Independence Rectorial Address Delivered at St. Andrews, October 10, 1923

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924. Hardback. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. The U.S edition of this transcript of a speech delivered by the noted Rudyard Kipling at the University of St Andrews, in the original dust wrapper. Reprint of the U.S edition. First published in the U.S in 1923. In the publisher's original hardback with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This work features an address delivered by Rudyard Kipling at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, where he was the Lord Rector. This address discusses the importance of independence and the sacrifices that are made to obtain it. Kipling also refers to the work of Robert Burns, in particular a stanza which comments on the privilege of being independent.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son, literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. In the publisher's original hardback with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart with only light shelf wear and the odd spot to the title label. The odd spot to the endpapers. The wrap is smart with sunning to the spine, closed tears to the head, heaviest to the rear, edge wear, a chip to the tail of the spine and the odd slight mark. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned pages with light spotting to the extremities. Near Fine