"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke
Stalky and Co.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1899. [Literature] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.ix [3] 272 [2]. Recent red half-calf, red cloth over sides. Gilt titles and raised bands to spine. Top edge gilt. Advertisements to rear. Light internal toning, a few marks here and there. Gentle marking to top and fore edge. Binding crisp and fresh with a few faint scuffs. Near fine. Kipling's famous tales about adolescent boys at a British boarding school. These controversial short stories which feature elements of revenge, the macabre (dead cats), bullying, violence, and hints on sex, made them far from childish or idealised, unlike the (then) typical school story. Item #73536
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