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KIPLING, RUDYARD, Captains Courageous.NY: Century, 1897. First Edition. A novel of a young man coming of age working on a fishing boat off the New England coast, written while Kipling was living in Brattleboro, Vermont, from where he visited Gloucester, Massachusetts and familiarized himself with the New England fishing fleet. Captains Courageous is considered one of the great sea adventures of the 19th century, and it established Kipling as a serious author beyond the tales of India he had published earlier in his writing career, which were written primarily for children. The American edition contains a number of textual differences from the English edition that was published several months earlier. This novel was Kipling's only book set entirely in the U.S. Bookplate front pastedown; bookplate removal rear pastedown; front hinge starting; modest foxing. A very good copy of an attractive book, with the front cover stamped in red and gilt and the spine gilt still bright, lacking the rare dust jacket.
Offered for US$ 500.00 by: Ken Lopez - Bookseller - Book number: 022969