An Old Sweetheart Of Mine

Indianapolis, IN: Bowen - Merrill , 1902. Near Fine, cloth lightly rubbed at the tips, sticker scar front end page. In original maroon decorative cloth, gilt lettering, wonderful Howard Chandler Christy illustrations. Decorations by Virginia Keep. Unpaginated, pale red lettering at end pages. A quite handsome copy. . First Edition Thus. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Illus.… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1903. First edition thus. Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy. Published Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1903. Folio, 9 1/2" x 12", unpaginated, illustrated with full page, tissue-guarded plates by Howard Chandler Christy. Brown paper covered boards with gilt spine titles and decorative cover titles and design, decorative endpapers. Small chip at the crown, outer paper hinge starting at the… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merril Company, 1902 Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy. Early printing. Publisher's vertically-ribbed green cloth, lettered to spine in light green, with color pictorial onlay to front board with Christy's illustration of a young woman holding a book, lettered in gilt; in the publisher's glassine wrapper and box. A near fine copy, light scattered spotting to front board, small… Read more about this item

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1902. Hardcover. Very Good. Decorative Burgundy cover with Gilt lettering, illustration by Howard Chandler Christy. Some wearing on top spine. Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy.

The Bowen-Merrill Co. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1902. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Slight rubbing to edges of deep maroon cloth covers, no other defects, still Fine. This is a gorgeous copy, with extremely bright gilt titles and orange and white decoration to front cover and spine that look As New. Oval halftone of the Sweetheart on… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. First separate edition (*BAL* 16743, Section II). Oblong quarto. 14 pages printed on rectos only on stiff heavy-stock paper. Illustrated in color, all edges gilt. Green pictorial cloth. Binding is quite discolored , especially on the rear cover, where the binding was carelessly cleaned, else a very good copy,… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill co, 1891. Blue cloth-backed floral boards, gilt lettering, all edges gilt. oblong 4to. Blue cloth-backed floral boards, gilt lettering, all edges gilt. unpaginated. First edition. BAL16743, Section II. Laid in is a Christmas gift inscription on a separate small card by James Whitcomb Riley to Miss Hilda Searle, dated 1893. The entire binding has been professionally… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1903. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth, color plate by Christy on front cover, blind stamped heart and flower decoration embossed in red and green on front cover and spine, gilt lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated with B&W drawings tinted with red… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1902. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine. Howard Chandler Christy. An Old Sweetheart of Mine" by James Whitcomb Riley. First edition thus. Published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1902. Drawings by Howard Chandler Christy. Decorations by Virginia Keep. The books measures 6" x 8", unpaginated pages. Comes housed in a Christy- illustrated box, which has minor… Read more about this item

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company. Very Good. 1903. Early printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Ths is an early printing of the expanded version of the poem -- this published under the Bobbs-Merrill company statement, not Bowen-Merrill Co. The book is in Very Good condition. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition with green cloth covered boards,… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1902. Bound in decorated blue cloth, with illustrated plate laid-in on front panel, sans DW; Christy illustrations, and decorations by Virginia Keep; pages not numbered, approx. 85pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/No Jacket. Illus. by CHRISTY, Howard Chandler.

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company. Very Good. 1902. Early printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends, corners and spine joints of the book covers have some rubbing, bumping and fraying. The text pages are… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill [ca. 1902]. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collectible. H Hard Cover. Good - Cheap Reading Copy. Pictorial green cloth (shaken, some bumping and wear; ink inscription) 8vo unpaginated One of Christy's better-known illustrated books.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1902. Hardcover. With illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy. Decorations by Virginia Keep. In full grey cloth-covered boards; interior decorations in pink. A clean, bright, unmarked copy. A wistful poem by the "Hoosier Poet", harkening back to a lost love.; Small 8vo 7½" - 8"… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company. 1902. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. No Jacket. Book - Very Good. .

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA: THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY, 1902 BEAUTIFUL BOOK BY A WONDERFUL POET AND KNOWN FOR ARTWORK IN HIS BOOKS. TERRIFIC ILLUSTRATIONS. GREEN COVER WITH PICTURE OF LADY ON FRONT, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. DECORATIONS BY VIRGINIA KEEP. SIX BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS. POETRY IS VERY TOUCHING AND ROMANTIC. James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 –… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1902. A lovely copy from 1902 of this Christy-illustrated romantic verse, with black and white plates, most accented with rose color and floral borders to the text printed in rose. Green cloth with central oval vignette containing a Christy illustation, lettered in gilt, additional decoration in light green and red, decorated endpapers, unpaginated (about… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1903. Hard Cover. Quarto. Covers soiled. Binding tight. 19 tipped in illustrations (engravings) by Howard Chandler Christy. Tissue guards preceding illustrations. Some of the tissues are tore. A good copy.

Indianapolis.: The Bobb-Merrill Co., Circa 1910.. 3rd Edition.. Hardcover, red cloth, white titles, blindstamped floral decoration with color portrait vignette on cover. . Old gift inscription to front free endpaper, otherwise a very good bright copy. . 8vo.. Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy.

Sold as Ist Edition by other sellers, this book has no mark authorizing this, although this was published in 1902, the first year of its publicaton. James Whitcomb Riley was known as the Hoosier poet, and wrote sentimental and humorous verse representative of the time; illustrated by famed illustrator Howard Chandler Christy, famous for his "Christy girls", similar to the… Read more about this item