Benefits Forgot. A Novel.

Balestier, Wolcott.

Published by William Heinemann, London, 1895

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8vo., 438[2]]+16pp publisher's ads at end, incl. advert for The Naulahka, A Tale of West and East which he co-wrote with his brother-in-law Rudyard Kipling, green publisher's cloth blind stamped to front board, gilt lettered, with sl. wear, otherwise very good. This was first published as a 3 vol. novel in London in 1893, in New York as 1 volume 1894. "Charles (Wolcott) Balestier, 1861-91, American author and publisher who visited England in 1888 to secure English manuscripts for Lovell, the publishing company which had issued his novel 'A Fair Device' (1886). He became a director of Heinemann and Balestier, a firm which published English and American books on the Continent. He is remembered for his collaboration with Rudyard Kipling (who married his sister in 1892): he wrote the American chapers for The Naulahka (1892) and Kipling dedicated his Barrack-Room Ballads to him in the same year. Seller Inventory # B1208

Bibliographic Details

Title: Benefits Forgot. A Novel.

Publisher: William Heinemann, London

Publication Date: 1895

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good