
Five Original Hand Written/Typed and Signed letters from Rudyard Kipling to Walter Mumford 1919 and 1927. Three autograph letters (dated February - August 1919) and two typescript letters, from Kipling to Walter Mumford (dated June - September 1927). Full transcript are availible. Two letters discussing Oliver Baldwin (son of the Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin) , 'For once in his n moderate sense and I'm grateful to you for your letter. The idea of him Captain Kettleing about on a Rhine tourist-steamer's quarterdeck, with a loaded automatic and a stern (eyebrow) is a very pleasing one. I hope to Heaven he doesn't take a hand in the navigation...', others discussing his new pipe, farm livestock and agriculture. Captain Walter Clarkson Mumford MC (1886-1959) was a friend of Kipling, Oliver Baldwin (1899-1958) was the son of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and a cousin of Kipling. Both Oliver Baldwin and Walter Mumford both served in the Irish Guards during the First World War along with John Kipling, Rudyard's son, who was recorded missing in action during the Battle of Loos in 1915.