Una and Dan, performing a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream one Midsummer's Eve, accidentally summon Puck to a fairy ring near their Sussex home. xii + 338 + x pp. First edition hardback clothbound with gilt embossed stamp to cover and gilt tooled title to spine. 'If', written circa 1895, was first published in this volume, and is regarded as Britain's favourite poem. Pages … Puck of Pook's Hill and Rewards and Fairies are classic children's books which speak powerfully to adult readers. Una and Dan, performing a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream one Midsummer's Eve, accidentally summon Puck to a fairy ring near their Sussex home. The print is partial and incomplete. Stalky and Co, Five Nations, Kim, Just So Stories, Jungle Book, Second Jungle Book, Puck of Pook's Hall, Wee Willie Winkie, Rewards and Fairies, Plain Tales from the Hills, Kipling Anthology, Years Between, The Seven Seas, Barrack Room Ballads, etc by Rudyard Kipling and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.co.uk. Except where stated otherwise, the page numbers below refer to the Macmillan Uniform Edition of Rewards and Fairies (1910, and frequently reprinted since). "If—" is a poem by English Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), written circa 1895 as a tribute to Leander Starr Jameson. ‘Brother Square-Toes,’ is written in the form of paternal advice to the poet's son, John. Light to moderate shelf wear and rubbing. Overall good+ condition. Spine edges bumped and starting to fray. Top edge gilt to pages. It is a literary example of Victorian-era stoicism. Also, the pages are poorly photocopied. Some foxing to centre spread not affecting text. The book does certainly not worth 21 dollars. It was written in 1895; the poem was first published in the Brother Square Toes chapter of Rewards and Fairies, Kipling's 1910 collection of short stories and poems. Rewards and Fairies is a historical fantasy book, following Kipling's work 'Puck of Pook's Hill'. Pages lightly toned and occasionally foxed to edges. Lovely edition of a classic book about olde England (close to where I grew up) and ancient magic - a collection of historical short stories told by the character Puck himself. The poem, first published in Rewards and Fairies (1910), ch. Neat inscriptions to ffep. Four illustrations throughout. Puck of Pook's Hill and Rewards and Fairies are classic children's books which speak powerfully to adult readers. "Brother Square-Toes" These notes are based on those written by Donald Mackenzie for the OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS edition of Puck of Pook's Hill and Rewards and Fairies (1995) with the kind permission of Oxford University Press. Grubby mark to bottom edge of pages. A little cracking to the gutter visible at pp 128; binding otherwise nice and tight. The description states 84 pages but there are only 57 pages. The content table states the compete work of Rewards and fairies, but only very few poems stories are in the book.