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The Jungle Book [and] The Second Jungle Book.
by RUDYARD KIPLING
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Macmillan, London 1894 and 1895, 1894. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Editions (first printings). Individual volumes as follows: 'The Jungle Book' (1894). First edition. 8vo. vi, 212pp. With illustrations by J.Lockwood Kipling, W.H.Drake and P.Frenzen. Original publisher's navy blue cloth, gilt lettered and decorated, depicting three elephants with riders and a herder on the upper board, plus additional decorations to the backstrip, these last a little faded. All edges gilt. Frontispiece tissue a little browned. The cloth nicked and worn at the backstrip ends, the corner tips rubbed, and with a little wear to the gutters. Front and rear hinges tender, and the binding cocked, and with some cracking and tenderness at two gatherings. A little light marking and soiling to the half title and verso, and to occasional leaf margins. Former owner armorial bookplate to the front pastedown (that of noted electrical engineer Alexander Pelham Trotter). A fair to good copy of an uncommon item. 'The Second Jungle Book' (1895). 8vo. 238pp + [ii] publisher's advertisements. With illustrations by J.Lockwood Kipling. Original publisher's navy blue cloth, gilt lettered and decorated, depicting a coiled cobra on the upper board, plus a further gilt-stamped decoration to the backstrip. All edges gilt. The cloth lightly faded at the backstrip, and with a little wear to the spine ends and corner tips. A slight ridge to the spine and the binding just a little cocked. Some moderate fox spotting. Former owner name inked to the head of the title page. A good, sound copy..
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.
Reviews
On Mar 2 2017, a reader said:
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
- Clearwater Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BC17142
- Title
- The Jungle Book [and] The Second Jungle Book.
- Author
- RUDYARD KIPLING
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan, London 1894 and 1895
- Date Published
- 1894
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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- Gilt
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- Cocked
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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- Gatherings
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- Spine
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