[Rarebooks] FS: James Whitcomb Riley: FLYING ISLANDS OF THE NIGHT, 1892, inscribed with verse and in dustwrapper

[Charles Agvent]

RILEY,  James  Whitcomb.  THE   FLYING  ISLANDS  OF  THE   NIGHT.
Indianapolis:  Bowen  Merrill  1892.  First  Edition.  White  flexible
boards  embossed with an all-over design of cherub heads and the front
cover  stamped  in  gold.  BAL 16587: Printing  1,  Binding  A.  Minor
spotting  to covers and dustwrapper. INSCRIBED "Very truly yours"  and
SIGNED  in full by the author in Indianapolis in December 1891.  Riley
has  also  added  TWO LINES OF VERSE: "As full of naught/As  space  is
full   of  emptiness."  With  two   small  corrections  in  the  text,
presumably  by Riley. Half inch chip at base of spine with very  small
chip  at  the  head.  A fragile book,  especially  with  the  original
dustwrapper.  Very Good in a Very Good and scarce printed dustwrapper.
                                                                $750.00

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