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1901ref. 353261London: MacMillan 1901. First English edition first impression. Frontispiece with tissue guard as issued and 9 other photographic illustrated plates in black and white. 1 443 pp. 2 ads. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth boards with gilt roundel insignia on front and gilt titles on spine some toning and rubbing to head and foot of spine early repair to rear inner hinge. Light soiling to boards and edges else a very good copy in paper covered slipcase. Kipling John Lockwood. First English edition first impression. Frontispiece with tissue guard as issued and 9 other photographic illustrated plates in black and white. 1 443 pp. 2 ads. 1 vols. 8vo. Richards A174; Stewart 254 MacMillan unknown books
1901ref. 153691901. London: Macmillan and Co. 1901. 2 pp undated ads. Original red cloth with Ganesha device in gilt. First English Edition of the book that "is acknowledged as Kipling's masterpiece in fiction. The novel is the finest written about the India of the British Empire" CGEL. It follows the adventures of an orphan son of a British soldier who is raised by an Indian woman becomes a disciple to a Lama and ultimately becomes an undercover agent as well. The illustrations are by John Lockwood Kipling the author's father. The American edition is considered to have been published earlier though in the same month as the English one. As with most of Kipling's British editions published by Macmillan the binding is red cloth with in gilt the "Ganesha" device -- an elephant's head with a swastika the latter had been a ubiquitous symbol in India for millennia; its use ceased in the early 1930s when events in Germany gave the symbol a whole new meaning. This is a very good copy front endpaper slightly cracked at the gutter light speckling of the cloth plus one small stain on the rear cover; as always there is some foxing of the endpapers and of the frontispiece tissue guard and there is minor rubbing of the gilt elephant. Richards A174; Stewart 254; Livingston 250. One of the books selected as a "Modern Library 100" for the 20th Century. unknown books
1901ref. 54794London: Macmillan 1901. First U.K. Edition. First printing. 16mo 20cm. In original red cloth titled in gilt on spine with elephant badge on front top edge gilt; plain endpapers; 2pp of publisher's ads at rear; vi 413 3pp; 10 illustrations by J. L. Kipling. With 1901 ownership inscription of George D. Herron and later bookplate of Dartmouth College Library to front endpapers. Bookseller's ticket of Brentano's Paris to rear pastedown. A pleasantly bright copy lacking the dustjacket gently rubbed front hinge largely cracked but holding: Very Good. George Davis Herron 1862-1925 was a clergyman Christian Socialist and advocate for the Social Gospel and the Socialist Party of America. Four months before the date of this inscription Herron was defrocked for divorcing his first wife and remarrying. The consequent scandal overshadowed his activity in the formation of the Socialist Party of America leading him to take his new family abroad ANB. LIVINGSTON 250. Macmillan unknown books
1901ref. 322153London: MacMillan 1901. First English edition. Illustrations by John L. Kipling. 443 1 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cloth spine slightly sunned and top of spine rubbed. Bookplate. First English edition. Illustrations by John L. Kipling. 443 1 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Richards A174; Stewart 254 MacMillan unknown books
1962ref. 59936New York: The Limited Editions Club 1962. Limited to 1500 copies this no. 113 signed by the artist Robin Jacques; 4to pp. ix 3 283 1; full-page illustrations in color introduction by Charles Edmund Carrington; book plate on front free endpaper verso small section of fore-edge stained bookplate of James Mead Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian on pastedown else very good or better in leather-backed beige cloth decorated in gilt on covers and spine publisher's slipcase worn and soiled. LEC monthly newsletter laid in. LEC Bibliography 337. The Limited Editions Club unknown books
1962ref. 014848Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1962. All edges gilt. Covers and spine with elaborate gilt designs and lettere-ing. Sewn-in silk bookmark. Illustrations by Robin Jacques. First published in book form in 1901. Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 was an English journalist poet novelist. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. His ashes are interred in Poet's Corner Westminster Abbey London. 284pp. The Collector's Library of Famous Editio. Full Blue Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Royal Octavo. The Easton Press Hardcover books
