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1941rif. 52119New York: Doubleday Doran & Company 1941. Burwash edition limited edition no. 566 of 1010 sets twenty-eight volumes signed by Kipling in volume I 8vo. Portrait frontispiece in volume I front endpapers in nine volumes stuck or partially stuck together. Later maroon morocco over the original maroon buckram t.e.g. upper cover to volume 4 with some damp stain and wear and also to the upper cover of volume 27 to a lesser extent. (New York): Doubleday, Doran & Company unknown
1919rif. 025936UK 1919. First Edition . Paper. Good. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. Five Original Hand Written/Typed and Signed letters from Rudyard Kipling to Walter Mumford 1919 and 1927. Three autograph letters dated February - August 1919 and two typescript letters from Kipling to Walter Mumford dated June - September 1927. Full transcript are availible. Two letters discussing Oliver Baldwin son of the Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin 'For once in his n moderate sense and I'm grateful to you for your letter. The idea of him Captain Kettleing about on a Rhine tourist-steamer's quarterdeck with a loaded automatic and a stern eyebrow is a very pleasing one. I hope to Heaven he doesn't take a hand in the navigation.' others discussing his new pipe farm livestock and agriculture. Captain Walter Clarkson Mumford MC 1886-1959 was a friend of Kipling Oliver Baldwin 1899-1958 was the son of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and a cousin of Kipling. Both Oliver Baldwin and Walter Mumford both served in the Irish Guards during the First World War along with John Kipling Rudyard's son who was recorded missing in action during the Battle of Loos in 1915. Full translations included. Size of letters approximately are 160mm x 100mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. More images can be taken upon request. Ref A1234 unknown
rif. 33871Rudyard Joseph Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 & Andre Maurois Emile Salomon Wihelm Herzog 1885-1967. Original Photo. Framed & Glazed. Original Photo. Framed & Glazed. Signed by Author. Kipling Rudyard Joseph Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 & Andre Maurois Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog 1885-1967. Original 4" x 6" Black & White photo Signed. A terrific photo in excellent condition with strong signatures by both authors at the lower portion. A rather unique image set on the path of the estate gardens with both authors relaxed & enjoying each others company. Although Kipling was 20-years older he and Maurois were friends and colleagues. Beautifully framed and glazed and creatively triple matted to an overall size of 13" x 16. An excellent display. "A people always ends by resembling its shadow." Said by Kipling to Author & Critic André Maurois c. 1930 on the subject of the transformation of Germany. Quoted in Maurois The Art of Writing "The Writer's Craft" Sect. 2 1960. Rudyard [Joseph Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936] & Andre Maurois [Emile Salomon Wihelm Herzog, 1885-1967] unknown
1909rif. 382540Published by Hodder & Stoughton 1909. Hardback. Very Good. Illustrated by Robinson W. Heath. Very good condition with no wrapper. Autograph Edition De Luxe Limited to 50 copies. Large format 32 x 26cm. Bound in attractive brown leather with gilt titles vignettes and borders. 30 lovely tipped-in colour plates mounted on cream card with green decorative borders and captioned paper guards. Top edge gilt others untrimmed. This is copy no. 22 SIGNED by the author. Corners are slightly worn and covers a little edge rubbed. Spine has been professionally rebacked retaining the original spine piece which is worn. A few light fingermarks and tiny foxspots else contents clean. A very nice copy of a handsome and very scarce book. Published by Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1915rif. 612mo. AEG. 276 pp. 4 pp. ads. Publisher's presentation blue cloth binding with illustrated dust jacket. The evidence indicates that this jacket and binding are original unused stock from the 1890s. During the 1900-20 period Macmillan offered four Kipling titles - The Jungle Book The Second Jungle Book Captains Courageous and Soldier Tales - in "special bindings for presentation" in addition to the standard red cloth trade editions. The bindings and jackets used for this special offering match the original bindings and jackets issued on those same four titles in the 1890s and at the same 6-shillings price on the jacket spines. If Macmillan had been issuing new bindings and jackets to replicate the 1890s style it probably would not have included Soldier Tales a very slow seller in such an offering. Nor were any popular post-1900 titles such as Kim or Puck of Pook's Hill included in this special offering - just the four titles that originally had the ornate blue bindings and illustrated jackets in the 1890s - thus the conclusion that Macmillan was using up leftover bindings and jackets. This copy slightly musty and cocked usual endpaper offsetting binding clean and unworn very good jacket with minor perimeter chips and tears but almost no loss a few bits of old tape on underside but clean complete and attractive. Kipling's classic children's story with a rare 1890s jacket of which only a handful survived on 1890s copies and with few if any surviving examples recorded on presentation copies - not seen by Richards for his 2010 Kipling bibliography. Direct paymen to me at paypal markrgodburn@gmail.com Macmillan & Co. hardcover
