James Whitcomb Riley in Prose and Picture
by Howland, John A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Handy & Higgins, 1903. Book. Illus. by R.J.Campbell. Very Good. Quarter Cloth and Hard Cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark gray hard cover with lighter gray cloth spine. Gilted tiles and pictorial design on front. This copy is VG. Exterior rich and clean. Moderate wear to the tips; modest other edge wear. Inside has neat PO signature to FEP. Decorative EPs, frontispiece w/o tissue guard, facsimile of a stanza in Riley's handwriting. Set up, electrotyped and printed October 1, 1903, press of Robt. O. Law Co., so stated. Heavy paper pages. Inside is otherwise unmarked, clear, crisp, and tightly bound. Dust stained top page edges. Copious illustrations by R.J.Campbell..
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- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001214
- Title
- James Whitcomb Riley in Prose and Picture
- Author
- Howland, John A
- Illustrator
- R.J.Campbell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Handy & Higgins
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1903
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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- Edges
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