Kipling Kim

Kipling, Rudyard illustrated by the author, W. H. Drake, P. Frenzeny: Macmillan's Pocket Kipling, in 29 volumes, , London Published by Macmillan and Co , 1921-26
17.5 x 11 cm
Kipling, Rudyard, Macmillan's Pocket Kipling, in 29 volumes, illustrated by the author, W. H. Drake, P. Frenzeny, Jungle Book, Life's Handicap, Rewards & Fairies, Departmental Ditties, The Five Nations, Actions & Reactions, The Seven Seas, The Years Between, Second Jungle Book, Many Inventions, The Day's Work, Songs from Books, Soldiers Three etc., Stalky & Co., Just So Stories, Wee Willie Winkie, Diversity of Creatures, Plain Tales from the Hills, Puck of Pook's Hill, Barrack-Room Ballads, Traffics & Discoveries, The Light that Failed, Kim, Captains Courageous, The Naulahka, Debits & Credits, From Sea to Sea [in 2 vols]

, 29 uniform volumes - Jungle Book, Life's Handicap, Rewards & Fairies, Departmental Ditties, The Five Nations, Actions & Reactions, The Seven Seas, The Years Between, Second Jungle Book, Many Inventions, The Day's Work, Songs from Books, Soldiers Three etc., Stalky & Co., Just So Stories, Wee Willie Winkie, Diversity of Creatures, Plain Tales from the Hills, Puck of Pook's Hill, Barrack-Room Ballads, Traffics & Discoveries, The Light that Failed, Kim, Captains Courageous, The Naulahka, Debits & Credits, From Sea to Sea [in 2 vols], some illustrated Reprint 17.5 x 11 cm Hardback , all volumes rubbed at spines and some chipped at head and/or tails, front cover of 'Kim' very loosely attached, light scuffs to covers, neat owner's inscription at front of one, all internally clean, books in good condition , limp red leather with gilt titles and decoration to spine, gilt elephant emblem to front,top edge gilt

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Rudyard Kipling Illustrator: . Kim, Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd. 1999 ISBN: 9788171674268

New Softcover . Kim, a young Irish orphan, is brought up in the native quarter of Lahore. While he is accompanying a Tibetan lama on his search for the River of Immortality, Kim is picked up by the British and groomed for the Secret Service. His first assignment is to capture the papers of a Russian spy in the Himalayas... This novel is not only a modern classic but also an outstanding and thrilling adventure story. It is recognised as Kipling's masterpiece. Printed Pages: 336. .

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Rudyard Kipling Illustrator: . Kim (Collins Classics) HarperCollins Publishers India 2010 ISBN: 9780007368594

New Softcover . aEUR aEURoeI am Kim. I am Kim. And what is Kim?aEUR His soul repeated it again and again.aEUR Set against the backdrop of Britain and RussiaaEUR s political struggle in central Asia, Kim, the son of a drunken Irish soldier grows up as a street-wise orphan in the city of Lahore. Upon befriending an aged Tibetan Lama, the playful and spirited Kim journeys with him across India, experiencing the exotic culture, religion and people of the subcontinent. On their travels they come across KimaEUR s fatheraEUR s old army regiment. The Colonel quickly spots KimaEUR s ability to blend into his surroundings and trains him to become a spy for the British Army. As his adventures take him further into the world of secret agents and political intrigue, Kim is torn between his spiritual self and the expectations of his British compatriots. In this exotic tale of mystery, friendship and struggle, Kipling gives a fascinating insight into the British Raj and the volatile age of Imperialism in India. Printed Pages: 320. .

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Modernes Antiquariat. - Literatur. Kipling, Rudyard. Gesammelte Werke. Leipzig. List.1965.
Band I: Dschungelwelt ( Kim, das Dschungelbuch, das neue Dschungelbuch, dunkles Indien. )./ Band II: Hart und heiß ( Kleine Geschichten aus den Bergen, Geschichten aus Simla, die schönste Geschichte der Welt, in Schwarz und Weiß, Bilanz. )./ Band III: Das große Abenteuer ( Fischerjungs, Puck vom Buchsberg, Staaks und Genossen, das kommt davon, wie spricht der Hund, das Licht erlosch, Balladen aus dem Biwak. ). - Bei indischen Wörtern und Namen wurde weitgehend die englische Schreibung beibehalten, um das Lokalkolorit Kolonial-Indiens und die Sprachatmosphäre Kiplings möglichst zu bewahren. - Kipling erhält als erster Engländer den Nopelpreis für Literatur 1907. - Sehr saubere Dünndruckausgabe. Volume I:jungleworld (Kim, the junglebook, the new junglebook, dark India.) Volume II: Hard and hot (Small stories from the mountains, stories from Smila, the most beautiful narrations of the world, in black and white, balance.)./ Volume III: The great adventure (Fishing lads, Puck from the Bucksmountain, Staaks and Comrades, this comes from that, how speaks the dog, the light went out, Ballads from the bivouac.), By Indian words and names, the English writting were fixed. Kipling becomes as the first Englishman the Nobel prize for literature 1907.- Very clean lightface issue.

3 Bde. 20 x 12 cm. 949,1041,1135 S. Blauer Lwd.d.Zt.mit roten Rsch.

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