The second jungle book
by Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936). Kipling, John Lockwood (1837-1911)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
New York: The Century Co., 1912. First Edition, reprint. Hardcover. Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 324 pages. Subjects; Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). English Literature.
Synopsis
The Second Jungle Book is a sequel to The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. First published in 1895, it features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in India, most of which Kipling wrote while living in Vermont. All of the stories were previously published in magazines in 1894-5, often under different titles.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 278413
- Title
- The second jungle book
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936). Kipling, John Lockwood (1837-1911)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, reprint
- Publisher
- New York: The Century Co.
- Date Published
- 1912
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...