The Girl I Loved
by James Whitcomb Riley
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
£12.13£8.49
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1910 Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN. 1910. Hardcover. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for gift inscription dated May 29, 1914. Book Condition: VG; interior is in remarkably good condition; heel and head are bumped; brown staining to bottom quarter of rear board-not moisture related; front lower tip has same stain. No DJ. Dark green cloth boards and spine with decorative design and gilt lettering on front board, and pictorial paste-on picture by Christy on front board. Unpaginated. Printed on heavy coated paper, with 22 feature plates by Christy plus 21 smaller illustrations to accompany the text by Riley in verse. Each page of text and each of the smaller illustrations are enclosed within beautiful orange pictorial borders by Margaret Armstrong who has also designed the cover, endpapers and other smaller designs. A song-story of love with pathos and humor exquisitely blended, the spirit of which Howard Chandler Christy catches admirably in his charming drawings. A presentable copy in remarkably good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002962
- Title
- The Girl I Loved
- Author
- James Whitcomb Riley
- Illustrator
- Howard Chandler Christy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis, IN
- Date Published
- 1910
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY, AMERICAN POETRY, HOOSIER DIALECT, HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY, MARGARET ARMSTRONG, POETS
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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