Excerpt: ...moment making his reluctant way to the office. Just the mere letters printed on the door were enough to make his heart sink down into his shoes, and, as he told his mother afterward, he wished he could "die on the little mat you're supposed to wipe your feet on." He wiped his feet carefully, took a last desperate look up and down the empty hall, and tapped on the door. "Come in," called a deep, pleasant voice, not at all the kind of voice you would expect a stern, cross principal to use. Bobby opened the door ...
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Excerpt: ...moment making his reluctant way to the office. Just the mere letters printed on the door were enough to make his heart sink down into his shoes, and, as he told his mother afterward, he wished he could "die on the little mat you're supposed to wipe your feet on." He wiped his feet carefully, took a last desperate look up and down the empty hall, and tapped on the door. "Come in," called a deep, pleasant voice, not at all the kind of voice you would expect a stern, cross principal to use. Bobby opened the door and went in. Mr. Carter was writing at Miss Wright's desk and there was no one else in the room. Bobby knew the principal by sight, for he had seen him once 95 or twice in the corridors. It seemed that Mr. Carter also knew the pupils. "Well, Bobby," he said cheerfully. "You are Bobby Blossom, aren't you?" Bobby nodded miserably. He was thankful for the "Bobby," for he detested the unfamiliar "Robert" Miss Mason invariably used. Mr. Carter took off his glasses and laid them on the desk. He turned his chair slightly to face another chair drawn up at the side. "Come sit down, Bobby, and don't be afraid," he said quietly. "I want you to tell me what happened in class yesterday, and why Miss Mason should think that you defaced her book." Bobby slid timidly into the chair and began to answer Mr. Carter's quick questions. And then a strange thing happened. Bobby forgot to be afraid. As he told about the arithmetic lesson, where he had been a "poor loser," and about the beautiful book that had been destroyed, and explained why he went back to the room at recess time, he forgot that he was speaking to the principal. He stood up straight beside the desk and talked to Mr. Carter as he would to Daddy Blossom. 96 And the principal's kind, earnest eyes, his ready smile, and deep, pleasant voice, all told Bobby that...
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b/w Illustration. Good. No Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. In red cloth, 8vo, 183pp. (Minor light shelfwear, toning to edges, bookplate to endpaper, inner hinge starting).
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Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (Juvenile literature, Juvenile Fiction, Adventure) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Frontis. G in Fair DJ. Former owner names front endpaper and DJ, pages toned on fore-edges, DJ shows children with shovel, tattered at edges. Tanning oon beginning and ending pages. Books for girls listed on back of DJ including Grace Harlowe, Madge Morton, and Meadow-Brook Girls series, Four Little Blossoms series listed on front DJ flap, Boys' and Girls' Classics listed on back DJ flap.
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