Kim (St. Martin's Classics)
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Clearwater, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, at St. Martin's House, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Kipling, J. Lockwood. Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, at St. Martin's House, 1936. 422 pages followed by 3 pages of publisher's promos. Note spelling of 'Classics' on page 423: "St. Martin's Classsics". "Special edition exclusively for use in Canadian Schools; prescribed by the Minister of Education for use in Ontario and authorized in Saskatchewan and Quebec." Green cloth boards with black lettering and design on spine and front cover. Macmillan Company logo on front cover. Spine is sun faded. Some minor bumping on top and bottom of spine and to corners. Previous owner's name on inside front cover. Some notes on back endpaper and a little bit of underlining. Hinge a little cracked at title page. Otherwise, pages clean and bright with a tight binding. Sturdy book. Should last for many years to come.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Kipling, J. Lockwood. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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
- Kukuchai Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000049
- Title
- Kim (St. Martin's Classics)
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Illustrator
- Kipling, J. Lockwood
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, at St. Martin's House
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1936
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE EDUCATION ADVENTURE CLASSICS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Childrens' Books; Collectible-Rare-Vintage;
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
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