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Kipling, Rudyard. Kim. Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, UK, 1901.
Price: US$8.96 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 413 pages. No dustjacket. Maroon hardback binding with a 2cm tear to cloth of spine interrupting author's name. Small frays to boards' corners, creases to spine-ends. Inner font hinge has a 4mm crack with a wobble but holding. Ink writing to browned end-papers dated 1907. Page-edges a bit foxed o/w pages clean and sound.
Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United Kingdom
Kipling, Rudyard. Kim. Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1901.
Price: US$19.32 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Macmillan's Colonial Library edition; issued in the year of first publication. NEEDS RE-CASING. Top board separated from binding, cloth on both boards nibbled and spine band worn. Paperblock in good condition, with the exception of ownership name to back of frontispiece and tiny puncture penetrating to p27. 413pp of text with unpaginated adverts following. Paperblock untrimmed. (StMcons-I6S)
Seller: CHAPTER TWO, Pinetown, KZN, South Africa
Kipling, (Rudyard). Kim. Macmillan, London, 1901.
Price: US$30.92 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Second impression in the same year as the first. Spine very lightly faded. Light foxing to endpapers. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Category: Fiction; For further information on this title or for further photographs, please click on the "Ask Seller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We aim to reply within three working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying.
Seller: The Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB, Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Kipling, (Rudyard). Kim. Macmillan, London, 1901.
Price: US$30.92 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is the first printing of the first edition of this title. Some foxing to the prelims and rear. The title page has a 2cm tear. One of the photographic plates has stood very slightly proud of the page edges and therefore has been a little rubbed. The page edges are darkened. Size: Octavo . Category: Fiction;
Seller: The Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB, Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Kipling,Rudyard. Kim. Macmillan and Co, London, 1901.
Price: US$32.21 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This is a Good Copy of this book in Publisher's red cloth with gilt title lettering to spine and with gilt elephant's head motif to the upper cover.There is wear to cloth along spine,with some previous glue repairs done.Lettering along spine is now dulled,there is a little stitching showing through at the front and rear hinge joins.The book has NO previous owner's names or inscriptions present.Internally the book is clean with just a little age toning to the text block edges.8vo 413pp First UK Edition 2nd Impression Published one Month after the First Issue [1901]
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom
Rudyard Kipling. Kim. Macmillan and Co, London, 1901.
Price: US$51.53 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Ist edition in poor condition for repair. Ever wanted to own a 1st but could not afford one. Then this is your chance. Red fabric covers well worn with previous fabric repair to spine, colour bleached out, gilt elephant almost faded away, edges/corners through to boards in places. 413 numbered pages, complete but some detached, previous owner Montague signed to fep. Binding as stated with several pages detached. General internal colour good. Size 14 x 20.4 cm
Seller: Buybyebooks, Honiton, United Kingdom
Rudyard Kipling. From Sea To Sea. Macmillan & Co, London, 1901.
Price: US$64.41 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FROM SEA TO SEA and Other Sketches, Letters of Travel. Volumes One and Two. Rudyard Kipling. Macmillan & Co, London 1901 First Edition second impressionVol One 498pp + 2pp Adverts and Vol Two 438 + 2pp Adverts Hardbacks This two-volume collection consists of special letters and articles written by Kipling for his newspapers between 1887 and 1889. His 'Preface', printed in Volume I, explains why the collection was published: "In these two volumes I have got together the bulk of the special correspondence and occasional articles written by me for the 'Civil and Military Gazette' and the 'Pioneer' between 1887-89. I have been forced to this action by the enterprise of various publishers who, not content with disinterring old newspaper work from the decent seclusion of the office files, have in several instances seen fit to embellish it with additions and interpolations" .The two volumes were first published in their entirety in America in 1899, and in England in 1900. Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (1894) (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888); and his poems, including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), The White Man's Burden (1899) and If— (1910). He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit a versatile and luminous narrative gift. These copies are first editions in FINE condition bound in original red linen covered boards with gilt ganesh device to the front boards and gilt titling to the spines. There is some pushing to the head and foot of the spines. Gilt page top edges The stock is tight and bright with light fox spots to the paste downs there are no marks, inscriptions or marginalia. Dustwrappers are not present. This set is just one of a number of Kipling First editions that I am selling on this site. Ref P3.
Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, United Kingdom
Kipling, Rudyard. Kim : MacMillan Colonial Library Edition. Macmillan & Co, London, 1901.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Ariel Books IOBA, Auckland, New Zealand
Rudyard Kipling. Kim. Macmillan and Co, London, 1901.
Price: US$80.66 + shipping
Description: (TV1) - 413 páginas - Encuadernado en tela completa roja - Puntas gastadas - Buen estado
Seller: LIBROS EL CID CAMPEADOR, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Kipling, Rudyard. Kim. Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1901.
Price: US$83.74 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A Very Good copy occasional foxing, including the title page, but still a nice copy. Martindell (96).
Seller: Fountain Books (Steve Moody), Eastleigh, United Kingdom
Rudyard Kipling. Kim. Macmillan London, 1901.
Price: US$96.62 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback 1st ed 1st printing. 413 pp + 2 adverts. Bound in red cloth with gilt titles and decoration the book is in very good condition. The spine is darkened and rubbed at the spine tips.
Seller: P Rulton Rare Books, Leominster, United Kingdom
Kipling,Rudyard. Kim. Macmillan and Co, London, 1901.
Price: US$115.94 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a Very Good Copy of this book in Publisher's red cloth with bright gilt title lettering to spine and with gilt elephant's head motif to the upper cover.No Dust-Jacket.There is some residue dye of red showing to the edges of the front and rear pastedowns The book has NO previous owner's names or inscriptions present.Internally the book is clean with just a few small foxing spots to the page edges.Top edge of the book is in gilt.This copy has a nice firm binding with no hinge weakness and with no looseness to any of the page gatherings,so no stitching showing etc.It's a nice tight square copy for the collector with no turned corners to the pages.Very slight fading to spine noted.This is the genuine First Issue of the First Edition with single advertising leaf at the back of the book.8vo 413pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [1901]
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom
Kipling, Rudyard. Kim. MacMillan and Co. Limited 1901, London, 1901.
Price: US$122.38 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. [vi.], 413, [2] pp. Original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and elephant medallion on the front board, top edge gilt. Rubbing to boards and spine, and light patches, with darkening to the latter. Binding firm. Some light pencil marks to bottom edge and pencil ownership marks to ffep. Foxing to prelims and endpapers, but otherwise internally clean. Illustrated by black and white photographic plates. 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Kipling, Rudyard. Kim. Macmillan and Co, London, 1901.
Price: US$161.03 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. Pp 413. Tissue-guarded frontis & 9 plates. 2 page publisher's list. Original cloth. Top edge gilt. Wear to all extremitires. Soiling & foxing to endpapers front & back. Scattered soiling/foxing. One plate reattached. Kim's a bit grim but not impossible.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
Rudyard Kipling. Kim. Macmillan and Co., London, UK, 1901.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red cloth covers are mostly clean, with gilt medallion on front. Boards show some aging, dings, edgewear. Corners are bumped and scuffed. See photos. Spine has gilt text and is a little darkened with crushed ends. Binding is secure, some tenderness at front cover. See photos. Pastedowns and feps have some moderate foxing, writing, bookseller sticker. See photos. Frontispiece is present and has intact tissue guard. Illustrations, black and white photographs, are bright and clear. Interior is gently age-toned. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Text block edges have gilt along head, worn; fore and foot edges have foxing, stains. See photos. Publisher's advertisements at back of book.** PS2024.0124** 413 pages. 5.25 x 7.75 inches** Very good copy of the first edition of Rudyard Kipling's picaresque novel, which originally appeared in serial format. Kipling (1865-1936) lived in British India, and his novel featuring the orphan Kim is filled with details of life in India at the end of the 19th century.** With regard to the swastika depicted on the cover medallion and the verso of the half title page: in Sanskrit the word means “fortunate” or “well-being.” Kipling’s introduction to the swastika as an Hindu good luck symbol would have come through his father’s encyclopaedic knowledge of Indian art. Kipling also knew that the Hindu trader opens his annual account-book with a swastika in order to ensure an auspicious beginning.** The extraordinary feature of the use of the symbol by Kipling’s publishers was that there was no uniformity in whether the right turn or left turn was used. Frequently on introductory pages the ‘left’ is used, while on the ‘Ganesha roundel’ there is always a small ‘right’ swastika between the elephant’s forehead and the circle enclosing it. Ganesha, the most immediately recognisable of Kipling’s “logos” shows the elephant headed God, symbol of wisdom and foresight. Shown with his trunk down and curled to indicate good fortune, Ganesha holds in his trunk a lotus flower, also associated with good health and good fortune.** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #009887"**
Seller: Panoply Books, Lambertville, NJ, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. Kim. Macmillan & Co Ltd, London, 1901.
