[ Autograph ] Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 English writer and Nobel Prize winner. Among his works are The Jungle Book, Captains Courageous and Kim. T.L.S. on his Burwash letterhead, 1p. 8vo., Oct. 13, 1925 to Miss N.M. Butterfield. In part: '...Thank you very much for your kind invitation, which has been sent on to me since my departure from Westward Ho! a week ago. I am only sorry that I have not been able to avail myself of it...'