230pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Bumped spine ends. Bottom corners bumped, cloth wearing. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Slightly cocked. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage. 12mo. Kipling's bitter, disillusioned series of poems centred on Britain's role in colonialism and Empire building. Though disturbing and unsettling in theme, Kipling's lyrical dexterity makes these poems strangely compelling reading.
