A sweet, illustrated edition of Kipling's bildungsroman set just after the end of the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880), in a prize binding for Charterhouse school.

8vo (19.5 x 13 cm); photographic plates, presentation plate to front free endpaper recto; prize-binding for Charterhouse school, polished blue calf, gilt device to upper cover,gilt spine in 6 compartments, slighty faded, marbled edges, minor wear, very good.