Rudyard Kipling Two Jungle Books 1926 Sangorski &Sutcliffe Fine Leather Binding For Sale

Rudyard Kipling The Two Jungle Books Illustrated Macmillan London 1926 HC Rudyard Kipling — The Two Jungle BooksMacmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1926. Reprint of the First Thin Paper Edition of 1924.A particularly handsome copy professionally bound by the renowned London bookbinders Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with their binder’s stamp present.Dark green full leather binding with extensive gilt tooling, raised spine bands, contrasting red leather title and author labels, gilt elephant device to front board, decorative gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, and gilt page edges.Illustrated by J. Lockwood Kipling and W. H. Drake, including the color frontispiece of “Akela, The Lone Wolf.”Kipling’s traditional personal emblem appears on the binding and within the book.Condition: Attractive antique condition with age-related rubbing and wear to the leather, particularly at the spine ends, edges and joints, as shown in photographs. Gilt decoration remains attractive. Interior shows expected age toning. Please examine all photographs carefully as they form part of the condition description.A beautiful example of Kipling in a signed Sangorski & Sutcliffe fine binding.