Kipling, Jungle Book, 1st/1st Ed., 1991, Paintings by Gregory Alexander

"The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling, paintings by Gregory Alexander, published by Arcade Publishing, a Little, Brown company, 1991. Stated First U.S. Edition, First printing with '1' present in the line on the copyright page.

Original dust jacket with clipped price on the front flap [back cover of the dj has a few damages: see photo]; hard boards, green cloth with gold lettering on spine, 7.3/4" x 10"; green endpapers; 128 pages on high quality glossy paper, fully illustrated in color with full-page and double page plates, very good condition.

First published in 1894, the story of Mowgli, the fearless laughing man-cub who is brought up by wolves and taught The Law of the Jungle by his friends Baloo the wise old bear and Bagheera, the black panther. Meanwhile his sworn enemy Shere Khan, the tiger, lurks always nearby.

US: Priority (c.2-4 days) --------- $12.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-4 weeks) -- $28.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-5 weeks) --- $42.50