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The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Hutton Cranswick, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan & Co.. London, Macmillan & Co., 1908. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A near fine copy. One of the highlights of book illustration. Spine tips a touch rubbed and bumped. Two ownership inscriptions to front endpaper, but overall a very nice copy. Complete. First Detmold edition. A classic work. Illustrations by Maurice and Edward Detmold [9049, Hyraxia Books]. . Near Fine. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1908.
Synopsis
RUDYARD KIPLING was born in Bombay in India in 1865 to British parents, and brought by a Portuguese 'ayah' (nanny) and an Indian servant, who would entertain him with fabulous stories and Indian nursery rhymes. He was sent back to England when he was seven years old, and lived in a boarding house with a couple who were cruelly strict. Fortunately he returned to India aged 16, to work as the assistant editor of a newspaper in Lahore. He began publishing stories and poems and eventually had great success with his book Plain Tales from the Hills . After his marriage Kipling settled in America, and it was here that he wrote The Jungle Book . He then moved with his family to England, where he wrote Just So Stories for his daughter Josephine who tragically died of pneumonia. Rudyard Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 and died on January 18, 1936.
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I once owned this particular copy of The Jungle Book, and been searching for it for years. The illustrations and type face make this a gem to have in your personal library. Thanks to Biblio, I believe my search is over!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hyraxia
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9049
- Title
- The Jungle Book
- Author
- Rudyard Kipling
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- KIPLING, RUDYARD,CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED,DETMOLD BROTHERS
Terms of Sale
Hyraxia
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Hyraxia
Biblio member since 2010
Hutton Cranswick, East Yorkshire
About Hyraxia
Specialist Bookseller dealing in modern first editions and rare books.
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