1908rif. 121049London: The Daily Express 1908. First edition of Kipling's speech delivered at Lord Derby's Recruiting Campaign for the West Lancashire Territorial Battalions. Quarto original wrappers. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. Exceedingly rare. From the library of Raymond J. Schweizer with his bookplate to the pastedown. Rare with no recorded examples at auction in the last 60 years. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. The Daily Express unknown
1919rif. 149313London: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1919. Exceptionally rare first edition of this pamphlet honoring every British soldier who died in World War I. Oblong octavo original publisher's pictorial wrappers illustrated with black and white drawings of the cemeteries and memorials as they will appear completed throughout. In near fine condition. Illustrated by Mr. Douglas Macpherson. Housed in a custom red portfolio with gilt titles to the front panel and string ties. Rudyard Kipling’s The Graves of the Fallen 1919 written for the Imperial War Graves Commission articulates the moral and aesthetic vision behind the design and commemoration of British and Commonwealth soldiers’ graves after World War I. Serving as the Commission’s literary adviser Kipling helped shape its guiding principles of equality in death—ensuring that all soldiers regardless of rank or class were memorialized with identical headstones and inscriptions. The text blends solemn prose with restrained idealism reflecting both personal grief—Kipling’s son was killed in the war—and a collective commitment to remembrance. His Majesty's Stationery Office unknown
1895rif. 338058London: Macmillan 1895. First editions. Numerous illustrations both full-page and in the text by J. Lockwood Kipling W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. 2 vols. 8vo. Publisher's pictorial gilt cloth a.e.g. inner front hinge started in Vol.I in drop blue cloth case. Kipling J. Lockwood and others. First editions. Numerous illustrations both full-page and in the text by J. Lockwood Kipling W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. 2 vols. 8vo. Grolier/Kipling 185 197; Stewart 123 132; Richards A76 A85 Macmillan unknown
1894rif. 150271MacMillan London 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A very good set of the true first editions. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. MacMillan, London hardcover
1925rif. 628120Charles Scribner's Sons 1925 1925. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. A beautiful leather-bound example of this 32 volume set. Bound in the publisher's striking binding of 3/4 black morocco over marbled boards spines with raised band and gilt floral tooling within compartments bordered with gilt scrollwork top edges gilt marbled endpapers slight wear. Spine title: Works of Rudyard Kipling. Complete 1925-1936 4 later volumes were issued in 1937. Charles Scribner's Sons 1925 hardcover
1894rif. 194336London: Macmillan and Co. 1894 & 1895. Thou art of the Jungle and not of the Jungle First editions in book form. Kipling's adventurous stories were based on folk tales learned during his childhood in India. The Jungle Book was serialized between 1893 and 1894 and became increasingly popular upon its publication as a book prompting calls for a second instalment. The Second Jungle Book completed the Mowgli saga with five stories that "are essential to its emotional rounding-out" Grolier. 2 works octavo. Halftone frontispiece with tissue guard in Jungle Book both works with illustrations by William Henry Drake Paul Frenzeny and John Lockwood Kipling. Original blue cloth spines lettered in gilt pictorial designs to spines and front covers in gilt green coated endpapers gilt edges. Contemporary gift inscriptions in each volume. Cloth rubbed with minor spots of wear to extremities Jungle Book with faint crease to lower outer corner of front cover hinges cracked but sound marginal chip to p. 13/14 in Jungle Book. A very good set. Grolier Children's 100 52; Martindell 61 & 63; Richards A76 & A85. hardcover
