Ref: 112652 Price: HK$ 2,000