Plain tales from the hills / by Rudyard Kipling
1898, 3rd edition. London ; New York : Macmillan. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine and panel edges somewhat bumped, dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #445836
Physical description; x, [1], 2-310, [2] pages ; 19 cm. Contents; Lisbeth -- Three and--an extra -- Thrown away -- Miss Youghal's sais -- 'Yoked with an unbeliever' -- False dawn -- The rescue of Pluffles -- Cupid's arrows -- The three musketeers -- His chance in life -- Watches of the night -- The other man -- Consequences -- The conversion of Aurelian McGoggin -- The taking of Lungtungpen -- A germ destroyer -- Kidnapped -- The arrest of Lieutenant Golightly -- In the house of Suddhoo -- His wedded wife -- The broken-link handicap -- Beyond the pale -- In error -- A bank fraud -- Tods' amendment -- The daughter of the regiment -- In the pride of his youth -- Pig -- The rout of the white hussars -- The Bronckhorst divorce case -- Venus annodomini -- The Bisara of Pooree -- A friend's friend -- The gate of the hundred sorrows -- The madness of Private Ortheris -- The story of Muhammed Din -- On the strength of a likeness -- Wressley on the Foreign Office -- By word of mouth -- To be filed for reference. Subjects; Kipling, Rudyard. British India ; Fiction. Short stories, English. English fiction 19th century. India History British occupation, 1765-1947 ; Fiction.
Price: €45.00