This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...others rushed to follow, and his most fantastic schemes were acclaimed with enthusiasm. There had been, for instance, the Pageant. I write it with a capital since it went down in history so. The Pageant had its inception in Allan's fertile brain at ten o'clock one June morning, and was presented on the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...others rushed to follow, and his most fantastic schemes were acclaimed with enthusiasm. There had been, for instance, the Pageant. I write it with a capital since it went down in history so. The Pageant had its inception in Allan's fertile brain at ten o'clock one June morning, and was presented on the lawn in front of the club-house at five o 'clock that afternoon. It purported to represent episodes in the early history of Alderbury. If it really did, Alderbury in Colonial days was a remarkable and busy place. It was all the veriest nonsense, but a deal of ingenuity and taste were shown in the matter of costuming and setting, and every one, participants and audience alike--the latter small in numbers--had a merry time. There was a dinner in the club-house afterwards, and an impromptu dance by moonlight on the lawn later still, in which the actors in the Pageant appeared in costume. The tournament was held on the Fourth. Beryl played with Allan, Jerry accepting his fate with philosophy and attaining revenge by winning the event with a partner who, if less to his taste than Beryl, played a far better game of golf. The ball in the evening was a big success in spite of the efiorts of the weather to put a damper on it. A drizzle set in just in time to dim the brilliancy of the fire works display, but by cooling the air made dancing more popular. Alderbury was in the habit of keeping early hours, and usually no affair lasted much after midnight, but on this occasion at half-past one Allan was teaching the "Zulu Glide" to a dozen or more venturesome youngsters, and the older folks, looking on, quite forgot to go home. The "Zulu Glide"--which, according to its sponsor, was the only dance countenanced in...
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Good. 1915. Hardcover. "Marginal illustrations. Commissioning organisation: by Ralph Henry Barbour; with illustrations in color by H. Weston Taylor, and decorations by Edward Stratton Holloway. 204 p., [4] leaves of plates ill. 21 cm. Publishers cloth. Nice copy. Inscription and minor stain on front endpaper. Stain on front board. Slight rubbing to edges of spine and corners of boards.". Not a first edition copy.....We ship daily from our warehouse.
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Good. Name written inside the front cover. Some shelf storage or usage wear present. The binding is tight and all pages are present. Missing dustjacket as pictured. The pages appear unmarked. Pictures available upon request. Individually inspected by Shadow. Thanks for supporting an independent bookseller!
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Very Good in Fair jacket. First Edition. Illustrated by Taylor, H. Weston. Very good with three vertical wrinkles in the cloth on the front board, light wear to the spine ends, in a fair dustwrapper that is missing the spine with some paper loss across the extreme top edge of both panels, rear panel is soiled.
