Rudyard Kipling — Just So Stories

London, Macmillan and Co. 1953. Cloth. Rudyard Kipling's classic short story collection for children, in the original decorative cloth binding. A new edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding.Previous owner's ink inscription to the front free end paper, dated 1956.Illustrated with twenty-two monochrome plates and twelve chapter initials by the author. Collated, complete.Rudyard Kipling's classic work Just So Stories, first published in 1902, is a collection of origin stories; for example, how the leopard got his spots. The book was inspired by his bedtime stories to his daughter Josephine; she insisted that they must be told "just so", in exactly the same words each time. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally smart, with just a little bumping to the corners. Slightly faded to the spine. Front hinge is slightly strained but remains firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Rudyard Kipling. Very Good Indeed .