The Jungle Book
by Kipling, Rudyard
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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The Jungle Book.
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- 1950
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Skibbereen, IRL
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NZ$142.27
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1950. New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1950. 14 x 21cm. Frontispiece, 244 pages, with plates and text illustrations. Original clothbound hardcover with decorated endpapers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear, a crease to frontispiece and a very slight lean. [Illustrated Junior Library]. The classic story of Mowgli, the young boy raised by wolves in India:… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling
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- Used - Very Good ++
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1899
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Northampton, Northamptonshire, GBR
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NZ$640.77
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UK: Macmillan, 1899. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J L Kipling, W H Drake, P Frenzeny. 1st Printing 1899 in the Uniform Edition and very un-common. This format became the normal publication for all future printing of Kiplings new works. An attractive book. Book is very good+… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Jungle Book
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- First edition
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- 1894
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- Hardcover
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edinburgh, Midlothian, GBR
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NZ$897.08
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New York: The Century Co., 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. William Henry Drake; J L Kipling. 8vo, Original olive green cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration on covers and spine. The front cover has an elephant and the rear, a tiger. Beautifully illustrated with frontis and plates, drawings and chapter headings throughout the text. Illustrated by… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Jungle Book
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- First Edition
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- 1894
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Deep River, Connecticut, USA
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NZ$728.70
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New York: The Century Co., 1894. First Edition. Very good+ in decorated, green cloth covered boards with gilt text and gilt animal images on the spine and gilt text and the gilt image of an elephant on the front board and a gilt image of a tiger on the rear board. The top edge of the text block… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1908
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- Hardback
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Hutton Cranswick, East Yorkshire, GBR
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NZ$961.16
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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].… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE JUNGLE BOOK
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- 1894
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Yarmouth, Maine, USA
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NZ$985.90
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1894. Decorated by J. Lockwood Kipling, C.I.E. New York: The Century Co., 1894. Original olive-green cloth decorated in gilt.
First American Edition, published on the same day (May 22nd) as the English edition. Many of the illustrations are by John Lockwood Kipling, Rudyard's father. This book and THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK, along with KIM and JUST SO STORIES,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Jungle Book [with] The Second Jungle Book
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- First Edition
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- 1894
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$6,515.48
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London: Macmillan and Co, 1894. First Edition. Very Good. 1894, 1895. Two volumes. 303; 238 pp. + 2 [ads]. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original royal blue cloth elaborately stamped in gilt, top edges gilt. Very Good to Near Fine, with toning to spine, light wear to cloth, light staining to rear cover of the first… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- 1918
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- Hardcover
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Clarence, New York, USA
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NZ$1,285.95
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New York: The Century Co, 1918. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling. First American edition, fiftieth printing. Published by The Century Co., New York, 1918. Illustrated with black and white plates. Measures 5" x 7.5", 303 pages. With its rare original dust jacket that states "Fiftieth Printing" on the front cover. The dust… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Jungle Book [and] The Second Jungle Book.
by RUDYARD KIPLING.
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- Used - Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1894
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- Hardcover
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London, GBR
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NZ$2,135.90
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Jungle Book
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- Used - Very Good+
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- 1950
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Temperance, Michigan, USA
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NZ$205.75
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This illustrated Junior Library Edition has a colorful hardcover protected by a Mylar cover. The boards are in very good condition, showing only minor wear at the ends. Free of owner markings. Pages are clean, not torn and the corners are not bent. Spine is tight. Nonsmoking. Book is in very good condition. Proceeds from the sale of this book… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$205.75
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THE JUNGLE BOOK. ; THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK.
