THE WORKS OF JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY (HOMESTEAD EDITION) (COMPLETE 12 VOLUME SET)
by James Whitcomb Riley
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+. 1904. Hardcover. ; Complete 12 volume set. Vol 1: Neighborly poems; Vol 2: Sketches in Prose; Vol 3: Afterwhiles; Vol 4: Pipes O' Pan at Zekesbury; Vol 5: Ryhmes of Childhood; Vol 6: The Flying Islands of the Night; Vol 7: Green Fields and Running Brooks; Vol 8: Poems Here at Home; Vol 9: Armazindy; Vol 10: A Child-World; Vol 11: Rubaiyat of Doc Sifers and Hom-Folks; Vol 12: The Book of Joyous Children Brown cloth covers with gilt stamping are slightly sunned with very modest soiling on a few volumes, mostly on back covers, but overall in very good+ condition. Boards and spines are straight. Bindings are tight. Gilt top edges lightly scuffed but very good. Frontispieces protected by tissue. Pages are lightly toned but clean and near pristine. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8550
- Title
- THE WORKS OF JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY (HOMESTEAD EDITION) (COMPLETE 12 VOLUME SET)
- Author
- James Whitcomb Riley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Date Published
- 1904
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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Livonia, Michigan
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Glossary
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...