first edition Softcover
1891 · New York
by KIPLING, Rudyard
New York: M.J. Ivers & Co, 1891. Softcover. Very Good. First edition, second issue wrappers (*The Standard Letter Writer* on rear wrap). Printed decorated blue wrappers. Bookplate of Edwin B. Holden on detached front endpaper, pages browned, small nicks at the corners of front wrap and first few pages, very good or better. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and slip case. Auction slip laid in from the Holden sale of 1920. Ivers' American Series 1. Very uncommon. (Inventory #: 450538)