[JOUVE] - KIPLING (Rudyard) La Chasse de Kaa. Paris, Javal &, Bourdeaux, 1930. In-folio bound in full sand jansenist morocco, smooth spine decorated with gilt title, quintuple gilt fillet and stamped framing on brown cloth endpapers, original cover and spine preserved, gilt edges, in folder and slipcase. Binding signed Creuzevault. Decorated with numerous in- and out-of-text woodcuts, including 10 full-page and 3 double-page, enhanced in colour and gold by Camille Beltrand in collaboration with Pierre Bouchet. Limited edition of 185 copies, all on Japon impérial, this one without justification, nominative for the academician Georges Lecomte, enriched with a very fine original drawing of the tiger Shere Khan in pencil in colour and signed by the artist. A very fine copy of this Art Deco edition, complete with all the illustrations, including the cover. Very good condition Binding: Very good condition Slight relief along the spine ends at the 5 nerves Dark brown cloth endpapers 5 gilt fillets and 1 thick brown fillet framing the inside covers Inside pages: Very clean inside pages, including original drawing