Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill [ca. 1902], Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$5.00 + shipping
Description: Pictorial green cloth (shaken, some bumping and wear; ink inscription) 8vo unpaginated One of Christy's better-known illustrated books. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$5.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In green cloth with gilt titling and cover portrait label, 8vo, unpag. (wear and rubbing to extremities, front inner hinge starting, name/address to endpaper). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$6.50 + shipping
Description: Decorative cloth, paper cover label Ill Howard Chandler Christy. Moderate shlfwr o/w Good w/o DJ, with stain bttm back cvr. Moderate shlfwr o/w Good w/o DJ, with stain bttm back cvr.
Seller: Biblioceros Books, Warrenville, IL, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$7.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: In red cloth with gilt titling and cover portrait label, 8vo, unpag. (wear and rubbing to extremities, front inner hinge starting). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE. The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, IN, 1902.
Price: US$8.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (1902), not paginated, illus., decorations by Virginia Keep, pastedown to front cover, green & red decoration to front cover & spine, gilt lettering, bottom corners lightly bumped, slight shelfwear to cover, gift note to front flyleaf, small tear to bottom edge of title pg, no dj, contents clean.
Seller: Russ States, Oil City, PA, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$8.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 14400 shelf. Oval paste=down to embossed olive cloth. Waterstains lower text corners, penciled name verso front cover, gift note FEP. No dust jacket. Decorations: Virginia Keep.Nice plates by Howard Chandler Christy. Solid. Unpaginated.
Seller: Gil's Book Loft, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE. Bobbs Merrill, Indianapolis, IN, 1902.
Price: US$9.75 + shipping
Description: Very Good- with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Spine weak. Soiling on endpapers, ink stain on foredge of first few pages
Seller: Gibson's Books, New Hope, AL, U.S.A.
RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB. AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE. BOBBS-MERRILL CO., INDIANAPOLIS, IN, 1902.
Price: US$9.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1902 EDITION, OWNER'S NAME.
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb.. An Old Sweetheart of Mine.. Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$9.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good, no dust jacket, slight wear at top & bottom of spine and corners. Illustrated with drawings by Howard Chandler Christy and decorations by Virginia Keep. 1st illustrated edition / 1st printing. Hard Cover. Approx. 85pp. 16.5 x 22. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
James Whitcome Riley. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bowen-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book is very good with a slightly loose spine. Pages are very clean and syrupy like the story. This 1902 edition is published by Bowen-Merrill (1902). The Company's name was changed to Bobbs- Merrill in honor of long time publisher William Bobbs.(1903) Book is a nice addition to early 20th century literature collections. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing
Seller: Oshtemo Book Sellers, Chester, NY, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs Merrill, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. unpp. Front end paper has a 1" split starting over hinge, P O initials 2nd. e.p. Bit of wear to extremities. VG, NO dj A bright copy of this old chestnut.
Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Overall a beautiful copy, maybe some light age toning along the gutters, else clean and tight with illustrated end pages. Decorative green cloth binding, colored paper pastedown, light fraying to foot of spine, small moisture spot on front cover. No pagination. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS, 1902.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: corners bumped, covers shelf worn, gilt on cover and spine, foxing, black and white illustrations DATE PUBLISHED: 1902 EDITION: UNPAGINATED
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
James Whitcomb Riley. AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Description: . A hardcover book in good condition. Ex-library: mark from pocket on endpaper; stamp on title page and page edges. Otherwise clean and tight. Drawings by Howard Chandler Christy; decorative borders by Virginia Keep.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS, 1902.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: corners bumped, covers shelf worn, gilt on cover and spine, foxing, black and white illustrations, princeton antiques book plate on reverse of front end paper DATE PUBLISHED: 1902 EDITION: UNPAGINATED
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill Indianapolis 1902, 1902.
Price: US$12.50 + shipping
Description: Good + Edition Not Specified Printing Not Spec. 12mo = 7-9" No DJ unpaginated Decorations by Virginia Keep. Covers are soiled whitish spot on lower left corner. Gilt lettering on front & spine. Beautiful book. Bumping on corners. Ink writing on two pages. Previous owner's name in ink on front endpaper. none
Seller: Heritage Books, Southampton, MA, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY PUB., INDIANAPOLIS, 1902.
