Rewards and Fairies
Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Frank Craig. A first edition of Rewards and Fairies in very good condition. With the renowned poem, If, on page 175. Original red cloth boards with top edge gilt. Faded spine. Clean contents with slight foxing on the page ends. 8vo 338pp.
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