Stalky & Co. – Rudyard Kipling

Stalky & Co. By Rudyard Kipling. London: Macmillan Company, 1899. First Edition. Original red cloth cover with gilt top edge, gilt stamped centerpiece and lettering at spine. Housed in custom slipcase. Octavo (8vo). 272 pages, half-title with author’s device at verso, title page, dedication, prefatory poem, text through page 272, followed by 2 pages of publisher’s advertisements. (Martindell 67.) An attractive copy with minimal wear, some nearly imperceptible discoloration of spine and gentle rubbing at joints. Previous bookseller label at front free endpaper. Internally clean and unmarked, hinges sturdy and strong. Just a hair shy of Near Fine.