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Rhymes of Childhood by Riley, James Whitcomb - 1894

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Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Co., 1894. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Later printing (1891). [xi], [i], 186pp, frontis port, tissue protector. 12mo/19cm. Illustrated maroon and brown cloth gilt, otherwise slightly edgeworn at tips, light soil, internally fine. The attractive cover illustration is of a child's head as if in a cloud, all in gilt. James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916) was an American writer and poet from Indiana. He was sometimes known as the "Hoosier Poet" and the "Childrens' Poet". Many of his thousand or so published poems were written in an Indiana dialect as are some in this volume..
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  • Publisher Bowen-Merrill Co.
  • Place of Publication Indianapolis
  • Date Published 1894
  • Keywords Poetry American Childhood Poems Rhymes Indiana "Hoosier Poet"

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Bobbs-Merrill. 1900. good. Hardcover. xii 234pp; glossy b/w illustrated frontis with tissue guard; foxing, heavier on end pages; 7" tall; gilt decor & lettering to darkened spine; light shelf wear to edges of red cover .
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1903. Hardcover. Good +. [4], ix-xii, 216 p., frontispiece; 19 cm. Brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and gilt-stamped ears of corn on spine and front cover. Top page edges gilt. Copyright 1896 and 1898 by the author. Bobbs-Merrill began business in 1903. In Good+ Condition: corners rubbed; ends of spine starting to fray; former owner's name crossed out on front free endpaper; otherwise, clean and tight.
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Indianapolis, IN: Bowen-Merrill. 1900. good+. Hardcover. 234 pages; laid paper; previous owner name & date 1906 in pencil on free front ep; few foxing marks on pp 62-65, otherwise text clean; 7" tall; top edge gilt; gilt decor & lettering on front & spine of soiled cover; front cover has a small hole in red cloth over boards; no dj .
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Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Company. Good+; Binding Slightly Loose, Owner's Name Inside. 1895. Hardback. 186 pages .
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Rhymes of Childhood: The Poems and Prose Sketches of James Whitcomb Riley

by Riley, James Whitcomb

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NY: Scribner's Sons. 1906. vg. Hardcover. Vol. 5 of The Works of James Whitcomb Riley. 7.5" tall; brown cover with gilt corn decoration & gilt rules & lettering front & spine; 216pp; 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 with tissue guard; prev. owner's name dated 1946 on front endpage .
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Charles Scribner's Sons. Good with no dust jacket. 1900. Hardcover. Minor spotting to the spine; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches .
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