Rudyard Kipling — Just So Stories

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1908. Leather. A smartly bound early edition of Rudyard Kipling's influential and popular collection of tales for children. Bound by Henry Sotheran and Morrell.A collection of children's short stories, a classic of children's literature. The stories explain 'just so' how animals obtained their own distinctive features.Including 'How the Camel got his Hump', 'How the Leopard got his Spots', 'The Beginning of the Armadilloes', 'How the Alphabet was Made', and more.Illustrated with nineteen plates, and in-text illustrations.Written and illustrated by Rudyard Kipling, a novelist best known for his influential 'The Jungle Book&apos.Bookplate of H. Noel Whiting to the front paste down. In a half calf binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart. A few light marks to the boards and spine, spine is faded. Bookplate to the front paste down. Gift inscription to the recto of the front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a few light handling marks. Near Fine . Ill.: Rudyard Kipling. Near Fine .