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Jungle Beasts and Men

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Title
Title: Jungle Beasts and Men
Author: illustrated by J. E. Allen Dhan Gopal Mukerji
Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Company, New York
Published: 1923
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: 1st edition
Number of Pages: 160
Catalogs: Juvenile Fiction, India, Adventure
Description: Illustrated by J. E. Allen. 1st edition, 3rd printing in 1924. Original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering and cover illustration. Spotting on front board and significant wear to rear board. Spine edges heavily bent, and board tips slightly frayed. Ownership information on flyleaf. Interior pages in very good condition with no marginalia. Pages are cut somewhat irregularly, probably by the printer, but does not affect the text or plates. Pages have a slightly deckled edge. Contains 7 illustrated plates. This is a series of tales for young people drawn from Mukerji's experiences on a pilgrimmage to the Himalayas, including an encounter with a tiger, a cholera epidemic, a magician, and more. Mukerji won his 1928 Newbery Medal for Gay-Neck, the Story of a Pigeon. He also wrote a number other titles for children, including Kari the Elephant, and also wote for adults, including his memoirs My Brother's Face and Caste and Outcast. Hardcover. Condition: good. 160 pages, octavo.