Collected Dog Stories . Illustrated with Drawings by Marguerite Kirmse. F.P.

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Limited edition of 450 copies numbered and signed by the artist. Vellum-backed boards with leather spine-label and gilt cover-illustration, top edge gilt, 8vo, x, 277 pp 7 full-page ills (including the frontispiece), vignettes and head-and tail-pieces in the text. An appealing collection of five poems and nine stories demonstrating Kipling's love for dogs and spanning almost his entire writing llife. Kipling's own dogs included xxx and black Aberdeen terriers but perhaps his best-drawn canine character is the Staffordshire bull-terrier.in his early and unforgettable story "Garm - A Hostage". Richards A422. Copy No. 433 signed by the illustrator, Marguerite Kirmse. Slight darkening to vellum, boards somewhat mottled as if with a dusting of gilt powder, otherwise a Very Good largely unopened copy in an edgeworn black card slipcase, N° de ref. del artículo ABE-51286

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