KIPLING (RUDYARD) "KIM".
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Description
first edition, 8vo, published London Macmillan and Co, Limited 1901, including 10 illustrations of bas reliefs by John Lockwood Kipling (author's father), 2pp of advertising at back, publisher's red cloth with gilt stencilled elephant medallion to upper cover and title to spine, Hugh Wansey Bayly ex Libris, W.H Martin, Bookseller Shanklin & Sandown label to inside cover
Footnote:
Known as Kipling's masterpiece. "Kim" unfolds against the backdrop of "The Great Game," the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia. The novel is noted for its detailed portrait of the people, culture and varied religions of India.
The first American edition was published a few weeks ahead of the English edition.
Provenance:
Dr Hugh Wansey Bayly, Author and Medical Officer
Thence by descent, the Property of a Private Collector.
Condition
some foxing and spotting to tissue guard and inside and back covers, initial pages, frontispiece and list of illustrations loose from spine, some bumping and wear to spine and edges of cover.
Description
first edition, 8vo, published London Macmillan and Co, Limited 1901, including 10 illustrations of bas reliefs by John Lockwood Kipling (author's father), 2pp of advertising at back, publisher's red cloth with gilt stencilled elephant medallion to upper cover and title to spine, Hugh Wansey Bayly ex Libris, W.H Martin, Bookseller Shanklin & Sandown label to inside cover
Footnote:
Known as Kipling's masterpiece. "Kim" unfolds against the backdrop of "The Great Game," the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia. The novel is noted for its detailed portrait of the people, culture and varied religions of India.
The first American edition was published a few weeks ahead of the English edition.
Provenance:
Dr Hugh Wansey Bayly, Author and Medical Officer
Thence by descent, the Property of a Private Collector.
Condition
some foxing and spotting to tissue guard and inside and back covers, initial pages, frontispiece and list of illustrations loose from spine, some bumping and wear to spine and edges of cover.
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Details
- House
- Bishop & Miller
- Address
19 Charles Industrial Estate,
Stowmarket, Suffolk
IP14 5AH
United Kingdom- Placement
- Shelf 23