Price: US$181.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, clean fresh copy in bright, red cloth boards with gilt elephant motif on the front and gilt lettering on the spine. Spine cloth shows some fading; that said, the lettering is still very clear. Some wear and fraying at the spine ends and a tiny amount on the back hinge. Bumped along the top edge of the rear board and minor bumping to extremities. Browning/foxing to prelims although not too severe. The rest of the book is very bright with only a small amount of minor foxing throughout. On the whole a lovely copy.
Seller: M RICHARDSON RARE BOOKS (PBFA Member), Ashby cum Fenby, NE Lincolnshire, LINCS, United Kingdom
Rudyard Kipling. Kim. MacMillan, London, 1901.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Description: Hard cover, no dj. 413 pp. Illustrated. Shelf wear top and bottom of spine.
Seller: History Bound LLC, Mendota, MN, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. Kim. MacMillan, London, 1901.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: First English edition. Illustrations by John L. Kipling. 443, [1], 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Richards A174; Stewart 254 Original cloth, spine slightly sunned and top of spine rubbed. Bookplate Illustrations by John L. Kipling. 443, [1], 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. Kim. London MacMillan & Co 1901, 1901.
Price: US$238.33 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, First Issue with 2pp adverts at rear. Red boards with gilt elephant vignette to front board & gilt titles. A very good copy. Wear to the spine tips and corners. Rubbing to the edges. All plates present. No inscriptions Kim is regarded as one of Kipling's finest works.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Kipling, Rudyard. Kim. London Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1901.
Price: US$255.28 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG First Edition in orig. maroon cloth. No d/j. Minor bumping/rubbing to head/tail of spine and at bottom outer board cnrs. Minor internal splits along spine b/w ffep and half - title page - does not affect integrity of the book. Teg. Gold titling on spine. Gilded elephant head (with minimal rubbing). Foxing to feps and rear feps. There are a few tiny spots to cloth but very minor. Photos available on request. A lovely copy of what many would see as Kipling's most important book. 413pp + 2pp. of ads.
Seller: Yarra Cottage Books, Warrandyte, VIC, Australia
Kipling, Rudyard. Kim. MacMillan and Co. Limited 1901, London, 1901.
Price: US$257.65 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. [vi.], 413, [2] pp. Original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and elephant medallion on the front board, top edge gilt. Illustrated by black and white photographic plates. Spine ends and corners worn, and boards a little marked. Fading owner's name on half title, dated 1901. Endpapers foxed, and some scattered spotting. 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Rudyard Kipling. Kim. Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1901.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Hard cover. London. Copyright 1901. Shelfwear to edges. Foxing on frontace piece. Clean text. Illustrated. 413 pages. Nice addition to any collection. Satisfaction guaranteed. Seller inventory #22-3315
Seller: History Bound LLC, Mendota, MN, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. Kim. London, 1901. Macmillan And Co, Limited, 1901.
Price: US$276.22 + shipping
Description: [8], 413, [1], [2] (List of Publication) p., 8°, 10 illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling. Original red cloth binding, embossed relief of elephant's head on the front board, gilt titling to spine, backstrip loose, gilt upper edge. Text is clean and bright, First edition.
Seller: Meiwes, Stuttgart, Germany
RUDYARD KIPLING. KIM. MACMILLAN & CO, LONDON, 1901.
Price: US$283.42 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING, COMPLETE WITH FRONTIS + SEVERAL FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS, HALF TITLE PRESENT. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 6 INCHES. SOME MINOR WEAR AT TOP & BOTTOM OF SPINE, PRIVATE OWNERS ADDRESS STAMP TO FRONT ENDPAPER, MINOR CRACK TO INNER FRONT HINGE WITH BOARD FIRMLY ATTACHED, OFFSETTING TO TITLE PAGE, OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING TO PAGES. OVERALL A VERY GOOD ACCEPTABLE COPY WITH MAJORITY OF TEXT PAGES CLEAN. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY APPLY FOR OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS ARE POSTED IN A STURDY BOOK BOX.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
KIPLING, Rudyard.. Kim.. Macmillan, London., 1901.
