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A Child-World
de Riley, James Whitcomb
- Usado
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Original burgundy cloth gilt. Light wear to spine ends, else fine. Bookplate of Ella Mabel Clark
- Librería
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New York, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Indianapolis and Kansas City: The Bowen Merrill Company, 1897. First edition, first state. Frontispiece by Will Vawter. 8vo. Original burgundy cloth gilt. Light wear to spine ends, else fine. Bookplate of Ella Mabel Clark. First edition, first state. Frontispiece by Will Vawter. 8vo. Inscribed by the Riley Brothers, With a Poem. Inscribed on an inserted leaf, "Mr Charles F. Clark. With compliments of Jno. A Riley" with a poem below in James' hand, beginning, "In this book of simple rhyme / Spare your scythe, old Father Time!" and inscribed, "James Whitcomb Riley. Indiannapolis, Ind., Oct. 1896." A number of presentation leaves were prepared before the book's publication, hence the early date in the inscription (cf. Russo, p. 65). BAL 16622; Russo, pp. 64-66
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- Librería
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 262163
- Título
- A Child-World
- Autor
- Riley, James Whitcomb
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Frontispiece by Will Vawter. 8vo
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Original burgundy cloth gilt. Light wear to spine ends, else fine. Bookplate of Ella Mabel Clark
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition, first state
- Editorial
- The Bowen Merrill Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Indianapolis and Kansas City
- Fecha de publicación
- 1897
- Palabras clave
- American | James Whitcomb Riley
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Literature;
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- First Edition
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- First State
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- Bookplate
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- Gilt
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