The New Army in Training.
"There is a gulf already opening between those who have joined and those who have not": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's The New Army in Training
The New Army in Training.
KIPLING, Rudyard.
$300.00
Item Number: 121084
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1915.
First collected edition, first issue of this anthology which first appeared in 6 separate pamphlets in America of which only a few of each were printed. 16mo, original wrappers. With The Service Kipling on the rear panel. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case.
English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901) and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India, which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. The New Army contains the short tales The Men at Work, The Quality of the Machine, Guns and Supply, Canadians in Cap, Indian Troops, A Territorial Battalion and A Conclusion.
