The works of Rudyard Kipling. [13 volumes]

New York : Doubleday & McClure, 1899. Authorized Edition. Hardback. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Embossed 'RK' device to front panels. Very light tanning to page margins. Vols. 5 and 7 have some minor scuffs and stain marks on front and rear panels. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; Description: 13v., fronts.; 19cm. Summary: 13-volume set of Kipling's works. Contents: [v. 1.] Soldiers three. The story of the Gadsbys. In black and white. --[v. 2.] The light that failed. Rev. ed. --[v. 3.] The days work. --[v. 4.] Life's handicap. --[v. 5-6.] From sea to sea. --[v. 7.] The Naulahka, written in collaboration with Wolcott Balestier. -[v. 8.] Departmental ditties and ballads and barracks. Room ditties. Rev. ed. --[v. 9.] Plain tales from the hills, with a biographical sketch by Charles Eliot Norton. Rev. ed. --[v. 10.] Under the deodars. The phantom rickshaw. Wee Willie Winkie. --[v. 11.] Captain Courageous.--[v. 12.] The seven seas.--[v. 13.] Many inventions. Notes: Vol. 11 published by Century, New York. Vols. 12 and 13 published by D. Appleton, New York. Vols. 11-13 uniform with the rest of the set.