Description: An Old Sweetheart of Mine by James Whitcomb Riley published by Bobbs-Merrill, 1902. Drawings by Howard Chandler Christy. Decorations Virginia Keep. Hardcover. Green cloth hardcover with gilt title, decorative color illustration and color paste down illustration on front cover. Decorations and gilt title on spine. Pictorial endpapers. An Old Sweetheart of Mine is a book-length sentimental love poem. James Whitcomb Riley (1849 - 1916) was an American writer, poet, and important contributor to children’s literature. His work is a time capsule of the cultural landscape of America during the early 1900s. CONDITION: This Book is in good condition. Tight binding, clean text. The cover is worn, soiled, scuffed, and stained. Rear hinge cracked. Pages have turned yellow from age. There is a small sticker from the previous owner glued on the paste-down at the front of the book. Please see pictures. THE PICTURES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. PLEASE REVIEW THEM FOR A BETTER IDEA OF CONDITION.
Price: 80 USD
Location: Claremont, California
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Non-Fiction Subject: Literature, Poetry & Criticism
Book Title: An Old Sweetheart of Mine
Signed: No
Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Subject: Poetry, Fiction, Poems, American Literature, American Poetry
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1902
Language: English
Illustrator: Howard Chandler Christy
Special Attributes: Illustrated, Antique Book, Pictorial endpapers
Personalized: No
Author: James Whitcomb Riley (1849 - 1916)
Region: North America
Genre: Poetry
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: nostalgic recollections, sentimental love, childhood love
Character Family: Americana
