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BEAST AND MAN IN INDIA
1891157961891. 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.<br/> <br/> 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. unknown
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