Riley, James Whitcomb. The Days Gone By and Other Poems. E.A. Weeks & Company, 1895.

Price: US$28.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Type: Literature GOOD / NO DUST JACKET. v, 214 pp. Text clean and unmarked except for previous owner's name and date at free front endpaper. Pages lightly toned. Top edge gilt. With a photographic portrait of James Whitcomb Riley tipped in at title page, and several full page b/w illustrations at frontispiece and in the text. Black cloth boards decorated and lettered in gilt at front and spine, edges rubbed, corners worn to boards, lower corners bumped, spine top and tail frayed. Joints and hinges good, binding firm.

Seller: RPL Library Store, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Riley, James Whitcomb. The Days Gone By. E.A. Weeks, 1895.

Price: US$41.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Handsomely bound small collection of Riley's poems with some illustrations in black and white. Top edge gilt, other edges are deckled. This was an unauthorized "pirate" edition when published. Spine slightly faded, overall a good clean copy. 4.5 x 7 inches with 214 pages.

Seller: Popeks Used and Rare Books, IOBA, Oneonta, NY, U.S.A.

James Whitcomb Riley. THE DAYS GONE BY AND OTHER POEMS. E. A. Weeks, 1895.

Price: US$70.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Front and back hinges well connected, however there is splitting in the valley between copyright page and title page. Previous owners stamp on inside board. Inscription on first blank page, and some penciled dashing on contents page. The rest of the Interior Text Body has no inscription, no foxing, and no torn pages in fine condition.

Seller: Bear Street Books and Records, Syracuse, NY, U.S.A.

Riley, James Whitcomb. THE DAYS GONE BY AND OTHER POEMS. E. A. Weeks & Company, Chicago, 1895.

Price: US$113.75 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Sharp and clean except for area of surface damage to bottom 1" of backstrip. Name inside front cover. ; This is a rare pirated edition. Lovely black cloth with gold decorations on cover and backstrip. Poems include: The Baby, Becalmed, Art and Love, Only Wanted a Chance, Sweet Bells Jangled, Worter-Melon Time, When the Frost is on the Punkin, When the Hearse Comes Back, Three Dead Friends, Fessler's Bees, When Knotted Horse-Tails are United, Dan O'Sullivan, The Iron Pup, The Old Swimmin' Hole, God Bless Us Every One, and many more. Has some prose. ; 12mo; 214 pages

Seller: The Story Shop, Elwood, IN, U.S.A.