Rudyard Kipling — The Jungle Book; the Second Jungle Book

London, Macmillan & Co. 1960-1963. Leather. A smartly bound set of the first and second Jungle Book, a beloved collection of stories of the Indian jungle by Rudyard Kipling. A two volume set.In the original soft red morocco binding. This set includes reprints of The Jungle Book, and The Second Jungle Book, originally published in 1894 and 1895.Illustrated with sixteen plates and numerous in text illustrations by W.H. Drake and J. Lockwood Kipling, the author's father. The Jungle Book is a beloved collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling.Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves.The Second Jungle Book is a sequel, featuring  five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in India, most of which Kipling wrote while living in Vermont. In a soft morocco binding. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to the heads and tails of the spines. Light rubbing to joints and boards. Water rippling to rear paste down of 'The Jungle Book&apos. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: J. Lockwood Kipling; W.H. Drake. Very Good Indeed .