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Kim
By Rudyard Kipling
Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1901
First American Edition
Hardcover decorative green cloth
No ISBN
Early American hardcover edition of Kipling’s Kim, one of his best-known novels and a key story of British India, travel, espionage, and the Great Game.
This copy has the strong green decorative cloth binding with gilt title and black stamped cover art. The binding is a major part of the appeal here. This is not just a reading copy. It is a displayable early Kipling book for a collector shelf.
Best fit for Kipling collectors, classic literature buyers, antique book collectors, and buyers looking for early decorative cloth editions.
Major hook: 1901 Doubleday, Page & Company first American edition in decorative cloth.
Condition: Good+ / Very Good- for age. No dust jacket. Green cloth covers show rubbing, shelf wear, corner wear, spine-end wear, small fraying, and light soiling. Gilt lettering is still strong. Page edges show age wear and roughness. Prior owner name “M. H. Jackson” written on front blank page. Interior pages shown look clean with age toning. Binding not fully tested. See photos for full condition details.
Note: the printed Kipling emblem shown inside is part of this early edition and is not a modern political mark.
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