Price: US$13.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Title in gold letters; previous owner writing on front pre-end paper; slightly cracked spine; chipped edges; Beautiful illustrations by Howard Christy DATE PUBLISHED: 1902 EDITION:
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. The Bobbs-Merrill Co, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$13.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VIN.POETRY-Very good regular size hardcover; minor edge wear, scrapes on the front decoration o/w clean. maroon w/gilt titles Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Aamstar Bookshop / Hooked On Books, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$14.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8.875" X 6.5" in maroon cloth with gilt titles. Paste-down on front cover. Some soil; wear at bottom corners; spine ends just BEGINNING to fray a little; Shelf wear; inside front and back covers and flyleaves heavily foxed. A few pages show some light foxing: GOOD condition. Unpaginated. Schmaltzy, but adorable. Christie's drawings make it all work. [CB043]
Seller: THE BOOK VAULT, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$14.95 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Presumed FIRST EDITION. Full green cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine, front paste down label, decoration in orange, spine gilt is faded, moderate war with fraying of the cloth at the extremities. Previous owner's name and date on the decorated endpapers, binding is shaken with splitting to the gutter behind the front board. Overall in FAIR condition only. A read copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
James Whitcomb Riley. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, IN, 1902.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Gold titles (faded at spine) on green cloth with a paste-down illustration on front cover, about 100 unnumbered pages with 19 illustrations. Edge wear and scuffing to cover.
Seller: Canal Bookyard, Upper Black Eddy, PA, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, IN, 1902.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Drawings by Howard Chandler Christy. Decorations by Virginia Keep. 8vo. Owner inscription. Pictorial cover worn and rubbed. Cracked hinges, loose binding. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Gerry Mosher, Rockford, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Beautiful bright cover with illustration. Minor rubbing at spine ends. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, INDIANAPOLIS, 1902.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Lightly worn, perfectly decent copy with gift inscription. Beautifully illustrated.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1902.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original blue cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Corners and spine ends slightly bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block and throughout. Decorations by Virginia Keep. Illust. w/ 19 illustrations.
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1902. Poems by James Whitcomb Riley. Drawings by Howard Chandler Christy. Decorations by Virginia Keep. Hardcover. Bound in red cloth with stamped decoration and color paste-down illustration. Frontispiece. Illustrated throughout. Page decorations in light red. Heavy card paper. Light wear and some fading to covers. Missing free end page at front. Inscription in ink to front. Some light stains within. Good condition. Nostalgic poetry about first love. Beautifully illustrated.
Seller: Ellery Center Books, Greenhurst, NY, U.S.A.
James Whitcomb Riley. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Description: Book Condition: Very Good. Light foxing to front pages. Dj. Condition: No dj.
Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.
James Whitcomb Riley. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Description: Book Condition: Good/Very good. DJ. Condition: No dj. Green cloth covers with gold gilt lettering and decoration.
Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, IN, 1902.
Price: US$16.25 + shipping
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Spine weak. Previous owner's name; With Studies From Life by Howard Chandler Christy, Decorations by Virginia Keep.
Seller: Gibson's Books, New Hope, AL, U.S.A.
James Whitcomb Riley. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1902.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN. 1902. Hardcover. No date on title page. First copyright to James Whitcomb Riley -- 1888, 1899, 1902; Copyright 1902 to the Bowen-Merrill Company, just a year before it was to become the Bobbs-Merrill Company. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for gift inscription on the first blank page from 1910. Book Condition: Very Good; light head, tail, and tip wear from shelving. No DJ. Green decorative cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering on spine and front board; red roses in floral patters on spine and front board; pictorial centerpiece pastedown. Endpapers have Riley's note of An Old Sweetheart of Mine for the verses; Christy has With Studies From Life for his illustrations. Hinges are sound and not cracked. Interior is clean. Heavy card stock pages. Non-paginated 8vo. This is a poem by Riley in which he fascinates about his sweetheart from childhood to elderly only to find it is a dream and he wakes to find his wife there- his sweetheart. A clean very presentable copy
Seller: Books by White/Walnut Valley Books, Winfield, KS, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1vol., no paging.
Seller: Yushodo Co., Ltd., Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Riley, James Whitcomb. Old Sweetheart Of Mine, An. Bobbs Merrill, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$18.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Not paginated. 6 1/2 x 9. Red cloth covered decorative boards, stamped in gold on front and spine. Worn at edges, corners. Binding slightly loose at inner rear hinge. Foxing on endpapers. No dj.
