The Hermit Priest, a Tale of "The Illinois Country"

Quarto hard cover book with black cloth spine over tan paper covered boards. Decorative black lettering on front cover. The covers are worn and chipped, particularly the front cover. It has several chips missing from the edges, mostly the fore and bottom edges. The rear cover is less worn. The binding is tight. The end pages are a bit soiled and browned with slight foxing and there is a bit of foxing to the edges of the pages of the text along with some browning but the text and the illustrations are clean and in nice condition. The five signed lithographs are in nice condition and the signature on each of them is bright and sharp. Although the covers are worn and chipped, the contents, including the five lithographs are in good condition. ; Five tipped-in lithographs, signed in pencil by Robert Riggs. In-text line drawings (tail pieces at end of chapters) by either F. O. Riggs or his sons. All illustrations were made especially for this book. Each page has a red border decoration. The pages have deckled fore edges. The story is written by F. O. Riggs, Robert's father. Robert Riggs was a well-known illustrator and print maker during the mid 20th Century, won the Gold Medal for Excellence by the New York Art Directors Club whose work is on permanent display at the U. S. Library of Congress. ; five full page signed lithograph illustrations; Quarto - 10" x 8 1/4"; 192 pages pages; Signed by Illustrator.…