KIPLING, RUDYARD. DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES AND OTHER VERSES. Tall narrow 8vo, original printed envelope style wrappers, few light spots,

minor wear with a few repairs on flap verso, original red tape lacking; full morocco pull-off case. Lahore: The Civil and Military Gazette Press, [1886] FIRST EDITION of the author's first book. A very good example of this scarce work. On the spine portion of the slipcase is lettered "Locker Lampson Copy." Stewart 8. With-An Exhibition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling. Held at the Grolier Club, 1929. Broadside. 450x450 mm, printed in colors, creased; folded and housed in facsimile of the wrapper for Departmental Ditties. New York: Grolier Club, 1929.