კიპლინგი, რ. მაუგლი: ჯუნგლის წიგნიდან.
თარგმანი ინგლისურიდან თამარ დიასამიძე.
ლექსების თარგმანი ვახტანგ ჭელიძე.
მხატვრობა ვ. ვატაგინი.
თბილისი: საბლიტგამი, 1946.
185 გვ.; 30 სმ.
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Kipling, R. Mowgli: From The Jungle Book.
Translated from English by Tamar Diasamidze.
Poems translated by Vakhtang Chelidze.
Illustrations by V. Vatagin.
Tbilisi: Sablitgami, 1946.
185 p.; 30 cm.
The first Georgian edition of Rudyard Kipling's classic, presenting the Mowgli stories from The Jungle Book. Published in the post-war era by Sablitgami in Tbilisi, this 1946 volume features a direct translation from English by Tamar Diasamidze, with Vakhtang Chelidze handling the poetic passages. The large format (30 cm) showcases the distinctive illustrations by the renowned Soviet animal painter and sculptor Vasily Vatagin, whose work perfectly captures the spirit of Kipling's jungle. This edition represents a significant early effort to introduce Kipling's iconic tales to Georgian readers and is notable for its distinguished artistic contribution.