The jungle book

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

vi, 212 pages. Blue cloth case binding; design of 3 elephants and four men on front cover in gold, lettering and design on spine in gold, gilt edges, green endpapers.

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Categories	National Art Library Children & Childhood Illustration Books
Object type	Book
Title	The jungle book (published title)
Materials and techniques	Illustrated book in full cloth case binding with gilt blocked decoration to front cover and spine. Single fold, tipped-in green coated endpapers. Sewn on two tapes and one cord. Printing Ink Paper (Fiber Product) Cloth Printing
Brief description	Book, The jungle book by Rudyard Kipling; with illustrations by J. L. Kipling, W. H. Drake, and P. Frenzeny. London; New York: Macmillan and Co., 1894 (Edinburgh : R. & R. Clark). Duke Collection, accession number: AAD/2006/4/47.
Physical description	vi, 212 pages. Blue cloth case binding; design of 3 elephants and four men on front cover in gold, lettering and design on spine in gold, gilt edges, green endpapers.
Dimensions	Length: 192mm (closed) (Note: Measured in BKC measuring box) Width: 131mm (closed book) (Note: Measured in BKC measuring box) Depth: 24mm (closed book) (Note: Measured in BKC measuring box)
Credit line	Given by Joan Duke
Object history	Library's copy with bookseller's ticket: 'G. Stent / 15, Gledhow Terrace / South Kensington'. Library's copy with bookplate of Rupert Potter, inscribed: 'June 1894'. Library's copy previusly owned by Beatrix Potter and donated to the Library by Joan Duke in October 2006.
Other number	AAD/2006/4/47 - V&A Archive number
Collection	National Art Library
Library number	38041005058805

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Record created	October 19, 2016
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1370814/the-jungle-book-book-kipling-rudyard/

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