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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 191: 



'"To business that we love we rise betime 



And go to 't with delight." — Antony and Cleopatra. 



New Signed Edition of the Works 

 of Mr. Kipling 



ONCE in a while in the round of a 

 publisher's activities the oppor- 

 tunity comes to make a book 

 just as good as he is able to, without 

 regard to its cost and presenting to the 

 reader literary work with which he is 

 proud to be associated. 



"The Seven Seas Edition" of Mr. 

 Kipling's books, limited to 1050 signed 

 'copies, is the event of our recent pub- 

 ;lishing experience, and it is a great 

 I pleasure to us as publishers to an- 

 nounce its beginning on the first of 

 : November, 1913. 



When the plan of the set first took 

 : shape in the spring of the present 

 year, we enlisted the cooperation of 

 Mr. Walter Gilliss, an associate here 

 in the Country Life Press, to supervise 

 the preparation and actual production 

 of the books, and we think that the 

 result of his experiments will delight 

 fastidious book lovers. 



The set will be one of lasting value. 

 It will be a collection of volumes to 

 bequeath to one's children's children; 

 always a notable and precious posses- 

 sion, increasing in value as the years 

 go by, bearing as it does the stamp of 

 Mr. Kipling's approval and close per- 

 sonal association through his own 

 written signature. 



The arrangement of the literary 

 material is the result of the author's 

 study in casting it in the form in which 

 he wishes it to remain. There will be 

 added new material now collected in book 

 form for the first time, including "Letters to 

 the Family," etc. 



Another interesting feature is the dating 

 of the stories and verses which will add much 

 to the value of the edition to collectors and 

 bibliographical students. Every care has 

 been taken to give the volume a suitable 

 setting, and in all details the planning of the 

 format has been done with the advice of Mr. 

 Kipling, so that it represents his ideas both 

 in its literary and general mechanical form. 

 A special all rag laid paper has been made 





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A new portrait of Mr. Kipling 



for the set by the Mittineague Paper Company 

 at Mittineague, Mass. The purpose has been 

 to provide a soft flexible paper which will 

 hold a full black "color" and show the initial 

 in color at the head of each chapter and on the 

 title page, colophon page, etc., effectively. 

 Each page of every book has the water 

 mark : 



R. K 



The great importance of having a paper 

 made exclusively of selected rag stock is 



readily understood when one realizes 

 that paper made of such material lasts 

 for hundreds of years. 



The type used is a new letter modelled 

 from an excellent French face by Pieg- 

 not, and in honor of appearing in this 

 set is called the "Kipling " face. Clear 

 and without fine hair lines, it is pleasant 

 to read and strong in effect as printed 

 on the page. 



As at present planned, The Seven 

 Seas set will include Mr. Kipling's 

 collected work in 23 volumes. The 

 subscriber is to have the opportunity 

 to add to the set any future volumes 

 Mr. Kipling decides to publish, so that 

 he may be assured of a full and com- 

 plete collection of Mr. Kipling's 

 writings. 



A list of the volumes must be re- 

 served for later announcements, as the 

 author is still engaged in the prepara- 

 tion of his plan. Volume I will be 

 "Plain Tales from the Hills," but as 

 this particular volume will contain the 

 set number and be signed by Mr. 

 Kipling, it will have to be prepared 

 and sent to England for the author's 

 signature, and will probably be issued 

 after the early volumes are in the 

 hands of the subscribers. It is ex- 

 pected, however, to issue two volumes 

 each alternate month, beginning with 

 November 1st, 1913. 



The price of The Seven Seas Limited 

 Edition will be $6 a volume net, 

 $138 for the 23 volumes. 



No order will be taken except for 

 the entire set. A cash discount of 6 

 per cent, will be allowed when the payment, 

 $129.72, is remitted with the order. 



The publishers reserve the right to raise 

 the price after January 1, 1914. 



Crowds 



Mr. Gerald Stanley Lee's book has been 

 discovered and talked about. It has become 

 what is called a "best seller." Some people 

 (not publishers) do not speak respectfully of 

 a "best seller" when it is fiction, but here is a 

 serious best seller. 