1913rif. SET52-H&I-1London: Macmillan & Co Ltd. 1913-1919. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Various. The complete limited and signed collection of works from prolific author novelist and poet Rudyard Kipling. Volume one is neatly signed in ink by Rudyard Kipling. Limited edition set with only 1050 originally being published. Eighteen of these volumes feature their original and extremely scarce dustwrappers. Vol. I Plain Tales From the Hills. Vol. II Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys: In Black and White. Vol. III Wee Willie Winkie. Under the Deodars. The Phantom 'Rickshaw and other stories. Vol IV and V From Sea to Sea and other sketches. Letters of Travel. 2 vol. Vol. VI Life's Handicap etc. Vol. VII The Light that Failed. Vol. VIII The Naulahka . By R. Kipling and Wolcott Balestier. Vol. IX Many Inventions. Vol. X 'Captains Courageous' etc. Vol. XI The Jungle Book. Vol. XII The Second Jungle Book. Vol. XIII The Day's Work. Vol. XIV Stalky & Co. Vol. XV Kim. Vol. XVI Just So Stories etc. Complete with twenty-two plates. Vol. XVII Traffics and Discoveries. Vol. XVIII Puck of Pook's Hill etc. Vol. XIX Rewards and Fairies. Vol. XX Actions and Reactions. Vol. XXI Departmental Ditties. Barrack-Room Ballads and other verses. Vol. XXII The Five Nations. The Seven Seas. Vol. XXIII Songs from Books. Vol. XXIV A Diversity of Creatures. Vol. XXV. The Years Between. The Muse Among the Motors. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in England in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry James said: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius as distinct from fine intelligence that I have ever known." In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature making him the first English-language writer to receive the prize and to date he remains its youngest recipient. Among other honours he was sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood all of which he declined. The Bombay edition was initially published in 20 volumes and limited to 1000 copies. Kipling continued to write and it eventually grew to 31 volumes but the last 11 volumes were limited to 500 copies only. This collection is complete in twenty five volumes which was limited to 1050. With watermarks to the endpapers. In original publishers' half cloth bindings with paper covered boards. Eighteen of these volumes feature their original dustwrapper. Externally all volumes are generally sound with only some light rubbing and scattered marks. Slight foxing to the spine labels without dustwrappers. Both hinges to volume fourteen are strained with the rear being a little more tender. Dustwrappers are a little chipped with some slight loss to the head and tail of the spines. Dustwrappers are also quite foxed which is heavier to the spine of volume twenty-four and twenty-five. Very minor damp staining to the spine of volume three and four. Closed tear to the head of volume fifteen's spine as well as the tail of volume sixteen's. Volume twenty-four and twenty-five's dustwrappers have some evidence of past worming which is heavier to volume twenty-five. Internally all volumes are generally firmly bound and bright though with some slight straining to volume twenty-three. Some foxing to the endpapers and textblock edge. Many leaves are uncut. Replacements for the original spine labels bound into the rear of each volume. Very Good Macmillan & Co Ltd. hardcover
1900rif. 123414London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1900. Rare Macmillan's Colonial Library edition of Kipling's From Sea to Sea issued the same year as the first trade edition. Octavo two volumes original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Signed by Rudyard Kipling on the title page of both volumes. In near fine condition. Scarce signed by Kipling. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1920rif. 62787Paris: Editions de la Sirène 1920. Fine. Editions de la Sirène Paris 1920 22.50 x 30.50 cm relié sous chemise et étui Edition adorned with 23 original color illustrations ornaments and a layout by Kees Van Dongen one of 250 numbered copies on mould-made vellum ours unnumbered. Full old rose box binding smooth spine front cover pierced to reveal a reproduction of Kees Van Dongens illustration on page 37 rear cover decorated at the center with a vignette reproducing the ornament appearing at the foot of each page and drawn by Kees Van Dongen grey suede endleaves and pastedowns covers preserved gilt edges chemise with bands and flaps in old rose box grey paper boards white paper lining slipcase edged with old rose box boards and interior in grey suede a handsome ensemble signed by Florence Capart-Boré. Some light foxing and minor spotting. A fine and rare copy magnificently illustrated by Kees Van Dongen. Editions de la Sirène hardcover
