A Child-World
by Riley, James Whitcomb
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Original burgundy cloth gilt. Some light rubbing, browning of two pages from insert, Christmas 1896 gift inscription on endpaper
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
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
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20155
- Title
- A Child-World
- Author
- Riley, James Whitcomb
- Format/Binding
- Frontispiece by Will Vawter. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original burgundy cloth gilt. Some light rubbing, browning of two pages from insert, Christmas 1896 gift inscription on endpaper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Bowen Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis and Kansas City
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- American | James Whitcomb Riley
Terms of Sale
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About The Old Mill Bookshop
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