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. 1896 Excerpt: ...one end, and then both dogs tugged at it. Business was so strong that he had much the advantage; but Jerry held on so well that he allowed himself to be dragged all over the lawn rather than let go his hold. At last the dogs became tired of the play; Business lay down to rest in the shade, and Jerry, finding nothing ...
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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. 1896 Excerpt: ...one end, and then both dogs tugged at it. Business was so strong that he had much the advantage; but Jerry held on so well that he allowed himself to be dragged all over the lawn rather than let go his hold. At last the dogs became tired of the play; Business lay down to rest in the shade, and Jerry, finding nothing better to do, began to chew into bits the stick he had succeeded in getting possession of. The children, since their first visit to Miss Tarbox, had made several others, and Miss Tarbox had become interested in her young neighbors, and looked forward to their visits with pleasure. Soon after Jerry's return she invited the children to lunch with her, and they looked forward to the day with impatience. Long before the hour appointed they were dressed, and found it hard to wait until Mamma thought it time for them to start. Miss Tarbox received her smiling visitors very cordially. The boys seated themselves, and Kachel was about to climb into a chair, when Miss Tarbox exclaimed, --"I think I have a chair upstairs that will just fit Rachel. It is one I used to sit in when I was a little girl. I will get it." In a few minutes she returned with a small low rocking-chair that Rachel just fitted into, so she sat in it and rocked hard until Myra came to say that lunch was ready. It was the first time the children had ever been invited by a grown-up hostess, and they resolved to appear at their very best. Jack was given a seat opposite Miss Tarbox, --just as if he had been a grown-up man, he informed Mamma on his return. At each plate was a pretty bonbon as a souvenir of the occasion, and for each a tiny loaf of cake with his or her name made by sticking sugar-plums into the frosting. There were snappers too, very large ones, containing prizes, th...
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Photos (6 plates) Very Good. No Jacket. 8 vo; 1.5 Pouinds. First Edition, First Printing; red pictorial c; lite bumps at lower corner tips; in mylar protective wraps, tiny tear at top spine 255 clean, unmarked pages.
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Illustrated with photos from life. Good+ No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Red hardcover cloth binding decorated with flowers has slightly rounded spine, bumped corners, clean and tight interior. Good hinges. 255 pages plus ads in back. Irish Terrier dog story.