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Published by The Century Co., New York, 1893
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Kemble, E.W. (illustrator). Early Printing. This is a small 187 pp. book of poetry by this renowned Hoosier author. With clean gold-leaf decorated boards, this presents well, and is quite a treasure, being genuinely inscribed and signed by the author, on the first blank flyleaf. Photos upon request. Signed by Author(s).
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
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Condition: Fine. Offered is a photograph signed and inscribed by James Whitcob Riley. The photograph is in a museum quality frame with engraved biographical plate. Riley (Oct. 7, 1849 - July 22, 1916) was known as "The Hoosier Poet". He was the creator of Little Orphan Annie. His principal works are: "The Old Swimmin' Hole"; "Rhymes of Childhood"; and "Poems Here at Home.".
Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Signed limited edition of Armazindy by James Whitcomb Riley, presented to fellow children's poet Eugene Field. (illustrator). Limited Edition. Small octavo, xiii, [1], 169pp. Red silk, decoratively illustrated in gilt on front cover, title in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. Solid text block, light wear to spine ends, joints and corners, some leaves unopened. Bookplate of Eugene Field affixed to front pastedown. Number 87 of 100 limited edition copies signed by Riley. Housed in a custom red cloth jacket within a matching quarter red morocco slipcase, title in gilt on spine with embellishments. (BAL 16602) (Russo 51) Inscription on rear flyleaf reads: "This copy was presented to my father, Eugene Field, by James Whitcomb Riley. Eugene Field II. Sept 12 - 1925." Although commonly remembered for their published works, James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916) and Eugene Field (1850-1895) performed across the United States in a joint act during the late 1880s. Bill Nye (Edgar Wilson Nye), a beloved humorist, rounded out the trio of entertainers. The three men were called "the greatest humorous trio in America" and were photographed together at the time of their first appearance in Indianapolis in 1886. (Indianapolis Journal, January 17, 1886, p. 5).