The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book.

KIPLING, Rudyard.

Item Number: 2206

London: Macmillan 1894, 1895.

First editions of both volumes in The Jungle Book. Octavo, two volumes, original blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. A near fine set with only light rubbing to the spine ends. Illustrated by J. L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. Comes with the sales slip from 1941, and have not transferred hands until this time, having been preserved in a collection since then. A very bright set.

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 that were done 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.