Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1918. Hardcover. Very Good/good. [6], 101, [1] p.; 20 cm. Beige cloth spine with grey paper over boards. Paper labels on spine and front board printed in black with red borders. Dust jacket printed in red and black with advertisement for War Savings Stamps on back section. Advertisement for the YMCA on back flap. First edition. The first state with "recuiting depot" on p. 78, line 1. These stories framed as letters from Indian and Afghan soldiers were first published in the Saturday Evening Post in May and June 1917. Contents: A Retired Gentleman -- The Fumes of the Heart -- The Private Account -- A Trooper of Horse. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper of Frank P. Hadley. Book is in Very Good Condition: corners rubbed; head of spine starting to fray; clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good Condition: rubbed and soiled; old repair to inside; minor loss at ends of spine and flap folds.

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Bookseller: Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003330
Title: The Eyes of Asia
Author: Kipling, Rudyard
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Co
Place of Publication: Garden City
Date Published: 1918
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction; Militaria; Africa, Asia, & Middle East;

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The Eyes of Asia

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