THE OLD SWIMMIN'-HOLE, AND 'LEVEN MORE POEMS,

by Benj. F. Johnson, of Boone. James Whitcomb Riley. by James Whitcomb Riley

$500 · Offered by L. W. Currey · No longer available

First edition

Indianapolis, Ind. George C. Hitt & Co., 1883. Small octavo, title page printed in red, original cream vegetable parchment wrappers printed in red, sewn, all edges untrimmed. First edition, first printing. The author's first book, twelve Hoosier dialect poems first published in THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. 1000 copies were printed, the poet and the publisher sharing the expense. The supply was exhausted in three months, by

• Binding: Wrappers

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