"There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favourite book."
— Marcel Proust
The Two Jungle Books.
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1980. [Children's Literature] COLLECTOR'S DELUXE EDITION, with publisher's preface and introduction by Bonomy Dobree. Octavo (27 x 19cm), pp.[6]; xviii; 383; [1], blank. With full-page colour plates by Gentleman. Bound in full green leather, gilt, with moire silk endpapers, ribbon marker, all edges gilt. Clean throughout. 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 include 'Rikki-Tikki-Tavi', the story of a heroic mongoose, and 'Toomai of the Elephants', the tale of a young elephant-handler. Part of The Easton Press series "One Hundred Greatest Books Ever Written" Item #76040
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