by KIPLING. RUDYARD
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London, Greater London, GBR
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NZ$907.76
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Macmillan and Co Limited . London. 1951 - 52. Two volumes. Reprints; 1st book, 1951; 2nd is 1950. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.5 inches). With illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling and W. H. Drake in The Jungle Book, just Kipling in the second Jungle book. Fine, clean copies. Fine leather bindings, by Bumpus, of mid twentieth century half dark red… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition 5th or later Printing
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- 1903
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- Cloth
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Northampton, Northamptonshire, GBR
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NZ$480.58
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UK: Macmillan, 1903. First Edition 5th or later Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Reprint 1903 of the Uniform Edition. Beautifully bound in a contemporary full leather binding by Spottiswood Bindery. Book is very good+ with quite bright boards and gilt work. Leather slightly dull on front board edge. Contents… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$480.58
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The Jungle Book [with] The Second Jungle Book
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1894
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$7,715.70
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London: Macmillan and Co, 1894. First Edition. Near Fine. 1894, 1895. Two volumes. 303; 238 pp. + 2 [ads]. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original royal blue cloth elaborately stamped in gilt, top edges gilt. Near Fine with light lean to spine, light toning to spine cloth and light rubbing to extremities. Pages toned, previous owner… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling
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- Used - Fair/Poor
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Published
- 1920
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Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$17.06
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Hardcover in fair condition. Binding is a bit loose. Small stain on bottom of rear legs of elephant illustration on front cover. Thirty-four other illustrations throughout book. Bottom corners of book are frayed. Pages are all intact. There's a closed tear at bottom of page 95. Some small wear stains here and there but no notes or underlining anywhere.… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$17.06
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The Jungle Book
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 1899
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- Publisher's Cloth
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London, Greater London, GBR
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NZ$533.98
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London: Macmillan and Co., Limited 1899. 8vo.Illustrated. First Edition, first printing, of the Uniform Edition. vii, 276, (1) pp. Bound in recent maroon morocco over marbled boards with red title label, gilt lettering and elephant devices to spine. Occasional minor spots within, but generally internally clean and fresh. Black & white illustrations by J. L. Kipling, W. H. Drake and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1894
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Kingston, New York, USA
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NZ$342.92
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New York: The Century Co., 1894. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. hardcover (1894,c.1893,1894) in green embossed boards with gold gilt title decorations, eighteenth thousand as stated under publisher colophon on title page, 303 pages with all illustrations as listed present, single numerical code under last line starting with 1 on page 1 ending with 19* on page 293, interesting period… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling
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- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus 3rd Printing
- Published
- 1901
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- Cloth
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Northampton, Northamptonshire, GBR
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NZ$160.19
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UK: Macmillan, 1901. First Edition Thus 3rd Printing. Cloth. Very Good ++/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J L Kipling, W H Drake, P Frenzeny. 3rd Imp 1901 0f the Uniform Edition. In the same format as the 1st printing in 1899. This format became the normal publication for all future printing of Kipling's new… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Later printing
- Published
- 1914
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- Leather
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Wellington, NZL
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NZ$120.02
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London: Macmillan and co., 1914. Later printing. leather . Near Fine. Reprinted 1915 (First pocket edition published 1907) Full red leather boards with gilt decoration of elephant head and Hindu emblem to front, and gilt title, Hindu emblem and graphics to spine. 276 pages . All page edges gilded. MacMillan's Pocket Kipling. Excellent condition with… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$120.02
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The Jungle Book [IN RARE 1890s DUST JACKET]
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- Used
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- 1915
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- Publisher's decorated blue cloth
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Norfolk, Connecticut, USA
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NZ$6,001.10
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12mo. AEG. 276 pp. 4 pp. ads. Publisher's presentation blue cloth binding with illustrated dust jacket. The evidence indicates that this jacket and binding are original unused stock from the 1890s. During the 1900-20 period, Macmillan offered four Kipling titles - The Jungle Book, The Second Jungle Book, Captains Courageous, and Soldier Tales - in "special bindings for presentation" in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Jungle Book, The
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- reprint
- Published
- 1928
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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Middlebury, Vermont, USA
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NZ$85.73
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New York : Doubleday Doran and Co., 1928. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 305 pages, dark green cloth with gilt lettering on cover with a black decoration of a sailing boat. This is the uncommon 1928 reprint, notable for the 35 b&w illustrated plates by different artists but not credited. The chapter decorations are by John Lockwood Kipling. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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