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Putnam, 1900.

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Humorous one-page text printed by Kipling on a hand press at his home in Nottingham in 1900, according to the manuscript note (possibly in his hand) on the second page. The (fictional) text, ostensibly a biographical sketch of publisher George Haven Putnam, is a parody of the conventional admiring biography; it also pokes fun at publishers.

1 v. ([2] p.) ; 16 cm.

Cornell University Library

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Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936

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