Price: US$289.86 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. pp [viii], 413. Ten plates. Two pages of publishers' adverts at rear. Gilt elephant's head device on front cover. Top edge gilt.Some faint spotting to edges and endpapers. Spine a bit rubbed at head and tail. Faint offsetting from the tissue guard of the frontispiece onto the title-page. Rear inner hinge cracking. Very good.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Kipling (Rudyard). Kim. Macmillan, London, 1901.
Price: US$318.85 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, first impression. 8vo. Title ruled in red. Original red cloth with gilt roundel to upper cover, top edge gilt. The first edition of Kipling's final and most famous novel. Set against the backdrop of 'The Great Game', the political conflict between Britain and Russia in Central Asia, it is described by T.S. Eliot as Kipling's "maturest work on India, and his greatest work." Contemporary pencil inscription and bookseller's small label to front endpapers, internally very good; cloth very slightly darkened at spine, very minor mottling to bottom edge of upper cover, otherwise a very good copy.
Seller: Robert Hall Pictures, St Leonards-on-Sea, United Kingdom
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). Kim. London: Macmillan and co., 1901, 1901.
Price: US$322.07 + shipping
Description: [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 413 [3]. With 10 black and white illustrated plates. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, and gilt elephant motif stamped to upper. Top edge gilt. Contents clean, some expected toning to edges of text block, rear hinge cracked, cloth lightly rubbed and handled with a few spots to rear cover. A very good copy. Kipling's famous Indian adventure, and one of the author's most enduring thrillers. Basis for the classic 1950 movie starring Erroll Flynn and Dean Stockwell. An early spy novel which undoubtedly influenced Ian Fleming and a whole generation of spy writers; the British spy Harold 'Kim' Philby was so nicknamed by his father after elements from this text.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Kipling, Rudyard. KIM. , 1901.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. Kim. Macmillan, London, 1901.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo. [4], 413 pages, [2] pages advertisement. Frontispiece and illustrations. Dark red cloth hardcover with embossed Kipling's embossed design on the front cover. Gilt title on the spine. Light bumps to the upper corners. spine slightly darkened. Very light edge and or shelf wear to the binding. Book comes with a custom made, non descript, red dust jacket and slip case with title on the spine. Jacket is starting to fray on the edges. This copy has 3 different previous owner labels on the front paste down: red circle stamp with gilt lettered "Ex Libris Winston H. Hagen at top; "Ex Libris armorial bookplate of Robertson Trowbridge (gifted to Pira Trowbridge Wither?); and "Ex Libris John H. Peters." The right front flyleaf has a circle shadow mark from contact with the red circle label.
Seller: Americana Books, ABAA, Stone Mt, GA, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. Kim. Macmillan and Co. Limited 1901, London, 1901.
Price: US$450.89 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition. [vii], 413, [2] pp. Recent half scarlet morocco over burgundy boards, with raised bands, gilt devices and lettering to spine; original top edge gilt (darkened). A few light marks to pages, but generally internally clean. Frontispiece and nine black & white illustrations. 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
KIPLING, RUDYARD.. Kim. London: Macmillan, 1901, 1901.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Very good to fine. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. KIM. , 1901.
Price: US$525.00 + shipping
Description: 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 near-fine copy (rear endpaper slightly cracked at the gutter, very minor rubbing; as always, there is some foxing of the endpapers and of the frontispiece tissue guard, but less than usual). Richards A174; Stewart 254; Livingston 250. One of the books selected as a "Modern Library 100" for the 20th Century.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
KIPLING, Rudyard. Kim. Macmillan, London, 1901.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: 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, [3]pp; 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.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
KIPLING, RUDYARD. Kim. Macmillan, 1901.
