Description
First impressions of The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, published in London by Macmillan and Co.
Octavo, [two volumes], vi, [2], 212pp; [4], 238pp, [2pp ads]. Three quarter black morocco, black cloth panels, title in gilt over green labels on spines, raised bands. Bound by Sotheran, Sackville St., London. Blue marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. One advertising leaf in Volume II. Trace of foxing to Volume II, appearing intermittently. R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh, listed as the printer in both volumes. (Richards A76 & A85) A beautiful set of the first impressions.
Illustrations by J.L. Kipling, W.H. Drake, and P. Frenzeny.
