The Works of Rudyard Kipling

London: Macmillan and Co.; Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1919-1937. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". J. Lockwood Kipling; W. H. Drake; Charles E. Brock. A bright collection of illustrated and uniformly bound works by the popular author Rudyard Kipling. A set of fourteen volumes – including some from the Macmillan pocket editions, and some published by Methuen & Co. - uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with pictorial gilt to the front boards and spines. Top edges gilt.Ink inscription to the front free end papers of Stalky & Co and Something of Myself.A lovely collection of the works of Rudyard Kipling, including some of his best-loved books such as The Jungle Book, Kim and Puck of Pook's Hill. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was a well-known English journalist, short-story writer, and poet. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his literary works throughout his life.  All volumes contain a frontispiece, and some contain further illustrations, as detailed below. Collated, complete.This set comprises:Stalky & Co (Macmillan & Co.; 1919; 12th pocket edition)The Years Between (Methuen & Co.; 1919; first edition)Soldiers Three; The Story of The Gadsbys; In Black & White (Macmillan & Co.; 1926; 15th pocket edition)Debits and Credits (Macmillan & Co.; 1927; 4th edition)Plain Tales From the Hills (Macmillan & Co.; 1928; 16th pocket edition)Many Inventions (Macmillan & Co.; 1928; 15th pocket edition)Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses (Methuen & Co.; 1929; 61st edition)The Seven Seas (Methuen & Co.; 1929; 39th edition)Kim (Macmillan & Co.; 1930; 21st pocket edition). Illustrated by J. Lockwood Kipling with 10 plates.The Jungle Book (Macmillan & Co.; 1930; 18th pocket edition). Illustrated by J. Lockwood Kipling and W. H. Drake with 17 plates and numerous in-text engravings.Rewards and Fairies (Macmillan & Co.; 1930). Illustrated by Charles E. Brock with 12 plates of engravings.Limits and Renewals (Macmillan & Co.; 1932)Puck of Pook's Hill (Macmillan & Co.; 1933; 18th pocket edition). Illustrated with 20 plates.Something of Myself (Macmillan & Co.; 1937). Illustrated with two plates. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally smart and bright, with minor shelf wear to the extremities and head and tail of the spines. Gilt remains bright. Small marks to the boards of The Years Between, Barrack-Room Ballads, The Jungle Book and Rewards and Fairies. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Tear to page 261 of Puck of Pook"s Hill, affecting a little of the illustration. Very Good Indeed