Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed & Co., 1911. tall 8vo. cloth backed decorated boards. ix, 245 pages. First edition printed in an edition of 700 copies by D.B Updike at the Merrymount Press, Boston. Minor wear to spine ends. Minor foxing to gutters, else near fine. A very scarce book. Includes chapters on The Play-Book in England, Newbery's Books in America, the American Newbery, etc. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with.....
Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill co., 1891. oblong 4to. Blue cloth-backed floral boards, gilt lettering, all edges gilt. unpaginated. First edition. BAL16743, Section II. Laid in is a Christmas gift inscription on a separate small card by James Whitcomb Riley to Miss Hilda Searle, dated 1893. The entire binding has been professionally rebacked. Moisture staining to both covers, but more severe to the front board. Minor soiling to the interior, else very good. A rare first issue.....