Kim [SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR]

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1/1500. Quarto. (x), [2], 284pp, [1]. Tan slipcase, label with brown border and lettering on spine. Binding with brown leather over light tan cloth boards with debossed gilt labyrinth style design on front and back cover. Gilt lettering and motifs on spine. Decorative end papers. Illustrated Frontispiece. Top of paper edges in brown. This limited edition, #87/1500 hand numbered and hand signed by illustrator, has b/w and color illustrations throughout. "Kim is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling. The story unfolds against the backdrop of The Great Game, the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia. The novel made the term "Great Game" popular and introduced the theme of great power rivalry and intrigue. It is set after the Second Afghan War which ended in 1881, but before the Third, 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." - Wikipedia Slipcase with light scratches on covers, water staining to top and bottom of slip case water stain at tail of spine. Binding with light rubbing at head of spine. Slipcase in very good-, binding in very good+, interior in near fine condition overall. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 45202

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