Rudyard Kipling

Vintage fountain pen signature, "Rudyard Kipling,” In very good to fine condition, with light wrinkling affixed to the original transmittal letter dated February 26th 1914. Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in India, which inspired much of his work.

Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888).His poems include "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The Gods of the Copybook Headings" (1919), "The White Man's Burden" (1899), and "If—" (1910). He is seen as an innovator in the art of the short story.His children's books are classics; one critic noted "a versatile and luminous narrative gift.