The Two Jungle Books: The Jungle Book [and] The Second Jungle Book Combined in One Volume: Thin Paper Edition in Leather Binding
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926. First Edition, Second Impression Second Impression . Full Leather. Very Good Minus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Kipling, J. Lockwood; Drake, W. H.. Second impression (1926) of the first thin paper edition (1924). Publisher's deluxe binding of soft red leather over flexible boards, with gilt lettering and vignettes to upper board and spine. All edges gilt. Illustrated with colour frontispiece of Akela the Lone Wolf, and lots of b/w drawings by J. Lockwood Kipling and W. H. Drake. vi, 576 pp. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Spine leather is less polished than boards but still bright with a few marks. A little fading and rubbing to the edges of the boards, and a small tear to the spine head. Minor scratching to gilt page edges with slight dust-soiling to top. Ribbon marker present but detached. Very light spotting to endpapers; contents clean without inscriptions, foxing or other markings. A very attractive copy. Additional photos available on request or these can be viewed on my listing. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bath and West Books (PBFA) (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005881
- Title
- The Two Jungle Books: The Jungle Book [and] The Second Jungle Book Combined in One Volume: Thin Paper Edition in Leather Binding
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Illustrator
- Kipling, J. Lockwood; Drake, W. H.
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Impression Second Impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Fine & Decorative Bindings; English Literature; Children's; Leather Bound Jungle Books
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Biblio member since 2009
Bath, Somerset
About Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Bath and West Books is an online/mail order business owned by Jo West and based just outside the city of Bath. I have been dealing in antiquarian and secondhand books since 2003 and I buy and sell books on a wide variety of subjects with particular interests in Literature and Poetry, The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Modern Firsts, History, Politics, Children's and Illustrated Books, Travel, Art, Fine Bindings, Literary Sets, the Folio Society and anything unusual and interesting. Please visit www.BathandWestBooks.co.uk for further information. You can also follow us at Twitter.com/BathWestBooks.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.