Riley Child-Rhymes with Hoosier Pictures by Will Vawter / James Whitcomb Riley
Book
188 pages. Illustrations.
2015.7.282
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1900s
7-3/4 in
5-1/4 in
James Whitcomb Riley
Will Vawter
First
Indianapolis
Indiana
United States
North America
1905
Publisher's Binding
Bound in dark green cloth with a gilt and black stamped illustration on the front cover of a girl reaching up to a butterfly and a seated boy with a fishing pole. The spine decoration is stunning - a high flying kite with a long tail.
Gift inscription on flyleaf: "For Sylvia With love and a Merry Christmas From Mamma Christmas 1910".