On a dreary afternoon of November, when London was closely wrapped in a yellow fog, Hermione Lester was sitting by the fire in her house in Eaton Place reading a bundle of letters, which she had just taken out of her writing-table drawer. She was expecting a visit from the writer of the letters, Emile Artois, who had wired to her on the previous day that he was coming over from Paris by the night train and boat. Miss Lester was a woman of thirty-four, five feet ten in height, flat, thin, but strongly built, with a large ...
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On a dreary afternoon of November, when London was closely wrapped in a yellow fog, Hermione Lester was sitting by the fire in her house in Eaton Place reading a bundle of letters, which she had just taken out of her writing-table drawer. She was expecting a visit from the writer of the letters, Emile Artois, who had wired to her on the previous day that he was coming over from Paris by the night train and boat. Miss Lester was a woman of thirty-four, five feet ten in height, flat, thin, but strongly built, with a large waist and limbs which, though vigorous, were rather unwieldy. Her face was plain: rather square and harsh in outline, with blunt, almost coarse features, but a good complexion, clear and healthy, and large, interesting, and slightly prominent brown eyes, full of kindness, sympathy, and brightness, full, too, of eager intelligence and of energy, eyes of a woman who was intensely alive both in body and in mind. The look of swiftness, a look most attractive in either human being or in animal, was absent from her body but was present in her eyes, which showed forth the spirit in her with a glorious frankness and a keen intensity. Nevertheless, despite these eyes and her thickly growing, warm-colored, and wavy brown hair, she was a plain, almost an ugly woman, whose attractive force issued from within, inviting inquiry and advance, as the flame of a fire does, playing on the blurred glass of a window with many flaws in it.
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*Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, Sept. 9 (weekend sale item)* 485 pp., frontis., original gilt stamped illustrated blue cloth (Hardcover), previous owner's name to front free endpaper, else good. -If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 9.1 x 6.5 x 1.1. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Harper & Brothers, New York, NY 1906. First Edition. 1st Printing. 485 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy! Light general wear. Size: 9.1 x 6.5 x 1.1. Fiction Modern: General 6427.
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Orson Lowell, Illustrator. Very Good+ No Dustjacket. Book New York/London: Harper & Brothers, 1906. First Edition. Very Good+/No Dustjacket. Orson Lowell, Illustrator. Purple cloth boards with bright gilt lettering and decoration on cover and spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Frontis illustration with tissue guard (tissue guard slightly foxed). Additional 7 plates by Orson Lowell. 485 pgs. 8vo. Fiction.
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Small 8vo. Blue cloth with decorative gilt. 485pp. Frontispiece, 7 full-page plates. Very good. Contemporary ownership signature/date on front flyleaf. Tight, nice first edition with bright giltstamping.
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Acceptable. Acceptable condition. (Literature, Fiction, Drama) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Good. First edition. Good hardcover. Name on front endpaper. Pages light brown, clean text. Edges of spine bumped. Minor spine lean. 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.