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Price: US$127.20 + shipping
Description: Macmillan & Co. June, 1894. The first reprint of the first edition of May, 1984. Original illustrated blue cloth gilt, worn and rubbed to extremities, slight lean to spine and slight scuff marks to lower board. Gorgeous gilt elephants to upper board. All page edges gilt. Inner front hinge cracked but holding, contents slightly shaken, a few different ownership names and inscriptions, a couple to first page of prelims and a later name and address to reverse of half-title. Pages browned, foxed and occasionally thumbed to margins. generally a good copy.
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Rudyard Kipling. The Jungle Book. Macmillan & Co, London, 1894.
Price: US$318.01 + shipping
Description: GILT illustrations on boards , Reprint in same year as First Edition. Rubbing to the spine and board edges. (We also have a matching Second Jungle Book FIRST EDITION 1895). Please Email for further details. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾"
Seller: J J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk, Peter Tavy, United Kingdom
Rudyard Kipling. The Jungle Book. Macmillan and Co, London UK, 1894.
Price: US$1208.42 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A bright first edition, first issue of the classic novel, The Jungle Book. With illustrations by J. L. Kipling, W. H. Drake and P Frenzeny. Original blue cloth board with gilt illustration. Slight lean. Some wear to the extremities and a few light stains. Contemporary dated signature to the front free page. Clean contents. 8vo 212pp
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$1272.02 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Editions (first printings). Individual volumes as follows: 'The Jungle Book' (1894). First edition. 8vo. vi, 212pp. With illustrations by J.Lockwood Kipling, W.H.Drake and P.Frenzen. Original publisher's navy blue cloth, gilt lettered and decorated, depicting three elephants with riders and a herder on the upper board, plus additional decorations to the backstrip, these last a little faded. All edges gilt. Frontispiece tissue a little browned. The cloth nicked and worn at the backstrip ends, the corner tips rubbed, and with a little wear to the gutters. Front and rear hinges tender, and the binding cocked, and with some cracking and tenderness at two gatherings. A little light marking and soiling to the half title and verso, and to occasional leaf margins. Former owner armorial bookplate to the front pastedown (that of noted electrical engineer Alexander Pelham Trotter). A fair to good copy of an uncommon item. 'The Second Jungle Book' (1895). 8vo. 238pp + [ii] publisher's advertisements. With illustrations by J.Lockwood Kipling. Original publisher's navy blue cloth, gilt lettered and decorated, depicting a coiled cobra on the upper board, plus a further gilt-stamped decoration to the backstrip. All edges gilt. The cloth lightly faded at the backstrip, and with a little wear to the spine ends and corner tips. A slight ridge to the spine and the binding just a little cocked. Some moderate fox spotting. Former owner name inked to the head of the title page. A good, sound copy.
Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom
Rudyard Kipling. The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. Macmillan and Co, London UK, 1894.
Price: US$1335.62 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good first edition pair of The Jungle Books with illustrations by J. L. Kipling, W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. Original blue cloth boards with gilt illustration and lettering and mild wear. All edges gilt. Marks in front cover of The Jungle Book. Signature on front free page dated 1895 in Second Jungle Book. Clean end papers and contents with minimal foxing. Tissue guard and frontpiece in The Jungle Book. 8vo
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$1440.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Viii, 212; (Ii), 238 + 2 Page Catalog At End. Blue Cloth, Lettered And Decorated In Gilt; All Edges Gilt; Slate Grey Endpapers. Both Volumes With Late 19Th Century Engraved Bookplates Of George Lindsay Bury [Of Moreton Central Sugar Mill, Starfield Observatory, Etc.]. The Jungle Book, 1894, First Printing, In Good To Very Good Condition, Gilt Complete But With Some Wear To Illustrations On Spine And Cover, Small Frays At Top And Bottom Of Spine And At Tips, Spine Cloth A Little Darkened; Hinges Beginning To Crack; Contents Immaculate, No Names Or Marks, Tissue Guard Intact. The Second Jungle Book, 1895, First Printing, Very Slight Wear,All Gilt Complete And Brilliant, Very Good + To Near Fine Condition, 1" Crack At Center Of Rear Hinge, Slight Rubbing At Corners.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book. London: Macmillan and Co., 1894.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated by John Lockwood Kipling, William Henry Drake, and Paul Frenzeny. First edition, first printing. Publisher's blue boards, spines lettered in gilt, pictorial jungle images based on artwork by the author's father John Lockwood Kipling stamped to the front boards in gilt, all edges gilt, green coated endpapers. Near fine, with a touch of toning to spine, light rubbing to spine ends, lightly bumped bottom right corner of front board, front free endpaper cleanly and discreetly reattached, ownership inscription to half-title page, a hint of dampstaining to bottom margin of title page, and very light spotting to some pages at front and rear of book. Overall, a bright and sturdy copy. The Jungle Book is a collection of short stories and verses, the most famous of which relate to the feral child protagonist Mowgli, a "man cub." While they can be read independently of each other, each chapter serves as a fable using animal figures to provide a moral lesson. In each volume, the short stories are both preceded and followed by poems or songs, including the notable "Mowgli's Song" and "The Law of the Jungle." The Jungle Books, based on the author's childhood and later work experience in British India, are indicative of Western Orientalist ideology at the turn of the 20th century, which is somewhat softened by Kipling's fondness for his former home. Both Jungle Books are illustrated by the author's father, John Lockwood Kipling, who was a practicing illustrator and art professor in Bombay.
