Just So Stories For Little Children. Illustrated by the Author by KIPLING, Rudyard - 1902

London: Macmillan & Co, 1902. First edition. Richards A181. The design on the dust jacket differs from the design on the cover of the book. Just So Stories was the only one of Kipling's books that he illustrated himself. The A. Edward Newton copy, with his bookplate, along with the armorial bookplate of George Jefferson Mersereau. The rare dust jacket is complete with only minor wear and tear and a few archival tape reinforcements on the inside of the spine portion of the jacket. A fine bright copy with none of the usual flaking to the white pigment on the binding. Preserved in a cloth chemise and morocco-tipped slipcase. Tall 8vo, original pictorial cloth, dust jacket. The A. Edward Newton copy, with his bookplate, along with the armorial bookplate of George Jefferson Mersereau. The rare dust jacket is complete with only minor wear and tear and a few archival tape reinforcements on the inside of the spine portion of the jacket. A fine bright copy with none of the usual flaking to the white pigment on the binding. Preserved in a cloth chemise and morocco-tipped slipcase.