The Jungle Book ( with Illustrations in Colour By Maurice and Edward Detmold )
by RUDYARD KIPLING
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0333593138
- ISBN 13
- 9780333593134
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan Children's Books, 1993. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Beautifully illustrated Edition of Kipling's Classic Tales with 16 Colour Plates. Contents: Mowgli's Brothers; Kaa's Hunting Song; Tiger, Tiger; The White Seal; Rikki-Tikki-Tavi; Toomai of the Elephants; Her Majesty's Servants. Brown cloth cover with Gilt Lettering on spine. 179 Pages, 720g, 10" Tall. Previous owner's illustrated Bookplate on Endpaper (concealed by inner flap of jacket. No other inscriptions, nice, clean pages. Spots of light browning on top page edges. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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
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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
- Cornish Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017006
- Title
- The Jungle Book ( with Illustrations in Colour By Maurice and Edward Detmold )
- Author
- RUDYARD KIPLING
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0333593138
- ISBN 13
- 9780333593134
- Publisher
- Macmillan Children's Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S FICTION/CLASSICS/ANIMALS/CHILDREN'S CLASSICS/ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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