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Riley Child Verse
by Riley, James Whitcomb
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1906. Later Printing. Hardcover. Illustrations by Ethel Franklin Betts. First Series. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1906), actually [1909]. 58 pages. Light blue cloth, color illustration mounted on front cover. Cloth slightly worn, few small spots and small areas of fading to spine, cover illustration lightly soiled. Original staples used in binding now rusted and showing at the gutter edges of few preliminary and terminal pages, otherwise interior in very good, bright condition. 8 full-page color plates, 13 vignette or partial page color illustrations, title illustration in b&w. BAL 16781.; 22 illustrations; 9 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches; 58 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4166
- Title
- Riley Child Verse
- Author
- Riley, James Whitcomb
- Illustrator
- Ethel Franklin Betts
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- Children's Books, Illustrated
Terms of Sale
Dale A. Sorenson
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Dale A. Sorenson
Biblio member since 2015
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Dale A. Sorenson
Used and rare books of quality in all subjects.
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- BAL
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- Edges
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- Gutter
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- Jacket
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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