KIPLING, RUDYARD - 'KIM'
KIPLING, RUDYARD - 'KIM'
first edition, first impression, published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1901, red cloth bound with gilt Ganesha medallion to front cover, two pages of adverts to end of volume and with former owner's pen inscription to front flyleaf dated October 1901
Provenance:
The collection of Perran Wood, thence by family descent.
Perran Wood was born in Cape Town in 1945. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1970s, where he became a glass expert at Sotheby’s.
In retirement, Perran devoted himself to his enduring love of books, building an extensive collection and earning widespread respect for his deep knowledge of the subject. His books were a source of lifelong curiosity and pleasure, each valued for what they held within their pages.
KIPLING, RUDYARD - 'KIM'
first edition, first impression, published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1901, red cloth bound with gilt Ganesha medallion to front cover, two pages of adverts to end of volume and with former owner's pen inscription to front flyleaf dated October 1901
Provenance:
The collection of Perran Wood, thence by family descent.
Perran Wood was born in Cape Town in 1945. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1970s, where he became a glass expert at Sotheby’s.
In retirement, Perran devoted himself to his enduring love of books, building an extensive collection and earning widespread respect for his deep knowledge of the subject. His books were a source of lifelong curiosity and pleasure, each valued for what they held within their pages.
