The Second Jungle Book.

£750 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

The Jungle Book is a 'collection of stories published in 1894; it's sequel, The Second Jungle Book, published in 1895, contains stories linked by poems. The stories tell mostly of Mowgli, an Indian boy who is raised by wolves from infancy and who learns self-sufficiency and wisdom from the jungle animals. The book describes the social life of the wolf pack and, more fancifully, the justice and natural order of life in the jungle. Among the animals whose tales are related in the work are Akela the wolf; Baloo the brown bear; Shere Khan, the boastful Bengal tiger who is Mowgli's enemy; Kaa the python; Bagheera the panther; and Rikki-tikki-tavi the mongoose.' (Merriam-Webster's Encyclopaedia of Literature). First edition; 8vo (195 x135 mm); 39 text illustrations, including head and tail-piece vignettes and historiated initials, contemporary gift inscription to ffep, usual age-toning and spotting to prelims, blemish to pp 176-177; publisher's blue cloth, decoratively ruled and pictorially stamped in gilt on front cover, spine lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, embossed front cover unusually bright, despite minor shelf wear and small stain to front cover in very good condition; [2, blank], [6], 238pp, [2, advertisements]. , Livingston 116

• Binding: Hardcover

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