James Whitcomb Riley: The Hoosier Poet

N.p. Standard Oil Division, 1970. Paperback. Stiff tan wrappers. 4to. 13pp. Illustrations. Good plus. Minor wear and light soiling to wrappers, else tight and attractive. Promotional collection of several of Riley's best-known poems, such as "The Old Swimmin' Hole" and "When the Frost Is on the Punkin. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 5137

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Literary Criticism

(Christy, Howard Chandler). Riley, James Whitcomb.

Riley's Roses. By James Whitcomb Riley. Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy. Decorations by Franklin Booth.

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1909). (1909). - Small quarto, 9-7/8 inches high by 7-1/8 inches wide. Light green cloth titled in gilt on the spine and within a gilt decorated frame on the front cover. The edges of the covers are very slightly rubbed and the corners lightly bumped. [23] leaves printed on heavy stock. Illustrated with 8 color plates by Howard Chandler Christy and decorations in red on white and in color by Franklin Booth. Very good.

First edition. Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 95333

Catalogue: Illustrated

Keywords: ILLUSTRATED; LITERATURE; ILLUSTRATIONS; HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY; COLOR PLATES; DECORATIONS; FRANKLIN BOOTH; JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY; RILEY'S ROSES; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; 1ST EDITION; FIRST EDITION.

Russo, Anthony J. and Dorothy R. Russo

A Bibliography of James Whitcomb Riley

Indianapolis, Indiana Historical Society, 1944. xxi, 351p. colored front. port. b/w illus. original cloth. .

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Book number: 019611

Keywords: James Whitcomb Riley American Literature

LEMMON, MRS. ROBERT S.; WILCOX, UTHAI VINCENT; KAINS, M.G.; MARTINI, E.A.; SHERLOCK, CHESLA C.; ET AL

Better Homes and Gardens Magazine, October 1926 - Lockerbie Street - the Home of James Whitcomb Riley

USA: Meredith, 1926. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated by Oude, Marguerite (page 46). 100 pages. Features: Possibilities for planting wall gardens - rock walls; Showing civic pride with trees; The proper way to remove branches - photo-illustrated article on pruning trees; The third season in my garden; How shingles help in remodeling; Homes of famous Americans - part XLVI - Lockerbie Street, the home of James Whitcomb Riley; Let's have a fireplace; Nice one-page Johnson's Polishing Was ad features illustration of mother and child waxing floor; Preparing for your garden next year; Nice one-page color ad for Johns-Manville asbestos shingles features illustration of castle under attack; Nice one-page color Congoleum ad; Reader's letters; How proper insulation will help improve the home; Nice one-page ad for the Louisiana Red Cypress Bureau features the birth of New Orleans; A garden for a playmate; Nice one-page ad for 'Say it With Flowers' features George Washington and his mother; Poet Lew Sarrett's prescription for a tired world - with photo of Sarrett; Nice 2/3-page ad for True Temper yard tools; Nice vintage 2/3-page ad for Stanley Tools shows man installing bookrack; Nice 2/3-page ad for Yale door lock hardware; Poultry - a profitable hobby; Nice one-page Montgomery Ward & Co ad for their catalog; Nice 2/3-page ad for Sargent locks and hardware; Budgets for couples; Charming 2/3-page ad for the Wurlitzer Studio Grand piano; Beware of fake music publishers; Building healthy bodies - trees in the yard allow kids to exercise; One-page illustrated ad for the Kalamazoo Stove company; Attractive color ad for Sun-Maid raisins inside back cover; Soiled color ad for Mohawk Rugs on back cover. Above-average wear and soiling. Nibbling to upper corners. Covers detached but present. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Better Homes and Gardens Magazine, October 1926 - Lockerbie Street - the Home of James Whitcomb Riley wall gardens - rock walls; Showing civic pride with trees; The proper way to remove branches - photo-illustrated article on pruning trees; The third seas. Fair .

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Book number: 316g2259

Keywords: 1926 ; ; ; Issues Land Gardening

Riley, James Whitcomb

Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley Volume Ii Including Poems and Prose Sketches, Many of Which Have Not Heretofore Been Published, an Authentic Biography an Elaborate Index and Numerous. Illustrations from Paintings By Howard Chandler Christy and Ethel Franklin Betts

New York: P. F. Collier, 1916. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Cover has some spotting; B&W Illustrations.

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Book number: 64336

Catalogue: Poetry::Q-Z

Keywords: Riley, James Poetry Fiction Illustrated Christy, Howard Betts, Ethel

Riley, James Whitcomb

The Complete Works Of James Whitcomb Riley Volume 7.

Collier, 1916. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, Memorial edition. Blue cloth boards, colour frontispiece. Ex college reference library, so stamp on rear of frontispiece and on cover, and label and pocket to flyleaf, but never issued so a very clean copy... Very Good.

