Name/Title
Kim / Rudyard KiplingEntry/Object ID
2015.7.251Description
460 pages. Illustrated with 10 plates from photographs of bas-reliefs by John Lockwood Kipling (Rudyard's father). First edition, first issue.
The American edition is generally accepted as having preceded the English edition. This is the first issue of the American edition, with rhymed chapter headings for chapters VIII and XIII only.
Kim is an orphan, living from hand to mouth in the teeming streets of Lahore. One day he meets a man quite unlike anything in his wide experience, a Tibetan lama on a quest. Kim's life suddenly acquires meaning and purpose as he becomes the lama's guide and protector--his chela. Other forces are at work as Kim is sucked into the intrigue of the Great Game and travels the Grand Trunk Road with his lama. How Kim and the lama meet their respective destinies on the road and in the mountains of India forms one of the most compelling adventure tales of all time.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsLexicon
Search Terms
Adventure stories, Juvenile fiction, 1900sBook Details
Author
Rudyard KiplingIllustrator
John Lockwood KiplingEdition
FirstPublisher
Doubleday, Page & CompanyPlace Published
City
New YorkState/Province
New YorkCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1901Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's BindingBinding Notes
Bound in dark green cloth with an Asian sailing ship stamped in black to the front cover. Motif repeated to spine. Titles in gilt. Top edge gilt. Deckled edges. One of a series of uniform bindings for Kipling titles issued by the publisher.
