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THE FLYING ISLANDS OF THE NIGHT by RILEY, James Whitcomb - 1892
by RILEY, James Whitcomb
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THE FLYING ISLANDS OF THE NIGHT
by RILEY, James Whitcomb
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Indianapolis: Bowen Merrill, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Half-inch chip at the base of the spine with a very small chip at the head; minor spotting to covers and dustwrapper. Very Good in a Very Good and scarce printed dustwrapper. White flexible boards embossed with an all-over design of cherub heads and the front cover stamped in gold. BAL 16587: Printing 1, Binding A. INSCRIBED "Very truly yours" and SIGNED in full by the author in Indianapolis in December 1891. Riley has also added TWO LINES OF VERSE: "As full of naught/As space is full of emptiness." With two small corrections in the text, presumably by Riley. A fragile book, especially with the original dustwrapper.
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- Book Condition Used - Half-inch chip at the base of the spine with a very small chip at the head; minor spotting to covers and dustwrapper. Very Good
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- Publisher Bowen Merrill
- Place of Publication Indianapolis
- Date Published 1892
- Keywords Literary Firsts; Signed; Inscribed; Indiana Writers; Poetry; Modern Firsts; Modern Poetry; Early Dustwrappers; 19th Century American Literature; 19th Century Literature
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The Flying Islands of the Night
by James Whitcomb Riley
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The Flying Islands of the Night
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Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Co., 1895 Beautiful red cloth boards with gilt printing on the cover and spine with a decorative design on the spine. 88 front deckle-edged, top gilt-edged pages which are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The binding is good and tight, although it is hinged between pages 24 & 25 and pages 80 & 81. A fine edition from a non-smoking household. We ship daily.. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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The Flying Islands of the Night.
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The Bowen - Merrill Company. , 1892. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. ORIGINAL 1892 PUBLICATION; HARDCOVER, in original green cloth with gold lettering; head and tail of spine and corners bumped; light tanning of leaves; o/w in very good condition. .
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The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1900-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Green cloth cover with gilt decoration shows minor wear and rubbing. Name of former owner on the front free endpaper. 1900 edition. Pages are lightly tanned and mostly clean.
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The flying islands of the night
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Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
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Bobbs-Merrill, 1900-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
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The Flying Islands of the Night
by Riley, James Whitcomb
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Charleston, Illinois, United States
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Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Co. . Two colored cloth binding, ie burgundy and brown with gold lettering. Nice bright and strong copy. Just slightly rubbed at the corners. Previous owner's name stamp on the back of the front free endpaper. No other markings. . Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 1892.
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The Flying Islands of the Night
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Warrenville, Illinois, United States
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Indianapolis:: Bobbs-Merrill.. Light shlfwr, o/w Good+ w/o DJ.. 1900.. Green cloth binding, teg. .
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FLYING ISLANDS OF THE NIGHT
by Riley, James Whitcomb
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Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs Merrill. 1898. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Works of James Whitcomb Riley; 187 pages .
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THE FLYING ISLANDS OF THE NIGHT; VOLUME VI
by Riley, James Whitcomb
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Calumet, Michigan, United States
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New York: Scribners, 1903. Cloth Hard Back. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (8)187pp. Gilt top. Frontispiece. Gilt-stamped light rust-colored cloth. Spine a bit sunned but clean & sound.
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The Flying Islands of the Night
by Riley, James Whitcomb
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Tolar, Texas, United States
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Indianapolis IN: The Bowen-Merrill Co., 1892. Burgundy and tan cloth boards are scuffed with rubbed edges, light color bleeding. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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