His pa's romance. Illustrations

by Will Vawter. Portrait by John Cecil Clay by James Whitcomb Riley

$250 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition · Signed

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1903. First edition, 8vo, pp. 168; portrait frontispiece, text illustrations throughout; publisher's green cloth, upper cover and decorative spine stamped in gilt, t.e.g.; edges scuffed, joints cracked; some spotting throughout, else interior very good. Affectionately inscribed James A. Marine, Esq., From his ever-loving nephew, James Whitcomb Riley, July 29, 1909 . BAL 16666. Item #42788

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