1901ref. TB30607New York: Doubleday Doran and Company Inc. c.1901. Reprint. Very good in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and designs on the spine and the blind embossed facsimile of the author's signature on the front board. A small octavo of 7 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches with a prior owner's name and date on the first free end page. The front and rear end sheets show foxing at the hinges where there was a reaction with the glues used in binding. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with the spine tanned and with numerous short closed tears around the edges of the panels and spine area. 376 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with ten plates of bas-relief sculptures from photographs by J. L. Kipling. Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. hardcover books
1901ref. 13377KIM Doubleday & Page 1901 first edition first issue a brilliant fine copy. Illustrated. Doubleday & Page unknown books
1928ref. 124505Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. Very Good. 1928. Hardcover. A Very Good edition that has bumping to the very corners and general shelfwear to the board surfaces ; Kim is a young man who is kidnapped by the British and taken to India to become a fighting soldier. He is mistreated and is forced to do things he doesn't want to do. He escapes and makes his way back home.; 8vo; 284 pages . Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc. hardcover books
1968ref. 199997New York: Magnum Easy Eye Books / Lancer Books 1968. Softcover. Very Good. Later printing. Complete and unabridged. Mass market paperback. Cover illustrated by Armand Weston. Pages and wrappers age-toned a very good copy. "Larger type for easy reading. Magnum Easy Eye Books / Lancer Books unknown books
1901ref. 8997New York: Doubleday Page and Co 1901. First American edition 8vo 6 460pp. 10 illustrations; minor wear to spine hinges starting small white stains to rear cover else a very good copy or better in original dark green cloth with black design and lettering in gold on front cover and spine t.e.g. Livingston 248. Doubleday, Page and Co unknown books
ref. 9782070308774Gallimard
1920ref. 05442KIM Librairie Delagrave ca. 1920 first printing thus 279 pages some wear to the corner tip edges some wear and scuffing to the leather spine else a vg copy with decorated leather spine marbled boards and marbled end-papers. Profusely illustrated by Charles Fouqueray and translated by Louis Fabulet & Charles Fountaine-Walker. Text in French. Librairie Delagrave hardcover books
ref. 14156PARIS, Lib. Delagrave - 1949 - In-4 - Reliure éditeur avec vignette en couleurs sur 1er plat - Traduction de Louis Fabulet & Ch. Fountaine-Walker - Illustrations NB dans le texte et HT - 279 pages - Couverture légèrement tachée sinon très propre intérieurement
1989ref. UKIPKIM00drpPenguin 1989. Very Good. Kipling Rudyard. Kim. Said Edward W. London: Penguin 1989. 366pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with gentle rubbing and bumping. Penguin paperback books
1978ref. I-322-887Editions Gallimard 1978. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book. Different cover. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations. Editions Gallimard hardcover
1958ref. 332776New York: International Collectors Library 1958. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Richard M. Powers. Very Good in boards. Notes From the Editor neatly laid in. Silk ribbon page marker. Small crack on rear gutter. International Collectors Library hardcover
2025ref. x-9357005056Grapevine 2025. Hardcover. New. 202 pages. 6.24x0.65x9.24 inches. Grapevine hardcover
1901ref. 395London: Macmillan 1901. First edition first printing. Original publisher's dark red cloth. VG. Considered one of Kipling's best novels the story follows the adventures of an Irish orphan in British India blending espionage cultural exploration and spiritual mentorship. Condition: VG Complete. Original cloth. BOOK INFO Published in 1901 by Macmillan in London. First edition first printing. In its original dark red cloth covered boards with gilt spine lettering and an inset gilt medallion of an elephant on the front board. Top edge gilt. Octavo 8" x 5.25". Collated and complete including half-title publisher ads and all plates: vi 413 3 10 b&w plates. ABOUT THE AUTHOR & WORK Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English short-story writer poet and novelist celebrated for works like