Letters of James Whitcomb Riley

The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN. c1930. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; light dust soiling to textblock top; wear to gilt lettering on spine. No DJ. Maroon cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine; embossed borders on front board. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. Frontispiece portrait of Riley.349 pp tall 8vo. In 9 chapters, the editor, of Riley's papers presents a selection of his letters from 1876 (when he was 27 years old) to 1916 of which most have never been published before. The Editor chose the letters that seemed to be the most important both for the subjects discussed and for their revelation of the man. A clean very presentable copy.