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The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places by 

Rudyard Kipling. 1891.
The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places. Rudyard Kipling. 1891.Front Cover The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places. Rudyard Kipling. 1891.Title Page
The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places. Rudyard Kipling. 1891. End The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places. Rudyard Kipling. 1891. Back Cover
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Kipling, Rudyard. The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places, Allahabad & London: A. H. Wheeler & Samson Low, Marston, 1891, printed at the Aberdeen University 2nd issue, 1st unsuppressed ed. 8vo. Original illustrated paper wrappers with adverts to verso. Light soiling to wrappers, chipped at edges with very small loss, tear along upper joint without loss. Small early booksellers label (Blackwells) on upper cover. Pp96, all pages tight and bright, with the publishers slips explaining permission to use the title of this book. This edition preceded by the suppressed edition, published the previous year in Allahabad during Kipling's years in India, the book offers a glimpse of city life in Calcutta, including sections on the Railway, Police and an Opium Factory.
Cat. No. 92170                                              £235

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