The Lockerbie Book: Containing Poems Not in Dialect
by Riley, James Whitcomb
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Martinsville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1912. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, gently shelf worn, ex-library with the usual library markings, former owner's name in red ink on the ffep, overall a clean used first edition! Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. 646 poetic and historical pages! "It is something of a literary presumption to introduce to any one that can read, a volume that bears on its title page the name of James Whitcomb Riley. And yet because of its departure from the naturally expected, this collection seems to make an introduction not only pertinent but courteous as well." --- from the Introduction. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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- Seller
- Conover Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 030412
- Title
- The Lockerbie Book: Containing Poems Not in Dialect
- Author
- Riley, James Whitcomb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- POEMS POETRY POETIC WORKS AUTHOR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
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About the Seller
Conover Books
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Martinsville, Virginia
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