This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ...stuck up in the shape of a well-sweep. Once we came upon a printed warning: "No trespassing on these grounds, under penalty of the law. Beware of the dogs." That stopped us. I think it jarred a little on the general sense of looseness and laziness. The Doctor looked at me inquiringly, and I undertook to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ...stuck up in the shape of a well-sweep. Once we came upon a printed warning: "No trespassing on these grounds, under penalty of the law. Beware of the dogs." That stopped us. I think it jarred a little on the general sense of looseness and laziness. The Doctor looked at me inquiringly, and I undertook to explain: --"Modern improvements," I said; "lawns, coverts, perhaps a preserve." The Doctor climbed up on the fence and examined the sign. "It has been painted about ten years, I should judge," he said. "Suppose we investigate it." "I am with you," I said. "I can take care of one dog if you will look out for the other." We climbed over the fence, went through the trees and underbrush, and came out on a road that had once been gravelled. It brought us to a house, mansion-like in proportions, with the shutters tight and the doors boarded up. In front stood an old broken vase, with vestiges of a fountain and some broken pieces of plaster that may have been a statue. We sat down and surveyed the melancholy pile. "The country is dotted with them every ten miles from Penobscot to the Golden Gate," said the Doctor. "I'll warrant that some old sea-captain who gave his life to battling with the ocean comforted himself up to the time of his dotage with retirement on a farm. Doubtless he was a whaling master and thought Nantucket was conventional. He came here and tried to shiver timbers and pipe all the affections on deck, after the affections had died of the scurvy. Then the loneliness of it killed him, and none of his heirs have had the decency to take that sign down." Then he chuckled, as he always did, to take the edge off an absurdity. "Perhaps," I...
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Good. No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Light green cloth binding. Gilt print on the top page edging. No markings in the text with a very few light scattered soil spots. The paper on the front hinge is cracked, however the hinge is firm. The cover has some very light soiling. The spine has light fading.
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Good++ Book Illus. endpapers. Worn upper spine, cracked hinges. No names, cleantext. Attractive arts & crafts book production artwork by "H.". good++, no dj, handsomely stamped slate green cloth. Gilt top 315 pgs.
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Very Good+ No Jacket. Book 001 shelf. Handsomely stamped pale green cloth. Inked name intro page, clean text. No dust jacket. Gilt top edge. With many small b/w vignettes. Attractive! Printed by The Manhattan Press.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo. green c w/gilt titles; top edge gilt; lite ear at extremities; illustrated end papers...a collection of articles originally in the New York Evening Post.
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Illustrated by Mowbray, J. P. Puncture hole to spine, which is also faded, "X" stamp on preliminary pages, other light wear, good plus, no dust jacket.
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Decs Charles Edward Hooper. G ex-library. Light green binding (tanned at edges), dark green pictorial, gilt lettering, top edge gilt, top of spine darkened, edge wear.
