The Phantom Rickshaw And Other Stories
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Illustrated by E. Burne-Jones, Reginald Bolles, W. Kirkpatrick
The Sahib Edition
P.F. Collier & Son Publishers
©P.F. Collier & Son Publishers/(c. early 1900-1910

CAB Comment––This Kipling collection of dark tales is part of the larger Sahib series and boasts the once convivial and propitious Swastika that was Kipling’s adopted symbol of positivity, before Hitler’s rise to power in Germany in 1933.  It was the Nazis who marred the good Swastika forever with infamy, malforming it into a sign of absolute evil in the minds of all western nations.  Kipling denounced any connection with, or support for, the Nazis, and in 1936 the Swastika was dropped from all reprints of his works––so this book is a real collector’s item.  Contained within this compact Sahib Edition are some excellent illustrations and also some of my favorite Kipling tales, especially “The Man Who Would Be King”.  If you haven’t ever seen the film adaptation directed by John Huston, and starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine, you should…it’s exuberant, yet grim, and simply excellent.

Learn more about Kipling and the Swastika here:
www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/facts_swastik.htm

Always Great Things @ www.poetrope.com Books––Films––Music.

BOOK PHOTOS: All book pictures are taken in bright white LED photo light, and thus brightness, contrast, and colors of books may appear more intense in photos than in person in the warmer incandescent lamp light of your home.  In simpler terms, your new vintage books will fit right in with your cozy abode.

Please remember: All books offered by Texas POEtrope are in need of a loving new home, and (other than C.A. Broadstone autographed works) have had previous owners, resulting in relative wear.  Thus, some books possess more interesting scars telling of their journey through the world, and life, than others.  Please study book pictures closely to be sure the book(s) shown are for you.  Every book with a dust jacket has been carefully placed in a BroDart protective archival cover.  All sales are final.

About BroDart Archival Book Jacket Covers:
    •    Polyester is a chemically inert, durable material that is archival-safe and will not stretch
    •    Super Clear - Covers are crystal-clear and have a glossy finish to show off book graphics
    •    Acid-free polyester; chemically inert; will not yellow or crack with age
    •    Non-printed paper backing
    •    pH-neutral PVA adhesive joins paper and plastic during the manufacturing process
    •    1.5-mil sheets