Rudyard Kipling By Lord Birkenhead

1978 hardcover,  first American edition

Dust Jacket

Random house

Very good

Biography- Author

Rudyard Kipling by Lord Birkenhead is an acclaimed, deeply researched biography completed around 1950. Because of its candid portrayal of the author's controversial political views and complex personal life, the Kipling heirs suppressed its publication until 1977.