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The Jungle Book [And] The Second Jungle Book [Two Volumes, First Printings]
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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About This Item
London [1894, 1895]: Macmillan and Co, 1894. First Editions 1st Printing. Blue Cloth, Gilt. Very Good/No Jacket. Plates By J Lockwood Kipling, W H Drake, P. Frenzeny. Viii, 212; (Ii), 238 + 2 Page Catalog At End. Blue Cloth, Lettered And Decorated In Gilt; All Edges Gilt; Slate Grey Endpapers. Both Volumes With Late 19Th Century Engraved Bookplates Of George Lindsay Bury [Of Moreton Central Sugar Mill, Starfield Observatory, Etc.]. The Jungle Book, 1894, First Printing, In Good To Very Good Condition, Gilt Complete But With Some Wear To Illustrations On Spine And Cover, Small Frays At Top And Bottom Of Spine And At Tips, Spine Cloth A Little Darkened; Hinges Beginning To Crack; Contents Immaculate, No Names Or Marks, Tissue Guard Intact. The Second Jungle Book, 1895, First Printing, Very Slight Wear,All Gilt Complete And Brilliant, Very Good + To Near Fine Condition, 1" Crack At Center Of Rear Hinge, Slight Rubbing At Corners.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025773
- Title
- The Jungle Book [And] The Second Jungle Book [Two Volumes, First Printings]
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Illustrator
- Plates By J Lockwood Kipling, W H Drake, P. Frenzeny
- Format/Binding
- Blue Cloth, Gilt
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Editions 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London [1894, 1895]
- Date Published
- 1894
- Weight
- 0.00
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens Books 1851 -1900; Rare And Unusual Books; Literature: Nineteenth Century;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Hinge
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
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