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1850.00 + shipping
Description: This is a compelling set of British first editions of perhaps Kiplings most famous works the first and second Jungle Books. These copies were previously owned by Churchills friends and publishers, Frank and Nelson Doubleday, and apparently used by Nelson to prepare Doubledays 1946 editions. Ironically, Kiplings quintessential tales of India were conceived in Vermont, where Kipling and his father, John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911) "worked together in the closest harmony as the two sat smoking their pipes and plotting out fresh stories together." (Allen, Kipling Sahib, p.328) Here Mowgli was born, the infant found by Father Wolf, saved from Shere Khan, and tutored in the Laws of the Jungle by Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear. "The pen took charge, and I watched it begin to write stories about Mowgli and the animals, which later grew into the Jungle Books."Kipling had left India for the last time in 1891, but "With his fathers guidance he learned to undo what the North has done and so let back in all the sights and the sounds and smells / That ran with our youth in the eye of the Sun the flotsam and jetsam of twelve years of Indian living just long enough to create the celebration of childhood that is The Jungle Book " (Allen, Kipling Sahib, p. 364) The Jungle Book was published in 1894, seven stories and seven poems with eight of the illustrations by the authors father. The Second Jungle Book was published in 1895, eight stories and eight poems, this time with thirty-seven illustrations by the authors father.Both first editions are bound in matching blue cloth, strikingly illustrated and printed in gilt on the spines and front covers, the contents with dark bluish green endpapers, illustration plates, and all edges trimmed and gilt. The Jungle Book is first printing, with "R. & R. Clark" as printer on p. 212 (as opposed to R. & R. Clark Ltd.). First English edition of The Second Jungle Book is confirmed by 238 pages of text, The Kings Ankus stopping abruptly at line 8, p139, with 515 words missing. (Richards, A76, p.80 and A85, p.87)These copies came to us from the library of Nelson Doubleday Jr. (1933-2015), son of Nelson Doubleday (1889-1949), and grandson of Frank Nelson Doubleday (1862-1934), Kiplings friend and U.S. publisher and founder of the Doubleday publishing empire. F.N. Doubleday met Kipling while working for Charles Scribners Sons. They struck an intimate, lifelong friendship. Kipling nicknamed Doubleday "Effendi", a play on his initials - F.N.D. Frank's son Nelson was president of the firm from 1922 to 1946, as was Nelson Jr., from 1978 to 1983.Each of these first edition volumes bears a small, printed slip of paper on the title page with new publisher information reading, in three lines, "Doubleday & Company, Inc. | Garden City New York | 1946". The slips were pasted over the original publication information (though both have since come loose). Doubleday & Company published an edition of these books in 1946, the last year of Nelson's presidency. The title page of the 1946 edition matches those of these British first editions with the pasted-on slips, making it likely to the point of certainty that these particular volumes were used as mockups by Nelson Doubleday.Condition is very good minus. The bindings are square and tight with some fraying to spine ends and dulling of spine gilt. The contents remain crisp and complete and the books feel unread. We note all illustrations present, bright page edge gilt, light intermittent spotting (barely noticeable in The Jungle Book), and cosmetic cracking to the endpapers at the gutters that does not impact binding integrity. Additional 1946 edition mock-up notations include title in pencil on The Jungle Book frontispiece recto, pencil strikethrough of "All rights reserved" on both title pages, and brief pencil notation to the upper left front free endpaper verso.Reference: Richards A76 & A85.
