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Riley, James Whitcomb.. The Flying Islands of the Night.. The Bowen - Merrill Company., 1892.
Price: US$5.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ORIGINAL 1892 PUBLICATION; HARDCOVER, in original green cloth with gold lettering; head and tail of spine and corners bumped; light tanning of leaves; o/w in very good condition.
Seller: Eryops Books, Stephenville, TX, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. The Flying Islands of the Night. The Bowen-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, 1892.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two colored cloth binding, ie burgundy and brown with gold lettering. Nice bright and strong copy. Just slightly rubbed at the corners. Previous owner's name stamp on the back of the front free endpaper. No other markings.
Seller: Pensees Bookshop, Charleston, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$9.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Burgundy and tan cloth boards are scuffed with rubbed edges, light color bleeding. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Brown and burgundy boards, gilt lettering edgewear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Prior owner name on feb. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This 88 pp. book is a Play, written by the legendary Indiana author and poet. It is dedicated to Kentucky's Poet Laureate Madison Cawein. The book is intact, but it does show light cover soiling, and the paper spine is splitting up the middle on the bottom 2" (which can be easily reglued). Priced accordingly, but still a scarce Riley piece. Photos upon request.
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. The Flying Islands of the Night. Bowen-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, 1892.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: Interesting dual cloth cover, maroon at top, brown at bottom. Thin crack at title page, otherwise VG. No dust jacket.
Seller: Browse Awhile Books, Tipp City, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$22.50 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Softcover has plastic wrap, assume first edition, first page detached with some notations and former owner's name, early pages loosening, light tanning, all pages intact
Seller: BOOK'EM, LLC, Port Orchard, WA, U.S.A.
RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB. The Flying Islands of the Night. The Bowen-Merrill Co., 1892.
Price: US$28.90 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Type: Hardback 1892 First Edition. The Bowen-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, Indiana. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No Jacket. Cover of burgundy cloth on top and tan cloth on lower portion, still bright and sharp gilt titles to front and to spine, sewn binding is tight, solid and square. Clean and unmarked with light wear to corners and some edges Pencil notation to upper corner of front endpaper. Cream quality paper pages completely clean and unmarked, no creases, no tears. 88 pages.5 x 7.5 inches. 1892, The Bowen-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, Indiana
Seller: The Parnassus BookShop, Newport, WA, U.S.A.
James Whitcomb Riley. The Flying Islands of the Night. Bowen-Merrill Co, 1892.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Wear to edges of book. Board corners bumped.
Seller: Fallen Leaf Books, Nashville, IN, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. The Flying Islands of the Night. The Bowen-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, 1892.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 8vo. Flexible white boards with gilt lettering on front cover. 1st edition, 1st state with all points called for. 88pp. Stitched binding pulling loose a bit in front with a few leaves almost separated. Spine has a vertical split the length of the book, but is holding. In soiled printed dust jacket.
Seller: Kevin T. Ransom- Bookseller, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
RILEY, James Whitcomb. The Flying Islands of the Night. The Bowen-Merrill Co, Indianapolis, 1892.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, second binding (no priority). Small octavo. 88pp. Publisher's two-toned green cloth gilt. Binding with very light soil and wear, a just about fine copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
RILEY, James Whitcomb. The Flying Islands of the Night. The Bowen-Merrill Co, Indianapolis, 1892.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, second binding (no priority). Small octavo. 88pp. Publisher's two-toned green cloth gilt, topedge gilt. Binding with very light soil and wear, a just about fine copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
James Whitcomb Riley. The Flying Islands of the Night. Bowen-Merrill Co Indianapolis, 1892.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Soft cover of embossed cream stock with dust jacket; jacket is chipped up, half of the jacket over the spine is missing, the other half is quite darkened, and the jacket is torn along the inside flaps; top edge of book tipped in gold; interior unmarked but toned a bit; 88 pgs.
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. The Flying Islands of the Night. The Bowen-Merrill Co, Indianapolis, 1892.
Price: US$54.00 + shipping
Description: 88pp. Original brown two-tone cloth lettered in gold on the front panel and the spine panel, top edge gilt. BAL 16587, printing 2, binding C. ; Octavo.
