Rudyard Kipling Liberty Magazine Poetry Collection.

Scarce collection of 1928 issues of Liberty Magazine containing early appearances of many of Kipling's rarest poems. Folio, five issues, original illustrated wrappers. The collection includes issues featuring the appearance of: Rio (January 7, 1928), Light and Power (January 28, 1928), A Drop in Traffic (February 18, 1928), A City and a Silence (March 17, 1928), and World By Itself (March 31, 1928). Founded in 1924, American weekly Liberty Magazine featured contributions from some of the biggest politicians, celebrities, authors, and artists of the 20th-century. Kipling's brother-in-law was an associate editor from the magazine's founding through his death on October 17, 1939. In fine condition. Each issue is housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase.