DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES, BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS, AND OTHER VERSES
first edition
1890 · NY
by KIPLING, Rudyard
NY: United States Book Co, 1890. First American edn. 8vo, pp. 270. Maroon cloth stamped in gilt. Owner's name on flyleaf, bookplate. Cover somewhat scuffed and worn, one hinge near tender, o/w VG. Grolier Club Exhibit 110; Stewart 79. First Edition of both the "Barrack-Room Ballads" and the "Other Verses" (not published in England until 1892); first American edition of "Departmental Ditties." Contains the first printing in book form of Kipling's great popular ballads, including "Danny Deever", "Fuzzy Wuzzy", "Gunga Din", "Mandalay", etc. (Inventory #: 29677)