Sold for:
$1,098
$1,098
Together with London and New York: Macmillan and Co. , 1894 and 1895. 2 vols. 8vo, original blue cloth-backed boards, front covers decorated with gilt illustrations of Toomai and the Elephants and Kaa, gilt titles and decorative illustrations to spines, all edges gilt, housed in cloth slipcase. First editions. Frontispiece and illustrations after J. Lockwood Kipling, W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. Slight wear to boards; spine ends bumped; bookplate tipped in front pastedown and previous owner's inscription to verso of f.f.e.p.; otherwise a fine and bright set.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2009-03-24
