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London: Macmillan and Co, 1902. FIRST EDITION. 236 x 182 mm. (9 1/4 x 7 1/8"). 4 p.l. (first leaf blank), 249, [3] pp. Pleasing later deep red morocco with gilt-ruled border, raised bands, gilt-ruled compartments, gilt lettering, new endpapers. With many black & white illustrations by Kipling, 22 of which are full-page. Grolier Children's 57; Stewart 260. ◆Covers and spine very slightly faded, leather with a few faint marks and dings, a number of small defects internally, none remotely serious. An attractive copy. This collection of imaginative fables is the only book in Kipling's corpus to have been illustrated by the author himself. Originally conceived as bedtime stories for the author's daughter, the tales and poems included here tell how the first letter and alphabet came to be, the origin of animals such as the armadillo, and how several animals came to look the way they do (the camel, for example was sanctioned with a hump for his laziness). Written in a playful and…

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.

First editions of 'Just So Stories' published by Macmillan in 1902 can be identified by the imprint on the bottom of the title page, a note stating 'All rights reserved' and the absence of subsequent printings or editions mentioned.