The Two Jungle Books: The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book in One Volume
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Martinsville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc. Minor edge and corner wear, corners are bumped and rubbed, light outer page edge soil, spine is lightly faded, former owners library plate is affixed to the first page,no date but guessing this edition was published in the early 1940's, overall a very very crisp and clean unmarked first edition! Bright orange cloth covers and a color paste-down plate on the front (piece of tape covering a small tear where a sticker has been removed on the color plate)! Beautifully done edition of these classic fictional tales! Extremely rare and collectible, expecially in this condition! Jungle Book is 195 pages and The Second Jungle Book is 245 pages. "It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills when Father Wolf woke up from his days rest, scratched himself, yawned, and spread out his paws one after the other to get rid of the sleepy feeling in their tips. Mother Wolf lay with her big gray nose dropped across her four tumbling, squealing cubs, and the moon shone into the mouth of the cave where they all lived.........." --------- from Mowgli's Brothers.. First Thus. Orange Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Conover Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013657
- Title
- The Two Jungle Books: The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book in One Volume
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Garden City Publishing Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Keywords
- INDIA FICTION ANIMALS CHILDREN JUVENILE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Conover Books
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Martinsville, Virginia
About Conover Books
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