Price: US$579.72 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First English Edition, illustrated frontispiece, 9 plates, title outlined in red, light foxing, 2 pp. of advertisements, 8vo, red publishers cloth, title in gilt on spine, gilt elephant vignette on centre top board, a little rubbing, bookplate of C.B. Matthew, ownership note (T. Guily 1901), London, Macmillan and Co., 1901 Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) ,Nobel Prize winner, English author was born in India, which inspired much of his work. Kim was originally published serially in McClures Magazine between December 1900 and October 1901. It was also published in Cassells Magazine between January and November 1901. Kim is often cited as Kiplings masterpiece. The novel is noted for its detailed portrait of the people, culture and varied religions of India. Kim is also credited with popularising the term The Great Game, referring to the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia, which forms the backdrop to the story. The story is set between the Second and Third Afghan Wars so between 1893 and 1898. Roger Sale describes the work: "Kim is the apotheosis of the Victorian cult of childhood, but it shines now as bright as ever, long after the Empire's collapse." Since being published, Kim has been adapted into several films, inspired authors and been directly referenced in several pieces of literature, as well as having a town named after it.
Seller: Bruce Marshall Rare Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
KIPLING, Rudyard.. Kim.. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1901, 1901.
Price: US$579.72 + shipping
Description: First British edition, first impression. "Considered to be Kipling's greatest work, and the finest novel about the India of the British Empire, the text appeared serially in the United States in McClure's Magazine from December 1900 through October 1901. and in Great Britain in Cassell's Magazine from January through November 1901" (Richards). This edition was published on 17 October 1901, 16 days after its release in the US. Richards A174. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover with Ganesha's roundel in gilt, top edge gilt. Photographic frontispiece with tissue guard and nine plates of clay reliefs by John Lockwood Kipling, red border to title page. Spine lightly sunned with ends bumped and a little nicked, lower rear corner worn, foxing to endpapers: a very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Kipling, Rudyard. Kim. London MacMillan & Co 1901, 1901.
Price: US$579.72 + shipping
Description: A first edition, first printing published by Macmillan in A very good book with one neat contemporary inscription to the half-title page. Some spotting to the prelims and pastedowns. None of the usual fraying or wear to the extremities. Without the elusive wrapper. A bright and attractive copy. 10 monotone full-page illustrations including tissue guarded frontispiece. Kim is regarded as one of Kipling's finest works.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Kipling, Rudyard. Kim. Macmillan, London, 1901.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover , First UK edition . In ORIGINAL BINDING - Red boards with gold gilt elephant medallion on front cover and gold lettering on spine. Some very minor spotting/ foxing to FEP and REP - no marks , writing or bookplates to the interior of the book . The true first impression, with ( 2 ) pages of ads at rear of book, showing KIM at the top of the list of the initial fourteen titles, and NAULAUKA at the end of the list. A near fine / very good copy in original binding.
Seller: The Kings Word, Marietta, GA, U.S.A.
KIPLING. RUDYARD.. KIM.. Macmillan and co. Ltd. London. 1901, 1901.
Price: US$708.54 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.1 x 5.3 inches). Finely illustrated with ten mono plates by J. Lockwood Kipling. A very small amout of spoting to the fore edge but overall a clean and bright copy. Finely bound in recent full deep red morocco, spine with raised bands, gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt. A light stain to the very top of some pages but overall this is a lovely copy in an attractive leather binding.
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
Kipling, Rudyard. Kim. MacMillan, London, 1901.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Description: 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 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 Frontispiece with tissue guard as issued, and [9] other photographic illustrated plates in black and white. [1], 443 pp., [2] ads. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Kipling Rudyard. KIM. London Macmillan and Co., Ltd 1901, 1901.
