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An Old Sweetheart of Mine / James Whitcomb Riley ; drawings by Howard Chandler Christy ; decorations by Virginia Keep.
LIBRA - Rare PS2704 .O5 1902
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952.
- Christy, Howard Chandler.
- Indiana--Poetry.
- Indiana.
- Physical Description:
- [78] unnumbered pages, [18] leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Manufacture:
- Brooklyn, N.Y. : Press of Braunworth & Co.,
- Other Title:
- Old Sweetheart of Mine with studies from life
- Place of Publication:
- Indianapolis : Bowen-Merrill Company, 1902.
- Notes:
- Illustrated rose color endpapers with title, author, and illustrator lettered in black.
- Black and white plates with text printed in black accented with rose color floral borders.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Exhibited: "Art Bound: Book Design Past & Present," at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 2008.
- Athenaeum copy: Gift: Mr. & Mrs. F. Keyes, 1989.
- PS2704.O5 1902: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2013 by the Gerald Weales Estate is bound in dark brown textured cloth with central ovral vignette containing a Christy illustration. Copy inscribed "To my Sweetheart Babe. Dec. 25, 1902". Color postcard in color of James Whitcomb Riley Home, Indianapolis, Indiana laid in.
- OCLC:
- 2907681
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