[KIPLING, RUDYARD]. The Jungle Book. London: Macmillan & Co., 1895.
Hardcover. Reprint [4th impression]. Cloth-bound. Octavo (190 x 125mm), pp. [vi], (2), 212. Publisher's original gilt decorated cloth, all edges gilt, coated pastedowns and endpapers, initial and terminal blanks present, half-title present. Beautifully illustrated throughout by W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny with full page and in-the-text drawings, head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials. Condition: binding secure, covers largely clean, some rubbing to points and spine ends, a few light fox spots, inked inscription to front blank.
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[KIPLING, RUDYARD]. The Second Jungle Book. London: Macmillan & Co., 1895.
Hardcover. First edition. Cloth-bound. Octavo (190 x 125mm), pp. (6), 238, (2 adds). Publisher's original gilt decorated cloth, all edges gilt, coated pastedowns and endpapers, initial and terminal blanks present, half-title present. Beautifully illustrated throughout by J. Lockwood Kipling with full page and in-the-text drawings, head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials. Condition: Binding secure with slight lean to spin. Covers largely clean. Slight bumping to spine ends. Some very light foxing. Inking to front blank and extensive annotations to rear blank.
