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Kim (Modern Library #99.3)
by KIPLING, Rudyard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. [c.1965]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition of Rudyard Kipling's famous novel of India. Set in the latter part of the 19th Century, "Kim" presents a sweeping account of the people and religions of India. Volume wrapped in pale yellow jacket with image of Kim to front panel by "F.B." --- In Toledano spine 10 / turquoise cloth / ML hex logo blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling & torchbearer / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists titles in ML catalogue, but no total number. Likely published c.1965 (though 1928 date appears in book). ML #99.3. --- A well-preserved copy: clean, tightly-bound and bright though with 'Sleepy Hollow School' marked in green ink to half title page. Price-clipped dust jacket also in excellent shape but with a couple of spots of soiling to spine and chafing to spine ends; protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); [4], 345, [2, ads] pages .
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
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88222
- Title
- Kim (Modern Library #99.3)
- Author
- KIPLING, Rudyard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1965]
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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