Author: KIPLING, Rudyard
Title: Kim
Description: New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1962. Hardcover. Introduction by Charles Edmund Carrington. Illustrations by Robin Jacques. Small 4to. Quarter brown calf with gilt lettering/decorations and gilt-ruled tan cloth, slipcase. x, 284pp. Color frontispiece, color illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Fine/near fine. First published in 1901, this lovely LEC production is the tenth title in their 30th series. Rear colophon notes limitation of 1500 numbered copies (this #241) signed by illustrator Jacques. In addition, this unusual copy bears a fine film addition from the 1950 from the MGM version: Tipped to the half-title page is the signature in blue ballpoint of co-star ROBERT DOUGLAS (1909-99; portrays Colonel Creighton) on a heavy stock 5" X 3" card, dated by him 25 December 1984 at upper right. Laid in are the "Monthly Letter," publisher's announcement card and Douglas' original transmittal envelope. NEWMAN 337. .

Keywords: British Literature


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