Rhymes of Childhood
by Riley, James Whitcomb
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Original maroon and brown cloth, titles stamped in gilt, gilt vignette of child's head and stars, t.e.g. BAL binding B. Custom s
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Co, 1891. First edition, second state. Frontispiece portrait. 8vo. Original maroon and brown cloth, titles stamped in gilt, gilt vignette of child's head and stars, t.e.g. BAL binding B. Custom slipcase. An excellent copy with just a hint of shelfwear. First edition, second state. Frontispiece portrait. 8vo. BAL 16572. BAL binding B
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 306140
- Title
- Rhymes of Childhood
- Author
- Riley, James Whitcomb
- Format/Binding
- Frontispiece portrait. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original maroon and brown cloth, titles stamped in gilt, gilt vignette of child's head and stars, t.e.g. BAL binding B. Custom s
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, second state
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Bowen-Merrill Co
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1891
- Keywords
- German | James Whitcomb Riley
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Old Mill Bookshop
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey
About The Old Mill Bookshop
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue. The Madison avenue store is an oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- BAL
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...