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. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...above the lake? That's Fils, where Alois Aggera lives. 1 wonder if he'll remember me." A three hours' climb brought us to the top of the pine-wood. Before us in a. hollow, and straggling up the mountain-side, lay Fils. The church was a plain structure with a red-tiled spire, but beside it was a bell-tower so ...
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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. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...above the lake? That's Fils, where Alois Aggera lives. 1 wonder if he'll remember me." A three hours' climb brought us to the top of the pine-wood. Before us in a. hollow, and straggling up the mountain-side, lay Fils. The church was a plain structure with a red-tiled spire, but beside it was a bell-tower so beautiful in form and proportion that we both uttered an exclamation of surprise. It was the ill-fated Campanile of Venice in miniature. " Alois has been to Italy," said my companion, " or there is another genius in the village." Adjoining the campanile was a little wooden shed. We scrambled down to it. Above the door this was written--" Neue Bergstie-FEL UNO REPARATUREN WERDEN SCHNELLSTENS AUSGE-Fuhrt. Alois Aggera, Schumacher." Through the open window I saw a man giving his entire attention to cutting out a piece of leather. He did not look up, but nodded to our shadows, murmured " Grilss Gott!" and smiled. " We'll wait till he's finished his work," whispered my companion. " Come to the church." Over the altar stood a large figure of St. Florian quenching a symbolical fire. It was not good. The colour was hard, and the composition was theatrical. Neither was the painting of the stations of the Cross better or worse than you may see in any village church in the Tyrol. But two of them, the " Jesus fallt das erste Mai " and " Jesus begegnet der Mutter" were very different. For these he had not trusted to his jaded imagination, but had taken the village types, and painted them just as they were with their rough clothes, kindly faces, and simple sympathy with sorrow. And they were set in no imaginary scene. We recognised the background. It was just over the way, on the hill we had descended. And the carving on the pine wood pews, rough but bold, ...
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Add this copy of Adventures Among Pictures to cart. $16.89, good condition, Sold by Roy Clarke/gfoylebooks rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Danvers, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1904 by A. & C. Black.
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Good. Corner bumped, moderately rubbed & worn at spine ends & front spine edge, spine cloth a little faded, good condition---London: A. & C. Black 1904, dark blue decorated cloth, top edge gilt, hardcover, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 NOTES-24 illustrations (8 in color)
Add this copy of Adventures Among Pictures to cart. $27.00, good condition, Sold by Brian Bauld (B-Line Books) rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Amherst, NS, CANADA, published 1904 by Adam and Charles Black.
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Good+ with no dust jacket. Still quite tight in blue gilt-titled cloth; unmarked but for stamp to endpapers which are darkened from a previous paper being enclosed; light spotting to edges, but pages are crisp and clean and bright. 24 illustrations.; 302 pages.
Add this copy of Adventures Among Pictures to cart. $43.00, fair condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 1904 by A. & C. Black.
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Fair. No Jacket. Boards are rubbed, edge worn and knocked. tanning, foxing and marks. gold gilt on top edge. award plate. sound binding. fair copy. [S. K]
Add this copy of Adventures Among Pictures to cart. $69.14, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Nabu Press.
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