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Kim
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1901. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. [6], 460, [4] pp. Green cloth stamped in black and lettered in gold on the front board and spine; top edge gilt. Illustrated by a frontispiece and nine additional plates. A contemporary owner's name on the free front endpaper. Livingston 248. A nice example of one of Kipling's best-known novels. A Near Fine book with a few hints of wear to the boards and a tiny separation between the backstrip and the textblock.
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
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00008834
- Title
- Kim
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1901
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About Evening Star Books
We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
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- Cloth
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Fine
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