🐅 Step back into the jungle with this very good or better copy of Rudyard Kipling’s “The Second Jungle Book”, the 1895 first UK edition published by Macmillan & Co., completing the legendary Mowgli saga with five additional tales of wild wisdom and wonder.
 
This volume helped cement Kipling’s global fame, contributing to his becoming the youngest-ever Nobel Laureate in Literature in 1907. The two-volume Jungle Book set became a best-seller on both sides of the Atlantic, captivating readers with its blend of myth, morality, and adventure.
 
📚 Binding & Condition Highlights:
•  Finely bound by the renowned Sangorski & Sutcliff binders, London in half-leather over cloth
•  Spine with 5 raised bands, gilt stamped titles and elaborate floral and animal tooling
•  Top edge gilt, decorative endpapers
•  Light edgewear, some rubbing to leather, small dampstain to lower tips
•  Gift inscription on front blank prelim, foxing to interior pages
 
📏 8vo. 238pp + 2pp ads. A tactile treasure with literary pedigree—ideal for collectors of Kipling, fine bindings, and Victorian firsts