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KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). A series of six autograph letters signed and one autograph letter to Admiral Ballard, Bateman's, (6) and Cannes (1), 24 January - 1 July 1935 (including 2 n.d.) sending him a book containing "A Naval Mutiny", acknowledging his debt to Ballard's research, and going on to ask for advice about the minutiae of naval history and practice during the 1890s, and also reminiscing about his own experiences on various naval vessels, 12pp., 8° and 12°, (lower portion of one leaf including signature cut away).
A Naval Mutiny was published in 1932 in Limits and Renewals. Kipling's interest in the Navy went back to the 1890's, when he attended meetings of the Simonstown Naval Officers Club in South Africa, and to his publicity work for the service in the Great War. He had taken part in a summer cruise with the Channel Fleet in 1898, and made himself an enthusiastic amateur expert on many naval matters. While his friends were all officers, it was the ratings and petty officers whom he portrayed in the short stories. (7)
A Naval Mutiny was published in 1932 in Limits and Renewals. Kipling's interest in the Navy went back to the 1890's, when he attended meetings of the Simonstown Naval Officers Club in South Africa, and to his publicity work for the service in the Great War. He had taken part in a summer cruise with the Channel Fleet in 1898, and made himself an enthusiastic amateur expert on many naval matters. While his friends were all officers, it was the ratings and petty officers whom he portrayed in the short stories. (7)