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KIPLING (Rudyard). The Jungle Book and The Second Book. Paris, Le Livre contemporain, 1919 In-4, leaves, folder, slipcase (minor spotting in margins of first frontispiece. The upper part of the slipcase is missing). First collective edition of the first and second Jungle Books. 130 color illustrations by Paul Jouve, including 17 hors-texte, woodcuts by F.- L. Schmied. Edition of 125 copies on vellum paper.

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KIPLING (Rudyard). The Jungle Book and The Second Book. Paris, Le Livre contemporain, 1919 In-4, leaves, folder, slipcase (minor spotting in margins of first frontispiece. The upper part of the slipcase is missing). First collective edition of the first and second Jungle Books. 130 color illustrations by Paul Jouve, including 17 hors-texte, woodcuts by F.- L. Schmied. Edition of 125 copies on vellum paper.

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