The Jungle Book Kim and the poem If-. Born in British India in 1865 his vivid storytelling often drew on Anglo-Indian life and British imperial themes. Awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature he was the prize's first English-language recipient. KIM - The protagonist Kimball O'Hara known as Kim is the orphaned son of an Irish soldier and mother. He grows up as a street vagabond in Lahore blending seamlessly into local society despite being white. Kim befriends a Tibetan lama who is on a spiritual quest and becomes his disciple traveling with him along the Grand Trunk Road. This journey introduces Kim to the world of espionage as he occasionally works for Mahbub Ali a Pashtun horse trader and British secret service operative. The novel explores Kim's dual identity as both a sahib and a streetwise native highlighting his struggle between freedom and duty CONDITION REPORT The book is in VG condition. Exterior and binding: Slightly cracked front hinge and frond a board a little loose otherwise firmly bound. Cloth is colorful and unfaded scarce to find. Spine is not sunned. Gilt spine lettering is vivid and bright. Rubbed spine tips lightly rubbed extremities. Light rubbing to gilt elephant medallion. Interior: Pages are clean and bright. An occasional light smudge or sign of light handling. A few pages with some light dust soiling. Moderate foxing to endpapers and an infrequent light spot within text. Dated in faded contemporary ink on FFEP. All in all a collectible copy in much nicer condition than normally found one of Kipling's best and most famous novels. Macmillan unknown
1901ref. 10957Doubleday Page & Company New York 1901. First Edition First State rhyming chapter headings only Ch. VIII and XIII of the First 1st Printing of the First Edition. Note: The U.S. edition preceded the U.K. edition by over two weeks. VG deep green cloth with distinct black ship stamped on both the front board and the spine alongside gold gilt lettering. See photos for top and bottom of spine. The top edge of the pages are bright gold leaf with side and bottom edges rough-cut deckeled. Inside cover previous owner's bookplate and again across from half title page. Some hinge separation 10 full-page black-and-white plates inside created specifically for the book by the author's father John Lockwood Kipling. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
ref. 459524Macmillan and Co. Hardcover. Good. This is the 1944 re-issue of Kipling's classic novel. Part of a six volume set Everybody's Kipling The book is clean and solid with some foxing to the page edges. The dust wrapper largely complete but shows significant wear with tears at the book edges. Macmillan and Co. hardcover
ref. 459571Penguin UK. Paperback. Good. Originally published in 1901 this is a secret-service story of a boy's dream world set in British India. Penguin UK paperback
1923ref. 926New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1923. Good. Octavo. Dark ribbed cloth with blind-stamped sailing ship vignette to front panel gilt to spine and front board. Fraying and minor fabric loss to cloth at spine head; corners worn. Previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper. Moderate age-toning throughout text block and page margins heavier at edges; frontispiece plate present. Firmly bound. A 1923 trade edition of Kipling's classic novel chronicling the orphan Kimball O'Hara and his travels across the Grand Trunk Road. K4. . Doubleday, Page & Company unknown
ref. 465676Macmillan and Co Limited. Hardcover. Good. A classic picaresque novel following Kimball O'Hara an orphaned Irish boy navigating British-ruled India in the late 19th century. Raised as a beggar in Lahore "Friend of All the World" Kim seeks his identity while travelling as a disciple to a Tibetan lama and serving as a secret agent in the "Great Game" of espionage. Macmillan and Co Limited hardcover
ref. 467778Penguin Publishing. Paperback. Good. Kipling's epic rendition of the imperial experience in India is also his greatest long work. Two men - Kim a boy growing into early manhood and the lama an old ascetic priest - are fired by a quest. Kim is white a sahib although born in India. While he wants to play the Great Game of Imperialism he is also spiritually bound to the lama and he tries to reconcile these opposing strands while the lama searches for redemption from the Wheel of Life.A celebration of their friendship in an often hostile environment Kim captures the opulence of India's exotic landscape overlaid by the uneasy presence of the British Raj. Copyright © Penguin Publishing Penguin Publishing paperback
