Books

Two volumes (Jungle Book, First Edition/Third Printing; The Second Jungle Book, First Edition/Second Printing). Finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in matching bindings. Full green polished calf, red morocco title lables, raised bands, gilt tooled and decorations including gilt embossed elephant on front boards, inner dentelles, animal motif colored endpapers, all edges gilt, silk page markers. 8vo's: (7" x 5"), 212, 240 pages; illustrated. Considered by most to be Kipling's most beloved works; a children's classic for generations. Original green spines sunned to tan (as expected) with light rubbing, else clean and tight. Size: Octavo.

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.