1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.
1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.

1923 Scarce First Edition - Riley FAIRY TALES illustrated by Will Vawter.

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Author: James Whitcomb Riley. (John William Vawter, illustrator).
Title: Riley Fairy Tales with Illustrations by Will Vawter.
Publisher: Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1923. First illustrated edition by John William Vawter.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 9.5 " X 7 ".
Pages: 95 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original illustrated full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Good to very good content (clean, bright, and tight, ex-libris of Nancy Hernden on the first endpaper - as shown, margin tear repaired by a previous owner on one page - as shown, rare light staining - as shown). 
Illustrations: Complete with very nice in-text and full-page color illustrations by John William Vawter.


The book: Rare and attractive first illustrated edition of Riley Fairy Tales.  A beautiful example of John William Vawter's work!

The illustrator: John William Vawter (13 Apr 1871–11 Feb 1941), from Greenfield, Indiana, was an American landscape artist and illustrator known for his broad strokes and loose Impressionist style.

The author: James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916) was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry. His poems tend to be humorous or sentimental. Of the approximately 1,000 poems Riley wrote, the majority are in dialect. His famous works include "Little Orphant Annie" and "The Raggedy Man".



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