THE BRUSHWOOD BOY. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-73 [74-76: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], twelve inserted plates with illustrations in color by F. H. Townsend, title page printed in red and black, original cream cloth, front panel stamped in gold and ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, pictorial paper inlay on front cover, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First U.S. edition with the Townsend illustrations. According to some critics, "The Brushwood Boy" is the best of all Kipling's short stories. This notable dream story was first published in December 1895 in the Century Magazine. It was first collected, with Kipling's revisions, in The Day's Work (1898). The story was first published separately in 1899 by Doubleday and McClure Company with 17 full-page illustrations by Orson Lowell, and again in 1907 with the Townsend illustrations (unlike the 1899 edition, the 1907 edition was published in Britain as well, by Macmillan). Bleiler (ed), Supernatural Fiction Writers, p. 440. Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, pp. 541. Bleiler (1978), p. 115. Stewart 188. A fine, bright copy. (#77287).
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