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Riley, James Whitcomb. [Betts, Ethyl Franklln] The Raggedy Man. The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1907.
Price: US$21.20 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Friends of the Brownsburg Public Library, Brownsburg, IN, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. [Betts, Ethyl Franklln] The Raggedy Man. The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1907.
Price: US$21.20 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First Edition. Covers heavily scuffed with rubbed edges. Cover corner and tips fraying. No DJ. Hinges cracked but stitched binding is holding. No loose pages. Previous owner name in pencil and in ink on front free page: Alfred Watermire, Christmas, December 15, 1924. 4 years old. No other markings in book. Some pages soiled with little finger page turning marks. Illustrated superbly by Ethel Franklin Betts, a student of Howard Pyle (1853-1911). 8 full color plates of Bett's paintings.One page got stuck to another page (page 1) at the bottom edge spine area. No tearing in text nor illustrations.
Seller: Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc., Novato, CA, U.S.A.
James Whitcomb Riley. The Raggedy Man. The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1907.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Ex libris, bumped corners and the spine has been repaired with a heavy green cloth tape. The cover illustration is worn. The endpapers are foxed. The inside pages which are a thick glossy paper have tears repaired with old tape. They are bright and colorful.
Seller: Losaw Service, Lenox Dale, MA, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. The Raggedy Man. Bobbs-Merrill, New York, 1907.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A 4.5" part of the seam has been rubbed. Blotch to lower rear cover. ; Book is in Very Good condition - exceptions noted and priced accordingly. Interior pages are in excellent shape, as is the binding. Beautiful color illustrations. A classic work for children for good reason. ; Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; St. Francis Fair. Amazing that this book was still there when I arrived more than an hour after opening.
Seller: Bookshelf of Maine, Franklin, ME, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. The Raggedy Man. The Bobbs Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1907.
Price: US$29.95 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Hardcover book in fair condition. Heavy wear and age-toning to boards, a binding copy, binding detached from spine at back. Foxing and previous owner's name to ffep. Interior pages are generally bright and unmarked, some small tears to edges of some pages. Bright illustrations. Questions welcome. We ship internationally from the United States and Canada every week. If buying internationally, please be aware that additional charges may apply for heavier books. We guarantee a safe, quick, and secure transaction. 10+ years in online bookselling experience.
Seller: Encore Books, Montreal, QC, Canada
Riley, James Whitcomb. The Raggedy Man. Indianapolis Bobbs-Merrill, 1907.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First edition. No page count. Illustrated by Ethel Franklin Betts. Stunningly beautiful full color, illustrations as well as some black and white illustrations combine with charming text for a remarkable children's book. Boards are extremely worn with eroded edges and corners and rubbed and scraped surfaces. Hinges cracked and text block is only barely still connected to spine. While the pages have some light soil in margins, they are overall bright with no foxing or discoloration. The gorgeous images are vivid, worthy of framing. Binding is very loose, corners bumped. (H1)
Seller: Jeff Jeremias Fine Arts, RMABA, Aurora, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$38.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: [Gorgeous Illustrations] Bound in publisher's pictorial cover, with green cloth spine. Edge wear to cover. Some fray at spine crown, tail. 8 full color plates. 60 unnumbered pages; 30 cm. Text within ornamental borders. Internally generally good, except two facing pages have a small place where they stuck together tore at the border. Lovely illustrations by Ethel Franklin Betts. One of the best examples of the Sunbonnet School (1900 - 1920). Betts was a student of Howard Pyle.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. THE BOYS OF THE OLD GLEE CLUB. THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY, Indianapolis, 1907.
Price: US$42.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, DARK GREEN DESIGN GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT. FORMER OWNER INSCRIPTION IN FRONT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. RILEY IS A WONDERFUL POET AND STORY TELLER. THE ART IN THE BOOK THROUGHOUT ARE BEAUTIFUL DRAWINGS. HIS BOOKS ARE A DELIGHT TO READ AND STUDY THE ART. 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 respectively. His poems tended to be humorous or sentimental. Of the approximately 1,000 poems that 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.
Riley, James Whitcomb. The Raggedy Man. Bobbs Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1907.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Folio, unpaginated, frontis, illustrations & border decorations throughout by Ethel Franklin Betts, an artist and illustrator of the Brandywine, PA school of Howard Pyle. Green cloth spine, pasted-on illustrations (same one on both boards). Boards rubbed & dusty, loose in covers; internally, inscription and child's name at ffep. As is.
Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$59.00 + shipping
Description: "New Edition first printing 1919". Ex-library with usual markings, else VG-. Nice library binding, red cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (faded), 9 1/4 x 7 inches, unpaginated (about 46 pp.). Glossy, thick (card-like) pages. Illustrations by Ethel Franklin Betts. Eight full-page color plates. In addition, the text pages have diverse b/w drawings partially colored in red. Sturdy, tight binding. The white portions of the pages have patchy mild to modest soiling, not affecting the color plates, and mostly mild. No torn pages. Quite attractive despite being ex-library. Scarce. (3214017)
Seller: Boojum and Snark Books, Kanab, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$89.99 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: New York: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1907. First edition with the Betts illustrations, 1907. Includes eight full page color plates, decoratve borders in black and shades of red on text pages, additional small illustrations in black and white plus shades of red on half-title and elsewhere. Green cloth with color illustration mounted on the front cover, 11.5 inches tall. Front cover illustration has some light scratching and scuffing, light fraying to the corners and spine ends, old hinge repairs with clear tape, text block sound but not tight (no loosened pages), endpapers and blanks lightly foxed (age speckled), pages clean, no names or other markings. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Fair. Folio - 12" - 15" Tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Riley Whitcomb James. THE RAGGEDY MAN. Bobbs Merrill, 1907.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Large square 4to binding with paper illustrated boards. Spine good and boards are tight. Some rubbing to corners and a few marks but better than normal condition. One ink inscription on front end paper and 2 inch separation on bottom left edge else pages quite clean.
Seller: Antique Emporium, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing with half-title and final blank. 8 Colored plates and black and white illustrations and borders by Ethel Franklin Betts. 1 vols. 4to. First Edition. BAL 16682 Original green cloth-backed boards with Betts illustrations on front and back covers. Edges and corners worn, some rubbing, a text leaf with tear in upper margin affecting decorative border only, some light soiling else a very good copy with a Christmas 1908 gift presentation on endpaper 8 Colored plates and black and white illustrations and borders by Ethel Franklin Betts. 1 vols. 4to First edition, first printing with half-title and final blank.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
James Whitcomb Riley. THE RAGGEDY MAN. The Bobbs Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1907.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Nicest copy I've ever handled of this highly collectible book illustrated with full-page glowing glossy plates. With minor wear to tips, contents clean and unmarked. Very, very faint curve to the book. A splendid copy of this treasure!!!
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: With Illustrations by Ethel Franklin Betts. Folio, publisher's cloth-backed boards illustrated in color, in dust jacket. First edition. Boards rubbed at edges and rounded at corners; cover illustration a little rubbed front and rear; but a tight and sound copy in a jacket with some significant chipping, edgewear, and creasing. Inscribed, "Merry Christmas! James Whitcomb Riley 1907."
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.