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Interesting edition, matches description of the 1901 first edition, but with different cover, probably printed sometime between 1910-1930. It has the reverse swastika in a circle with Kipling's signature on a separate page after the title page, a device that was dropped from his works printed after the late 30's (for obvious reasons) as well as ten clay relief illustrations by Rudyard Kipling's father, J.L. Kipling, and verses at beginnings of Chapters VIII and XIII, as the first edition is desc
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What a strange book--part boy's adventure, part spiritual quest, part travelogue, part sociological study, told through a colonial author's prejudiced viewpoint, but with an appreciation for the land and culture.
This is Kipling's turn-of-the century British-colonial India, about 50 years prior to being split into Pakistan and India. I was pleasantly surprised how he had characters from a myriad of different castes, religions, and ethnic groups, giving a more distinguished depiction of the cultu ...more
This is Kipling's turn-of-the century British-colonial India, about 50 years prior to being split into Pakistan and India. I was pleasantly surprised how he had characters from a myriad of different castes, religions, and ethnic groups, giving a more distinguished depiction of the cultu ...more
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