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London, Macmillan and Co., 1902. . First edition, first impression, first issue; large 8vo (24 x 18 cm); 22 full-page illustrations by the author, small finger mark to margin of p66 otherwise clean and fresh internally; later full red morocco, boards ruled in gilt, spine lettered in gilt in six compartments, all edges gilt, upper cover of original publisher's pictorial cloth blocked in white and black bound in at rear, a fine copy; [6], 249, [3]pp. A handsome copy of Kipling's famous collection of short stories, and the only to be illustrated by himself.The stories are: 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. Martindell 99; Stewart 260.

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.