Rudyard Kipling Autograph Letter Signed.

KIPLING, Rudyard.

$1,200.00

Item Number: 147774

Rare handwritten autograph letter signed from Rudyard Kipling to J. McGill sent from the R.M.S. Empress of Britain. Duodecimo, one page on Canadian Pacific Railway letterhead, the letter reads in full, “Dear Sir I am much obliged to you for your letter of the 25th and can only express my regret but my plans & movements are so uncertain that I am unable to arrange beforehand for any speeches.” Double matted with a portrait of Kipling. In fine condition. The piece measures 14 inches by 11 inches.

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. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907.