May 05, 2016 - Sale 2413

Sale 2413 - Lot 288

Unsold
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB. Two items, each to his neighbor Joseph A. Stutsman: Autograph Letter Signed * A Child-World. Signed and Inscribed, on the front free endpaper. The letter, thanking for arranging a meeting with the Loehrs, inviting him to write, and sending the book in this lot. 1 page, oblong 12mo, written on the blank side of a postcard; evenly toned, remnants of prior mounting at upper corners. The book, "For / Joseph A. Stutsman, Esq. / With best greetings, his Old National Road neighbor." 8vo, publisher's cloth, slightly cocked; faint uneven toning to inscribed page. Indianapolis, 5 June 1896 [both inscriptions]; Indianapolis, 1897