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RUDYARD KIPLING : The Jungle Book [and] The Second Jungle Book

Macmillan, London 1894 and 1895, 1894

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.. Book. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover

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