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(Description)

Author: Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by J.Lockwood Kipling and W.H. Drake.
Title: The Jungle Book. (Bound with) The Second Jungle Book.
Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1959-1960. Two volumes bound in one.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7.5 " X 5 ".
Pages: vii-277, 299 pages.
Binding: Attractive and near fine blue full-calf leather, finely bound by Bayntun, Bath, with five raised bands to spine, titles to orange and green spine labels, gilt tooling in compartments, covers bordered with a double gilt fillet, gilt wolf and tiger motif to covers, elaborate decoration to board edges and turn-ins (hinges fine, spine slightly sunned - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges gilt. An exquisite binding!
Content: Fine content (bright, tight, and clean - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with all the illustrations and the decorations by Kipling and Drake.

The book: Rare and attractive complete edition of the Jungle Books wonderfully bound by the Bayntun bindery --  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...

The author: Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in India, which inspired much of his work.