Rudyard Kipling - Just So Stories - 1902
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Rudyard Kipling, author and illustrator, Just So Stories, first edition 1902, hardback, 256 pages, English, illustrated children's literature, Macmillan and Co Ltd, London, in very good condition.
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Just So Stories: For Little Children by Rudyard Kipling
First Edition 1902
Macmillan & Co Ltd.,London
Copyright in the United States of America
First Edition September 1902, October and November 1902
Illustrated throughout by the author, Rudyard Kipling.
Twenty-two plates are clean, black is vibrant, full page with a description facing.
Twelve stories dealing with the beginnings of things.
Including such favourites as ‘How the Whale got his throat’, ‘How the Camel got his Hump, ‘The Elephants Child’ ‘The Cat that walked by Himself’ and ‘How the Leopard got his Spots’.
256 pages
Pages generally clean
1 pp. tiny nick, (repair archival tape) photo
Owner’s Ink pen inscription, dated September 1903
Tightly bound
Hardback, large format
Original red pictorial cover in black, red and white picturing elephant wading in river with stripy snake. Cover was designed by Rudyard Kipling.
Tiny tear at top of spine, sun faded strip on the back. Overall very good.
Publisher’s works by the author listed at the back
Joseph Rudyard Kipling, English novelist, illustrator and poet, best known for ‘The Jungle Book’, ‘Kim’ and this collection of origin tales.
Superb illustrations. Collectors.
Scarce copy
Just So Stories: For Little Children by Rudyard Kipling
First Edition 1902
Macmillan & Co Ltd.,London
Copyright in the United States of America
First Edition September 1902, October and November 1902
Illustrated throughout by the author, Rudyard Kipling.
Twenty-two plates are clean, black is vibrant, full page with a description facing.
Twelve stories dealing with the beginnings of things.
Including such favourites as ‘How the Whale got his throat’, ‘How the Camel got his Hump, ‘The Elephants Child’ ‘The Cat that walked by Himself’ and ‘How the Leopard got his Spots’.
256 pages
Pages generally clean
1 pp. tiny nick, (repair archival tape) photo
Owner’s Ink pen inscription, dated September 1903
Tightly bound
Hardback, large format
Original red pictorial cover in black, red and white picturing elephant wading in river with stripy snake. Cover was designed by Rudyard Kipling.
Tiny tear at top of spine, sun faded strip on the back. Overall very good.
Publisher’s works by the author listed at the back
Joseph Rudyard Kipling, English novelist, illustrator and poet, best known for ‘The Jungle Book’, ‘Kim’ and this collection of origin tales.
Superb illustrations. Collectors.
Scarce copy
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Children's books, Illustrated, Literature
Book title
Just So Stories
Author/ Illustrator
Rudyard Kipling
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1902
Edition
1st Edition
Language
English
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Macmillan and Co Ltd, London
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Number of pages
256
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