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KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). Soldier Tales. London: Macmillan and Co., 1896. 8vo. Illustrated with frontispiece and 20 plates. viii, [1]-172 pp. Publisher’s full blue cloth, front board and spine decoratively stamped in gilt, all edges gilt; publisher’s rare original dust jacket (cloth spine sunned, some minor rubbing to binding; jacket spine toned, soiled and chipped, some wear, soiling, marginal chipping to jacket panels, a few tears to jacket joints). A fine copy in a good jacket. FIRST EDITION. Housed in modern blue cloth chemise and slipcase. Uncommon in jacket, this short story collection has the following stories of the British Army in India: With the Main Guard, The Drums of the Fore and Aft, The Man Who Was, The Courting of Dinah Shadd, The Incarnation of Krisna Mulvaney, The Taking of Lungtungpen, and The Madness of Private Ortheris. Livingston 133.