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First Editions Thus. Hardback. Solander Box. 4to. pp 204. Number 283 of 1000 with the etching at the front signed and numbered by the artist Noroot Puttapipat. Gilt titled quarter vellum over decorated boards with vellum tips. Housed in golden brown cloth clamshell box with gilt title label. Edition limited to 1000 copies numbered and signed on an original print by the illustrator.Introduction by Michael Morpurgo. 14 colour illustrations. This edition of Just So Stories has been set in Founders Caslon types at The Folio Society and printed on Cordier Wove paper by Martins the Printers, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. The plates have been reproduced by Dot Gradations, Wickford, Essex, and printed on Essential Gloss art paper by R B Print, Basildon, Essex. The etching has been hand-printed by Bacon & Bacon, Allendale, on Zerkall natural white mould-made, cotton content paper. The endpapers have been printed on Fabriano Tiziano paper by Full Spectrum Print Media, Basildon. The limited page has been printed letterpress on Hahnemuhle Ingres paper by the Logan Press, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, and foil-blocked the Havana paper case sides. The book has been hand-bound in vellum blocked in 22-carat gold, with vellum tips, by The Fine Book Bindery, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. The book spine and solander box label have been hand-lettered by Stephen Raw. A lavish and fine production. Fine in fine slip-case with publicity poster leaflet and original receipt.

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.