Excerpt: ...or watching the water to see if the tide had turned. "Sight o' folks," said Bob Peet, nodding towards the after-deck, which seemed a solid mass of human beings. "Yes," said the child, speaking half to herself, in a low tone. "It's just like the Tower of Babel, isn't it? I should think they would be afraid. 'And the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth.' And it's so stupid!" she added, after a moment's pause. "Why don't they stay at home? Haven't they any homes to stay at? Who ...
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Excerpt: ...or watching the water to see if the tide had turned. "Sight o' folks," said Bob Peet, nodding towards the after-deck, which seemed a solid mass of human beings. "Yes," said the child, speaking half to herself, in a low tone. "It's just like the Tower of Babel, isn't it? I should think they would be afraid. 'And the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth.' And it's so stupid!" she added, after a moment's pause. "Why don't they stay at home? Haven't they any homes to stay at? Who takes care of their homes while they go sailing about like loons?" "Folks likes to v'yage," said Bob Peet, with mild toleration. "Heaps-nothin' t' do-hot spells-v'yages." He added, with an approach to a twinkle in his meek and cow-like eyes, "Try it-some day-git tired of ol' Cap'n-ol' rock-pooty soon-take ye-v'yage-" His speech was interrupted by a sudden and violent dash of water in his face. "Take that!" cried Star, panting with fury, and flinging the water at him with all her small might. "I wish it was sharp stones, instead of just water. I wish it was needles, and jagged rocks, and quills upon the fretful porkypine, so I do! How dare you say such things to me, Bob Peet? How dare you?" She paused, breathless, but with flashing eyes and burning cheeks; while Bob meekly mopped his face and head with a red cotton handkerchief, and shook the water from his ears, eyeing her the while with humble and deprecatory looks. "No offence," he muttered, in apologetic thunder-rumble. "Poor ol' Bob-eh, Missy? Sorry, beg pardon! Never no more. Didn't mean it-nohow!" The tempest subsided as suddenly as it rose, and Star, with a forgiving nod, took out her own little handkerchief and daintily wiped a few drops from her victim's forehead. "You're so stupid, Bob," she said, frankly, "that I suppose I ought not to get angry with you, any more than I would with Imogen, though even she provokes me sometimes. So I forgive you, Bob. But if you...
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Frank Merrill and John Wonsetler. Acceptable. No Dj. Book 12 mo., hardcover, bright cover with white/silver lettering and design of lighthouse on navy boards. Very early reprint edition, . Pages very tanned, book cocked, hinges broken, else good reading copy. Blue sky endpapers. 132 pp.
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Fair / illustrated paper boards moderately stained / Wear at spine ends / corners / F.E.P. torn / inside front hinge split / Text clean / intact / good reading copy.
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Good + No DJ. Printing Not Spec. Merrill, Frank T. 12mo = 7-9" 64pp. Inside front hinge is cracked, cover is loose. Cloth covers are worn on corners & top/bottom of spine. Some slight soiling on covers. Page 29 has upper right corner misg-text is intact.
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Good. Hardcover. No DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing and soiling. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
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Good. Used, shows wear, front hinge cracked, ex-library, previous owner's markings, still in solid reading condition with NO markings in text. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Good. No Dustjacket. Front hinge cracked. Captain January is an 1890 children's novel, about a lighthouse keeper and his adopted daughter, written by Laura E. Richards. There have been two film adaptions of the novel, the 1924 silent film Captain January, starring Baby Peggy and the 1936 musical film Captain January, starring Shirley Temple.
