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Riley Songs of Summer
by James Whitcomb Riley
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1908. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Will Vawter. Later Printing, 1908, 190 pages, interesting poetry and whimsical look life in the early 20th Century, reflections of a more gentler time, 7.75 inches in height by 5.5 inches in width. Book is near Fine, corners lightly bumped and just a touch of wear to head and heel of spine, else Fine, never read condition, Very clean, publisher's ribbed green cloth with VERY bright gilt title and illustration in gilt and black of a farmer on front board, border in blind, bright gilt title to spine, charming illustrations by Will Vawter. No previous owner bookplate or writing, Ultra clean and most presentable edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003150
- Title
- Riley Songs of Summer
- Author
- James Whitcomb Riley
- Illustrator
- Will Vawter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- Poetry,Early 20th Century
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Bookplate
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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