Rudyard Kipling — The Second Jungle Book

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1897. Cloth. A smart third impression of the sequel to The Jungle Book, featuring more stories about Mowgli the "man-cub." Third impression, originally published 1895. Illustrated throughout. The sequel to The Jungle Book, this work includes five short stories featuring Mowgli the "man-cub" and three unrelated short stories mainly set in India. Written by Joseph Rudyard Kipling, an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist born in British India. Illustrated by John Lockwood Kipling, an English art teacher, illustrator and museum curator. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Hinges starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: J. Lockwood Kipling. Very Good .