The Jungle Book [and] The Second Jungle Book. Volumes XI and XII of The Seven Seas edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling.

KIPLING, [Joseph] Rudyard (1865-1936).

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1914. [Children's Short Stories] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[14] 195 [5]; pp.[12] 245 [5]. Printed on fine hand-made paper by the Country Life Press. The first volume SIGNED by the author in black ink to an additional half-title. Recently re-bound in navy full morocco, with gilt titles to twin red labels, further gilt tooling to spines, and gilt roll-tooling to board margins. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed, with marbled endpapers. Gently toned throughout, with very occasional small chips to margins. Otherwise a crisp, clean pair in an attractive new leather binding. The Jungle Book and its sequel comprise a selection of short stories – the best-known being the three tales centring on the adventures of the abandoned 'man cub', Mowgli. Other popular tales from Kipling's work include 'Rikki-Tikki-Tavi', the story of a heroic mongoose, and 'Toomai of the Elephants', the tale of a young elephant-handler. Item #75617

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