A Child-World

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… Saber más sobre este artículo

Indianapolis and Kansas City: Bowen-Merrill Company, 1897. 1897. THIS IS THE ACTUAL 1897 EDITION, NOT A FACSIMILE, PRINT-ON-DEMAND, OR A MORE RECENT COPY. Maroon hardcover, gilt lettering and decorations on binding, gilt on top edge, frontispiece with tissue overlay, 209 pages plus 12 pages of advertising for publishers' books at end. Condition of binding: corners lightly bumped, shelf-wear to top/foot… Saber más sobre este artículo

The Bowen-Merrill Company. Very Good with no dustjacket. 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. First state with the word "Proem" on the contents page. Very nice and clean. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 209 pages .

Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1897. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. [1], 209 pages, [1] page blank, [14] pages of advertisements. Frontispiece emgraving. Red cloth hardcover with gilt border and title stamped on the front cover. Gilt title and decorations on spine. Top edge gilt. Light edge wear to cloth head and base of spine. Light soil to… Saber más sobre este artículo

Bowen-Merrill. Good with no dust jacket. 1897. First Edition; First Printing. 1st state, with Bowen-Merrill and without London imprint. The word "PROEM" contents page. Burgundy cloth, gilt. Chipping heel and toe, worn at the tips, front hinge open, but holding. Will Vawter frontis, tissue intact, contents unmarked. TEG, 13p ads for additional works by Riley; 209 pages. bx126

Indianapolis, Indiana, U. S. A.: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1897. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Edition/First Issue. "Proem" Listed On Contents Page And No London Imprint On The Copyright Page. The Book Is Bound In Red Cloth Over Boards With Gilt Lettering And Decoration On The… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Hardcover, medium brown cloth boards, gilt-stamped cover & spine. Good/No Dust Jacket. Volume X from the set, The Works of James Whitcomb Riley on spine. Homestead Edition. 152 pages, frontispiece with tissue. Spine darkened, edges rough cut, previous owner's label on fep. Riley, 1849-1916, was an American poet, lecturer, and newspaperman, known… Saber más sobre este artículo

Indianapolis and Kansas City: The Bowen Merrill Company, 1897. First American edition, first printing. Frontispiece by Will Vawter. 8vo. Original burgundy cloth gilt. Some light rubbing, browning of two pages from insert, Christmas 1896 gift inscription on endpapers. A very good copy. First American edition, first printing. Frontispiece by Will Vawter. 8vo. BAL 16622

Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896. Hardcover. Good. . Shows minor wear, light foxing.

Bowen-Merrill Co, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Red cloth. Gilt titles, gilt border on front cover, gilt floral decoration on spine, top edge gilt. Frontispiece by W.Vainter with tissue guard. Clean, tight & unmarked. Protected in clear archival mylar jacket. A well preserved copy. Trust an experienced independent bookseller since 1988. Orders are shipped… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Longmans, Green & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1897. 2nd Eng ed. Hardcover. Spine is browned. Pages are browning. Endpapers are browned, and beginning to fox. Covers have some light wear. ; Inscribed on front endpaper "...with compliments of longmans green & co." 2nd English Edition with Vawter Frontispiece (russo pg. 66) . .

Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill, 1896. Good. Cloth. First Edition,First Printing. 24mo (up to 5½" tall). Red cloth, gilt panels and titles, top edge gilt. Spine ends heavily worn. Previous owner's name to front fly. Copy is well-read. Better than the usual Good, but just misses being Very Good..

Indianapolis and Kansas City: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1897. FIRST American EDITION. First printing with Bowen-Merrill imprint on title page not followed by London imprint. Full maroon cloth with gilt lettering on front board and spine. Spine has gilt decoration. Very light shelf wear. Previous owner's name on front endpage. The beginnings of foxing (very, very… Saber más sobre este artículo

Indianapolis and Kansas City: Bowen-Merrill. VG+. 1897. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first issue with "Proem" listed on contents page and no London imprint on the copyright page. Bound in red cloth with gilt le ttering and decoration. A Very Good copy. Rubs to the spine tips and corners. Small bumps to the lower corners. Former owner's… Saber más sobre este artículo

The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1897. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Minor Shelfwear And Edgewear, Previous Owners Name On Front End Paper, Minor Foxxing, Otherwise An Unmarked, Clean, And Solid Copy.

Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Co., 1897. First Am edition . Hardcover. Very good condition, top of spine chipped. W. Vainter. 209p., frontis., ads. BAL 16622 (this copy contains points of both 1st and 2d printings)

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons . A clean, crisp hardcover in very good condition; lightly bumped corners faintly rubbed. No DJ, as issued. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1906.

RILEY, James Whitcomb. A Child-World. Orig. red cloth. Frontis. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Co., 1897. First edition, first state. BAL 16622. Russo, pp. 64-65. A fine copy.

NY: Scribner's Sons. 1906. vg. Hardcover. The Works of James Whitcomb Riley, Vol. V. 7.5" tall; brown cover with gilt corn decoration & gilt rules & lettering front & spine; 152pp; top edge gilt, other edges uncut; watermarked paper (this is a positive attribute and does not mean that the pages are water-stained); no volume number on spine; b/w frontis… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1915. Hardcover. The Works of James Whitcomb Riley Volume X. .