ILLUSTRATED: Only in vol. XVI (Just So Stories) by the Author, in black and white.
Condition: Good BINDING: Original cloth-backed paper boards, a few volumes slightly soiled or spotted, most spine labels chipped and a little worn, 2 edges uncut, t.e.g.
Binding Condition: Average
COMMENTS: Large 8vo, Volume I signed by Kipling. Printed by R.& R. Clark from the Florence Press type, designed by Herbert P. Horne, and lent by Chatto & Windus, the proprietor of the type. Includes paper title panel on the last blank, laid in. Some foxing and offsetting to endpapers and half-title, a few joints cracking, otherwise a very good set.
– Full black color with gilt title on cover and spine
– Pages yellowed
– Red stamp note on front endpapers of all volumes: “The external boundaries of India as depicted in the maps are neither correct nor authentic”
– Corners and endpapers of some volumes bumped and stained
– Subjects include all wars during the 20th century, world leaders, society
– Numerous black & white and colored illustrations
– Each book is 11 15/16 by 9 inches and about 1 inch thick
– Overall condition: Good