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20079788182520400-2025Booksales 2007. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Rudyard Kipling</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Booksales</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9788182520400</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 2007</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> Set after the Second Afghan War which ended in 1881 but before the Third fought in 1919 probably in the period 1893 to 1898. The novel is notable for its detailed portrait of the people culture and varied religions of India. The book presents a vivid picture of India its teeming populations religions and superstitions and the life of the bazaars and the road.Two men - a boy who grows into early manhood and an old ascetic priest the lama - are at the center of the novel. A quest faces them both. Born in India Kim is nevertheless white a sahib. While he wants to play the Great Game of Imperialism he is also spiritually bound to the lama. His aim as he moves chameleon-like through the two cultures is to reconcile these opposing strands while the lama searches for redemption from the Wheel of Life. A celebration of their friendship in a beautiful but often hostile environment 'Kim' captures the opulence of India's exotic landscape overlaid by the uneasy presence of the British Raj.</p> Booksales hardcover
2005Q-0486445089Dover Publications 2005-11-08. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Dover Publications paperback
2018BIBHB0159870932018. Hardcover. New. The Title 'Kim written/authored/edited by Rudyard Kipling' published in the year 2018. The ISBN 9788121216746 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 228 Pages. The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Literature & Fiction. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol: hardcover
2004Q-0812971345Modern Library 2004-02-10. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Modern Library paperback
2002Viva-9780393966503W W NORTON AND COMPANY 2002. Paperback with Sewing. New. W W NORTON AND COMPANY paperback
2002Viva-9780393966503W W NORTON AND COMPANY 2002. Paperback with Sewing. New. W W NORTON AND COMPANY paperback
2002Q-039396650XW. W. Norton & Company 2002-01-23. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! W. W. Norton & Company paperback
2008Q-0199536465Oxford University Press 2008-08-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Oxford University Press paperback
2011SKU0631189Penguin Classics 2011-11-29. paperback. New. 5x0x7. New Textbook Ships with Tracking Penguin Classics paperback
2011Q-0141442379Penguin Classics 2011-11-29. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Classics paperback
2011Q-0141332506Puffin Books 2011-06-09. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Puffin Books paperback
2022x-1774766205Royal Classics 2022. Hardcover. New. 244 pages. 6.00x0.69x9.00 inches. Royal Classics hardcover
2010Q-0099540789Random House UK 2010-07-09. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Random House UK paperback
2016C73009London 2016. First Edition Thus. Hardback In Slipcase. Near fine in near fine slipcase. 8vo. Pp: xiv 302. First Folio Society Edition. Publisher's green slipcase with red illustration at front. Publisher's turquoise cloth-covered illustrated boards lettered in gilt and white at spine with gilt and white illustration to front. Colour illustrations. hardcover
201310808East Hampton NY 2013. Unique artist's book hand painted on Rives BFK paper by Barry McCallion signed and dated by the artist on the titlepage "Barry McCallion 2013." Page size: 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches: 96pp. 48 of text and 48 of full-page original art. Bound by Rhonda Miller: hand-sewn full tan limp leather with closure simulating the pocket diary style of notebook manufactured in the late 19th century the time in which Kipling's novel is set; housed in tan linen clamshell box with image of elephant on green ground within red circle by Barry McCallion label printed in black with title and signed by the artist on the spine box executed by Joelle Webber at the Mermaid Bindery. Using India inks and Winsor Newton colored inks the artist Barry McCallion has created a non-verbal text for one of the main themes of the novel: the Lama's quest to free himself from the Wheel of Things by finding the legendary "River of the Arrow." Set against the backdrop of "The Great Game" conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia with espionage and intrigue as important an element as the backdrop of India itself KIM is a classic novel. Barry McCallion has altered text pages selected for their references to the spiritual quest that the Lama and Kim undertake highlighting the text in green and outlining appropriate passages in red outline the Red Bull on the green field. The full page images on each verso are all a circle within a square starting with a single silver-gilt dot. The paintings become more and more complicated and colorful as the "quest" for the River of the Arrow progresses. Overturned bowls of food ignited matches fruit leaves chairs all make their way towards the boundaries of the circle which becomes more frenzied and intense with each page With lines and circles within the red circle one can almost see a clock marking the passage of time Finally the last image is complete within a red border - "the River of the Arrow is here. unknown books
20102507140049The Limited Editions Club 2062-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Signed. Limited edition #433 flat signed by Robin Jacques on colophon page. Hardcover in slip case. Good binding and cover. Light edge wear. Clean unmarked pages. Autographed by illustrator. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. <br> Robin Jacques was born in Chelsea London on 27 March 1920 and educated at the Royal Masonic Schools Bushey Hertfordshire. Self-taught as an artist he worked as an apprentice to a firm of commercial artists before serving in Second World War first as a gunner in the Royal Engineers and later as a cartographer. In quiet moments he began to combine his love of literature with his artistic talents by attempting to illustrate the books he carried with him and on leave in London in 1944 he offered his services to the Editor of the Radio Times. Regular contributions followed over many years to both the Radio Times and the Listener establishing him as a distinct talent and the heir to Eric Fraser. Jacques also lectured at Brighton School of Art 1947-8 and acted as art editor for the Strand magazine. The Limited Editions Club hardcover
200463109London: Folio Society. Fine. 2004. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Stiff unmarked book in decorated boards; about new; in sturdy burgundy slipcase. ; The Folio Poets; 405 pages . Folio Society hardcover
2010DADAX1848850727Bloomsbury 2010-01-19. First Edition. hardcover. New. 5.87x1.21x8.78. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Bloomsbury hardcover
2015124313I.B.Tauris. New. 2015. Hardcover. 1784533335 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened with a bonus offer-- . I.B.Tauris hardcover
2008DADAX1436991234Kessinger Publishing 2008-08-18. hardcover. New. 6.00x1.00x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing hardcover
2010DADAX1164790102Kessinger Publishing 2010-09-10. hardcover. New. 6.00x1.00x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing hardcover
2010DADAX1164682695Kessinger Publishing 2010-09-10. paperback. New. 6.00x0.37x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing paperback
2010DADAX1163204641Kessinger Publishing 2010-09-10. hardcover. New. 6.00x0.75x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing hardcover
2011SONG1169846270Kessinger Publishing 2011-02-01. Large type / Large print. hardcover. Used: Good. 8.50x0.69x11.02. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing hardcover
2007Q-0307267113Everyman's Library 2007-10-15. hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Everyman's Library hardcover
