James Whitcomb Riley
77 copies for sale · $15–$2,500 · 26 first editions · 3 signed
Notable copies for sale
A Child-World (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$600
Sketches in Prose and Occasional Verses (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$300
AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE; Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$78
THE GIRL I LOVED (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$73
The Flying Islands Of The Night (first edition) — Books Tell You Why$72
Good-bye, Jim (first edition) — Rulon-Miller Books$40
The boys of the old glee club (first edition) — Rulon-Miller Books$35
Home again with me (first edition) — Rulon-Miller Books$30
Songs of Home (first edition) — MW Books€21
HOME-FOLKS (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$15
The poems and prose sketches — Rulon-Miller Books$2,500
A Few Neighbor-Children. Autograph Manuscript, signed — James Cummins Bookseller$2,000
Works on the market
RILEY LOVE - LYRICS7 copies · $20–$168
AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE4 copies · $128–$800
A Hoosier Romance4 copies · $20–$25
RILEY SONGS O'CHEER3 copies · $68–$294
POEMS HERE AT HOME3 copies · €19–€174
SONGS OF SUMMER3 copies · $30–$88
SONGS OF FRIENDSHIP3 copies · $20–$83
GREEN FIELDS AND RUNNING BROOKS2 copies · $20–$73
LOVE-LYRICS2 copies · $68–$73
PIPES O ' PAN AT ZEKESBURY2 copies · $20–$73
When She Was About Sixteen2 copies · $30–$50
THE BEST-LOVED POEMS OF JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY2 copies · €33–€48
Songs O' Cheer2 copies · $35–$40
Songs of Home2 copies · €21–€40
The poems and prose sketches1 copy · $2,500
A Few Neighbor-Children. Autograph Manuscript, signed1 copy · $2,000
A Child-World1 copy · $600
Sketches in Prose and Occasional Verses1 copy · $300
RILEY LOVE-LYRICS. Riley Poems #21 copy · $250
Armazindy1 copy · $225
Market context
37 copies of James Whitcomb Riley's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $50 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
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