KIPLING, Rudyard.
A Fleet in Being: Notes on Two Trips with the Channel Squadron.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited , 1898.
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"We were then strung out in a six-mile line, thirty ships, all heading westwards": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's A Fleet in Being
First edition of this collection of articles written by Kipling when he joined the fleet of the Royal Navy at sea in 1898. Octavo, original blue illustrated wrappers. In fine condition. Cover illustration by Norman Wilkinson. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase.
Kipling's account of the recently strengthened fleet of the British Royal Navy at the turn of the 20th century first appeared as a group of five articles in the Morning Post in November 1898. Allowed to join the Fleet at sea, Kipling here offers an intimate portrait of the ships and their crew.
A Fleet in Being: Notes on Two Trips with the Channel Squadron.
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