THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY [Six Volumes] [Signed] [With Autograph Poem]

Published by C. B. Randall [1913], New Castle, Pennsylvania, 1913

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Small Quartos, 6 volumes. In Near Fine Condition. Bound in unsigned crushed red morocco, lightly mottled in a Spanish style, covers gilt with a fillet and foliate frame with red and blue morocco onlays, spines gilt in panels with blue morocco onlays, gilt dentelles, burgundy moiré silk linings, and top edges gilt. Spines very slightly faded. Volume one with rear board with half a dozen small scrapes, light cracking to front hinge, light chipping beginning to head of spine. Lower edge of fore edge of text blocks with some black smudging. All volumes with slight bumping to corners and very light wear. Limitation pages printed in red and black, #34/150, signed by the publisher with no dedicatee listed. Frontispiece portrait of Riley signed by him in pencil. Illustrated with numerous facsimiles and illustrations, including original watercolors by Glenn Henshaw, J. Alfred Seaford, H. Rex Cotton, and Mary McAuley. With an Autograph Poem Signed, 24 lines beginning "What thought I scantly trust ye can / Find any pardon for a man." 2 pages, written on a single folded sheet of Riley's personal stationery. Shelved in Front Case. 1397399. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.…

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Title
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY [Six Volumes] [Signed] [With Autograph Poem]
Author
Riley, James Whitcomb
Publisher
C. B. Randall [1913], New Castle, Pennsylvania
Publication year
1913
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Signed
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Limited Edition, #34/150.
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