Rudyard Kipling - Just So Stories - 1902-1902

Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
First Edition Thus
1902 September, second printing October
Published by MacMillan & Co Ltd
Copyright in the United States of America

Superbly illustrated throughout by the author, Rudyard Kipling.
Twelve stories and poems including ‘How the Whale got his throat’, ‘How the Leopard got his spots’ and ‘How the Alphabet was made’.

Owner’s inscription is dated ‘Christmas 1902’, ‘Peter and Violet Trunchell’.

Original Cover.
Red hardback, to front elephant in jet black with white tusks.
Age related wear, frayed top edge of spine, scuffed extremities, front board slight lean.

Adverts for other Kipling titles by publisher at the back
249 pages, binding secure, minor marks, generally clean, plates all clean, black vibrant.

Rare copy. Collectors