Rudyard Kipling - The Five Nations (in fine binding) - 1903

"The Five Nations" by Rudyard Kipling - Methuen, London - 1903 first UK edition - 15cmx13cm - condition: good, in half leather decorative fine binding with some rubbing to edges, engraving on title page

Rudyard Kipling's The Five Nations, published in 1903, is a collection of poems celebrating the self-governing British Dominions (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) and the British Isles, reflecting his imperialist views, though its title's meaning wasn't immediately fixed and India, the jewel of the Empire, was notably absent from the "five," sparking debate about his vision for the British world, a sentiment later echoed by scholars looking back at this era of shifting imperial power and national identity