Description
Captains Courageous, A Story of the Grand Banks by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1925.
Octavo, vi, 282 pp. Full brown leather, five raised bands and title in gilt on spine. “Deo Dante Dedi” Charterhouse emblem of the United Grand Lodge of England stamped in gilt on front cover. Marbled edges with matching marbled endpapers. Stated “Uniform Edition… 1925” on copyright page. Charterhouse award bookplate on front endpaper. Solid text block, light wear to edges of covers and spine, sunned spine. Complete with twenty-one illustrations. A nice example.
Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks first appeared in McClure’s Magazine in 1896. It was first published in its entirety in New York by Doubleday, Doran, then a month later by Macmillan and Co. of London. (Richards, A103) (Martindell 68)
