Letters to the Family
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- first
- Condition
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
Toronto: Macmillan Company, 1908. First edition. Original printed wraps, measuring 170 x 117mm and complete in 72 pages. Chipping, wear, and staining to spine and wrap edges; splitting to both joints near the foot of spine. Light toning internally, else unmarked. A scarce piece. Housed in a custom slipcase with chemise, with mottling and wear to cloth.
Written during a 1907 trip to Canada, Letters to the Family captures the author's commitment to the British Empire and those who are his "family" through it -- indeed, it is among Kipling's most overt and bare examples of Imperialist propaganda. "These articles are scarcely a travelogue, rather a series of political essays on matters Imperial" and an assertion of Britain's so-called civilizing influence on those nations it colonized (Kipling Society).
Written during a 1907 trip to Canada, Letters to the Family captures the author's commitment to the British Empire and those who are his "family" through it -- indeed, it is among Kipling's most overt and bare examples of Imperialist propaganda. "These articles are scarcely a travelogue, rather a series of political essays on matters Imperial" and an assertion of Britain's so-called civilizing influence on those nations it colonized (Kipling Society).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Whitmore Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5446
- Title
- Letters to the Family
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- The only serious enemy to Empire, within or without, is that very Democracy which depends on the Empire for its proper comforts
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