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The absent-minded beggar / by Rudyard Kipling.

Accession number
PML 134387
Creator
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936.
Published
[London] : Daily Mail Publishing Co., 1899.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
"Eyre & Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queens' most excellent Majesty"--Printer's device on p. [4].
"The whole proceeds from the sale of this poem will be devoted by the 'Daily Mail' in the name of Rudyard Kipling, to the benefit of the wives and children of the reservists"--p. [6].
Autograph facsimile of poem, printed in green; illustrated.
Facsimile of poem laid out on p. [2] and [4] (inside the fold), surrounding (on p. [3]) a sepia half-tone illustration entitled "A gentleman in Kharki," signed by R. Caton Woodville, 1899.
Illustrations signed: John Collier (Kipling's portrait) and R. Caton Woodville.
Library's copy housed in 1/2 red morocco slipcase.
Originally appeared in the Daily Mail, Oct. 31, 1899.
Sepia half-tone reproduction of portrait of the author, signed "John Collier, 1891"--p. [1].
Sheet folded twice, forming a triptych.
Description
1 folded sheet (6 p.) : ill., facsim., port. ; 18 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Unbound folded sheet.
Classification
Department