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KIM
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0895773430
- ISBN 13
- 9780895773432
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Pleasantville, NY: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1988. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gary Aagaard. Fine, as issued without dust jacket, with 'The World's Best Reading Newsletter' laid in, with gold-stamped titles and decorative image of Kim riding elephant on front board.
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
- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6214
- Title
- KIM
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Illustrator
- Gary Aagaard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0895773430
- ISBN 13
- 9780895773432
- Publisher
- The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Pleasantville, NY
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classic Literature;
- Product_type
- 2
Terms of Sale
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