"[...] Elburtus Endearin' Himself to Mr. Bobbet And Elburtus, not wantin' to hurt his feelin's, drinked about 3 quarts. It made him deathly sick, for it went aginst his stomach from the first: he never loved it. And Miss Bobbet duz fix it dretful sickish, -sweetens it with sale mollasses for one thing. Oh, how sick that feller wus when he come in to supper! had to lay right down on the lounge. Says I, "Elburtus, what made you drink it, when it went aginst your stomach?" says I. "Why," says he in a faint voice, and pale ...
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"[...] Elburtus Endearin' Himself to Mr. Bobbet And Elburtus, not wantin' to hurt his feelin's, drinked about 3 quarts. It made him deathly sick, for it went aginst his stomach from the first: he never loved it. And Miss Bobbet duz fix it dretful sickish, -sweetens it with sale mollasses for one thing. Oh, how sick that feller wus when he come in to supper! had to lay right down on the lounge. Says I, "Elburtus, what made you drink it, when it went aginst your stomach?" says I. "Why," says he in a faint voice, and pale round his lips as any thing, "I didn't want to hurt his feelin's by refusin'." Says I, out to one side, "Did you ever, Josiah Allen, see such goodness in your life?" "I never see such dumb foolishness," says he. "I'd love to have anybody ketch me a drinkin' three or four quarts of such stuff out of politeness." "No," says I coldly: "you hain't good enough." Wall, that night his bed got a fire. It seemed as if every thing under the sun wus a goin' to happen to that man while he wus here. You see, the house wus all tore up a repairing and I had to put him up-stairs: and the bed had been moved[...]."
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Fourth edition, 1886, hardcover with decorative mustard yellow cloth boards, octavo, 381pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG with mild wear to spine ends and corners, light rubbing and soil to boards, binding just tender, previous owner's signature to front endpapers, otherwise text clean and unmarked. No DJ.
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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 Jacket. Book Told from Josiah Allen's wife's point of view, the book also concentrates on his niece Cicely, 381 pages. Numerous b/w drawings, full-page & vignette. Binding is fine red cloth with stamped floral decoration at front & decoration at the spine with a gilt band there, 6-1/2" x 8". Good condition. Yellowed pages. Binding starting but intact. Binding shifted. A small crease to fabric at front; trace soiling to binding. Thanks for looking!
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Very Good. 381pp. Red cloth hard cover with maroon and gilt titles and decoration. Cover has some mino rubbing, corner cloth chipping and darkening. The interior is very clean and soundly bound. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall M5.
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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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Very Good. Illustrated. Large book is sound and tight. Interior is clean, no marks except gift inscription on second front endpaper. Colorful graphics on the front board and on the spine are bright. Wear to corners of boards and at top and bottom of spine.
