Lot 108
Kipling (Rudyard) The Jungle Book [&] The Second Jungle Book, 2 vol., first editions, 1894-95.
Hammer Price: £480
Description
Kipling (Rudyard) The Jungle Book, contemporary ink gift inscription to free endpaper, cracking to gutter and lower hinge but holding firm, spine darkened, fraying to spine ends, a few small stains to lower cover, extremities a little rubbed, 1894; The Second Jungle Book, 2 pp. publisher's advertisement at end, a few small stains to covers, very light rubbing to extremities, 1895, first editions, frontispiece and illustrations by J.L.Kipling and others, very faint scattered foxing, occasional light surface staining and finger soiling, original pictorial cloth, slight shelf-lean, bumping to spine ends and corners, g.e. 8vo (2)
Description
Kipling (Rudyard) The Jungle Book, contemporary ink gift inscription to free endpaper, cracking to gutter and lower hinge but holding firm, spine darkened, fraying to spine ends, a few small stains to lower cover, extremities a little rubbed, 1894; The Second Jungle Book, 2 pp. publisher's advertisement at end, a few small stains to covers, very light rubbing to extremities, 1895, first editions, frontispiece and illustrations by J.L.Kipling and others, very faint scattered foxing, occasional light surface staining and finger soiling, original pictorial cloth, slight shelf-lean, bumping to spine ends and corners, g.e. 8vo (2)