Bidspirit auction | Kipling, Rudyard. Just So Stories.

Kipling, Rudyard. Just So Stories. Macmillan and Co., 1902. First Edition, Third Printing. - A first edition copy of Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling, published in London by Macmillan and Co., Limited. This volume is identified as a third printing, with the copyright page stating: First Edition September 1902, Reprinted October and November 1902. The book is bound in the publisher's original reddish-brown pictorial cloth, featuring elaborate stamping in black and white. The cover design, created by the author, depicts a central elephant illustration flanked by sea creatures and animal silhouettes along the borders. The work is illustrated throughout by Kipling with full-page plates and decorative initials. This title is a cornerstone of children's literature, containing the origin stories of various animals.