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First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Kim In the almost complete original printed dust jacket KIPLING, Rudyard. Kim. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1901. First English Edition. Octavo (7 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 200 x 130 mm.). [vi]], [1]-413, [1, blank], [2, publisher's advertisements] pp. Title-page bordered in red. With ten photographic plates. Publisher's red cloth, front cover with Ganesha device in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Complete with the original tan dust jacket with spine printed in red. Large piece of jacket front panel missing and small piece missing from bottom of spine. The rear wrapper complete with all the advertisements printed in red. Contained in a red cloth chemise within a quarter red morocco slipcase, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in compartments. A very fine copy in an almost complete printed dust jacket. Renowned for its rich and detailed depiction of India's diverse people, cultures, and religions, the novel offers a vivid portrayal of the country's bustling bazaars, spiritual traditions, and everyday life. Set against the backdrop of the Great Game?the geopolitical struggle between Russia and Britain in Central Asia - Kim not only brings this historical conflict to life but also helped popularize the phrase and concept of the Great Game itself. "This novel, considered by many to be Kipling?s greatest work, appeared serially in McClure?s Magazine, December, 1900, to October, 1901, and in Cassell?s Magazine, January to November, 1901. In Cassell?s there are nine plates by E. L. Weeks, ten plates by John Lockwood Kipling, and head pieces and thirty-eight drawings by H. R. Millar; in McClure?s the illustrations by H. R. Millar are not included. All the chapters have verse-headings except Chapter XIII, for which a native proverb is used. The first (American) edition has headings for Chapters VIII and XIII only, and these are different from the headings in the magazine. The first English edition has verse headings for all the Chapters, those for VIII and XIII being the same as those in the first American edition and the others being those used in the serial publication? (Stewart, p. 212). Livingston 250; Martindell 96; Stewart 254.
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