Rudyard Kipling THE Jungle Book

Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book. With illustrations by J.L.Kipling, W.H.Drake and P.Frenzeny. London and New York, MacMillan and Co., 1895.
The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories written by Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893-4. The original publications contained illustrations, some by Rudyard's father, John Lockwood Kipling. Kipling was born in India and spent the first six years of his childhood there. After about ten years in England, he went back to India and worked there for about six-and-half years. These stories were written when Kipling lived in Vermont. The tales in the book (and also those in The Second Jungle Book which followed in 1895, and which includes five further stories about Mowgli) are fables, using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons. The verses of The Law of the Jungle, for example, lay down rules for the safety of individuals, families and communities. Kipling put in them nearly everything he knew or "heard or dreamed about the Indian jungle." Other readers have interpreted the work as allegories of the politics and society of the time. The best-known of them are the three stories revolving around the adventures of an abandoned 'man cub' Mowgli who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle. The most famous of the other stories are probably "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", the story of a heroic mongoose, and "Toomai of the Elephants", the tale of a young elephant-handler. Kotick, The White Seal seeking for his people a haven where they would be safe from hunters, has been considered a metaphor for Zionism, then in its beginning. As with much of Kipling's work, each of the stories is preceded by a piece of verse, and succeeded by another. The Jungle Book, because of its moral tone, came to be used as a motivational book by the Cub Scouts, a junior element of the Scouting movement. This use of the book's universe was approved by Kipling after a direct petition of Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Scouting movement, who had originally asked for the author's permission for the use of the Memory Game from Kim in his scheme to develop the morale and fitness of working-class youths in cities. Akela, the head wolf in The Jungle Book, has become a senior figure in the movement, the name being traditionally adopted by the leader of each Cub Scout pack. (Wikipedia)

Third Printing of the First edition. 8°. VI, 212 pages. Original illustrated blue cloth (by John Lockwood Kipling, the father of Rudyard Kipling) with gilt lettering on illustrated spine. Gilt illustration on frontcover. Stronger rubbed and bumped. Slightly foxed and fingerstained. Pages 209-212 cleanly detached. Pages 208-209 stronger stained. Rear endpaper missing. Rear border of endpaper to binding a little shaky. Still in collectible condition (Pictures upon request).

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Kipling, Rudyard. The Second Jungle Book. With illustrations by J.Lockwood Kipling. London and New York, MacMillan and Co., 1895.
The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories written by Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893-4. The original publications contained illustrations, some by Rudyard's father, John Lockwood Kipling. Kipling was born in India and spent the first six years of his childhood there. After about ten years in England, he went back to India and worked there for about six-and-half years. These stories were written when Kipling lived in Vermont. The tales in the book (and also those in The Second Jungle Book which followed in 1895, and which includes five further stories about Mowgli) are fables, using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons. The verses of The Law of the Jungle, for example, lay down rules for the safety of individuals, families and communities. Kipling put in them nearly everything he knew or "heard or dreamed about the Indian jungle." Other readers have interpreted the work as allegories of the politics and society of the time. The best-known of them are the three stories revolving around the adventures of an abandoned 'man cub' Mowgli who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle. The most famous of the other stories are probably "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", the story of a heroic mongoose, and "Toomai of the Elephants", the tale of a young elephant-handler. Kotick, The White Seal seeking for his people a haven where they would be safe from hunters, has been considered a metaphor for Zionism, then in its beginning. As with much of Kipling's work, each of the stories is preceded by a piece of verse, and succeeded by another. The Jungle Book, because of its moral tone, came to be used as a motivational book by the Cub Scouts, a junior element of the Scouting movement. This use of the book's universe was approved by Kipling after a direct petition of Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Scouting movement, who had originally asked for the author's permission for the use of the Memory Game from Kim in his scheme to develop the morale and fitness of working-class youths in cities. Akela, the head wolf in The Jungle Book, has become a senior figure in the movement, the name being traditionally adopted by the leader of each Cub Scout pack. (Wikipedia)

First Edition. 8°. 238, 2 nn. pages. Original illustrated blue cloth (by John Lockwood Kipling, the father of Rudyard Kipling) with gilt lettering on illustrated spine. Gilt illustration on frontcover. Besides some light foxing and rubbing a very tight and clean copy of the rare first edition of this publication.

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Kipling, Rudyard illustrated by the author, W. H. Drake, P. Frenzeny: Macmillan's Pocket Kipling, in 29 volumes, , London Published by Macmillan and Co , 1921-26
17.5 x 11 cm
Kipling, Rudyard, Macmillan's Pocket Kipling, in 29 volumes, illustrated by the author, W. H. Drake, P. Frenzeny, Jungle Book, Life's Handicap, Rewards & Fairies, Departmental Ditties, The Five Nations, Actions & Reactions, The Seven Seas, The Years Between, Second Jungle Book, Many Inventions, The Day's Work, Songs from Books, Soldiers Three etc., Stalky & Co., Just So Stories, Wee Willie Winkie, Diversity of Creatures, Plain Tales from the Hills, Puck of Pook's Hill, Barrack-Room Ballads, Traffics & Discoveries, The Light that Failed, Kim, Captains Courageous, The Naulahka, Debits & Credits, From Sea to Sea [in 2 vols]

, 29 uniform volumes - Jungle Book, Life's Handicap, Rewards & Fairies, Departmental Ditties, The Five Nations, Actions & Reactions, The Seven Seas, The Years Between, Second Jungle Book, Many Inventions, The Day's Work, Songs from Books, Soldiers Three etc., Stalky & Co., Just So Stories, Wee Willie Winkie, Diversity of Creatures, Plain Tales from the Hills, Puck of Pook's Hill, Barrack-Room Ballads, Traffics & Discoveries, The Light that Failed, Kim, Captains Courageous, The Naulahka, Debits & Credits, From Sea to Sea [in 2 vols], some illustrated Reprint 17.5 x 11 cm Hardback , all volumes rubbed at spines and some chipped at head and/or tails, front cover of 'Kim' very loosely attached, light scuffs to covers, neat owner's inscription at front of one, all internally clean, books in good condition , limp red leather with gilt titles and decoration to spine, gilt elephant emblem to front,top edge gilt

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Kipling, Rudyard illustrated by author, Maurice and Edward Detmold: Just So Stories, The Jungle Book, & The Second Jungle Book, [in 3 volumes] , London Published by the Folio Society , 1994-96
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Kipling, Rudyard, Just So Stories, The Jungle Book, & The Second Jungle Book, [in 3 volumes], illustrated by author, Maurice and Edward Detmold

, Just So Stories 186 pages with black & white illustrations throughout, smaller size book, The Jungle Book 191 pages, The Second Jungle book 231 pages both with Colour illustrations Reprint Octavo Hardback , books in fine condition, slipcases in very good condition , Coloured Pictorial Cloth, each in plain card slipcases

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