Selected Works of Rudyard Kipling, Volume Three (Including Mine Own People, The Courting of Dinah Shadd, American Notes, Under the Deodars, Departmental Ditties, Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses)
Rudyard Kipling
📚 Genre
Fiction/Poetry - Short Stories and Victorian Verse
🏢 Publisher
Peter Fenelon Collier & Son
📅 Publication Year
1900 (indicated by Roman numerals MCM)
🔢 ISBN
None (Pre-dates ISBN system)
About This Book
A turn-of-the-century collection of Kipling's works containing short story collections (Mine Own People, Under the Deodars) and his famous military poetry (Barrack-Room Ballads). The frontispiece illustration depicts a scene from 'The Recrudescence of Imray' with a caption about 'the white man's hands.' The layout is typical of Collier's mass-market subscription sets from the Victorian/Edwardian era.
Book Details
Language
English
Pages
Approximately 450-600 pages
Edition
Volume 3 of a multi-volume 'Selected Works' set
Series
Volume III of the Selected Works of Rudyard Kipling
Target Audience
Adult/General Readership of the early 20th century
Collector Information
Condition
Good. Leaves are tanning/yellowing with age. Some minor edge wear on the title page. The green cloth binding visible on the left indicates reasonable structural integrity but likely some fading or shelf wear common for 120-year-old volumes.
Estimated Value
$10 - $25
Rarity
Common. Collier was a high-volume subscription publisher that produced thousands of these sets for American households. Individual volumes are frequently found in antique shops and used bookstores.
Historical Significance
Kipling was the first English-language writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature (1907). This volume preserves the imperialist and colonialist perspectives typical of British literature at the peak of the Empire.
Collector Notes
This is a mass-produced trade edition rather than a high-end collectible. Value is heavily dictated by being part of a complete matching set. To preserve, keep away from direct sunlight to prevent further fading of the green cloth and brittleness of the pages. Check for 'foxing' (brown spots) on the plates.
Similar Books
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, Plain Tales from the Hills by Rudyard Kipling, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Notable Features
Includes a grayscale frontispiece illustration by an artist named Graves; features Roman numeral dating (MCM).