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. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ...himself and opened the shutter of his booth. He placed the fairy gift upon his board, and sat down to breakfast; but before he had swallowed a mouthful, a strange-looking person entered the shop, and inquired the price of the little black doll. " One hundred and fifty pounds," answered Jacob. "Too much," said ...
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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. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ...himself and opened the shutter of his booth. He placed the fairy gift upon his board, and sat down to breakfast; but before he had swallowed a mouthful, a strange-looking person entered the shop, and inquired the price of the little black doll. " One hundred and fifty pounds," answered Jacob. "Too much," said the stranger; "I am ordered not to exceed one hundred." There was something in his customer's manner that made Jacob anxious to get rid of him, and therefore he did not chaffer about the matter, but took the stranger's money and gave him the Enchanted Doll. " What a lucky fellow I am! " said Jacob, as the stranger turned to depart. "Very," said the doll-buyer--"atpresent" CHAPTER II. rHEN the stranger was out of sight, Jacob put his money into his pouch, and, placing his cap jauntily upon one side of his head, took two or three turns in front of the silversmith's booth, rattling the money in his pouch every time that he passed; but his trick was lost upon Tony Stubbs, who never once looked up from his work. Jacob grew desperate, and entered the silversmith's booth. "Good morrow, neighbor Stubbs," said the doll-maker. " Ah!" replied Tony, " is it you, neighbor Pout? I am very glad to see you; for though we live opposite to each other, we seldom exchange more than a nod from week's end to week's end. But that is my fault, I believe; I am always so hard at work that I have no time for a little friendly gossip." " Just my case too," said Jacob. " I am always at work " (what a fib that was!); "I cannot make dolls fast enough to supply my customers " (that was really true, but he might have done so had he been less idle). " But I have no right to grumble; I make money faster than I can spend it; " and Jacob rattled the coins in his pouch. "I am...
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Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show edge wear rubbing/light soiling. Front Hinge cracked but binding intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
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Good. No dust jacket. tight copy, clean on inside, some wear and soiling to cover, pages are yellowing and edges are stained. Paper over boards, sewn binding, embossed front and spine, 316 pgs., illustrations. Audience: General/trade Young Folk Library. Also available in the same size and format: "A Book of Famous Fairy Tales" edited by Roswell M. Field; " The Book of Adventure" edited by Nathan Haskell Dole.
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Fair. No dust jacket. Cover is worn, pages have yellowed, but easy to read. 316 p. illus. (part col. ) 21 cm. Young folks library [4] [from old catalog]. Includes Illustrations. Stories from Gulliver's Travels, The Arabian Nights, and more.
