BEAST AND MAN IN INDIA

  • 1891
By (Kipling, Rudyard) Kipling, John Lockwood
1891. Kipling, John Lockwood. A Popular Sketch of Indian Animals in their Relations with the People. With Illustrations. London: Macmillan and Co., 1891. 2 pp undated ads plus 55 pp ads dated May 1891. Original terra-cotta cloth pictorially decorated in black and gilt.

First Edition of this volume written and illustrated by Rudyard Kipling's father -- the genesis of his son's two JUNGLE BOOKs, similarly illustrated by his father, and of JUST SO STORIES, illustrated by Rudyard. Each chapter is about a different type of Indian animal ("Of Monkeys," "Of Elephants," "Of Camels," "Of Reptiles," etc.) -- profusely illustrated by Lockwood himself, as well as (to a lesser degree) by several others. BEAST AND MAN IN INDIA also includes the first appearance of several pieces by Rudyard -- two poems, verse headings for nine of the chapters, and extracts from two letters. With some leaves still unopened, this is a near-fine copy of this attractively-bound book (spine slightly darkened, some foxing within). Quite uncommon. Richards B4; Stewart 104.

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BEAST AND MAN IN INDIA

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(Kipling, Rudyard) Kipling, John Lockwood

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1891


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