Picking Up Gold and Silver: Stories by Rudyard Kipling.

New York, NY St. Martin's Press, 1990. Hardcover First Edition of this collection in the USA (1990), so stated. First printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First published by Macmillan of London in the previous year. First Edition of this collection in the USA (1990), so stated. First printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Fine in Very Near Fine DJ: The Book is flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, like-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no discernible imperfections. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Virtually 'As New'. The DJ shows only a hint of wear to the corner tips; else flawless; the price is intact. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.75 x 1 inches). 281 pages. Selected and with an Introduction by M.M. Kaye. Language: English. Weight: 16 ounces. Hardback with DJ. Twelve of Kipling's celebrated tales of India--including one ghost story--are compiled and introduced by the author of the "The Far Pavillions", a worldwide bestseller, who, like Kipling, was raised in India. Rudyard Kipling (1865 – 1936) was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. Kipling's works of fiction include the Jungle Book dilogy (The Jungle Book, (1894); The Second Jungle Book, (1895), Kim (1901), the Just So Stories (1902) and many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888). He is seen as an innovator in the art of the short story. His children's books are classics; one critic noted "a versatile and luminous narrative gift." Kipling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was among the United Kingdom's most popular writers. Henry James said "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius...that I have ever known." In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, as the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and at 41, its youngest recipient to date.