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(1865 - 1936) English writer and Nobel Prize winner. Among his works are "The Jungle Book", "Captains Courageous" and "Kim". A.L.S."Rudyard Kipling", 2pp. 8vo., Batemans, Aug. 19, 1911, a letter to the husband of Kipling's sister, Alice ("Trix"), about Trix's mental health following her mental breakdown after the deaths of their parents, which occurred the previous year. In part:"...We are just back from a trip abroad and I find the enclosed letter for Trix waiting for me here. It is some time since I have had news and I have not cared to trouble you...but I should like to know how Trix is progressing. Mr Macdonald has written me that Trix would like to have the painted fire screen from the dining room at The Gables [Kipling's parents home]...I sent the...entree dishes...to be put with her other things & I sent at the same time an'Outward Bound' edition which you said you thought she would like to have..." Kipling signs at the conclusion. In this same month this letter was written, Kipling wrote'In the Same Boat' - a short story about psychological healing which was published in both Harper's Magazine and later in the collection of tales"A Diversity of Creatures". Shows original mailing folds, else fine. Ex: Maggs Brothers

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