Mine Own People

NY: R. F. Fenno & Company, 1899. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - VeryGood. 5"x7.5". 325 pgs. Nautical blue cloth boards. Silver metallic letters on spine w/design. Elephant in circle and publication year on title page. Introduction by Henry James. Spine straight, binding tight, slight tone. Not x-library, unmarked. Light soiling to covers. Rubs to corners. Dust stained edges. List of the short stories:
BIMI; NAMGAY DOOLA; THE RECRUDESCENCE OF IMRAY; MOTI GUJ-MUTINEER; THE MUTINY OF THE MAVERICKS; AT THE END OF THE PASSAGE; THE MAN WHO WAS; A CONFERENCE OF THE POWERS; WITHOUT BENEFIT OF CLERGY; THE MARK OF THE BEAST; THE HEAD OF THE DISTRICT.
Laura J. W. rated ***** 5. it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: british-authors, classics, literary-fiction, short-stories
Kipling is of his time, this must not be forgotten, it's unfortunate that I feel I must say this as the current climate for such classics is tenuous. Each tale has its special cadence that is from a time and place that is exotic in one sense, but yet, not, people are people, no matter where they are, it's the human condition, inter-racial love, soldier's on the verge of mutiny, kings, laborers, life and death. I have loved Kiplings work since I was a little girl when we read "Rikki-Tikki Tavi" and "The Elephant's Child" and of course, "The Jungle Book" (I grew up with the Disney film, but read the book later, and loved it more.) My copy is an old one, a beautiful white and blue cloth cover with stamped gold leaf filigree and letters, it's quite beautiful as an object, in pristine condition for its age, inscribed in faded black ink on the inside with a previous owners name and dated 1901. It caught my eye at my favorite antique shop, the Antique Pavilion in Bouckeville, NY, and I am happy add it to my collection of vintage books.