Books

First edition, first impression; large 8vo (24 x 18.5 cm); 2 full-page illustrations by the author, light spotting early and late, some offsetting to endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's red pictorial cloth stamped in white and black to upper board and spine, spine slightly faded, lettering to spine rubbed but legible, slight rubbing to covers, faint spotting to edges, else very good. Kipling's famous stories include: How the Whale Got His Throat, How the Camel Got His Hump, How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, How the Leopard Got His Spots, The Elephant's Child, The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo, The Beginning of the Armadilloes, How the First Letter Was Written, How the Alphabet Was Made, The Crab that Played with the Sea, The Cat that Walked by Himself, and The Butterfly that Stamped.

Just So Stories for Little Children is a collection of origin stories by the British author Rudyard Kipling. Considered a classic of children's literature, the book is amongst Kipling's best known works.