"[...] The old widow with whom I lodge has been deaf for the last twenty years. She speaks in the strained high voice which protests against her own infirmity, and her eyes have the pathetic look of those who search in silence. For many years she lived alone with her son, who laboured on the farm two miles away. He met his death rescuing a carthorse from its burning stable; and the farmer gave the cottage rent free and a weekly half-crown for life to the poor old woman whose dearest terror was the workhouse. With my ...
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"[...] The old widow with whom I lodge has been deaf for the last twenty years. She speaks in the strained high voice which protests against her own infirmity, and her eyes have the pathetic look of those who search in silence. For many years she lived alone with her son, who laboured on the farm two miles away. He met his death rescuing a carthorse from its burning stable; and the farmer gave the cottage rent free and a weekly half-crown for life to the poor old woman whose dearest terror was the workhouse. With my shilling a week rent, and sharing of supplies, we live in the lines of comfort. Of death she has no fears, for in the long chest in the kitchen lie a web of coarse white linen, two pennies covered with the same [...]."
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Seller's Description:
Used-Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket. New Readers Library edition, reprint, 1930. Front free end paper lightly browned; binding tight; dust jacket slightly worn at edges, with short tear; dust jacket not price-clipped.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Reprint, 12mo, 158pp, pictorial eps, green cloth lettered gilt, one of the many pocket-sized editions; not illustrated; pencilled name/date verso half title o/w VG Copy, no DJ.
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Used-Good. Good hardback in green cloth. New edition, reset with colour illustrations by E. W. Waite (first thus). Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Free endpapers lightly browned. Binding tight. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on front board and spine; top corner of front board bumped; small patches of colour loss at spine foot and lower edges of boards; spine yellowed.
Publisher:
Collins` Clear-Type Press; London and Glasgow
Published:
01/1111
Alibris ID:
17935461714
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Very Good in Good Slipcase jacket. Size: 14 to 17 cm tall (16mo); Includes The Roadmender, Out Of The Shadow and At The White Gate. [1920's]. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
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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 in Good jacket. Thirty-second impression of Margaret Barber's (aka Michael Fairless) meditations. Light toning to stock, moreso to endpapers, but otherwise all in VG+, crisp and bright order. Gilt to top of block. Smart green boards with bright gilt titling to front and spine. G+ unclipped d/j, lightly worn to edges and toned to spine. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 16mo. 158pp.
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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. Hardback, quarter cloth, gilt titles to spine and front board. 107pp. No. 484 of a limited edition of only 1025 copies. Boards a little age-discoloured, some wear to extremities with slight fraying to head of spine. Private ownership. (al9)
