Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2483Location: BostonDate / Time: November 15, 2009 11:00AM
Description:
Riley, James Whitcomb (1849-1916),Presentation Copy,Old-Fashioned Roses, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902, original half vellum, extensively inscribed and dated "Indianapolis: Nov. 7: 1904. The simple soul reposing, glad belief in everything...When life was like a story, holding neither sob nor sigh, In the golden olden glory of days gone by," small 8vo, (minor wear).
Estimate $50-75
minor wear.