The seven seas / by Rudyard Kipling
1896, 1st edition. London : Methuen and Co. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #428755
Physical description: xv, 230 pages ; 20 cm. Contents: Dedication to the City of Bombay ; A Song of the English ; The First Chantey ; The Last Chantey ; The Merchantmen ; McAndrew's Hymn ; The Miracles ; The Native-Born ; The King ; The Rhyme of the Three Sealers ; The Derelict ; The answer ; The Song of the Banjo ; "The Liner She's a Lady" ; Mulholland's Contract ; Anchor Song ; The lost legion ; The Sea-Wife ; Hymn Before Action ; To The True Romance ; The Flowers ; The Last Rhyme of True Thomas ; In the Neolithic Age ; The Story of Ung ; The Three-Decker ; An American ; The Mary Gloster ; Sestina of the Tramp-Royal -- Barack-Room Ballads -- "Back to the Army Again" ; "Birds of Prey" March ; "Soldier An' Sailor Too" ; Sappers ; That Day ; "The Men That Fought At Minden" ; Cholera Camp ; The Ladies ; Bill 'Awkins ; The Mother-Lodge ; "Follow Me 'Ome" ; The Sergeant's Weddin' ; The Jacket ; The 'Eathen ; The Shut-Eye Sentry ; "Mary, Pity Women!" ; For To Admire ; L'Envoi. Subjects: English poetry. Sea poetry. LITERARY CRITICISM. English poetry 19th century.
Price: €28.00