John Arden's stone cottage stood in the midst of the hill plateau, higher than the streams began, shelterless to the four winds. While washing dishes Deborah could see, through the small, age-misted pane, counties and blue ranges lying beneath the transparent or hazy air in the bright, unfading beauty of inviolate nature. She would gaze out between the low window-frame and the lank geraniums, forgetting the half- dried china, when grey rainstorms raced across from far Cader Idris, ignoring in their majestic progress the ...
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John Arden's stone cottage stood in the midst of the hill plateau, higher than the streams began, shelterless to the four winds. While washing dishes Deborah could see, through the small, age-misted pane, counties and blue ranges lying beneath the transparent or hazy air in the bright, unfading beauty of inviolate nature. She would gaze out between the low window-frame and the lank geraniums, forgetting the half- dried china, when grey rainstorms raced across from far Cader Idris, ignoring in their majestic progress the humble, variegated plains of grass and grain, breaking like a tide on the unyielding heather and the staunch cottage. Beyond the kitchen and attached to the house was the shippen, made of weather-boarding, each plank overlapping the next. This was lichen-grey, like the house, stone and wood having become worn as the hill-folk themselves, browbeaten and mellowed by the tempestuous years, yet tenacious, defying the storm. Sitting in the kitchen on a winter night, the Ardens could hear the contented rattle of the two cow-chains from the shippen, the gentle coughing and stamping of the folded sheep, while old Rover lay with one ear pricked, and now and then a hill pony-strayed from the rest-whickered through the howling ferocity of the gale.
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Add this copy of The Golden Arrow to cart. $11.84, good condition, Sold by Stephen White Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bradford, WEST YORKSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1963 by Jonathan Cape Ltd.
Add this copy of The Golden Arrow to cart. $11.88, fair condition, Sold by Stephen White Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bradford, WEST YORKSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1963 by Jonathan Cape Ltd.
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Fair. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. With Dust Cover. Faint coffee stain at top fore edge, but generally good condition considering age. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Add this copy of The Golden Arrow to cart. $24.00, very good condition, Sold by funyettabooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bloomington, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1963 by Jonathan Cape Ltd..
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Illustrated By Norman Hepple. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Fiction, Folklore. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Clean and tight and square. 1969 reprint. Beautiful coloured and black-and-white drawings. Medium blue boards with gold lettering on the spine. Blank book plate on the first page. Gift inscription dated 1970 on the first page. The dust jacket has a little shelfwear and is in new mylar. Bright red jacket with white and black lettering. Introduction by G.K. Chesterton.
Add this copy of The Golden Arrow to cart. $59.68, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1969 by J. Cape.