Price: US$935.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Illustrated with 10 plates in black and white on coated paper from bas-reliefs by the author's father, John Lockwood Kipling. 8vo, in the publishers original Kipling red cloth with gilt embossed elephant on the upper cover, gilt lettered on the spine, t.e.g. 413, [2 ads] pp. A very bright and attractive copy, internally both the text and the plates are very fresh and clean and fine, endleaves a slight touch mellowed as usual. The red cloth of the binding has no fading to the spine, which is uncommon, and has just a little minor mottling to the boards, in all still very attractive. A VERY FRESH AND BRIGHT COPY OF THIS KIPLING CLASSIC, the picaresque novel of India, generally considered Kiplings masterpiece and one of his most popular works. Kipling was born in Bombay, grew up in London and traveled throughout the world. "Widely regarded as unofficial poet laureate, he refused many honours; in 1907 he was the first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize" [Oxf Comp to Eng Lit]. Kipling was popular with common soldiers and his phrase, "the white mans burden" influenced and was used to justify the period of neo-colonialism up until the second World War. While he was and remains a controversial figure, his childrens books do not have this quality and are considered some of his greatest achievements. KIM, of course, is considered the greatest representation of his talents and is considered by many to be Kipling"s greatest work of all.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. KIM. Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1901.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition of this epic novel of the colonial Great Game, one of Kipling's most beloved works. The Central Asian conflict between the British Empire and the Russian Empire serve as the backdrop for this epic picaresque, following the life of the orphaned white British boy KIM's adventures in colonial India. Rudyard Kipling's own time in India deeply informed the themes of KIM, exploring issues of cultural assimilation and spirituality while remaining accessible to younger readers. Critical readings of KIM contextualize it within the larger ecology of British colonialist writing of the early 20th century: the novel demonstrates "one of the key methods by which Western superiority over the Orient was asserted and maintained. [it] is represented as something which can be collected and catalogued, almost as if it were a British possession" (Scott, 178-9). The US edition technically precedes this by a couple of weeks for the purpose of securing copyright. An important work of literature and of the history of Western colonialism. 8'' x 5''. Original red cloth binding with gilt roundel to front board and gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Black-and-white frontispiece with tissue guard, nine black-and-white plates. 414 pages with [2] pages of ads to rear. Ownership inscription of George Fitzgerald dated "Xmas 1901" to second blank. Mild rubbing to edges of spine, light bumping to spine ends. Tiny closed tear to gutter of front flyleaf. Clean and bright.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. Kim. Macmillan, London, 1901.
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Condition: Near Fine
Description: Original publisher's cloth binding with gilt to spine and front board. Top edge gilt. A Near Fine example retaining its brightness and shape; internally with some foxing to title page and preliminaries. Kim stands as a separate character from the other books that had made Kipling's name -- "'Not much of a story' may perhaps be the verdict of the ruthless boy reader who revels in the Jungle Book and Captains Courageous.Kim is, in fact and upon the surface, but an insignificant fragment of human history; a bit out of the biography of a little vagabond of Irish parentage, orphaned when a baby, and left to shift for himself in infinite India," wrote a contemporary reviewer for The Atlantic. That said, it is a book that more mature readers could connect with in the story of a boy growing into manhood, seeking out experiences and relationships to shape and define him. "Kim is a work of genius," that same Atlantic reviewer concludes, because it is "the most truly spiritual production, in the proper sense of the term," giving thoughtful readers "something upon every page which he desires to quote." Near Fine.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. Kim.. Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1901.
Price: US$975.00 + shipping
Description: First English edition of what many consider Kiplingâs masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated with photographs of clay reliefs by John Lockwood Kipling including tissue-guarded frontispiece, two pages of advertisements at rear. In near fine condition. An exceptional example. Kim unfolds against the backdrop of The Great Game, the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia. The novel made the term "Great Game" popular and introduced the theme of great power rivalry and intrigue. It is set after the Second Afghan War which ended in 1881, but before the Third, probably in the period 1893 to 1898. The novel is notable for its detailed portrait of the people, culture, and varied religions of India. "The book presents a vivid picture of India, its teeming populations, religions, and superstitions, and the life of the bazaars and the road." Considered by many to be Kipling's masterpiece, opinion appears varied about its consideration as children's literature or not. Roger Sale, in his history of children's literature, concludes "Kim is the apotheosis of the Victorian cult of childhood, but it shines now as bright as ever, long after the Empire's collapse." It was the basis for the 1950 film starring Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, and Paul Lukas. Named by Modern Library as one of the 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."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Rudyard Kipling. Kim. Macmillan And Co., London, 1901.
