Rewards and Fairies
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1910. Frontispiece and 3 other black and white plates by Frank Craig. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. xiv, 344 pages.
Kipling's collection of historical fantasy tales intertwined with the contemporary adventures of two children, David and Una, who are able to meet historical figures with the help of Puck, a fairy from English folklore. The stories are complimented by poems that echo their themes.
Of particular significance, this is the first American book appearance of Kipling's most famous poem, "If---", which appears here on pages 181-182. This poem is a superb literary example of Victorian-era stoicism and quickly came to embody the English "stiff upper lip."
Ref. RICHARDS A243.
Bound in dark green cloth over boards with black and gilt-stamped ornamentation and titling to spine and upper board. Prior owner name dated Christmas 1910 pencilled on front free endpaper, else fine. A bright clean example.
Item #1733
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