Rudyard Kipling. The Neutral. Doubleday, Page, and Company, New York, 1916.

Price: US$129.19 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: A two-page poem by Rudyard Kipling, this would be only one of a very small handful used for copyright purposes only in the U.S., very rare that any of these survive, certainly a very nice piece for the serious collector. In the original cream colored wraps with light green printing. 6 pp. including title page

Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.

KIPLING(Rudyard). The Neutral. Doubleday, Page, Garden City, 1916.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, original cream yellow glazed paper wrappers printed in green, few minor spots, bookplate of Nicholas Frederic Brady on verso of front wrapper has caused a light puckering of the wrapper, small gilt morocco bookplate of a bookseller below the Brady plate has slightly offset onto title, very nice, and preserved in a crimson quarter morocco gilt slip case with inner wraps. One of very few printed for the express purpose of securing the American copyright. Stewart 503; the very rare first edition.

Seller: G. W. Stuart, Jr., ABAA(emeritus), Yuma, AZ, U.S.A.

Kipling, Rudyard. The Neutral. Doubleday, Page, Garden City NY, 1916.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. [8] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. One of a small number of copies published for American copyright. Stewart 400; Livingston 407 Original cream wrappers, printed in green; old fold, else fine. In red morocco-backed case, spine worn

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.