432. RUDYARD KIPLING (1865-1936) English writer and Nobel Prize winner. Among his works are The Jungle Book, Captains Courageous and Kim. Brief A.L.S. "Rudyard Kipling", 1p. 16mo., The Elms, Rottingdean, Aug. 13, 1895 complying with an autograph request and thanking the recipient for including a 2 1/2 cent stamp. Mounted, light feathering to signature, otherwise good. $250-300