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London, Macmillan and Co., 1894; 1895. . First editions, first printing; 2 vols, 8vo (190 x 130 mm); richly illustrated with historiated initials, head and tail-piece vignettes and full page plates, bound by Bayntun (circa 1971) in blue morocco gilt, pictorial gilt vignettes to upper covers, panelled spines in six compartments, gilt lettered direct to second and third, others with appropriate gilt emblems, raised bands, all edges gilt, original blue pictorial cloth bound in at end, slip-case, a fine set; vi, [2], 212 pp; [6], 238 pp. A finely bound set of the first editions, first printings of Kipling's classic novel The Jungle Book, and its sequel The Second Jungle Book.

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.