Excerpt: ...a tug which became so overcrowded that it took no account of passengers whom it carried safely to the city. Of the poor forlorn lot, a few found their way back to the plantations in search of survivors, but in most instances, having gone too soon, they returned disheartened. Madame Le Duc, who, with her guests and servants, had fled from the homestead at the first warning, did not hear for months of the flight of the old people with her grandchild, and of their supposed fate. No one doubted that all three had ...
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Excerpt: ...a tug which became so overcrowded that it took no account of passengers whom it carried safely to the city. Of the poor forlorn lot, a few found their way back to the plantations in search of survivors, but in most instances, having gone too soon, they returned disheartened. Madame Le Duc, who, with her guests and servants, had fled from the homestead at the first warning, did not hear for months of the flight of the old people with her grandchild, and of their supposed fate. No one doubted that all three had perished in the river, and the news came as tardy death tidings again
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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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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 + No DJ. Printing Not Spec. Edwards, Harry C. 16mo = 6-7" 180pp. Green cloth covers are slightly soiled, some bumping on top/bottom of spine. Some mildew spotting on endpapers. Previous owner's name in ink on front endpaper. Sub: An Idyl of the Mississippi.
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Harry C. Edwards, Illustrator. Very Good. No Dustjacket. Book First Edition decorated American trade binding. Dark geen cloth boards with gilt decoration on cover (gilt panel of river goddess with urn and water plants), gilt lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight, no cracking; tiny dent at top edge of rear board. Pages and edges are clean, with no names, writing or marks. Five illustrations by Harry C. Edwards, including frontis illustration with clean tissue guard. 179 pages.
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Good. Size: 9x6x1; First ed., with opened pages; 179 p., clean and unmarked except for surname of former owner on upper corner of front end page; paper fine and strong but with some foxing on paste downs; b&w ill.; binding tight; in absence of d.j. the green boards are slightly bumped and have slight rubbing along spine. The gilt patch that forms the background for green lettering and naiad and reed image on front board is somewhat faded in places.