Seller: Blue Awning Books, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$19.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Unpaginated; 22.5 cm x 16 cm. Decorative green cloth, gilt-stamped, with female cameo on front panel. Former library volume with customary stamps and labels. Textually unmarked, clean and tight. Tender, nostalgic poetry by the "Hoosier Poet."
Seller: JBK Books, North Manchester, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$19.50 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Full red leather binding with gilt lettering on the spine, later (1915) round full color plate by Fisher on the front flyleaf. Heavy wear to the extremities, soiling on the internal pages. Overall a READING copy at best. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
James Whitcomb Riley. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs Merrill, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Description: Hard cover. 8vo. Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy. Clean unmarked text. Very good boards and binding. Illustrated front board. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Seller: History Bound LLC, Mendota, MN, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, IN, 1902.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: maroon c w/gilt titles, pictorial inset on front; illustrated end papers; unpaginated, clean, unmarked Size: 8 vo
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: covers have heavy wear and rubbing with small white spots, corners and ends of spine bumped and heavily frayed, binding loose, no writing, scattered light soil, no pages numbers, long poem on decorated pages with bw and color illustrations, decorated cover and cover paste down Size: 6.5 x 8.75
Seller: Book Booth, Berea, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company. G/No Dustjacket. (1902). . Decorative Cloth. 8vo., unpaginated, rubbed, bumped, fryed, inside hinges cracked .
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A nicely illustrated book. Decorated covers with gold lettering. All of the pages have lightly screen floral decorations by Virginia Keep. Printed on heavy, slick stock. Light wear at the spine. A very good or better copy of a very pretty book.
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, IN, 1902.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: grey-blue c w/gilt titles, pictorial inset on front; illustrated end papers; owner's name; unaginated Size: 8 vo
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
RILEY, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweethart of Mine. Bobbs Merrill, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: all corners slightly bumped, Green cloth cover with paste on cameo and art on front and spine, gilt titles on spine and front cover.
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill Indianapolis 1902, 1902.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good Edition Not Specified Printing Not Spec. 12mo = 7-9" No DJ unpaginated Decorations by Virginia Keep. Covers are slightly soiled. Gilt lettering on front & spine. Beautiful book. none
Seller: Heritage Books, Southampton, MA, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Publisher's green cloth with color plate on front cover, embossed decoration in light green and orange, gilt lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated with b&w drawings tinted with red by Howard Chandler Christy. Page decorations by Virginia Keep. . Head and heel of spine are lightly rubbed, hinges are cracked and book is shaken in binding, age-toning to edges of covers, gift inscription on front endpaper, pages clean and bright. . B&W drawings. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
Seller: Round Table Books, LLC, Palatine, IL, U.S.A.
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE. BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, 1902.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: DECORATIVE FRONT COVER AND ENDPAPERS.
Seller: Nemona Collectables, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Oversized red cloth with gilt lettering and red and white spine and cover decorations, full color pasted portrait to front cover. Heavy rubbing to head and heel of spine, all edges rubbed, tips of corners to boards. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Howard Chandler Christy, with deocorations in pink throughout by Virginia Keep. Absolutely lovely.
Seller: Gyre & Gimble, Holden, ME, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1902.
Price: US$27.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1902. 1st edition thus, NF/. No jacket. Book has some wear & fraying to spine ends& corners, two pages are somewhat bent, light surface wear. This is the first edition with Christy's illustrations, which are in b & w with some pink tints. The poetry was originally published in 1888. There are 19 full-page illustrations with 37 stanzas of poetry. Nice copy.
Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$27.50 + shipping
Description: Good condition. Hinges repaired. Front free endpaper and frontispiece tissue guard are missing. Spine tips, cover corners, and bottom cover edges are rubbed. 74 un-numbered pages with 19 illustrations by Christy.
Seller: Jerry Merkel, XENIA, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$27.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: BEAUTIFUL BOOK BY A WONDERFUL POET AND KNOWN FOR ARTWORK IN HIS BOOKS. TERRIFIC ILLUSTRATIONS. GREEN COVER WITH PICTURE OF LADY ON FRONT, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. DECORATIONS BY VIRGINIA KEEP. SIX BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS. POETRY IS VERY TOUCHING AND ROMANTIC. James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916) was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry. His poems tend to be humorous or sentimental. Of the approximately 1,000 poems Riley wrote, the majority are in dialect. His famous works include "Little Orphant Annie" and "The Raggedy Man". ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.
