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RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB. WHILE THE HEART BEATS YOUNG. THE BOBBS-MERRILL CO., INDIANAPOLIS, IN, 1906.
Price: US$27.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: PICTORIAL BOARDS, OWNER'S NAME
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. While the Heart Beats Young. Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1906.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Small 4to, bound in beautiful turquoise cloth with a few faint water-stains on spine only. Gilt lettering on spine and on intact front-cover paste-down. Some bumping to corners and top & bottom of spine. Interior pages are clean and bright, including all color plates.
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. WHILE THE HEART BEATS YOUNG. Bobbs-Merrill. Indianapolis. 1906., 1906.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book size about 7 by 9 1/2 inches with some 110 pages. Bound in gray/green cloth with nearly full front cover color pictorial paste-on; gilt spine lettering. Double page illustrated end papers (Same for front and rear). Color frontis, 15 full page color plates, numerous smaller tinted images throughout, all by ETHEL FRANKLIN BETTS. Book with about average wear; rear hinge cracked; previous owners inscriptions at front; cloth bookplate inside front cover; one color plate laid-in loose. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: The Book Scot, mansfield, MO, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. While the Heart Beats Young. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1906.
Price: US$33.88 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The piece on page 39, of this 110 page volume is called: ` Some Scattering Remarks of Bub's'. Read more about : Hamey Tincher, Tentoleena Land, carriage-maker, summertime, Bud Mitchell, double-rig, pie-dough biscuits, and goldun rule. From the Raggedy Man (one of my personal favourites) on page 17; we learn about Squidgicum-Squees, and Wunks - that live in a hole in the ground. I guess you'd call this Victorian fantasy. Every story (most?) has one full page colour, period illustration that will delight you. Cond : Boards are green with gilt lettering on spine. Front cover illustration by Betts is of two children in a field of daisies. Issued w/o dust jacket (??) End-papers are pictorial. Colours bright, binding tight. Minimal wear. Bookplate of p/o on ffep.Minimal toning. Clean. Collectible ! ! Quote .64) : " Leisurely and lazy-like we'll jostle on our journey, And let the pony bathe his hooves and cool them in the dew, As he sidles down the shady way and lags along the ferny And green grassy edges of the . ." Size: Octavo
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Canada
James Whitcomb Riley. While the heart beats young. Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, Indiania, 1906.
Price: US$38.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Reprint. Profusely illustrated with lovely, well-preserved "pictures" by Ethel Franklin Betts. Green clothbound library bound edition without a jacket. Exterior is clean and square. Interior is lightly but noticeably soiled by finger smudges to approximately one-third of page margins. Numerous illustrations are clear. Prior owner's name and inscription is on fep. Pages are complete and intact except for rear free-end-paper, which is ripped out. "An' that's all" is final sentence.
Seller: river break books, fort benton, MT, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. While the Heart Beats Young. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1906.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original green gilt cloth with color pastedown and illustrated endpapers. Beautiful color plates by Betts illustrate various Riley poems for children and youth. A clean, tight, unmarked copy with minor rubbing to bottom edges.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first issue with misnumbered contents page. Large 8vo in blue-green cloth wit tipped on color title illustration,spine lettered in gilt. A tight, bright copy, hint of wear at the extremities and a chip from the edge of the rear free endpaper. Illustrated endpapers. 110 pp. With decorations and 16 color plates by Betts. Collection of poetry for and about young people.
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition 1906. Published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Hardcover in original green cloth with bright gilt lettering on spine, pictorial past down on front cover has some scratches. Illustrated endpapers fine. Table of content misnumbered. No DJ as issued. Condition very good, square, slight edgewear at spine edges and corners, some color illustrations loose but all present. 8vo, 110 pages, 16 full page color illustrations and many smaller color illustrations in text. Illustrated by Ethel Franklin Betts. ASIN: B000855RYG
Seller: monobooks, Livingston, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first issue with mis-numbered table of contents. Tall 8vo, pp. 110, 16 color plates after Ethel Franklin Betts, color pictorial endpapers, color head & tail-piece decorations. Original blue-gray cloth with large color plate on upper side. Near fine with light wear. Sheets clean, unmarked, complete. H4229
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 110 Mpp. Green Clothwith Paste-On Color Illustration, In Grey Box With Matching Paste-On Illustration. First Printing, With Mis-Numberd Table Of Contents. Book Fine, No Wear Or Marks Or Fading. Box With Wear But Intact, Not Repaired.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
RILEY, James Whitcomb. While the Heart Beats Young. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1906.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Color illustrations by Ethel Franklin Betts. 110p.,tall 8vo, cloth, large colored pictorial label . Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, (1906). First Edition First issue, with misnumbered table of contents.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb. WHILE THE HEART BEATS YOUNG. Bobbs Merrill Co., Indianapolis, 1906.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: This hard cover is in FAIR CONDITION. On the front fly page, HENRY VAN DYKE HAS HAND WRITTEN A POEM in ink, to James Whitcomb Riley, starting." Yours is a garden of old fashioned flowers" and ending."You keep close to the human heart", SIGNED Henry Van Dyke. 110 pages bound in blue cloth, with paste on picture on front cover, and gilt lettering on spine. The endpapers are pictoral, of children in a field. This book is well worn on the covers, with hinges loose, some pages loose. Includes 16 full page illustrations with colors bright. A second inscription reads "Elizabeth Jameson Whittle.From My Comfort Baby Grace.Xmas 1906".
Seller: Monroe Bridge Books, MABA Member, Houlton, ME, U.S.A.
Riley, James Whitcomb; Betts, Ethel. WHILE THE HEART BEATS YOUNG. Bobbs Merrill, Indianapolis, 1906.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this collection of sentimental poems, a beautiful Brandywine production rare in the original publisher's box. The original box has protected this copy exceptionally well: the book remains stunning. Betts, one-time student of Howard Pyle, plays with perspective and flat planes amid the more commonly shared vividness of her landscapes. 9.5'' x 7.5''. Original cloth with pictorial paste-on. In original publisher's pictorial box. Illustrated by Betts with 16 color plates plus numerous smaller text illustrations. Printed on heavy, glossy paper. Box flaps repaired.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.