{"product_id":"the-jungle-book-and-the-second-jungle-book-first-edition-set-in-original-gilt-cloth","title":"The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book - First Edition Set in Original Gilt Cloth","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKIPLING, Rudyard. \u003cem\u003eThe Jungle Book; The Second Jungle Book.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMacmillan and Co., London, 1894 and 1895.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst editions, first impressions, together in the publisher’s original dark blue cloth, elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt, with all edges gilt and dark green coated endpapers. \u003cem\u003eThe Jungle Book\u003c\/em\u003e carries the celebrated elephant design to the upper board, while \u003cem\u003eThe Second Jungle Book\u003c\/em\u003e is decorated with a large coiled cobra. Illustrated throughout by John Lockwood Kipling, W. H. Drake and Paul Frenzeny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are exceptionally attractive copies, retaining unusually deep blue cloth and remarkably bright gilt across the covers, spines and page edges. The elaborate pictorial bindings remain vivid and striking, giving the set a strong visual presence rarely encountered in copies of this age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1894 and 1895, the Jungle Books were firmly established as literary classics long before their later film adaptations. Kipling’s stories entered popular culture almost immediately, admired for their imaginative power, memorable language and exploration of loyalty, courage, belonging and the laws governing both human and animal societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether, the two volumes form one of the defining achievements of Victorian children’s literature and a cornerstone of the wider literary canon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KIPLING, Rudyard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53288202699019,"sku":null,"price":4250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0794\/7848\/9355\/files\/20260805_081252698_iOS.jpg?v=1785931953","url":"https:\/\/www.archbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-jungle-book-and-the-second-jungle-book-first-edition-set-in-original-gilt-cloth","provider":"Arch Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}