1901 Kim

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

The first edition, first impression. This first UK edition was actually published one day after its release in the US.

This spy novel was written by short story pioneer and classic author of children's fiction, Rudyard Kipling, who is known as a pioneer for the short story form and a classic author of children's fiction. 

'Kim' was originally published as a serial in McClure's Magazine between 1900 and 1901; the story takes place against the backdrop of the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia.

Illustrated with a frontispiece - retaining the original tissue guard - and nine plates. Collated, complete.

With a publisher's advertisement leaf to the rear.

Loosely inserted is the very scarce first edition of C. W. Parish's 1945 short work 'Mrs Fleming's Visit', which details Kipling's sister Ann's 1945 visit to his home, Bateman's in Burwash. With two postcards of the home also present.

With the inscription 'Holbrook Jackson Liverpool 1944' to the head of the front free endpaper. Journalist, writer, and publisher George Holbrook Jackson. A noted journalist who worked for numerous magazines during his career, Jackson is known as being one of the leading bibliophiles of his time. He founded in the Flying Fame Press alongside Ralph Hodgson and Claud Lovat Fraser, and had a long association with English small presses.