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Rudyard Kipling and Paul Jouve Le livre de la jungle [and Le second livre]. Paris, Société du Livre contemporain, 1919 ONE OF 125 COPIES, 4to (322 x 245 mm), two original window-mounted drawings, one signed by Jouve, 127 compositions by Paul Jouve (17 full-page), engraved on wood by F.L. Schmied, green morocco binding by Henri Creuzevault, depicting a mosaic elephant in brown and green morocco, with ivory-coloured calf tusks on a golden calf background, spine lettered in gilt, gilt edges, black and gold fabric endpapers, housed in a green quarter morocco sleeve and green slipcase, some offsetting of illustrations, slipcase rubbed at extremities A FINE BINDING BY HENRI CREUZEVAULT, featuring two original gouache, pencil and ink drawings by Jouve: one signed, showing Mowgli, and one unsigned, showing Kaa. The French translation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, illustrated by Paul Jouve, is considered one of the masterpieces of Art Deco book production. The Jungle Book was first printed in 1894, closely followed by The Second Jungle Book in 1895. It was first translated into French in 1899, and in 1913, having been commissioned by the Société du Livre contemporain, Paul Jouve began the illustrations for the stories. The publication was delayed until 1919 due to the war. As a painter of animals, Jouve's distinctive style lent itself particularly well to Kipling's imagination: his representations of Mowgli, Mowgli’s friends Bagheera and Baloo, Kaa and the fearsome Shere Khan have left an indelible mark on all those familiar with the book. Only 125 copies of the present edition were produced: all of them reserved for the members of the French literary group that had commissioned its publication. PROVENANCE: Sale, Sotheby's Geneva, 14 November 1988, lot 84

View 1 of Lot 21: Binding—Rudyard Kipling | Le Livre de la Jungle [and Le Second Livre], Paris, 1919, illustrated by Paul Jouve, two original illustrations by Jouve, art deco binding by Henri Creuzevault

binding—rudyard kipling | le livre de la jungle [and le second livre], paris, 1919, illustrated by paul jouve, two original illustrations by jouve, art deco binding by henri creuzevault

Dorothy Carleton Smyth Designs for Rudyard Kipling 24 original watercolour illustrations, each c. 242 x 166 mm, each captioned with name of text and quotation, each surrounded by an elaborate decorative border, some heightened with gilt, each window-mounted, housed in 2 modern navy blue morocco-backed boxes by Shepherds Bindery A SERIES OF FINELY EXECUTED AND HIGHLY DISTINCTIVE ILLUSTRATIONS OF KIPLING'S WORKS BY DOROTHY CARLETON SMYTH, A LEADING LIGHT OF THE "GLASGOW GIRLS". The illustrations comprise: Housed in first box: (1) The First Jungle Book: "I was among the ploughed lands. 'I am ready, see!' Mowgli held up the fire pot." (2) The Naulakha: "The Maharajah Kunwar Heir Apparent to the throne of Gokral Seetarum..." (3) Kim: "They followed the rutted and worn country road..." (4) Songs from Books: "Lo, I have wrought in common clay..." (5) Plain Tales from the Hills: "...and soldierly sat a bareheaded skeleton" (6) Departmental Ditties: "Ulysses went a-waltzing..." (7) Captains Courageous: "There's good and just reason for ivry rope aboard..." (8) Puck of Pook's Hill: "What Una admired beyond all was his great bronze helmet..." (9) The Light That Failed: "Dick rose and began to feel his way across the room..." (10) Actions and Reactions: "'Wait to take him to his cot when he grows weary,' said his mother..." (11) Soldiers Three: "Dusty, sweating, but still keeping their long swinging tramp..." (12) Life's Handicap: "He was in the forest for many years..." Housed in second box: (13) Just So Stories: "Then he climbed to the top of his palm tree and waited for the rhinoceros to come out of the water." (14) From Sea to Sea. Vol II.: "The only differences between country and country lie in the slang and uniform of the police." (15) Debits and Credits. On the Gate: "...the scene was not unlike... outside the refreshment room by the arch at Victoria Station." (16) Stalky & Co.: "They returned from the baths..." (17) Many Inventions: "In the beginning of things she had worn the heavy, fluffy fringe..." (18) Rewards and Fairies: "Puck... gave the children power to see." (19) The Second Jungle Book: "Kotuko and the girl went North to Ellesmere land..." (20) From Sea to Sea, Vol I.: "O-Toyo, ebon-haired and rosy cheeked..." (21) The Day's Work: "It was too dark now to see beyond the first pier..." (22) The Years Between. The Song of the Lathes: "The fans and the beltings they roar round me..." (23) Seven Seas: "In port (we used no cargo steam)..." (24) Wee Willie Winkie: "Wee Willie Winkie was not lovely, his face was permanently freckled..."

View 1 of Lot 38: Dorothy Carleton Smyth | A series of 24 coloured designs for Rudyard Kipling

dorothy carleton smyth | a series of 24 coloured designs for rudyard kipling

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Rudyard+Kipling&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rudyard Kipling</a>'s Jungle Book, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> by the author, with The Second Jungle Book.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 2 volumes.</li><li>Rudyard Kipling (English).</li><li>Illustrated by J. Lockwood Kipling and W. H. Drake.</li><li>London: Macmillan &amp; Co., Ltd., 1895 / 1896.</li><li>Fourth and Second Editions.</li><li>In The Jungle Book, Kipling crossed out his name and signed above, an additional 4 line quote to the title-page which reads "Now, these are the laws of the Jungle, and many &amp; mighty are they: But the head &amp; the heart of the Law and the haunch and hump is - Obey!"</li><li>Bound in the publisher's original gilt stamped blue cloth, all edges gilt.</li></ul>

The Jungle Book, The Second Jungle Book | Signed by the Author

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Subject=Fine%2520bindings" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">finely bound</a> Bombay Edition of the works of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Rudyard+Kipling&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rudyard Kipling</a>.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 25 volumes.</li><li>Rudyard Kipling (English).</li><li>London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1913.</li><li>Quartos.</li><li>Illustrated throughout.</li><li>Volume I signed by the author.</li><li>Part of a limited edition of 1050.</li><li>Bound in red leather and marbled boards.</li></ul> Please note: This item is excluded from complimentary shipping. Shipping quote will be calculated at time of purchase.

The Bombay Edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling | Signed by the Author

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