KIPLING, RUDYARD. Departmental Ditties and Other Verses. Lahore: The Civil and Military Gazette Press, [1886]. Tall narrow 8vo, original printed envelope style wrappers, some wear to edges, orignal red tape lacking; green half morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION, of Kipling's first book. Stewart 8 -- Poems 1886-1929. London, 1929. Engraved portrait frontispiece signed by Francis Dodd. 3 volumes, original morocco, spines gilt lettered, t.e.g. others uncut, some wear to spine ends, rubbing to edges. LIMITED FIRST EDITION, number 397 of 525 sets signed by Kipling. Stewart 574 -- Letters of Marque. Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler, 1891. 8vo, original blue and red cloth, lettered in gilt, some wear to spine; cloth slipcase. FIRST INDIAN EDITION -- "Captains Courageous." A Story of the Grand Banks. London: Macmillan and Co., 1897. Illustrated by I.W. Taber. 8vo, original gilt-pictorial cloth, g.e.; cloth folding case. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Stewart 163 -- Wee Willie Winkie and other Child Stories. Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler [1888]. 8vo, original printed wrappers, spine repaired, upper cover detached; quarter morocco slipcase. Stewart 54 -- The Fringes of the Fleet. London, 1915. 16mo, original printed wrappers, minor chipping to upper spine end; cloth folding case. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Stewart 393 -- The Absent-Minded Beggar. [London, 1899]. Single sheet, self-wrappers; cloth folding case -- The Works. London, 1897-98. 39 volumes, 8vo, later blue half calf, spines gilt, vols. VI, VII and IX defective -- and 5 other books by Kipling. (53)