The Absent-Minded Beggar | Rudyard Kipling collectable children’s book richly coloured morocco onlays and

richly coloured morocco onlays and attractive marbled endpapers

One of only 750 copies printed

Published by Longmans

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The Absent-Minded Beggar | Rudyard Kipling collectable children’s book richly coloured morocco onlays andPublished by Eyre & Spottiswoode for The Daily Mail, London, 1899. First Illustrated Edition. A striking piece of Boer War ephemera and Kiplingiana, this is the first illustrated edition of Rudyard Kiplings patriotic poem The Absent Minded Beggar, famously penned at the outbreak of the Second Boer War to support the families of British reservists. Sales of this publication helped raise significant funds through The Daily Mails charitable appeal. Folio