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. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...talking together of to-morrow's lesson Mrs. Monfert warned them that they would have to telegraph to their teacher to postpone his coming, for she had asked several people to luncheon the next day. More visitors! Hugh whispered to Beatrice. The habit has gained upon her. We seldom have two consecutive days 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. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...talking together of to-morrow's lesson Mrs. Monfert warned them that they would have to telegraph to their teacher to postpone his coming, for she had asked several people to luncheon the next day. More visitors! Hugh whispered to Beatrice. The habit has gained upon her. We seldom have two consecutive days to ourselves. Next morning Hugh said: Now, what would Percy do on an occasion like this? Would he endure the tedium of many hours of small talk? I think he'd run away into the woods, Beatrice answered. Well, let us do the same, said Hugh. Bringing our luncheon with us, Beatrice interjected, books, pencils, and writing paper; we can work as well in the woods as in the Barn. Mother will be very angry, Hugh replied, but it can't be helped. You will not be late for luncheon? Mrs. Monfert cried after them from one of the windows, and the truants waved their hands in evasive reply; and delighting in their truancy they turned from the long reach of avenue into a quiet wood and followed a path of green twilight into which the sun's rays never entered, a delicious little path, twisting through great hornbeams, and putting into Hugh the mind the thought that to walk in it was a gain and happiness. It struggled at last out of its seclusion into a glade, and hard-by was a gate leading into the high road, ascending abruptly and overhung with the park trees, through which it was pleasant to look; and Beatrice wondered why it was that Hugh should like better a seascape than these bosky corners of a park full of withering grasses and flowering willow weed. We agree in many things, she said, but I like Essex, its sluggish streams followed always by willow trees, and I like to look down into these dingles, and wonder why we do not spend more of our time amongst...
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G in Fair jacket. Not ex-lib. Signed by Moore on lower copyright page, number 556 of 1050 copies in limited edition. Hardcover with green paper over boards and off-white leather quarter-binding; in blue-green plain card jacket, small 4to. 313pp. Rough-cut page edges. G/Fair to Good. Book has associated bumps with loss of paper and card to mid front and rear edges, short tears to paper below bumps. Surface loss along lower edges and at tips of bumped corners; stronger losswith card exposed at lower front corner. Light to moderate toning/scuffing to quarter-binding, strong on spine, with central paper and title box clean and strongly colored. Binding strong and tight. Moderate uniform toning to text, stronger toning on margins. Clean and unmrked. Jacket has internal magictape reinforcements along hinges; 1" x 2 1/2" triangular chip lower spine end. Titles just legible against dark background. Jacket in Brodart. Prev. owner's bookplate front pastedown.
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Ex-Library. Signed by Moore! Limited edition, this no. 992 of 1050 copies, hardcover with paper covered boards, octavo, 313pp., not illustrated. Book ex-library with plate to front flyleaf and a couple stamps throughout, otherwise book VG+ with toning to spine and boards, mild wear to corners, binding tight, aside from minor library marks, text clean and unmarked. No DJ.
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Ex-Library in Very Good jacket. Signed by Moore! Limited edition, this no. 332 of 1050 copies, hardcover with paper covered boards in dust jacket, octavo, 313pp., not illustrated. Book ex-library with plate to front pastedown and a couple stamps throughout, otherwise book VG with bump to bottom front corner, mild soil, binding tight, text clean and unmarked aside from aforementioned library marks. DJ VG with edgewear that includes some small tears and their related creases, sun to spine, rubbing.
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Fair. Hardcover. No DJ. LIMITED EDITION #108 OF 1, 050 COPIES. SIGNED BY AUTHOR (name only...no inscription). Text unmarked. Covers show heavy edge wear with rubbing/tanning and bumped corners. Spine back strip has tear/chip on top portion. Binding cracked but still intact. Heavily used but pages still quite legible/readable. Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
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Good. No Dust Jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) Signed by Author. First US Edition; First Printing; Signed by Author; Boards soiled, paper label chipped, light foxing. 313 pgs. Limited Ed 385/1000 6.3 by 9.8 inches. Previous owners bookplate present. Fiction. Offered By: Member of FABA (FL Antiquarian Booksellers' Assoc. ). Size: Small 4to 9"-11" tall; Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3559.
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Good. First American edition. Good plus. Signed. 1/1, 050. Spine label worn. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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VG+ (no Dust Jacket), #893 of 1500 numbered and signed copies, foxing to pages. Many pages uncut. A lovely, clean, unmarked copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.