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Book number: 2577

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poetry

RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB

The Works of James Whitcomb Riley (12 Volumes, Complete)

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. Third Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion on cover, fore-edge deckle, top edge gilt. 12 Volumes: Volume 1: Neighborly poems; Volume 2: Sketches in Prose; Volume 3: Afterwhiles; Volume 4: Pipes O' Pan at Zekesbury; Volume 5: Ryhmes of Childhood; Volume 6: The Flying Islands of the Night; Volume 7: Green Fields and Running Brooks; Volume 8: Poems Here at Home; Volume 9: Armazindy; Volume 10: A Child-World; Volume 11: Rubaiyat of Doc Sifers and Hom-Folks; Volume 12: The Book of Joyous Children . Spines lightly sunned, spine of volume 12 slightly singed, else tight, square, unmarked, and clean. NEAR FINE. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 17935

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: James Whitcomb Riley the Book of Joyous Children Poems Here at Home Afterwhiles Sketches in Prose Pipes o' Pan at Zekesbury Neighborly Poems Rhymes of Childhood the Flying Islands of the Night Theatre & Performing Arts Novels, Poetry & Literature Philosop

Anthony J. Russo and Dorothy R. Russo

A Bibliography of James Whitcomb Riley

Indianapolis, Indiana Historical Society, 1944. Hardcover. 351p. Ex-library. A hardcover book bound in 1/4 dark green cloth with beige cloth boards. Good reading condition. Corners lightly bumped. Stickers on spine and back cover. Stamps on endpapers, title page, and foredges. Card pocket inside as well. Otherwise clean and tight. Privately printed for the Indiana Historical Society by the Lakeside Press. Fair .

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Book number: 184504

Catalogue: Books on Books

James Whitcomb Riley High School

1955 James Whitcomb Riley High School Yearbook

South Bend, IN, James Whitcomb Riley High School, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A large hardcover book bound in embossed purple cloth. Good condition overall. Bottom edges stained; numerous student inscriptions on endpapers. Otherwise, binding is tight. 1955 yearbook, the "Hoosier Poet," for the James Whitcomb Riley High School in South Bend, Indiana. Good .

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Book number: 318172

Catalogue: Yearbooks

James Whitcomb Riley High School

1956 James Whitcomb Riley High School Yearbook

South Bend, IN, James Whitcomb Riley High School, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A large hardcover book bound in embossed beige cloth. Good condition overall. Speckly stains on cover; edges heavily dampstained; numerous student inscriptions on endpapers. Otherwise, binding is tight. 1956 yearbook, the "Hoosier Poet," for the James Whitcomb Riley High School in South Bend, Indiana. Good .

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Book number: 318173

Catalogue: Yearbooks

United States Postal Service

Famous American Series. (First Day Covers - the Poets' Group). Henry W. Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell , Walt Whitman, James Whitcomb Riley

1940. Scott 864-868. Uncacheted addressed First day covers. The Poets Group, The Poets Group, The Postal Bulletin of January 18, 1940, carried the following announcement: "COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS— FAMOUS AMERICANS SERIES", "Third Assistant Postmaster General, "Washington, January 07, 1940. "Supplementing the notice in the Postal Bulletin of December 29, 1939, postmasters and em¬ployees of the Postal Service ore hereby advised of the issuance of the second, or Poets' Group, in this special series of postage stamps. "A description of the stamps fellows: 1 cent,Green, Henry W. Longfellow, Portland, Maine, Feb. 16; 2 cent, Red, John Greenleaf Whittier, Haverhill, Mass. Feb. 16; 3 cent,Purple, James Russell Lowell, Cambridge, Mass. Feb. 20; 5 cent, Blue, Walt Whitman, Camden, N, J. Feb. 20; 10 cent, Brown, James Whitcomb Riley, Greenfield, Ind. Feb. 24. "These stamps will be 85/100 by 98/100 inch in dimensions arranged vertically. They will be printed by rotary process and issued in sheets of 70. Postmarked January-February 1940. From the collection of Frederick Langford. .

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Book number: 59-3071

Catalogue: Ephemera

United States Postal Service

Famous American Series. (First Day Covers - the Poets' Group). Henry W. Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell, Walt Whitman, James Whitcomb Riley

1940. Scott 864-868. 5 uncacheted addressed First day covers. The Poets Group. The Poets' Group. The Postal Bulletin of January 18, 1940, carried the following announcement: "COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS—FAMOUS AMERICANS SERIES". "Third Assistant Postmaster General, "Washington, January 07, 1940. "Supplementing the notice in the Postal Bulletin of December 29, 1939, postmasters and employees of the Postal Service ore hereby advised of the issuance of the second, or Poets' Group, in this special series of postage stamps. "A description of the stamps fellows: 1-cent,green, Henry W. Longfellow, Portland, Me. Feb. 16; 2-cent, red, John Greenleaf Whittier, Haverhill, Mass. Feb. 16; 3-cent,purple, James Russell Lowell, Cambridge, Mass. Feb. 20; 5-cent, blue, Walt Whitman,Camden, N,J. Feb. 20; 10-cent, brown, James Whitcomb Riley, Greenfield, Ind. Feb. 24. "These stamps will be 85/100 by 98/100 inches in dimensions arranged vertically. They will be printed by rotary process and issued in sheets of 70." Postmarked February 1940. From the collection of Frederick Langford. .

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Book number: 59-3072

Catalogue: Ephemera