Excerpt from The President: A Novel On this faraway November morning, it being I ten by every steeple clock and an hour utterly chaste, there could have existed no impropriety in one's having had a look into the rooms of Mr. Richard Storms, said rooms being second-floor front of the superfashionable house of Mr. Lorimer Gwynn, Washington, North West. Richard, wrapped to the chin in a bathrobe, was sitting much at his ease, having just tumbled from the tub. There was ever a recess in Richard's morning programme at this ...
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Excerpt from The President: A Novel On this faraway November morning, it being I ten by every steeple clock and an hour utterly chaste, there could have existed no impropriety in one's having had a look into the rooms of Mr. Richard Storms, said rooms being second-floor front of the superfashionable house of Mr. Lorimer Gwynn, Washington, North West. Richard, wrapped to the chin in a bathrobe, was sitting much at his ease, having just tumbled from the tub. There was ever a recess in Richard's morning programme at this point during which his breakfast arrived. Pending that repast, he had thrown himself into an easy-chair before the blaze which crackled in the deep fireplace. The sudden sharp weather made the fire pleasant enough. The apartment in which Richard lounged, and the rooms to the rear belonging with it, were richly appointed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Very Good+ No Dustjacket. Book New York: A. S. Barnes & Company, 1904. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/No Dust jacket. First Edition, with MDCCCCIV on title page, Copyright 1904 and "September" on copyright page. Signed binding (AH-Alberta Hall). Clean black ribbed cloth boards with gold and white decoration on cover, gold lettering on cover and spine. Tiny bump to front board outside edge, tiny spot of wear to one corner tip. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 514 pp. Illustrated with eight sepia plates.