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
KIPLING, Rudyard. Jungle Book [And:] The Second Jungle Book. Macmillan and Co, London, 1894.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: Full Description: KIPLING, Rudyard. The Jungle Book. With illustrations by J.L. Kipling, W.H. Drake, and P. Frenzeny. London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. First edition. Small octavo. (7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 181 x 120 mm). [viii], [2], 212 pp. With frontispiece and tissue guard. Numerous illustrations, including many full-page illustrations, included in pagination. [Together with:] KIPLING, Rudyard. The Second Jungle Book. With illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling. London: Macmillan and Co., 1895. First edition. Small octavo. ( 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 181 x 120 mm). [viii], 238, [2, ads] pp. Numerous illustrations, including many full-page illustrations, included in pagination. Title-page with vignette illustrations. With two pages of publisher's advertisements. Two volumes. Original bright blue cloth decoratively stamped in gilt on front covers and spines and lettered in gilt on spines. Volume one with elephants stamped in gilt on front cover and a gilt cobra on the spine. Volume II with a cobra in gilt on front cover and a man and snake in gilt on the spine. All edges gilt. Original dark blue-green coated endpapers. Extremities of the spines and corners with a small bit of rubbing. Some minor staining to front board of volume one. Previous owner's armorial bookplate on front pastedown of volume one. A small bookseller blindstamp on front free endpaper, also in volume one. Front endpapers of volume one with a small bit of staining. Volume two with repairs and minor splitting to inner hinges. Both volumes with some light foxing. Overall a very nice set. Rudyard Kipling has been called "perhaps the most original genius among English-writing novelists of the latter 19th and early 20th centuries." Certainly no other has been so widely acclaimed, so eagerly read, so lastingly loved by readers on both sides of the Atlantic. The honors bestowed upon him all over the world were capped in 1907 when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Livingston 104 and 116. Martindell 61 and 63. Stewart 123 and 132. HBS 69066. $2,000.
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
KIPLING, Rudyard. The Jungle Book & The Second Jungle Book. MacMillan, London, 1894.
Price: US$2408.79 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st editions of the two books in the original blue cloth with gilt decoration on spine and front board, a.e.g. Illustrations by J. L. Kipling, W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. A little pale foxing on some pages. Pp. 212 and 238. Very good copies of this pair of rare first editions.
Seller: Anah Dunsheath RareBooks ABA ANZAAB ILAB, Auckland, NZ, New Zealand
Price: US$2443.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition, 1st printing. vi, 212; 238pp. Octavo. Two volumes, both first editions. Both volumes bound in the original publisher's blue cloth with gold gilt decorations and text stamped to the front boards and spines. All edges gilt. Dark grey endpapers. Previous owner's name to the reverse of the ffep in the Jungle Book and to the reverse of the half-title in the Second Jungle Book. Hinges have been profesionally restored. Two pages of advertisements at the end of the Second Jungle Book. Illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling, W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny in the first book and J. Lockwood Kipling in the second. Very mild foxing to both volumes, else a very clean, tight set. A very handsome pair of Kipling's beloved classic, the Jungle Book, best known for the stories featuring the feral jungle boy, Mowgli. The illustrations, done by Kipling's father, are particularly stunning.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Kipling, Rudyard. THE JUNGLE BOOK AND THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK. MacMillan, London, 1894, 1895, 1894.
Price: US$2475.00 + shipping
Description: J. Lockwood Kipling with W. H. Drake & P. Fren. 1st Edition. Soft cover. From TBCL's Children's Bookcase. Kipling, Rudyard THE JUNGLE BOOK AND THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK. London: Macmillan, 1894, 1895. 8vo. 212, 238p. Classic First Editions, First Issue. Wonderfully illustrated in black & white throughout by Kipling's father, J. Lockwood Kipling with W. H. Drake & P. Frenzeny. The Jungle Book bound in full blue calf, four raised bands, gilt titles to spine, blue endpapers, the front cover bound in. A lovely near fine or better copy, all edges gilt WITH The Second Jungle Book bound in gilt ruled & titled half red calf & linen, five raised bands, covers bound in at the rear. A fine excellent example. "This most desirable pair will always fill an honorable place in any library of children's books" (Quayle 87). Richards A76 & A85; Stewart 123 & 132. Livingston 104, 116. A lovely mixed set of one of the cornerstone titles in children's literature & Kipling highlight & along with Just So Stories, his most beloved work. Custom red & blue leather slipcase. First published in magazine format in 1893-4. British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling was born in India lived there & in England & wrote these stories when he lived in Vermont. The tales are fables, using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons. The verses of The Law of the Jungle, for example, lay down rules for the safety of individuals, families & communities. Kipling put in them nearly everything he knew or "heard or dreamed about the Indian jungle." Other readers have interpreted the work as allegories of the politics & society of the time. The best-known of them are the three stories revolving around the adventures of an abandoned "man cub" Mowgli who is raised by wolves in the Indian Jungle with the help of Baloo the bear & Bagheera the black panther, & then has to fight the tiger Shere Khan. The most famous of the other stories are probably "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", the story of a heroic mongoose, & "Toomai of the Elephants", the tale of a young elephant-handler. "The White Seal", in which the main character seeks a haven for his people where they would be safe from hunters, has been considered a metaphor for Zionism, then in its beginning. As with much of Kipling's work, each of the stories is preceded by a piece of verse, & succeeded by another. $2475.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Rudyard Kipling. The Jungle Book & The Second Jungle Book. Macmillan and Co., London, 1894.