1886rif. 321985Lahore: Civil and Military Press Gazette 1886. First Edition of Kipling's first published book. Tall narrow 4to. Bound original light brown printed wrappers in the form of an Indian civil service envelope overlapping flap. Laid into red morocco spine and cloth slipcase and chemise. The George Ulizio copy. First Edition of Kipling's first published book. Tall narrow 4to. The first edition of Kipling's first published work. Kipling was made sub-editor of the Civil and Military Gazette an Anglophone newspaper in Lahore upon his return to India after his time at the United Service College; this volume collects his poetry printed therein. Richards A7; Stewart 8; Livingston 10 Civil and Military Press Gazette unknown
1920rif. 338454New York: Scribner 1920. hardcover. very good. 25 volumes. Frontispieces with tissue guards; other illustrations. 8vo older 3/4 green morocco marbled boards ornately gilt spines top edges gilt some wear at extremities/ New York: Scribner's 1920-1923. A very good attactive set. Near Fine. Scribner unknown
1419rif. 9250A total of 27 volumes. Signed by Kipling to Vol. I and limited to 1050 numbered copies of which this is number 489. Half dark purple morocco over mauve cloth boards. Five raised bands with gilt compartments. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Some wear to heads and tails as well as to the raised bands predominantly to Vol. XXI see image. Moderate wear to corners and hinges while all remaining intact. Clean interiors with no previous owners' names or other defacements. 6.75 x 9.75 in each 17 x 25 cm Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1886rif. 540FIRST EDITION tall narrow 4to half red morocco over marbled boards original light brown printed wrappers that double as an Indian civil service envelope preserved marbled endpapers bookplates of William Garth and William Marchbank Lahore the Civil and Military Press 1886. The First Edition of Kipling's first published work. Previous work was either printed privately offprints or collaborative books. Kipling was sub-editor of the Civil and Military Gazette an Anglophone newspaper reporting from Lahore on the life of the Civil Service and the Indian Army in Punjab. Thanks to his occupation and his family's social standing he had many opportunities to explore the full range of life in India. He remained keenly observant of the thronging spectacle of native India which had engaged his interest and affection from earliest childhood. He was quickly filling the journals he worked for with prose sketches and light verse. Kipling began inserting his own poems under the heading of Departmental Ditties into the newspaper and then produced this edition made up to look like a bundle of civil service memoranda. Richards A7; Stewart 8; Livingston 22 William Marchbank
1895rif. 2024London: Macmillan and Co 1895. First English Editions. Original cloth. Duodecimos. 212 & 238 pages. In custom box with chemises. Both books bound in navy blue cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spines and upper boards all edges gilt and dark green coated endpapers. 'The Jungle Book' has a slight lean to the spine minor extremity rubs a faint crack along inner margin of front endpapers a bookseller tag and a neat prior owner bookplate on front pastedown. A contemporaneous review is tipped to rear free endpaper. 'The Second Jungle Book' is in fine condition with just a few minor rubs to extremities. No prior ownership marks. A beautiful set already appropriately housed in a custom box with chemises. Kipling's classic collection of stories set in India featuring the young boy Mowgli and a cast of mostly animal characters that illustrate human nature. A beautiful set of both books in the desirable first states of their first editions. 'The Jungle Book' has the first state imprint "R. & R. Clark Edinburgh" on p. 212. 'The Second Jungle Book' has the first state indicators on p. 139--the abrupt end to the text of "The King's Ankus" at line 8 and the tailpiece of the ankus. Ref. RICHARDS A76 and A85. Macmillan and Co unknown
1928rif. 110Book is in very fine condition both pages and binding. The outer cover looks flawless. This Book Is Hard To Find Will Be Packaged And Shipped Carefully To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection Or As A Gift This book contains a series of short stories including: His Majesty the King The Drums of the Fore and Aft Wee Willie Winkie Christmas in India Baa Baa Black Sheep Bimi The Ballad of the Clampherdown The Story of Muhammad Din and more. It is signed: Merry Christmas To Paul Tally from Wilbur Fredell Rand McNally and Company hardcover
1913rif. 145328London: MacMillan and Co. 1913-19. Hardcover. Near fine. Bombay Edition. Octavo. 25 volumes. Bound in half grey cloth and blue paper covered boards. Paper label on the spine. Top edge gilt. Other edges untrimmed. Top edge a bit dust soiled. Corners generally square with only slight bumping. A bit of slight foxing on the boards but the text block is very clean. Original blue silk book mark in each volume. Original printed dust wrappers for all volumes. Most in fine condition with a few having slight tears and two are missing a small piece from the base of the dust wrapper. A much superior set of this famous edition of Kipling's works. The Bombay edition of Kiplings works was limited to 1050 copies with Kipling signing below the half title. The works of Rudyard Kipling contains his poetry novels stories travel writings children s tales military tales and essays. Kipling became the first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize 1907. 1913 MacMillan and Co. hardcover
