Rudyard Kipling - Just So Stories - Easton Press Edition - 2000





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Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories – Easton Press Edition, illustrated by the author, is a limited, full burgundy leather-bound edition with gilt tooling, 150 pages, published in 2000, in fine condition.
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Rudyard Kipling – Just So Stories – Easton Press – 2000
Collector's Library of Famous Editions
This Easton Press edition presents Kipling's twelve origin tales in a format befitting a Nobel laureate's most enduring work for children. The stories, originally published in 1902, are accompanied by the author's own pen-and-ink illustrations, making this both a literary and visual document from one of the English language's most versatile writers.
The collection includes How the Whale Got His Throat, How the Camel Got His Hump, How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, How the Leopard Got His Spots, The Elephant's Child, The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo, The Beginning of the Armadillos, How the First Letter Was Written, How the Alphabet Was Made, The Crab That Played with the Sea, The Cat That Walked by Himself, and The Butterfly That Stamped.
Full genuine leather binding in burgundy
Covers with gilt-tooled floral medallion and decorative border
Spine with raised bands and gilt lettering
Gilt page edges
Silk ribbon marker
Acid-neutral archival paper
Illustrated by the author throughout
Includes publisher's Notes from the Archives insert
Printed and bound in the United States
Condition is fine. A well-preserved collector's copy.
Ships from Germany. Carefully packed with protective wrapping.
Rudyard Kipling – Just So Stories – Easton Press – 2000
Collector's Library of Famous Editions
This Easton Press edition presents Kipling's twelve origin tales in a format befitting a Nobel laureate's most enduring work for children. The stories, originally published in 1902, are accompanied by the author's own pen-and-ink illustrations, making this both a literary and visual document from one of the English language's most versatile writers.
The collection includes How the Whale Got His Throat, How the Camel Got His Hump, How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, How the Leopard Got His Spots, The Elephant's Child, The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo, The Beginning of the Armadillos, How the First Letter Was Written, How the Alphabet Was Made, The Crab That Played with the Sea, The Cat That Walked by Himself, and The Butterfly That Stamped.
Full genuine leather binding in burgundy
Covers with gilt-tooled floral medallion and decorative border
Spine with raised bands and gilt lettering
Gilt page edges
Silk ribbon marker
Acid-neutral archival paper
Illustrated by the author throughout
Includes publisher's Notes from the Archives insert
Printed and bound in the United States
Condition is fine. A well-preserved collector's copy.
Ships from Germany. Carefully packed with protective wrapping.