Seller: Antique Books Den, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good condition. Gift inscription dated 1910 on first fly leaf. Bright front cover has a small smudge on cameo paste down. Frontispiece tissue guard is missing. Spine tips and cover corners are rubbed. 74 pages with 19 illustrations.
Seller: Jerry Merkel, XENIA, OH, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart Of Mine. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1902.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First thus edition bound in green decorated cloth with color a pictori al pastedown on the front board. Very Good condition. Rubs to the boo k's corners and to the head and heel of its spine. Illustrated by Howa rd Chandler Christy.
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. Old Sweetheart of Mine, An. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Unpaginated, b&w illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy, decorations by Virginia Keep. Maroon cloth with bright gilt and 2-color design, color label on front. Record # 401982
Seller: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Very good with rubbed corners and a gift inscription in pen on front free endsheet Poor. Tattered, soiled, torn in half
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: u.p., illus. With 19 drawings by Howard Chandler Christy. Decorations by Virginia Keep. Very good condition; top of cloth boards spotted
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Covers show light to moderate wear at edges. Binding sound. Text shows light smudging and very light scattered foxing but is otherwise fine. ; Drawings
Seller: Oddfellow's Fine Books and Collectables, Topeka, KS, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart Of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1902.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends, corners and spine joints of the book covers have some rubbing, bumping and fraying. The text pages are generally clean and bright. There are several spots of foxing throughout. There is a previous owner's inked gifnt notation on the front endpaper. "Howard Chandler Christy (January 10, 1872 March 3, 1952) was an American artist and illustrator, famous for the "Christy Girl" a colorful and illustrious successor to the "Gibson Girl" who became the most popular portrait painter of the Jazz Age era. Christy painted such luminaries as Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, and Presidents Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Harry Truman. Other famous people he painted include William Randolph Hearst, the Prince of Wales (Edward the VIII) , Eddie Rickenbacker, Benito Mussolini, Prince Umberto and Amelia Earhart. From the 1920s until the 1940s, Christy was well known for capturing the likenesses of congressmen, senators, industrialists, movies stars, and socialites." (from Wikipedia)
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Riley, James W. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs Merrill, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: NF, light wear but quite nice; hardback
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$38.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG W/SCRATCHES IN COVS. & WRITING ON FEP DECORATIONS BY VIRGINIA KEEP
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$38.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG W/SCRATCHES IN COVS. & WRITING ON FEP DECORATIONS BY VIRGINIA KEEP
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE. The Bobbs-Merrill Co, Indianapolis IN, 1902.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Unpaginated-64pp. 19 illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy. Decorations by Virginia Keep.Very good green cloth, decorated cover with pastedown picture of a young lady, gold lettering pretty bright, some edewear and soiling, marks along back cover; interior excellent with decorated heavy paper pages, binding tight, tear in 1 (blank) page, gift inscription on ffep. Illustrations by Mr Christy have his name and the date 1902.
Seller: Pine Tree Books, Pittsfield, MA, U.S.A.
James Whitcomb Riley. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$40.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 19 Illustrations by Christy, with decorations by Virginia Keep, corners a bit rubbed but otherwise in very nice condition, decorated end-papers and paste-downs, beautifully stamped cloth decorations with pictorial paste-down of a woman on the front cover. Pages unnumbered.
Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
James Whitcomb Riley. An Old Sweetheart of Mine 1902. INDIANAPOLIS BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY, 1902.
Price: US$42.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Vintage book from 1902 is in Fair to Good condition with a together binding and mostly clean crisp pages with some minor soiling. There is some looseness to the binding but all pages are still attached. There is a small inscription dated "Xmas 1906" in old ink on the title page. Outside cloth covers show some soiling and wear primarily to the outside corners, edges, and outside spine. No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy.
Seller: Keller Books, Lynchburg, VA, U.S.A.
RILEY, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$44.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bound in decorated blue cloth, with illustrated plate laid-in on front panel, sans DW; Christy illustrations, and decorations by Virginia Keep; pages not numbered, approx. 85pp.