rif. 139497Unique foldout Artist Book by Barry McCallion. Fine in fine clamshell box. Signed and dated by the artist on the title page. From the colophon: "Excerpts from Kim Rudyard Kipling's novel occupy the recto pages of this book. The verso pages begin as a large emply circle where page after page images slowly accrete by the addition of common objects: a begging bowl prayer beads an arrow a chair a leaf a cloud. The verso and recto pages face each other developing and advancing as consectutive narratives one visual and the other verbal. I used Richard de Bas cream wove paper for the endpapers and white Rives BFK paper for the text block. The drawings are made with India ink pens and brushed Winsor Newton metallic inks and colors. The book has forty-five text pages and forty-five image pages. Rhonda Miller of myhandboundbooks in Halifax Nova Scotia bound the book in a simple brown leather cover. B McCallion 2013" From the artist's website: "Barry McCallion was born in the Bronx New York and received degrees from Columbia University English Literature and Claremont Graduate University Sculpture. His natural inclination to travel has been officially sponsored by the DAAD artist in residence program to Berlin the Cite des Arts Atelier in Paris and most recently by the Visual Arts Board of the New Zealand and Australian Arts Councils. The artist currently lives and works on the east end of Long Island New York." East Hampton NY: Barry McCallion 2013; 8vo. full limp leather with a leather wrap-around cloth-covered slipcase paper color illustration on front panel paper spine label which the artist has signed in ink; thirteen hinged pages unpaginated but each is a full-page spread with one page colophon at rear. Book # 139497 Barry McCallion
1897rif. 9900028063London: Pearson's Magazine 1897. 1st edition. Leather Bound. black-&-white illustrations. 85 pp. Slim 8vo. Handsomely bound in 3/4 reddish-brown niger morocco over reddish-brown cloth t.e.g. The five parts are bound without any preliminary leaves containing 85 pages from the magazine. The binding is by Sangorski and Sutcliffe of London. The spine is in compartments with delicate gilt lettering and the date 1896-7 at bottom. The leather of the front board is a bit spotted more so near the top than elsewhere and the top of the hinge is rubbed. The boards are also slightly bumped. The front free endpaper shows some scuffing. There are four small spots to the rear endpaper of no particular consequence. The contents are generally clean if slightly edge-worn. Overall the book is in very good condition in a most attractive binding. Martindell 68. Written when Kipling was but 31 and not long married to the sister of his American agent this is his only book to be set entirely in America. This unique item contains the December 1896; and the January to April 1897 parts of Pearson's Magazine which constituted the first appearance in print of Kipling's famous novella. The first book publication was by Macmillan London later in 1897 with 21 illustrations by I. W. Taber. The first American book publication was also in 1897 by The Century Co. New York City. This true first printing also contains 16 illustrations by I. W. Taber as well as an additional 21 illustrations by Fred T. Jane the founder of 'Jane's Fighting Ships ' and two by Swain. Pearson's Magazine unknown
rif. 06180Lahore: The "Civil and Military Gazette Press 1885. One of Rudyard Kipling's Earliest Publications Containing the First Appearance of "The Phantom Rickshaw" KIPLING Rudyard. 1885 Quartette. The Christmas Annual of the Civil & Military Gazette by Four Anglo-Indian Writers. Lahore: The "Civil and Military Gazette Press 1885. First Edition. Tall octavo 9 5/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 245 x 146 mm. 2 blank 2 title printed in red and black verso blank 2 Contents verso blank 1-125 1 blank seven leaves of advertisements: 2 pink 2 gray 3 thinner cream-colored. Handsomely bound by C. Fox of London ca. 1885 with their stamp on verso of free endpaper. Full green morocco covers decoratively bordered in gilt. Spine with five shallow raised bands decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt ruled board edges decorative gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate "Think and Thank" on front pastedown. Original front and rear printed wrappers bound in. Front wrapper with design by the Mayo School of Art Lahore with early ink signature "L.C. Ibbetson" on top blank margin. This is a complete copy of the first edition first impression of a book authored by members of the Kipling family. Published in a limited run of 250 copies