GOOD CONDITION
This sale is for a
vintage hardback edition entitled “Just
So Stories,” subtitled “For Little Children,” by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), wonderfully illustrated by the author,
including several full-page plates.
It was published
by Macmillan and Co., Limited, of London, in 1908 and is the second impression
of the FIRST UNIFORM EDITION.
The contents
include:
· How The Whale Got His Throat
· How The Camel Got His Hump
· How The Rhinoceros Got His Skin
· How The Leopard Got His Spots
· The Elephant’s Child
· The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo
· The Beginning of The Armadilloes (sic)
· How The First Letter Was Written
· How The Alphabet Was Made
· The Crab That Played with The Sea
· The Cat That Walked by Himself
· The Butterfly That Stamped
The book measures 8
inches x 5.75 inches and has 219 pages (including illustrations), which are
gilt edged to the top rims.
The book is in
good, neat condition for its age, with wear/frayed around the spine of the
original cloth hardback cover, with a previous owner’s name at the front and no
other ink or pencil markings in the book. The binding is good with no loose or
missing pages. There is no dust-jacket.
There is a gold
Kipling motif of an elephant’s head and reverse swastika (Kipling, strongly
influenced by Indian culture where it is a holy symbol referred to this as a
“magic mark” in Just So Stories [1902] it was used before the Nazis later made
reference to a “swastika” inappropriate) on the front board. The gold on the spine and front board is a
little worn but is good for its age.
A wonderful,
illustrated vintage edition.
COMBINED POSTAGE - ALL BIDDERS: We offer 20% off the total
postage & packing/‘shipping’ for additional items after the cost of the
heaviest book – please wait for a combined invoice.
Please
click on “View Sellers Other Items” towards the top right hand side of this
page for other vintage editions.
Buyer to pay postage &
packing
For
or 1st Class = £3.90
European Union Postage: = 6.95 GB Pounds
USA Postage: Air Mail (USA) = 13.45 GB Pounds
Rest of the World Postage: Air Mail (Anywhere else in the World) = 10.70 GB Pounds
Surface Mail (Anywhere
in the World) = 13.20 GB Pounds
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from 2013-2020 in spite of small increases in postage costs. However, Royal Mail Prices dramatically
changed on 1 July 2020, as a result of exceptional cost increases outside of their
control, so we are reluctantly having to pass on pricing increases for parcels
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