Joseph Rudyard Kipling (f. Bombay, India 1865, d. 1936) A Song of the English (1909). Kipling first editions. One vol. inscribed by the author. (12) A Song of the English. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. With 12 colour plates. London. Hodder & Stoughton. [1909]. Original cream cloth. Hinges weak. Thy Servant a Dog - told by Boots. Signed by on titlepage by Kipling and inscribed by Charles L. Graves. Illustrated by G. L. Stampa. London. Macmillan and Co. 1930. Original red cloth, worn. Some spotting. Kim. Macmillan and Co. London. 1901. Original red cloth. Top edge gilt and gilt medallion to front board. Some rubbing to edges. + Enclosed: Ralph Durand: A Handbook to the Poetry of Rudyard Kipling. London. Hodder and Stoughton. 1914. + 8 other Kipling 1st editions. All bound in red cloth. (12) Charles Larcom Graves (1856–1944) was an Irish born novelist, uncle to Robert Graves. He worked with Kipling on a collection of poems in the style of Horace, 'Q. HORATI FLACCI' (1920). Thy Servant a Dog is inscribed from Graves to an Antoinette with a note that Kipling signed the book for him.
