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London: Macmillan & CO, Limited, 1901. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 20th-century red calf by Bayntun, Bath, five raised bands to spine, titles to blue and green spine labels, gilt tooling in compartments, covers bordered with a double gilt fillet, elaborate decoration to board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Frontispiece and nine more illustrations in b/w printed on glossy paper. Small sticker and short ink dedication to front endpaper. A fine copy..

Kim is a novel by Rudyard Kipling. It is set against the backdrop of the Great Game, the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia.