The Light That Failed.

KIPLING, Rudyard.

Item Number: 123079

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1907.

First Macmillan’s Pocket Edition of The Light That Failed. Octavo, original boards with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, gilt elephant emblem to the front panel, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in. Signed by Rudyard Kipling on the title page. In near fine condition. Rare.

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.