Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 2008. 8vo (24 cm, 9.5"). Publisher's black cloth with silver lettering to spine. xiv, 342 pages. First edition. Light bumping to bottom edge. In original pictorial dust jacket; very minor edgewear. Interior is bright. "The essays collected here ask about the meanings and values that have been ascribed to the term 'popular.' They consider whether popular can be imposed, or if it must always emerge from children's preferences. And they investigate how.....
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.....
