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#C-51 - "Just So Stories" by Rudyard Kipling - Illustrated by the Author - Doubleday, Page & Co., 1902 - First American Edition - $56.00 Among the authors most collected books revealing for the first time How The Camel Got His Hump, How The Rhinocerous Got His Skin, How The Leopard Got His Spots, How the First Alphabet was Made, etc. A classic of Victorian childrens literature. This book has the author's original illustrations... 24 of them plus chapter heading decorations... throughout the text! Hardbound in illustrated, light green cloth printed in dark green on the front cover and spine, the condition is Good, with light soil, bumped and rubbed at the corners and edges, with some fraying at the corner tips and top and bottom of the spine. Underlying boards are just peeking on 3 corners.. The hinges are starting, and I saw 4 pages with closed tears of 1" to 2". At no charge, IF requested by the purchaser, we will be happy to repair these tears, using archival techniques and materials. Faint toning of some page edges. Otherwise, the interior of the book is free of any marks, creases or other faults. An excellent reading copy that with minor reinforcement of he hinges, will easily last another 104 years!