The Jungle Books - Rudyard Kipling FIRST EDITIONS 1894/1895 RARE! Original Cloth

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The Jungle Book & The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1894 and 1895, respectively by Macmillan & Co. First editions of both books. Some of the most beautiful examples one can come across of these rare books, truly excellent condition compared to most examples.

The first edition first impression of the second jungle book, and first edition second impression of the first jungle book.

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Bound in the original publisher's blue cloth with gilt design.

Size: 19.3 x 13 x 2.3 cm each.

Condition: Very Good (VG / VG+)

Minor warping of spine to the first jungle book. Minor damage to headcaps and tails. All boards securely attached with very minor wear to joints and hinges, and the front hinge of the second jungle book broken. Very minor marks on boards. Shelf wear. Gilt shows well. Very minor damage to corners. Very minor scratches to page edge gilt. Very minor marks on pastedowns. Very minor foxing and marks on endpapers in the jungle book. Very minor foxing on frontispiece and title page in the jungle book with toning to tissue paper. Hinge broken between pages 128 and 129, and between 208 and 209 in the jungle book. Text block very clean with very minor to minor foxing in the jungle book. Bookplate attached to front pastedown in the second jungle book. Minor foxing on endpapers in the second jungle book. Minor foxing on the title page of the second jungle book. Text block very clean with sporadic and very minor foxing in the second jungle book.

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