The Jungle Book.
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/--
- Seller
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LOrignal, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
St. Martin’s, Macmillan & Co, U.K., 1961. First St. Martin’s Edition.. Soft Cover.. Near Fine/--. 6 3/4 H x 4 1/2 W x 5/16 inch.. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing includes PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. Very Gently Read. Book Interior NEAR FINE/ Covers Near Fine. Covers are green painting of trees by Charlton on back and front covers, spine red, front cover has boy and black leopard Spine is straight and square. Covers and spine are flat, clean, bright, no rips, one very slight crease diagonally across part of back corner, two faint vertical creases beside spine front and back but not on spine, a small chip on spine that removed colour 1/32 x 1/8 inch, miniscule edge wear. Page edges very slightly sunned. Inside of book is tight, clean, clear, bright, flat. Paper is still white. Small bit of age darkening inside covers at binding. A few pages dog eared about 1/2 inch, restored flat. No Photos, no illustrations. Price 3 shillings.
Synopsis
RUDYARD KIPLING was born in Bombay in India in 1865 to British parents, and brought by a Portuguese 'ayah' (nanny) and an Indian servant, who would entertain him with fabulous stories and Indian nursery rhymes. He was sent back to England when he was seven years old, and lived in a boarding house with a couple who were cruelly strict. Fortunately he returned to India aged 16, to work as the assistant editor of a newspaper in Lahore. He began publishing stories and poems and eventually had great success with his book Plain Tales from the Hills . After his marriage Kipling settled in America, and it was here that he wrote The Jungle Book . He then moved with his family to England, where he wrote Just So Stories for his daughter Josephine who tragically died of pneumonia. Rudyard Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 and died on January 18, 1936.
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On Mar 2 2017, a reader said:
I once owned this particular copy of The Jungle Book, and been searching for it for years. The illustrations and type face make this a gem to have in your personal library. Thanks to Biblio, I believe my search is over!
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Details
- Bookseller
- WILLOWBAY BOOKS
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B1442Nat-JngleBk
- Title
- The Jungle Book.
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Format/Binding
- Soft Cover.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine/--
- Edition
- First St. Martin’s Edition.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- St. Martin’s, Macmillan & Co, U.K.
- Date Published
- 1961
- Pages
- 159 Pages.
- Size
- 6 3/4 H x 4 1/2 W x 5/16 inch.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature;
Terms of Sale
WILLOWBAY BOOKS
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WILLOWBAY BOOKS
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LOrignal, Ontario
About WILLOWBAY BOOKS
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