Special edition de luxe, being a fac-simile reproduction of the original manuscript by Sir Arthur Sullivan (now in the possession of Alfred Cooper, esq.)
Cover title.
For medium voice & piano.
"The entire net proceeds of the sale of this edition de luxe, without any deductions whatever, will be handed over by Ridgways Limited to the Kipling Poem Fund, and distributed, without deduction for expenses, to the dependents - women and children - of men called to the Colours - soldiers, sailors, marines and reservists, Home and Colonial."--p. [4] of cover.
Some printings present, on the front cover, another, apparently conflicting statement on the recipient of the proceeds: "The entire proceeds of the sale of the edition will be handed over to the Kipling War Fund."
"This edition de luxe (the production of which has been kindly undertaken by Messrs. Warrington & Co., of Garrick Street, without profit to themselves) will be strictly limited to 100,000 copies, and no reprint will be issued."--p. [4] of cover.
Text printed on inside back cover.
Ports. of Kipling & Sullivan on front cover.
One of two copies, portrait of Sullivan varies between copies.
Library's copy lacks additional recipient-of-proceeds statement on front cover (GSC 110137, GSC 110141).
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936.