English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations

English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 113. Kipling, Kim, 1901.

From the Library of Christian Heuer

Kipling, Kim, 1901

Lot Closed

July 9, 02:53 PM GMT

Estimate

800 - 1,200 GBP

Lot Details

Description

From the Library of Christian Heuer


KIPLING, RUDYARD

Kim. Macmillan And Co., 1901


8vo, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, original moderate red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and with gold medallion elephant design on upper cover, white endpapers, PALE YELLOWISH-GREEN DUST-JACKET, preserved in green cloth case and slipcase, a few short tears and some minor staining to jacket OTHERWISE REMARKABLY FINE


A fine copy in jacket of the first English edition of the author's greatest work (and perhaps the finest novel about the India of the British Empire), published two weeks after the American edition by Doubleday.


LITERATURE:

Richards A174



Please see shipping calculator link: click here.