Grolier Children's 100, 57 Martindell 99 Richards A181 Stewart 260. A new, more resilient ink was substituted for the second issue. The original binding, bound in at the rear, is in the first issue, with white blocking on the cloth that failed to adhere and flaked off. 'The stories, told with Kipling's oratorical diction and whimsical humour, clearly increase in complexity as the book progresses' (Grolier).

This classic collection of 12 stories and 12 poems includes 'How the Camel Got His Hump', 'How the Leopard Got His Spots', and 'The Cat that Walked by Himself'. EB 8vo 8' - 9' tall.įirst edition, first impression, of the author's only work illustrated by himself, presented here in a handsome Bayntun binding. In it, Mowgli hears the story of how the tiger got his stripes. A forerunner of these stories is Kipling's 'How Fear Came,' included in his The Second Jungle Book (1895). The stories, first published in 1902, are pourquoi (French for 'why') or origin stories, fantastic accounts of how various phenomena came about. Highly fantasized origin stories, especially for differences among animals, they are among Kipling's best known works. The Just So Stories for Little Children are a collection written by the British author Rudyard Kipling. Previous owner's inscription present to the FFEP. Bound in moderate red crisscross pictorial cloth boards lettered in white and illustrated in white and black Boards have shelf-wear present present to the extremities (boards edges rubbed and worn). Issued in a half morocco leather slipcase. First Edition/First Printing/Variant Binding with the white embossing corrected the lettering of the binding of the first printing had a tendency to flake off so the later state with the more resilient white ink is preferred by collectors). Illustrated with Black and White illustrations.

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