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KIPLING, Rudyard (1865–1936). Kim. London: Macmillan and Co., 1901.
8vo. 10 photographic plates after John L. Kipling (Rudyard’s father). Original red cloth, upper cover with a gilt rondel, gilt–lettered spine, top edge gilt (few tiny spots of rubbing at extreme ends, front joint slightly cracked at preliminaries, few bumped edges); morocco–backed slipcase. Provenance: Godfrey Lawford (armorial bookplate); Arthur Haynsworth Masten (bookplate).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, named by Modern Library as one of the 100 best English–language novels of the 20th century and the basis for the 1950 film starting Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell and Paul Lukas. Livingston 250.