Price: US$3180.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First impressions in publisher's original blue cloth, pictorial gilt to spines and covers, gilt lettered spine, all edges gilt, and with dark green endpapers. Jungle Book with tissue guarded frontispiece by W. H. Drake and numerous illustrations by J. L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and Frenzeny. The Second Jungle Book with numerous illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling and a page of ads at rear. London: Macmillan and Co. (1894 and 1895), 212 and 238 pages. The Jungle Book in Good condition; slightly cocked with repaired spine, dampstain ring on cover, and wear to extremities. The Second Jungle Book is Nearly Fine with some shelf wear and modest sunning to spine.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3498.06 + shipping
Description: Set of two first edition, first printings. Published by Macmillan and Co., London, between 1894-5. Both are near fine examples. The first title has some mild rubbing to the spine and the top and tail edges. The gilt is mostly bright, however the pictorial gilt to the front panel is also rubbed. There is slight separation in the cloth at the corners. The gilt text blocks are generally bright and clean, but with slight dulling. The ex-Libris label of David Worth is pasted to the front paste down. There is a gift inscription to the half title page, dated 1894 in black ink. The second title also has slight rubbing to the top and tail of the spine, but it is not as prevalent. There is slight crumpling to the top right-hand corner. The pictorial gilt illustrations are markedly bright and clean, as is the gilt titling and border. The gilt text blocks are also bright and markedly clean. There is a small, neat gift inscription to the second leaf, dated 'Xmas 1895'. The internals are mostly clean, but with some mild toning and discolouration throughout. Overall, this is a great pair of iconic titles, rare in this condition. A collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: First editions, in custom slipcase. With the bookplates of famed book collector Arthur Amory Houghton. An excellent set with spine of The Jungle Book slightly leaning, mild toning to pages, bindings with hint of wear to edges and spine tips, front hinge of The Second Jungle Book starting.
Seller: Caroliniana, Aiken, SC, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. MacMillan, London, 1894.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good set of the true first editions. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book [with] The Second Jungle Book. Macmillan and Co, London, 1894.
Price: US$3800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1894, 1895. Two volumes. 303; 238 pp. + 2 [ads]. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original royal blue cloth elaborately stamped in gilt, top edges gilt. Very Good to Near Fine, with toning to spine, light wear to cloth, light staining to rear cover of the first volume. Previous owner name penciled on coated pastedown of the second volume. Pages toned. Housed in two custom slipcased, which are a bit worn.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book.. Macmillan 1894-95, London, 1894.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Description: First editions of both volumes of The Jungle Book. Octavo, two volumes, original blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard present. Illustrated by J. L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. One of Kipling's most desirable works, uncommon in this condition. The Jungle Book is a collection of fables which provide moral instruction by using animals anthropomorphically. Each story begins and ends with a verse, and the original publications contain some illustrations created by Rudyard's father John Lockwood Kipling. The inspiration for the book is evident. Kipling was born in India, and he spent his childhood there. Interestingly, Kipling wrote these stories when he lived in Vermont. The Jungle Book is used to develop the morale of the junior element of the Scouting movement, "The Cub Scouts". The name of the head wolf "Akela" has been traditionally given to each Cub Scout pack leader. At least fifteen movies were released based on Kipling's stories, beginning with Elephant Boy in 1937. A live-action anticipated version of Jungle Book will be released in October of 2018 by Warner Brothers.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Rudyard Kipling. The Jungle Book & The Second Jungle Book. Macmillan & Co, London UK, 1894.
