Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks by Rudyard Kipling gold leaf " presumably highlighting the book's

" presumably highlighting the book's critical commentary on the colonial situation in South Africa

This compelling historical document provides a chilling firsthand account of the trial and execution of John James

Words on the back are taken from Rudyard Kipling

A superbly presented first impression of George Orwell's defining novel

His work for Macmillan and others — including Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales (1910) and The Water-Babies (1913) — firmly established him among the foremost illustrators of the early twentieth century

Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks by Rudyard Kipling gold leaf " presumably highlighting the book'sLondon: Published by Macmillan and Co., 1897 With illustrations by I. W. Taber. First English Edition, published approximately one month after the American edition. Two pages of undated advertisements at rear. Bound in the original blue cloth, with pictorial gilt decoration, all edges gilt. This handsome volume is the fourth and final work to be bound in Macmillan's distinctive gilt decorated style previously used for The Jungle Books (1894 95) and