Sale 21BP03 | Lot 175

RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB "The Old Swimmin'-Hole" and 'Leven More Poems, By Benj. F. Johnson, of Boone.

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RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB "The Old Swimmin'-Hole" and 'Leven More Poems, By Benj. F. Johnson, of Boone.

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Lot 175
RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB "The Old Swimmin'-Hole" and 'Leven More Poems, By Benj. F. Johnson, of Boone.
 Indianapolis: George C. Hitt, 1883. First edition. Original parchment wrappers printed in red, without the dust jacket, housed in a morocco backed slipcase. 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches; 50 pp., title printed in red. The covers with stains, wear and split to the foot of the spine, a few spots but generally clean within, with a penciled presentation inscription at front dated 24 July 1883 and with the shelf marker at end and bookplate of Charles H. Millburn.

James Whitcomb Riley's fragile first book, a collection of poems in the Hoosier dialect which first appeared in the Indianapolis Journal under the pseudonym of Benj. F. Johnson of Boone.
BAL 16525.


C The Julius and Theodore Cohn Library

Estimate: $250 - $350
Sold for $157 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $250 - $350
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