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: This copy is not a first edition, but it is an early printing. Bound in alight green with faded gilt lettering on the spine and front cover. Center portrait illustration on front board, surounded by a floral heart. Back cover is plain. There is corner bumping with board showing on the bottom corners. Some wear at head and foot of the spine. Hinges and gutters are solid. All edges are smooth cut. Text and illustrations are printed on a very thick, 'cardstock' type of paper. This has held up quite well over the years and illustrations remain sharp. Binding is being to loosen in places. No ownership or other markings. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
RILEY, James Whitcomb.. An Old Sweetheart of Mine.. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Drawings by Howard Chandler Christy. 8vo, publisher's decorated cloth with applied color illustration, in glassine and publisher's printed box. A fine bright copy in creased and torn glassine. Box rubbed along joints with a few short splits.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good, Hardcover 1902 ornate pictorial cover, Illustrated with drawings by Howard Chandler Christy and decorations by Virginia Keep.
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc., Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good hardcover with no dust jacket. Corners and spine are worn, page decorations and charcoal illustrations with color accents by Howard Chandler Christy, Gift inscription
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$47.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Decorations by Virginia Keep. Illustrated cloth, drawing of woman on front cover, decorations around illustrations. Gilt lettering front cover and spine. Black and white illustrations with light color accent. Illustrated front and rear end papers. Approx. 70 pages. Man recalls childhood sweetheart.
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good (covers nice with bit of discoloration to edge of front cover; small tear bottom of half-title page neatly repaired with archival tape). 8vo., green pictorial cloth., with image and stamped in gilt, green & orange;
Seller: Antic Hay Books, Asbury Park, NJ, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher's full burgundy cloth, color plate by Christy on front cover, heart and flower decoration embossed in red and yellow on front cover and spine, gilt lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated with B&W drawings tinted with pink by Howard Chandler Christy. Page decorations by Virginia Keep. "Bobbs-Merrill" on spine and title page. Former owner's signature on rep, otherwise unmarked, minor wear at head, heel, edges, and corners, else fine; tight, square, and clean. All of the illustrations are bright and clear. VERY GOOD. . B&W drawings. Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Unpaginated pp
Seller: Round Table Books, LLC, Palatine, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$52.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Decorations by Virginia Keep. Green cloth with gilt-stamped pictorial paper label to front cover, cream colored stamping to spine. Covers are scuffed and slighlty soiled, spine lettering faded, spine ends and cover corners are rubbed, chipped. Hinges starting, contents just slightly toned, A Good+ copy.
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$56.10 + shipping
Description: decorations by Virginia Keep fine condition decorative covers
Seller: Ken Saunders, Stirling, ON, Canada
Price: US$56.10 + shipping
Description: decorations by Virginia Keep fine condition decorative covers
Seller: Ken Saunders, Stirling, ON, Canada
James Whitcomb Riley. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, IN, 1902.
Price: US$61.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This 6.5 x 8.875 inch, unpaginated hardcover book without a dust wrapper is an early printing of this title and possibly a first edition, with the Bobbs Merril Company shown on the title page . . . with no date . . . and the copyright page showing The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1902. This copy has the green cloth covers, gilt lettering, and green-and-red decoration along with the oval image inset on the front cover. The cover is in very good condition with touches of time wear showing to the corners and spine extremities but this mostly is discoloration at the corners and not a fraying and wearing through. The interior is all but near fine with only the glued seam at the title page having separated between the title page and the Christy frontispiece . . . but this has not compromised the integrity of the binding. All in all a nice copy of this title.
Seller: JDBFamily, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1902.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good, Hardcover ornate pictorial cover, Illustrated with drawings by Howard Chandler Christy and decorations by Virginia Keep.
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Decorations by Virginia Keep. Some spots on some interior pages with a rubbing away of the slick paper but otherwise very good condition of pages and text. Some rubbing of spine. Cover is very bright and clean. Back cover has very slight dampstaining mark. A good copy of a precious little book.