Price: US$1095.02 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A first edition of Kipling's classic novel. Most renowned for 'The Jungle Book', 'Kim' and 'Just so Stories', Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is seen as a pioneer for the short story form and a classic author of children's fiction. He was born in India, the inspiration behind a vast amount of his writings. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907, becoming the youngest ever recipient and first English language writer to do so.'Kim' was originally published as a serial in McClure's Magazine between 1900 and 1901, and takes place against the backdrop of the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia.With ten full plate illustrations. Collated, complete.In the publisher's original binding, with a gilt elephant on the front cover.In an unclipped dust wrapper belonging to the later, 1930s library edition of this work.Contains a leaf of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In a full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Dust wrapper in two pieces, with the spine attached to the front cover, a large chunk lost to the tail of the spine and a chip in the head. Externally lovely, very minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Ownership inscription in pencil to the front endpaper. Internally firmly bound, pages bright and clean. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Kipling, Rudyard. Kim.. Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1901.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First English edition of what many consider Kiplingâs masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated with photographs of clay reliefs by John Lockwood Kipling including tissue-guarded frontispiece, two pages of advertisements at rear. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box. An exceptional example. Kim unfolds against the backdrop of The Great Game, the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia. The novel made the term "Great Game" popular and introduced the theme of great power rivalry and intrigue. It is set after the Second Afghan War which ended in 1881, but before the Third, probably in the period 1893 to 1898. The novel is notable for its detailed portrait of the people, culture, and varied religions of India. "The book presents a vivid picture of India, its teeming populations, religions, and superstitions, and the life of the bazaars and the road." Considered by many to be Kipling's masterpiece, opinion appears varied about its consideration as children's literature or not. Roger Sale, in his history of children's literature, concludes "Kim is the apotheosis of the Victorian cult of childhood, but it shines now as bright as ever, long after the Empire's collapse." It was the basis for the 1950 film starring Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, and Paul Lukas. Named by Modern Library as one of the 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."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Kipling, Rudyard. Kim.. Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1901.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First English edition of what many consider Kiplingâs masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated with photographs of clay reliefs by John Lockwood Kipling including tissue-guarded frontispiece, two pages of advertisements at rear. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco made by Asprey and Garrard. An exceptional example. Kim unfolds against the backdrop of The Great Game, the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia. The novel made the term "Great Game" popular and introduced the theme of great power rivalry and intrigue. It is set after the Second Afghan War which ended in 1881, but before the Third, probably in the period 1893 to 1898. The novel is notable for its detailed portrait of the people, culture, and varied religions of India. "The book presents a vivid picture of India, its teeming populations, religions, and superstitions, and the life of the bazaars and the road." Considered by many to be Kipling's masterpiece, opinion appears varied about its consideration as children's literature or not. Roger Sale, in his history of children's literature, concludes "Kim is the apotheosis of the Victorian cult of childhood, but it shines now as bright as ever, long after the Empire's collapse." It was the basis for the 1950 film starring Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, and Paul Lukas. Named by Modern Library as one of the 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."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
KIPLING, Rudyard.. Kim.. London: Macmillan and Co., 1901, 1901.
Price: US$2254.46 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression. "Considered to be Kipling's greatest work, and the finest novel about the India of the British Empire, the text appeared serially in the United States in McClure's Magazine from December 1900 through October 1901. and in Great Britain in Cassell's Magazine from January through November 1901" (Richards). This first UK edition was published on 17 October 1901, 16 days after its release in the US. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in red morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, raised bands, gilt motif to front board and single rule to boards gilt, twin rule gilt to turn ins, green endpapers, gilt edges. Illustrated with photographs of clay reliefs by John Lockwood Kipling. The occasional minor blemish, an excellent copy in a fine binding.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Kipling, Rudyard. KIM. , 1901.
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Description: [in 1901 dust jacket] London: Macmillan and Co., 1901. 2 pp undated ads. Original red cloth with Ganesha device in gilt, with dust jacket. 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 volume is in bright, just-about-fine condition (just a touch of wear at the head of the spine). Included is the quite scarce 1901 dust jacket, in its first state (listing on the rear panel 14 titles in the Uniform Edition, with THE NAULAHKA at the bottom and with KIM at the top with no statement of print number). The jacket is in good-to-very good condition (spine quite darkened so as to be illegible, wear particularly at the ends of the jacket's spine). Richards A174; Stewart 254; Livingston 250. One of the books selected as a "Modern Library 100" for the 20th Century, seldom seen in jacket.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
KIPLING, RUDYARD.. Kim. London: Macmillan, 1901, 1901.
Price: US$8500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Very good in a dust jacket with a properly mended tear extending from the edge of the front panel across the back panel; in a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. While celebrated as one of the finest novels of India, noting its vivid depiction of the exotic, crowded locale, it is also a spy story of 'The Great Game.' All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.