Kim
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No DJ
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
Item Price
NZ$48.45NZ$38.76
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1901. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾. First stated; verse at heading of Chapters VIII and XIII only. Boards clean, well aged. Upper corners gently bumped. Spine age darkened, edges gently rubbed. Spine head with two small cuts at in cloth: 1/2" vertical & 1" horizontal. Cloth intact at head; heel a bit rubbed. Binding cracked at half title page with webbing visible; crease in half title page. Binding lightly cracked at rear hinge. Top edge gilt stained, bright. Contents unmarked and clean..
Synopsis
Rudyard Kipling’s Kim tells the story of Kimball “Kim” O'Hara, an imperial orphan scavenging a hand-to-mouth existence in British India during the late 1890s. The novel functions as a fictionalization of Kipling’s own Indian childhood, but it is also a strong example of the adventure stories that became especially popular in the heyday of the British Empire. Kim has been noted for its detailed portrait of the people, culture, and varied religions of India. Kim was serialized in McClure's Magazine from December 1900 to October 1901 as well as in Cassell's Magazine from January to November 1901. It is ranked 34th on The Guardian’s list of the 100 best novels and 78th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2003, the book was listed on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novel.”
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- Bookseller
- Small World Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 068423
- Title
- Kim
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- FRONT GLASS FICTION CLASSIC
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Literature;
- Size
- 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Hinge
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- Cracked
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- Title Page
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- Heel
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Half Title
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- Spine
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