The Poems and Prose Sketches of James Whitcomb Riley [Works]. 8 (of 16) volumes. Includes: Volume 1, Neighborly Poems and Dialect Sketches; Vol. II, Sketches in Prose – Jamesy – A Christmas Story – And Others; Vol. III, Afterwhiles; Vol. IV, Pipes of Pan at Zekesbury; Vol. V., Rhymes of Childhood; Vol. Vol.VIII, Poems Here at Home; Vol. XII, The Book of Joyous Children; and Vol. Vol. XIII, His Pa’s Romance.
191315 · New York
by Riley, James Whitcomb.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1913-15. Eight volumes (of 16). Octavo, bound by Sickles in full green morocco, gilt-decorated covers in a Harleian-style front and rear, with double borders, corner devices and red inlays, and with the gilt-stamped monogram of Charles Edward Ballard, hotelier & circus owner, on the upper panel of each volume, gilt-decorated spines again with red inlays, dentelles, linen doublures, top edges gilt. Frontis plates. Near-Fine; very clean and tight, but spines faded. (Inventory #: 71292bd)