One hears of people whose hair turned white in a single night. Last night I thought mine was turning. I had a creepy feeling in the roots, which seemed to crawl all the way down inside each separate hair, wriggling as it went. I suppose you couldn't have nervous prostration of the hair? I worried dreadfully, it kept on so long; and my hair is so fair it would be almost a temptation for it, in an emergency, to take the one short step from gold to silver. I didn't dare switch on the light in the wagon-lit and peep at my ...
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One hears of people whose hair turned white in a single night. Last night I thought mine was turning. I had a creepy feeling in the roots, which seemed to crawl all the way down inside each separate hair, wriggling as it went. I suppose you couldn't have nervous prostration of the hair? I worried dreadfully, it kept on so long; and my hair is so fair it would be almost a temptation for it, in an emergency, to take the one short step from gold to silver. I didn't dare switch on the light in the wagon-lit and peep at my pocket-book mirror (which reflects one's features in sections of a square inch, giving the survey of one's whole face quite a panorama effect) for fear I might wake up the Bull Dog.
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Used-Acceptable. Ex lib hardback in blue cloth with pictorial onlay. W.H. Smith Library bookplate & owner's name on front end paper; some foxing throughout; tissue guard to frontis browned, with short tear; edge of 1 plate soiled & worn; binding tight. Bound in blue cloth, with red & black decoration & pictorial onlay of an Edwardian motor-car at speed; gilt title on spine. With 8 monochrome plates.
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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 Fair jacket. Hardcover with decorative green cloth boards in dust jacket, 1910, octavo, 346pp., sparsely illustrated in color. Book VG+ with mild wear to spine ends and corners, rubbing, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ fair with edgewear that includes various small tears and their related creases, rubbing, soil, spine and flap hinges worn and tattlered, looking better in protective mylar wrap.
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Very Good. No Dustjacket. Book New York: Doubleday Page, 1910. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/no dust jacket. First Edition, published August, 1910. Decorated American trade binding (signed binding-monogram WJ on cover-Will Jenkins). Very light soiling to front board edge. Light surface wear to spine ends, no fraying or wear-through. White decoration and lettering on cover and spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound-no cracking. Previous owner name and date neatly penned at top edge of front free endpaper (1911). Lovely color frontispiece with tissue guard. Four color illustrations total by F. Melville Du Mond and F. Lowenheim. Small spot (approx. size of navy bean) on outside edge of title page, dedication page. 346 pages. This novel entails a rollicking early automobile race through the South of France.
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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.
