The Writings in Prose and Verse.

This handsome, thirty-one volume set was published across twenty-seven years and contains a large amount of the works of the writer, Rudyard Kipling. The collection contains Kipling's most famous work, The Jungle Book and its succeeding companion. Kipling won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 for his enigmatic, witty prose and poetry and his legacy endured as one of Britain's most eminent writers.

31 vols, 8vo (21.5 x 15 cm); engraved frontispiece portrait of the author to vol. I with red captioned tissue-guard, various photogravures throughout remaining vols with red captioned tissue-guards, black and white illustrations to some volumes, sporadic, light spotting to some tissue-guards, minor tears to following leaves, to corner of p.179 and p.340 of vol. VII, to edge of p.13 of vol. VIII, to lower edge of p.247 of vol. XIV, to upper corner of p.83 of vol. XVI, to top edges of pp277-88 of vol. XVII due to abrasion to page edges, to edge of rear endpaper of vol. XXI, to edge of p.207 of vol. XXVIII, light purple pen mark to p.11 of vol. VIII, slight foxing to p.123 (likely from paper clipping once being kept there) though not affecting legibility of text, p.210 loose and newspaper clipping pasted to rear endpaper with pencil caption and corresponding offsetting of vol. XII, inserted contemporary newspaper clipping to p.176 of vol. XIII, mark to p.1 of vol. XIV, light stain to pp314-17 of vol. XV, pp55-58 loose and marks to p.330 of vol. XVIII, tissue-guard opposite p.140 loose and inserted newspaper clippings to p.339 and p.347 with corresponding offsetting to vol. XXII, pasted in newspaper clipping to rear endpaper with pen caption to vol. XXV, otherwise, occasional spot, stain or mark throughout most volumes, generally not affecting legibility of text, overall very good condition with issues generally being minor; finely-bound by Stikeman & Co., near-contemporary half red morocco over red cloth boards lined in gilt, spine in 6 compartments, one-line gilt-panelled border with gilt lettering to second and fourth and ornate gilt decoration to others, marble endpapers, extreme edge offsetting of endpapers to all vols, general signs of wear due to age, including scuffs, marks and scratches, primarily to extremities though nothing drastically affecting integrity of the binding, more noticeable scuffs to rear panel of vol. I, liquid mark across upper board of vol. VII and vol. XIV, black mark on rear board of vol. XII and upper board of vol. XX, marks to upper board of vol. XIX, vol. XXVIII and vol. XXXI, overall very good with generally minor issues as a result of age, a handsome set; [xx], 350pp, [x], 307pp, [x], 280pp, [xvi], 386pp, [viii], 387pp, [viii], 368pp, [viii], 341pp, [xiv], 228PP, [x], 329pp, [vi], 377pp, [xx], 359pp, [viii], 242pp, [x], 310, [xii], 303pp, [xiv], 494pp, [xii], 553pp, [xii], 292pp, [xii], 330pp, [vi], 474pp, [vi], 281pp, [xii], 202pp, [vi], 438pp, [viii], 305pp, [viii], 324pp, [viii], 378pp, [x], 515pp, [xii], 189pp, [viii], 328pp, [xxii], 494pp, [x], 449pp, [viii], 452pp.