A Rhodian amphora filled with wine by Horace and inscribed with lines written by the poet has the star role in john Ames Mitchell's "The Villa Claudia." Imagine Falernian 1,900 years old, and having gained mellowness and bouquet and strength with each year. If your imagination is equal to the feat, the rest of the story will be plausible enough. An Italian setting, an American hero and heroine--the latter living in a Tivoli villa with a mother who has married an Italian and is widowed, an Italian combination fiance and ...
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A Rhodian amphora filled with wine by Horace and inscribed with lines written by the poet has the star role in john Ames Mitchell's "The Villa Claudia." Imagine Falernian 1,900 years old, and having gained mellowness and bouquet and strength with each year. If your imagination is equal to the feat, the rest of the story will be plausible enough. An Italian setting, an American hero and heroine--the latter living in a Tivoli villa with a mother who has married an Italian and is widowed, an Italian combination fiance and villain, a room from which men come out old, senile, debauched or do not come at all, according as they drink little or much, of a wine calculated to give 1,900 years of jag in one short evening--there is matter for eventful chapters. To relieve the mind of prospective readers who may have doubts concerning the plump hero's relation to the old Falernian, it may be noted that the story ends happily with the amphora empty and the two young Americans safely wedded in Connecticut where Morris Lane holds an interest in a cotton mill. -- The Book Buyer , Volume 29
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Very Good. First edition. Very good: book shows rubbing on spine/panels, bumping of spine, panel corners and edges. 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.
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Very Good. Illustrations by A. D. Blashfield, by the author, and from ancient sources. First edition. Octavo, bound in tan cloth with blue lettering and gilt design, top edge gilt, 306 pages. Trace edge wear, else very good. No dust jacket. Binding is solid and tight.
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Good. First edition. Illustrated by A. D. Blashfield. Good Solid hardcover with pictorial boards. Heavy shelf rubbing along all edges and spine. Some wear on spine ends. 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.
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New York, Life Publishing Company, 1904.
Published:
1904
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
9434476228
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Good. No Jacket. First edition. 8vo. B/w illustrations by A.D. Blashfield, et al. Original brown cloth stamped in gilt and black, t.e.g. (hinges starting). Good-very good. 306 pages. No dust jacket. Printed by The Trow Press.
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Very Good. First edition. Decorative tan cloth stamped in green and gilt, top edge gilt. Illustrated by A.D. Blashfield, by the author, and from ancient sources. Front hinge cracked, modest edgewear, else a very good copy.
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NEAR FINE WITHOUT D.J. ILLUSTRATIONS BY A. D. BLASHFIELD, BY THE AUTHOR, AND FROM ANCIENT SOURCES. OLIVE BROWN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT DECORATIONS AND BLACK TITLES TO THE SPINE AND FRONT COVER. BOOK IS VERY NICE WITH JUST A TRACE OF SOIL. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY.
