Kim

The red linen boards are well preserved, with luminous gilt lettering along the spine and a St. Martin's House signature stamp at the top of the front cover. Interior pages are complete and intact, with occasional stains and pencil marks noted. John Lockwood Kipling's illustrations have an ethnographic quality, rooted in his deep knowledge of Indian craft and culture. He originally illustrated Kim for its first publication in 1901, so editions carrying his work are considered especially authentic, the father illustrating the son's great novel is a meaningful connection.