Land and sea tales for scouts and guides / by Rudyard Kipling, Commissioner, Boy Scouts
1923, 1st Edition. London (St. Martin's Street): Macmillan. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #349615
Physical description: vii, 282, 2 pages; 21 cm. Contents: Winning the Victoria cross -- The way that he took -- An unqualified pilot -- The junk and the dhow -- His gift -- The master-cook -- A flight of fact -- "Stalky" -- The hour of the angel -- The burning of the Sarah Sands -- The last lap -- The parable of Boy Jones -- A departure -- The bold 'prentice -- The nurses -- The son of his father -- An English school -- A counting-out song. Subjects: Kipling, Rudyard (Joseph Rudyard) 1865-1936 Childhood and youth; Juvenile literature. United Services College (Great Britain); Biography; Juvenile literature. Boy Scouts; Juvenile fiction. Girl Guides; Juvenile fiction.
Price: €21.95