The Jungle Book. New York: The Century Co., 1905.
Early American Edition. Octavo, original green cloth, with blind stamped and gilt decorations on front and rear covers and spine. "Love of animals, imagination about animals, the placing of anthropomorphic words in their mouths, is the prevailing whim of the English, and The Jungle Books, for that reason, have brought joy and enthusiasm to many a heart. Mowgli, the wolf-child, and wolf-reared children are true things. Baloo, and Bagheera and Kaa are not only household words in our nurseries and school-rooms, they are the wisdom of the ages and the pleasure of the hour in the studies and boudoirs of the parents. Rikki-tikki-Tavi is supreme in the hearts of our old ladies. Toomai of the Elephants is sheer Kheddah lore. A great mastering of the wild forest and its fauna, of the aboriginal folk whom Jan Chinn controlled, is herein displayed, a lore before which the scientist will bow down." [ George MacMunn, in Rudyard Kipling, Craftsman]. Uncommon in early 1905 issued dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at top spine end, nickel sized chip at lower spine end, some darkening to spine.
Price: $1,200.00