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New York: The Century Co, 1896. Early Printing. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition, early reprint with "Thirtieth Thousand" on the title page. Bound in publisher's original olive green cloth decoratively embossed and stamped in gilt. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper, contents lightly tanned and occasionally foxed, else Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket with light chipping at the edges, toning, and a scratch to the front panel. A stunning and bright copy, with sharp gilt no doubt protected by the dust jacket over all these years. A remarkable survival.

The Jungle Book is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. The stories are set in a forest in India; one place mentioned repeatedly is the Seonee Hills, now known as the Seoni District in Madhya Pradesh.