8vo. Illustrated with plates by Kipling. Original red pictorial cloth; in McCutcheon's quarter red straight-grained morocco slipcase. Provenance: George Barr McCutcheon (1866-1928), American novelist and playwright and noted Kipling collector (bookplate, his sale, American Art Association, 20 April 1925 ).

FROM THE NOTED RUDYARD KIPLING COLLECTION OF GEORGE BARR MCCUTCHEON

FIRST EDITION of Kipling's classic collection of children's stories explaining, among other questions, "How the Camel Got its Hump." Publisher’s advertisements laid in.  Grolier, One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature 57; Livingston 267; Stewart 260.  A VERY FINE COPY.