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
James Whitcomb Riley. The Flying Islands of the Night. The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1892.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The Bowen-Merrill Company, Indianapolis (1892). First Edition/First Printing. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The book itself is in near fine condition. Clean bright pages bereft of inscription, firm binding, tight square boards, etc. The dust jacket, unclipped & protected by a mylar sleeve, is in very good condition. Clean & vibrant. A couple very small tears. Tanning to spine.
Seller: Blotto Von Sozzle Rare Books, Hampstead, NC, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. The Flying Islands of the Night. Bowen-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, 1892.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Stiff cream decorative wrapper with silver title on front, with cream jacket and brown lettering on front. Near fine in very good jacket. "Christmas 1891" written on ffep. Jacket is browned on spine and slightly around edges.
Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. The flying islands of the night. The Bowen-Merrill Co, Indianapolis, 1892.
Price: US$93.75 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue, 8vo, pp. 88; publisher's white flexible boards embossed with a decorative design of cherub heads, upper cover lettered in silver, white printed dust jacket; jacket edges and spine (tape repair) toned, shallow chips and tears along jacket edges not affecting text; front hinge loosening, contemporary bookplate on front pastedown; textblock fine. BAL 16587, binding A as noted.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. The Flying Islands Of The Night. The Bowen-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, 1892.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A just about fine first edition, Binding variant B, S cloth, bicolor, maroon at top, brown at bottom, top edges gilt. Printing 1, signature marks 2 - 6 on the outside of gatherings, BAL 16587. Dust jacket fragments included, lacking spine but front and back panel as well as flaps are present ; The only play written and published by Riley, telling about a kingdom besieged by evil forces of a sinister queen who eventually is defeated by an angel-like heroine; 8vo; [viii], 88 pages
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
RILEY, James Whitcomb. The Flying Islands of the Night. The Bowen-Merrill Co, Indianapolis, 1892.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Octavo, with bound in cream paperboard embossed with angels, with gilt lettering to front board, in dustjacket. Three act play written in verse about a kingdom besieged by evil forces and led by a sinister queen, eventually defeated by an angel-like heroine. The only play ever written by acclaimed American poet who, in his life, was given the titles of Hoosier Poet, National Poet, and Children's Poet, and was well known for his poem, "Little Orphant Allie" which inspired the "Little Orphan Annie" character. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, top spine end with shallow chip.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb.. FLYING ISLANDS OF THE NIGHT.. Bowen-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1892.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Company. Good condition-front hinge cracked, slight foxing on DJ & Cover/Dust Jacket. 1892. 1st Printing. 8vo., pp. 88 . Good condition-front hinge cracked, slight foxing on DJ & Cover/Dust Jacket
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. The Flying Islands of the Night. The Bowen-Merrill Co., 1892.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Co. 1892. First edition. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Prior owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Clean pages. Light rubbing to cover cloth at tips and head and tail of spine. 12mo. 88pp.
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. The Flying Islands of the Night. The Bowen-Merrill Co, Indianapolis, 1892.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition in flexible decorated card covers. Prior owner inscription to front endpaper else a sharp near fine example. In the scarce dustwrapper which is in clean fine condition. Scarce thus.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. The Flying Islands of the Night. Bowen-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, 1892.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Inscribed "For Miss Belle Danolds-with best wishes and regards" and SIGNED by author, dated Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 1892 and added below in author's handwriting is "For the Song's sake. Even so.". Soft cover, stiff cream decorative wrapper with silver title on front, with cream jacket with brown lettering on front. Good in good jacket. Front hinge is cracked and has been glued, 1972 dedication inscription to a poetry corner of a library in memory of poetry corner's namesake, no ex-library signs, library must have just sold the book instead of using it for patrons. Jacket has a closed tear 2" down from top front near spine and across spine at that point and is a little soiled.
Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. The Flying Islands of the Night. The Bowen-Merrill Co, Indianapolis, 1892.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. 1 vols. 8vo. Rare in original dust jacket. BAL 16587 Original cream flexible boards embossed with a pattern of cherub heads, lettered in argent (BAL binding A). With the original cream dust jacket printed with the author and title in black on the front of the jacket. Some tears along spine and folds and soiling of jacket else a very good copy
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.