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KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). The Jungle Book. London: R. & R. Clark, Limited for Macmillan and Co., 1894. 8° (182 x 118mm). Half-title. Preliminary blank leaf. Half-tone frontispiece after W.H. Drake, illustrations after J.L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny, 19 full-page. (Scattered light spotting.) FIRST EDITION. Livingstone 104.
R. KIPLING. The Second Jungle Book. London: R. & R. Clark for Macmillan and Co., 1895. 8° (182 x 115mm). Half-title and title with vignette. Preliminary blank leaf and final advertisement leaf Q8. Illustrations after J.L. Kipling. (Scattered spotting.) FIRST EDITION. Livingstone 116.
Uniformly bound in blue crushed morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, the upper covers with gilt 'Ganesha' devices, covers with gilt double fillet borders, the spines gilt in 6 compartments divided by raised bands, titled in 2 and dated at the foot, the other compartments decorated with stamps of animals and flowers within frames, board edges and turn-ins gilt, gilt edges (spines a little faded). (2)
R. KIPLING. The Second Jungle Book. London: R. & R. Clark for Macmillan and Co., 1895. 8° (182 x 115mm). Half-title and title with vignette. Preliminary blank leaf and final advertisement leaf Q8. Illustrations after J.L. Kipling. (Scattered spotting.) FIRST EDITION. Livingstone 116.
Uniformly bound in blue crushed morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, the upper covers with gilt 'Ganesha' devices, covers with gilt double fillet borders, the spines gilt in 6 compartments divided by raised bands, titled in 2 and dated at the foot, the other compartments decorated with stamps of animals and flowers within frames, board edges and turn-ins gilt, gilt edges (spines a little faded). (2)
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