[2ndamendmentpa]

Theres a whole bunch or Rudyard Kipling books that have the swastika on the cover - published before the Nazis ruined the poor swastikas reputation.

[rarestia]

Hitler was obsessed with the occult, and he bastardized other symbols as well. The Swastika just happens to be the most prominent.

[WayneS]

I have hardcover editions of The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book which were published in 1898. Both books have left-facing swastikas on the cover, and on the fly-leaf.

Kipling apparently used the swastika because it was an Indian sun symbol believed to confer good luck and spiritual well-being.