Twilight is the classic time, in all French towns and villages, for the al fresco lounge. The cool breath of the dusk is fresh, then, and restful; after the heat and sweat of the long noon the air, as it touches brow and lip, has the charm of a caress. So the door ways and streets were always crowded at this hour, groups moved, separated, formed and re formed, and lingered to exchange their budget of gossip, to call out their "Bonne nuit," the girls to clasp hands, looking longingly over their shoulders at the younger ...
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Twilight is the classic time, in all French towns and villages, for the al fresco lounge. The cool breath of the dusk is fresh, then, and restful; after the heat and sweat of the long noon the air, as it touches brow and lip, has the charm of a caress. So the door ways and streets were always crowded at this hour, groups moved, separated, formed and re formed, and lingered to exchange their budget of gossip, to call out their "Bonne nuit," the girls to clasp hands, looking longingly over their shoulders at the younger fishermen and farmers; the latter to nod, carelessly, gayly back at them; and then--as men will--to fling an arm about a comrade's shoulder as they, in their turn, called out into the dusk.
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C. S. Reinhart and others. Very Good+ No Dustjacket. Book New York: Lovell, Coryell & Company, 1892. Very Good+/No Dust jacket. C. S. Reinhart and others. Clean beige buckram cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. 1892 on copyright page, no other dates. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages are clean. Lovely old previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper. 394 pp. Illustrated with photographs, black & white illustrations.
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Very Good+ Book With ads. Handsome bkplate front endpaper, small note about authorinked to title page. Solid, attractive b/w photos, cuts. very good+, no dj, 3 shields stamped to slate blue cloth 394 pgs.
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Good. First ed. A beautiful, clean copy. Faint edge wear. Pages/boards clean and vibrant, NO foxing or markings, binding tight. Protected in removable archival plastic sleeve. Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. DJ slightly worn with inside fraying. Foxing to boards. Previous owners notation on half-title page; Decorative, full white boards with gilt lettering and three shields in color. Top edge gilt. Light blue jacket with title on spine. Tissue protected frontispiece; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 394 pages.
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Very Good+ Decorative, full white boards with gilt lettering and three shields in color. Top edge gilt. Tissue guarded frontispiece. Including 15 b&w photographs; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 394 pages.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. DJ with light wear and DJ spine a bit sunned. Bookplate. Former owner's name on first blank page.; Decorative, full white boards with gilt lettering and three shields in color. Top edge gilt. Light blue jacket with title on spine. Tissue guarded frontispiece. Including 15 b&w photographs; 8vo; 394 pages.
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12mo. viii, [4], 394, [2] pp., plus 2 pp. publ. ads. Frntsp., numerous plates, text illusts. Illust. white cloth, armorial illusts. on frnt cvrs of Norman coats of arms in blue, silver, red & gilt, gilt lettrng on spine, t.e.g. (vry mnr shlfwr), w/ blue cloth d.j. gilt & silver armorial on spine, gilt lettrng (slght soilng), NF/VG copy. First edition, early printing of this charming travelogue by a Victorian woman through the Norman countryside, with the scarce dustjacket.