Price: US$4452.08 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good set of first editions of The Jungle Book and The Second jungle Book with an insert of Kipling's signature. Original blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and illustration with some wear and chipping to The Jungle Book. Insert slip on the 2nd JB of the author verified by Mallam's UK auction: the provenance was that the owners mother nursed Kipling's daughter and was given it. Previous owners signature on the free page of The Second Jungle Book. Clean contents of both books. 8vo.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book [with] The Second Jungle Book. Macmillan and Co, London, 1894.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1894, 1895. Two volumes. 303; 238 pp. + 2 [ads]. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original royal blue cloth elaborately stamped in gilt, top edges gilt. Near Fine with light lean to spine, light toning to spine cloth and light rubbing to extremities. Pages toned, previous owner name to preliminary blank sheet of Volume I, and small vintage bookseller ticket to front pastedown of Volume II. A lovely set.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book. Macmillan and Co, London, 1894.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A beautiful copy bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's blue cloth. The book is in excellent condition with minor wear to the edges. The binding is tight and the gold lettering on the boards are vibrant with minor rubbing. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A sharp copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book & Second Jungle Book. Macmillan & Co, 1894.
Price: US$5596.90 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, First printings of the Jungle Book & The Second Jungle Book. Published by Macmillan and Co., London, between 1894-5. They are bound in publisher's original royal blue cloth elaborately stamped in gilt. This pair was previously owned by William Martindale, President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and then latterly Inglis Sheldon-Williams, the famous Canadian Landscape Artist and official Canadian War Artist in WW1. Overall, these are a great pair of iconic titles, rare in this condition. A collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or man-cub Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves.
Seller: Arch Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$5724.10 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form, first printing of both volumes. With the tipped in signature of Rudyard Kipling. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full navy blue morocco illustrated and ruled in gilt to the upper and lower boards; five raised bands, gilt ruled and illustrated compartments, titles in gilt to the spines. Gilt decorated board edges, inner dentelles triple ruled in gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Publisher's original cloth bound in at the rear of each volume. 'The Jungle Book' with an engraved frontispiece by William Henry Drake (complete with tissue guard as issued) and many illustrations throughout the text by the author's father John Lockwood Kipling, William Henry Drake and Paul Frenzeny. 'The Second Jungle Book' with numerous illustrations throughout the text by John Lockwood Kipling and a single page of publisher's adverts at the rear, as issued. A fine set, the bindings square and tight, without fading or wear. The contents are clean and bright throughout, without foxing or previous owner's inscriptions. Both volumes are housed in a blue cloth, ribbon pull slipcase. Tipped in at the front free endpaper of The Jungle Book is a slip of paper signed in black ink by the Nobel Prize winning author, Rudyard Kipling. A beautifully presented, appealing set of this classic of nineteenth-century children's literature, charting the adventures of the "man-cub" Mowgli and his jungle-dwelling friends. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book.. Macmillan 1894-95, London, 1894.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Description: First editions of both volumes of The Jungle Book. Octavo, two volumes, original blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard present. Illustrated by J. L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. A sharp example. The Jungle Book is a collection of fables which provide moral instruction by using animals anthropomorphically. Each story begins and ends with a verse, and the original publications contain some illustrations created by Rudyard's father John Lockwood Kipling. The inspiration for the book is evident. Kipling was born in India, and he spent his childhood there. Interestingly, Kipling wrote these stories when he lived in Vermont. The Jungle Book is used to develop the morale of the junior element of the Scouting movement, "The Cub Scouts". The name of the head wolf "Akela" has been traditionally given to each Cub Scout pack leader. At least fifteen movies were released based on Kipling's stories, beginning with Elephant Boy in 1937. A live-action anticipated version of Jungle Book will be released in October of 2018 by Warner Brothers.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book & The Second Jungle Book. Macmillan and Co, London, 1894.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Editions, First Printings. A beautiful 2 volume set. Both books are bound in the publisher's ORIGINAL blue cloth and are in excellent condition. The bindings are tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the books. A superb copy housed in custom clamshell box for preservation.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book & The Second Jungle Book. Macmillan and Co, London, 1894.
Price: US$9000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Editions, First Printings of both books. Each book is bound in the publisher's ORIGINAL blue cloth. Both books are in great shape. The bindings are tight with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the books. Overall, a wonderful copy of these two First Editions housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book & The Second Jungle Book. Macmillan and Co, London, 1894.
Price: US$11000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Editions, First Printings SIGNED by Rudyard Kipling on a laid in signature in the first book. A fabulous set. Both books are in excellent condition with minor wear to the edges. The bindings are tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in either book. A superb set SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Kipling First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$12402.22 + shipping
Description: Set of two first edition, first printings published by Macmillan and Co. between 1894-5. A pair of first editions of the first and second Jungle Books published in. Both copies are very fine copies, without inscriptions and without damage to the gilt and edges A simply superb pair of books so difficult to find in collectable and 'as new' condition. In custom made morocco, contemporary slipcases
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom