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Green Fields and Running Brooks.

RILEY, James Whitcomb (1849-1916).

Indianapolis, IN: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1893. [American-Irish Poetry Interest] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 224 [2]. With a SIGNED presentation slip tipped in to preliminaries, addressed to the notable Irish Nationalist MP Hon. T.P. O'Connor, and dated Christmas 1892. Publisher's brown cloth with a maroon strip to top third showing gilt titles to spine and upper board. Top edge gilt. Light spotting to edges. Spine toned, with a splash mark and some small points of wear. Very good. Item #51625

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