Le.3.23 (Copy 1)
Le.3.24 (Copy 2)
Life's handicap : being stories of mine own people / by Rudyard Kipling.
London ; New York : Macmillan and Co., 1891.
xvi, 352, 56 p. ; 19 cm.
With a half-title.
Includes final 28 advertisement leaves.
(Copy 1) Armorial bookplate of Eton College School Library recording donation, ms. inscription: "1925, Hon. Maurice Baring". Label on front endpaper: "Not to be taken out of the library". Bookplate of Maurice Baring. Envelope pasted onto front endpaper initialled by Rudyard Kipling and with ms. address in author's hand.
(Copy 2) Ms. inscription: "Austin H. Johnson, Aug. 14. 1891".
Publisher's blue cloth binding with decoration stamped in gold on front board.
(Copy 1) Loose ms. library catalogue card for this book. Stamp on title page and dedication:"Presentation copy".
Copy 2: Ms. bookseller's note and price in pencil.
India
Baring, Maurice, 1874 - 1945 Former owner.
Johnson, Austin H. Former owner.
England London.
B21490