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Kim
by KIPLING, Rudyard
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About This Item
London: 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, [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.
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.
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
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54794
- Title
- Kim
- Author
- KIPLING, Rudyard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1901
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Socialism; Socialist Party; Literature Before 1900;
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- Hinge
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