it was bound around the time of publication and it is particularly rare to have its original wrappers and advertisements at the end. The book marks the first appearance of The Phantom 'Rickshaw and The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes C.E. Rudyard Kipling later described the origins of this work in his 1937 autobiography Something of Myself recalling that "in the cold weather of 1885 we four made up a Christmas annual which pleased us a good deal and attracted a certain amount of attention. Later much later it became a 'collector's piece' in the US book-market and to that extent smudged the memories of its birth." The collection consists of 16 pieces-eight in prose and eight in verse-written by "four Anglo-Indian writers" as stated on the title page. The authors who remained anonymous throughout were Kipling himself his father mother and sister. Kipling took the initiative to publish the book through the Civil and Military Gazette selling it by subscription. At just 19 years old he contributed half of the content using this opportunity to bring his work into print. His ghost stories gained wider recognition when they were later reprinted in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales 1890. Kipling's father however was somewhat reluctant about the publication. He wrote to Margaret Burne-Jones expressing his hope that someone would "rap Rudyard's knuckles for the unwholesomeness of The Phantom 'Rickshaw and the coarseness of The Tragedy of Teeth." The book's binding process was notably chaotic. Kipling recalled that the work took place at night by candlelight with workers on overtime incentivized with brandy and free tobacco to keep production moving. Over forty men including binders were involved in assembling Quartette. The publication was officially announced on 19 December and its cover design is believed to have been created by Kipling's father John Lockwood Kipling who was then the first principal of the Mayo School of Art in Lahore. Livingston 5; Stewart 7. Lahore: The "Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1885 unknown
1895rif. 7926London: Macmillan and Co 1895. First editions. Very Good Near Fine. A handsome set. Publisher's blue cloth bindings stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. Dark green endpapers. Slight wear to the spine ends and corners of The Jungle Book a little foxing internally otherwise very clean and fresh throughout. A Very Good copy. The Second Jungle Book presenting very well indeed front hinge a little tender bookeller's ticket to foot of front free endpaper verso. A Near Fine copy overall. Both volumes illustrated throughout with contributions by J. L. Kipling W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny in The Jungle Book; the author's father Lockwood Kipling C.I.E. illustrated The Second Jungle Book. This set contained in a custom blue cloth slipcase. Few books have shaped the imagination of childhood quite like Kipling's Jungle Books. First published in 1894 and 1895 these two volumes introduced the world to Mowgli Baloo Bagheera Kaa and Shere Khan. The timeless stories blended fable folklore and imperial adventure into one of the most enduring classics of English literature. The Jungle Book 1894 includes the first appearance of "Mowgli's Brothers" "Kaa's Hunting" and "Tiger! Tiger!" alongside such favorites as "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi." The Second Jungle Book 1895 continued the talesdeepening the Mowgli cycle and adding enduring pieces like "The King's Ankus" and "Red Dog." Together the two books form the complete Mowgli canon. First edition sets in original cloth are increasingly scarce especially when both volumes present well. These are the foundational works of Kipling's career - the stories that earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature 1907 and secured his place in the canon of English storytelling. Based on folktales and legends that Kipling learned during his childhood in India the Jungle Books were met with huge success upon publication and continue to enthrall readers of all ages to this day. According to Professor Edwin L. Miller their publication "caused even severe critics of Kipling's previous work to admit that he is a writer of inspired genius." Largely focused on man's relationship to nature the Jungle Books in part narrate the tales of Mowgli a human "man-cub" raised by wolves as he tries to find his proper place in the world. As he struggles with his own identity he finds allies and adversaries among the animal communities through which he travels. They also include the story of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the heroic mongoose who would later inspire an animated short voiced by Orson Welles. For contributions like these Kipling became the first English-language writer and the youngest ever to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Very Good Near Fine. Macmillan and Co unknown
