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The second jungle book

Book
1895 (published)
Artist/Maker
Macmillan & Co. (publisher)
Kipling, Rudyard (author)
Lockwood Kipling, John (illustrator)
Place of origin
London (published)
New York (published)

[6], 240 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Full cloth case binding with gold stamped front cover and spine. Single fold tipped-in endpapers of a dark green coated paper. Black and white illustrations throughout. Head- and tail pieces and some half tone illustrations.

Object details

Categories
National Art Library
Children & Childhood
Illustration
Books
Object type
Book
TitleThe second jungle book (published title)
Materials and techniques
Case bound illustrated book.
Printing Ink
Paper (Fiber Product)
Cloth
Printing
Brief description
Book, The second jungle book by Rudyard Kipling; with decorations by J. Lockwood Kipling. London; New York: Macmillan and Co., 1895. Duke Collection, accession number: AAD/2006/4/48.
Physical description
[6], 240 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Full cloth case binding with gold stamped front cover and spine. Single fold tipped-in endpapers of a dark green coated paper. Black and white illustrations throughout. Head- and tail pieces and some half tone illustrations.
Dimensions
  • Closed book length: 191mm (Note: Measure by BKC in book measuring box)
  • Closed book width: 133mm (Note: Measured by BKC in book measuring box)
  • Closed book depth: 27mm (Note: Measured by BKC in book measuring box)
  • Front to back of open book depth: 191mm (Open book) (Note: measurement of open book)
  • Approximate width of open book width: 240mm (approximate measurement of open book) (Note: Approximate measurement)
  • Surface to highest point of open book height: 80mm (approximate measurement of height from surface to highest point of open book (no upstand)) (Note: Approximate measurement of open book)
Credit line
Given by Joan Duke
Object history
Library's copy previously owned by Beatrix Potter and donated to the Library by Joan Duke in October 2006. Library's copy with bookplate of Rupert Potter, inscribed: 'Dec 25 1895 [?] W.B.P. [i.e. Walter Bertram Potter]'.
Other number
AAD/2006/4/48 - V&A Archive number
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
38041005058706

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Record createdDecember 3, 2015
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1325860/the-second-jungle-book-book-kipling-rudyard/
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