The Jungle Book (1924) & The Second Jungle Book (1923)

Two very decent reprinted editions of Kipling's classic tales

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Printing Details

Reprints. Both books in the uniform red cloth with gilt titling to spine and gilt elephant's head motif to upper board. Top edge gilt. Each 20 × 13cm, vi +276pp, &299pp + 2pp ads.

In his Mowgli stories, Rudyard Kipling expertly interweaves myth, morals, adventure and powerful story-telling. Set in Central India, Mowgli is raised by a pack of wolves and along the way he encounters tiger Shere Kahn, Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear. The Jungle Book also includes other stories such as that of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a heroic mongoose and Toomai, a young elephant handler. The Second Jungle Book (Kipling's sequel to The Jungle Book) was first published in 1895, it features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, with all but one set in India.

Condition

Both books are in very good condition. There is a little bumping and rubbing to the board's tips, and minor spotting to the page edges. Christ's Hospital school prize label to each volume (to the same pupil). Internally, the books are clean, bar a very little marginal spotting and the bindings are secure. A very nice set.