Seller: Casa Camino Real, Las Cruces, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$79.95 + shipping
Description: No Jacket. Book - Very Good.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$87.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christie. Russo 90. Text in state two, first binding, first edition, i.e. published by Bowen-Merrill before it became Bobbs-Merril in 1903. Burgundy pictorial boards are slightly scuffed with rubbed spine ends and edges. Hinges starting, contents are bright and clean. Very Good
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher's red cloth, color plate by Christie on front cover, blind stamped heart and flower decoration on front cover, white lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated with b&w drawings tinted with red by Howard Chandler Christy. Page decorations by Virginia Keep. . Head and heel of spine are very slightly rubbed, white lettering on spine has chipped away, a few white letters on the front cover are beginning to chip, else unmarked, tight, square and clean. VERY GOOD+. . B&W drawings. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
Seller: Round Table Books, LLC, Palatine, IL, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Slight bump to one corner, else a virtually as new copy (despite being over 100 years old!) Crisp, tight, clean, very fine. Reddish decorated cloth. In original tissue guard and housed in a very worn original box. (edges of box are either missing or broken off.) Note: the jacket included with this copy is an unprinted, translucent glassine jacket. There also exists a printed paper jacket issued with some copies.
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
James Whitcomb Riley. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs- Merrill, Indianapolis, In, 1902.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to front and spine with stamped green/orange designs and pictorial paste on. Comes in the publisher issued, well worn decorative cardboard box with red lettering/ illustrated portrait by Howard Chandler Christy. Book itself is NEAR FINE in a well worn GOOD box. Exterior is rich. gilt is bright. edges/tips/spine ends are sharp. Inside is unmarked ( save for a brief gift inscription on FFE dated Christmas 1907), crisp, and tight with minimal toning.Decorative EPs. Decorations by Virginia Keep. Copyright 1902 from the press of Braunworth & Co. Unpaginated. Box is intact with all pieces present but in need of tape supports at all corners, top and bottom. Structurally sound.
Seller: Bailey Bonzo Books, Shelbyville, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 5 3/8 X 8 Inches. 176 PP. Original maroon cloth boards with some light scuffing at joints and edges. DJ chipped and stained a bit. Lengthy previous owner inscription to his four year old daughter on her birthday (December 26th, 1930). The "Daddy" speaks of being one of the estimated 35,000 people that viewed the body of James Whitcomb Riley under the dome of the Indiana state capital after his passing. The Dad goes on to give three pages of life advice to his daughter. Light damp-staining to top edge. Despite the flaws, this is an excessively rare dust jacket.
Seller: Back in Time Rare Books, ABAA, FABA, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE. Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 9" X 6.5" in green cloth with Art Nouveau decoration on the front cover. Oval paste-down picturing a woman of 120 years ago. One tiny scuff on the paste-down. Minor wear at spine ends and corners; gilt spine titles slightly faded, but quite legible: a conservative VERY GOOD PLUS. This is a showcase for Howard Chandler Christie's illustrations, which are sweet and poignant. I believe that this is a signed copy. Signed: "Yours Sincerely, Howard .03" on the second leaf. [CB043]
Seller: THE BOOK VAULT, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Description: Good in boards. Edge wear. Soiling to front and rear panels. Decorations and gilt accents faded. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
James Whitcomb Riley. AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE. Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a boards. Some light edge wear with lightly rubbed corners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Description: Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. Collectible-Very Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1902. LeatherBound. Sm 4to., glassine cover. Card stock box is lacking one outer edge. Box is marked Leather. . Collectible-Very Good/NO DUSTJACKET
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Light edgewear to corners, spine head and foot. Rubbing, light soiling, chips and closed tears to dust jacket, including two large chips to back jacket near spine and top corner ; Maroon boards with paste-down illustration, embossed pink and brown decorations and gilt titles. Interior titles are printed on the endpaper and front free endpaper. Black & white illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy with pink hightlights and full-page pink decorations by Virginia Keep. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Berkshire Books, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Drawings by Howard Chandler Christy. 1 vols. Small 4to. Maroon decorated cloth with oval paste-down by Chandler Christy. Extremities rubbed, else Fine. Owner's signature Drawings by Howard Chandler Christy. 1 vols. Small 4to
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in boards. Scuffing to panels. Bumped corners. Toning to pages. Edge wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1902.
Price: US$174.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Approx 100 unnumbered pages, First edition. green pictorial cloth, approx 16 pages [printed on rectos only, on stiff heavy-stock paper], illustrated in color. Beautiful book. Contemprary gift inscription on hal-title. Text tight and clean.
