The Jungle Book

1902, an early printing in the uniform edition

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Printing Details

Early reprint in the uniform edition, hardback bound in the original red cloth with gilt titling to spine and gilt elephant roundel to upper board. Top edge gilt. 20.5 × 13.5cm, 276pp + 16pp ads.

An early printing of Kipling's The Jungle Book, published in the binding if the uniform edition. In his Mowgli stories, Rudyard Kipling expertly interweaves myth, morals, adventure and powerful story-telling. Set in Central India, Mowgli is raised by a pack of wolves and along the way he encounters tiger Shere Kahn, Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear. The Jungle Book also includes other stories such as that of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a heroic mongoose and Toomai, a young elephant handler.

Condition

This copy is in very good condition. There is some light spotted foxing throughout but otherwise this is a nice clean copy, with secure binding and is free from inscription.