The Works of James Whitcomb Riley (12 Volumes, Complete)
by Riley, James Whitcomb
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1903. Third Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion on cover, fore-edge deckle, top edge gilt. 12 Volumes: Volume 1: Neighborly poems; Volume 2: Sketches in Prose; Volume 3: Afterwhiles; Volume 4: Pipes O' Pan at Zekesbury; Volume 5: Ryhmes of Childhood; Volume 6: The Flying Islands of the Night; Volume 7: Green Fields and Running Brooks; Volume 8: Poems Here at Home; Volume 9: Armazindy; Volume 10: A Child-World; Volume 11: Rubaiyat of Doc Sifers and Hom-Folks; Volume 12: The Book of Joyous Children . Spines lightly sunned, spine of volume 12 slightly singed, else tight, square, unmarked, and clean. NEAR FINE. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17935
- Title
- The Works of James Whitcomb Riley (12 Volumes, Complete)
- Author
- Riley, James Whitcomb
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Third Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- James Whitcomb Riley, The Book of Joyous Children, Poems Here at Home, Afterwhiles, Sketches in Prose, Pipes o' Pan at Zekesbury, Neighborly Poems, Rhymes of Childhood, The Flying Islands of the Night
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theatre & Performing Arts; Philosophy & Social Sciences;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...