Signed book: Old-Fashioned Roses. Later printing. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902. Hardcover, 4 x 6.5, 145 pages. Signed and inscribed in fountain pen on the first free end page, “To Mrs. Edward A. Hale, With greetings and esteem, James Whitcomb Riley. Indianapolis: Nov. 7, 1904.” Riley has then penned the closing lines from The Days Gone By: “The simple, soul-reposing, glad believe in everything—When life was like a story, holding neither sob nor sigh, In the golden olden glory of days gone by.” Block of uniform toning on the signed page and inside front cover, and mild soiling to the front and back boards and spine, otherwise fine condition. RRAuction COA.
