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RIley, James Whitcomb Home Again With Me Indianapolis Bobbs Merrill 1908 Hard Cover Very Good+ No Dustjacket Poetry Howard Chandler Christy, Illustrator Olive green ribbed cloth boards with clean, unchipped oval paste-on illustration by Christy on cover. No bumping or fraying. Very slight hint of edge fading to boards. Binding is tight & square, pages are very clean. No names, writing or bookplates. Clean decorated endpapers. Unpaginated (43 plates). Price: 30.00 USD
RIley, James Whitcomb Riley Child-Rhymes with Hoosier Pictures Indianapolis Bobbs Merrill 1898 Hard Cover Very Good+ No Dustjacket Poetry 8 vo. Will Vawter, Illustrator Clean olive green cloth boards with gilt & black illustrated cover (two children playing outdoors); gilt stamped lettering on cover and spine, small gold kite with tail on spine. Hint of sunning to spine and edges. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are very clean and bright; last page in book has closed 2" tear (no text on this page). Tasteful previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Lovely illustrations throughout by Will Vawter. 188 pgs. Price: 28.00 USD
RIley, James Whitcomb The Book of Joyous Children New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1902 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good+ No Dustjacket Poetry 8vo J. W. Vawter, Illustrator Very clean burgundy cloth boards with stamped gilt lettering and decoration on cover and spine (lettering and gilt unchipped & bright), small gilt illustration on rear board. Gilt top page edges. No fraying. Binding is tight, pages are clean and bright. Previous owner name in light pencil on front free endpaper. Frontis illustration with clean tissue guard; lovely illustrations throughout. 175 pgs. Price: 60.00 USD
