Rudyard Kipling – Just So Stories – First Edition 1902
AED2,000
A first edition, first printing of Rudyard Kipling’s collection of classic animal tales set in India, published in 1902.
It includes well-known stories such as How The Camel Got His Hump, How The Leopard Got His Spots, How the Whale Got his Throat, The Elephant’s Child, and The Butterfly That Stamped.
Illustrated throughout by the author, with 22 black-and-white full page sketches.
Hardback, published by Macmillan in London in 1902. Bound in the original pictorial red cloth, with animal designs to the front and rear boards. Large 8vo hardback. 249 pages.
In good condition. Front and rear boards bright, with some blotches and stains to the front. Spine faded, as is commonly the case with this title. Clean inside with no writing or other markings. Binding tight and square.
