KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). Just So Stories for Little Children. London: Macmillan, 1902. FIRST EDITION.
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Nov 5, 2019
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KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). Just So Stories for Little Children. London: Macmillan, 1902.
8vo. Illustrated with plates by Kipling. Original red pictorial cloth (upper hinge tender; spine slightly sunned, and with a touch along upper joint; slight wear to extremities and minor rubbing); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: Gerald W. M. Hoare Smith (gift inscription signed “E. D.” dated “Christmas 1902”); unidentified bookplate.
FIRST EDITION of Kipling’s classic collection of children’s stories explaining, among other questions, “How the Camel Got its Hump.” Grolier, One Hundred Books Famous in Children’s Literature 57; Livingston 267; Stewart 260.
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