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Kim : MacMillan Colonial Library Edition
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Macmillan & Co, 1901. Classic Kipling title. Colonial Library editions were usually the first print runs to allow for shipping time to the colonies. CONDITION Navy ribbed cloth with bright gilt titles, frontis plate with tissue guard, Pp [2] 413with 10 half tone photo plates and 6 page publishers cat bound in at rear. Gift inscription dated 1902 and name dated 1921 inside front. light wear to spine ends and tips, small mark rear, bottom cnrs curved, internally mostly bright and crisp with some foxing mainly at ends, pages opposing plates and edges.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 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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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16243
- Title
- Kim : MacMillan Colonial Library Edition
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1901
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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Ariel Books
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