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. 1907 Excerpt: ...She struggled with him and began jto sob hysterically. "Be quiet! Keep still!" He said it quite gently. Yet she j stopped at once and remained motionless, silent as one, under the in IJJfluence of an opiate. "You can't get back. There's only one thing--slip behind the rock! Crouch down! I will let my burnous drop over ...
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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. 1907 Excerpt: ...She struggled with him and began jto sob hysterically. "Be quiet! Keep still!" He said it quite gently. Yet she j stopped at once and remained motionless, silent as one, under the in IJJfluence of an opiate. "You can't get back. There's only one thing--slip behind the rock! Crouch down! I will let my burnous drop over you!" Lady Wyverne crept to the back of the rock on which they had been seated and obeyed him. He lifted his great burnous, and replaced it loosely on his shoulders, letting it fall so that it concealed Lady Wyverne's head and shoulders. Her face was pressed against his back and his body felt her troubled breathing. Then he lit a cigarette. His attitude was nonchalant. His dark, keen face was perfectly calm. He drew the cigarette smoke into his throat and let it out rhythmically through his nostrils, quietly watching the mules as they came nearer and nearer. In his long eyes there was the hint of an almost sleepy smile. Achmed's song had died away now, j and Benchaalal knew that the guide's keen sight had already discovered him, that the guide's swift intelli-j gence had gathered from his motion-; less attitude that the singing had1 been heard and that he was pre-pared for their coming. Achmed's mule came up level with the Spahi and passed on. Achmed made no sign of recognition, but he looked at Benchaalal steadily, then beyond him as if seeking for something. Benchaalal leaned a little backward, letting his burnous drop lower over the crouching woman. And he felt that she shuddered against his body. The mule that bore the victims of Sir Claude's gun followed. Then came Sir Claude. As he drew up the first rays of the rising sun struck into the eastern sky and touched the houses of the red village upon its little hill. W...
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Add this copy of Barbary Sheep; : a Novel, to cart. $34.83, good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES.
Add this copy of Barbary Sheep: a Novel to cart. $27.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1907 by Harper & Brothers.
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Very Good. First edition. Illustrated tan cloth stamped in color. Illustrated. Rubbing on the boards, slightly cocked, and bumping to the corners else very good.
Add this copy of Barbary Sheep: a Novel to cart. $42.00, very good condition, Sold by Main Street Fine Books, ABAA rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galena, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1907 by Harper & Brothers.
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Small 8vo. Brown decorated cloth. 253pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations (line drawings on literally every one of this book's 253 pages), pictorial endpapers. Very good. Slight shelfwear. Tight, nice first edition.
