From Wykeham Books, LONDON, United Kingdom
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Edition of 50 sets only. 6 vols, printed wrappers, small 8vo, various paginations. The first non-newspaper publication of a series of six articles Kipling wrote for The Daily Telegraph (appearing there in December 1914), these pamphlets being printed in small numbers to secure American copyright. Britain had declared war on Germany on 4th August, 1914 following the German invasion of Belgium. Kipling's articles are chiefly concerned with the training of a new army of those who had volunteered to fight. The articles (some of whose titles differ somewhat from the later English edition) are: 1. (Infantry) The Men at Work; 2. The Quality of the Machine; 3. Guns and Supply; 4. Canadians in Camp; 5. Indian Troops; 6. A Territorial Battalion and a Conclusion. Uncommon. Richards notes in his bibliography that it was reported that "most of the few copies printed" of this title "were mailed to newspapers and destroyed, being separated into leaves for the convenience of linotype operators". Richards A275. A near Fine set preserved in a chemise and leather-backed slipcase. Bookplates of Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss of Dumbarton Oaks on front inside board of chemise. Seller Inventory # ABE-58773
Bibliographic Details
Title: The New Army. [ 6 vols, complete set ]
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, first editions, 1914
Publication Date: 1914
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
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