[publisher: THE EASTON PRESS] Hardcover First Edition A gorgeous green leather hardback book with gilt titles on the spine. This wonderful book is in first class condition and looks like it's hardly been used or read. No dust jacket. Normal wear, marks and tear apply consistent with use and age. Its the collector's edition first published by The Easton Press in 1980, First Edition. 383 pages all intact, nice tight binding. All pages, text and illustration (by David Gentleman) are in fantastic, clean, readable order. The endpapers are silk lined and the edges of all papers are gilt edged, with silk ribbon bookmark. This book is printed on archival quality paper especially milled for this edition. It is acid-neutral and conforms to all guidelines established for permanence and durability by the Council of Library Resources and the American National Standards Institute. Collection of tales from the two Jungle Books have been published in numerous editions both in Great Britain and the United States. The first edition comprising the stories selected by Bonamy Dobree, illustrated by David Gentleman, was published in New York, in 1968, (Copyright 1968 The George Macy Companies Inc.) This Collector's Edition is published by advance reservation exclusively for subscribers to the Easton Press collection of the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. The frontispiece portrait was specially commissioned and, like other special contents, is copyright 1980 by The Easton ...
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