Seller: DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books, Burke, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: Drawings by Howard Chandler Christy. Decorations by Virginia Keep. 8vo, publisher's decorated cloth with applied color illustration, in dust jacket. First edition. BAL 16657. A fine bright copy (though there is a small abrasion on an endleaf from an old price sticker) in a dust jacket with several internal and two external repairs in clear tape, and one coin-sized chip to the blank rear panel.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill Company - Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Beautiful copy of a beautiful book - maroon cloth books with elaborate stamped gilt decorations on the cover and spine along with pictorial paste on. Author and famous illustrator Howard Chandler Christy are both listed on cover in gilt. All Christy drawings are present and striking. Other decorations in the book are by Virigina Keep. Inscription from prior owner on inside of FFEP. Prior owner's book plate on FFEP. End papers are decorative - ones in front are very slightly soiled. Book is now protected in archival quality Brodart jacket. Old school graphic novel, set to verse, highly collectible.
Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1902.
Price: US$191.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Decorative Burgundy cover with Gilt lettering, illustration by Howard Chandler Christy. Some wearing on top spine. Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy.
Seller: Denali Bay, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$194.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in boards. Owner inscription on 2nd FEP. Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 2" stain bottom corner cover. Some nice; Beautifully illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy.; 8vo Very Good- binding repair. Photo taped
Seller: Curious Book Shop, East Lansing, MI, U.S.A.
RILEY, James Whitcomb.. An Old Sweetheart of Mine.. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Drawings by Howard Chandler Christy. 8vo, publisher's decorated green cloth with applied color illustration, in dust jacket and publisher's box. First of this illustrated edition. The book and jacket are just about fine, save for one short closed tear to the top of the front panel of the jacket; the box has some minor soiling but is tight and unworn.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$355.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: TITLE: AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE By JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY 1902 AUTHOR: JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) /COPYRIGHT: THE BOBBS-MERRILL CO., IN 1902 (The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1902 is on the copyright page with The Bobbs-Merrill Co., on the title page with not date) EDITION: First Edition (possible first state, this edition may have preceded the limited signed editions of 1903) CATEGORY: First Edition, Decorative .---NOT SIGNED---. BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: Green BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: First Edition (possible first state, this edition may have preceded the limited signed editions of 1903). THE BOBBS-MERRILL CO., IN 1902 (The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1902 is on the copyright page with The Bobbs-Merrill Co., on the title page with not date) . DRAWINGS By HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY. DECORATIONS By VIRGINAI KEEP. Howard Chandler Christy was born on January 10, 1873 and died on March 3, 1952. He was an American artist famous for the "Christy Girl", similar to a "Gibson Girl". He painted many scenes of the Signing of the Constitution of the United States. A large number of his work is on display at New York City restaurant Café des Artistes - they include six panels of wood nymphs and paintings such as The Parrot Girl, The Swing Girl, Ponce De Leon, Fall, Spring, and the Fountain of Youth. Christy was a very famous American writer and poet who was often called the "Hoosier poet", and America's "Children's Poet." He started his career by writing newspaper verses in Hoosier dialect for the Indianapolis Journal in 1875. CONDITION: The book is without a dust jacket. The outside is in real good condition. The inside is in real good condition. The second endpaper has an inscription written in ink 'From - Grandma T. and Aunt Pearl - June 15, 1903.' Book is without any other marks or writings, pages are clean, and book is tight and sturdy. SIZE: 6 ½ x 9 (approximately) PAGES: Unpaginated pages COMPETITIVE PRICING! Extra pictures located at the following: Once paid books will ship immediately without email notification to customer (it's on the way), you are welcomed to email about shipment date! REFUNDS: All ViewFair books, prints, and manuscript items are 100% refundable up to 10 business days after item is received. InvCode E H V VIEWFAIR BOOKS: 004435
Seller: ViewFair Books, Live Oak, FL, U.S.A.
James Whitcomb Riley. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1902.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: "An Old Sweetheart of Mine" by James Whitcomb Riley. First edition thus. Published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1902. Drawings by Howard Chandler Christy. Decorations by Virginia Keep. The books measures 6" x 8", unpaginated pages. Comes housed in a Christy- illustrated box, which has minor wear and soiling. The original paper wrapper protects the book inside the box. The book is in fine condition. The red boards are incredibly well preserved and retain their rich color. The textblock is clean, tight, and bright. A handsome copy of this sentimental poem. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store.We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(F5-1).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$524.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Good+ dust jacket. "1910" inked on FEP. Few small open tears along panel edges. Light staining on front panel. Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.