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    By Rudyard Kipling
    London   Macmillan and Co., Limited
    9.5" by 7" 249pp
    A first edition of this charming collection of stories from Rudyard Kipling for young readers, illustrated by the author.
    By Rudyard Kipling

    1902 Just So Stories For Little Children

    London   Macmillan and Co., Limited
    9.5" by 7" 249pp
    A first edition of this charming collection of stories from Rudyard Kipling for young readers, illustrated by the author.
    £650.00
    : 0.75kgs / : 935T3
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    First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

    First edition. Illustrated with twenty-two plates and the odd in-text image. Collated complete. A collection of origin stories for children illustrating how animals acquired their distinctive features, such as how the leopard got his spots. Written and illustrated by Joseph Rudyard Kipling, an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist best known for The Jungle Book, Kim, and this collection of tales.

    Condition

    In the original full red cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small closed tear to the head and tail of the spine. Hinges starting but firm between pages 34 and 35. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Further spotting and light age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. A 2" closed tear to page 91/92.

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