The rich moonlight that now shone through the windows streamed on little that it could invest with poetical attraction. The room was small, though not squalid in its character and appliances. The bed-curtains, of a dull chintz, were drawn back, and showed the form of a man, past middle age, propped by pillows, and bearing on his countenance the marks of approaching death. But what a countenance it still was! The broad, pale, lofty brow; the fine, straight, Grecian nose; the short, curved lip; the full, dimpled chin; the ...
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The rich moonlight that now shone through the windows streamed on little that it could invest with poetical attraction. The room was small, though not squalid in its character and appliances. The bed-curtains, of a dull chintz, were drawn back, and showed the form of a man, past middle age, propped by pillows, and bearing on his countenance the marks of approaching death. But what a countenance it still was! The broad, pale, lofty brow; the fine, straight, Grecian nose; the short, curved lip; the full, dimpled chin; the stamp of genius in every line and lineament;-these still defied disease, or rather borrowed from its very ghastliness a more impressive majesty. Beside the bed was a table spread with books of a motley character. Here an abstruse system of Calculations on Finance; there a volume of wild Bacchanalian Songs; here the lofty aspirations of Plato's Phoedon; and there the last speech of some County Paris on a Malt Tax: old newspapers and dusty pamphlets completed the intellectual litter; and above them rose, mournfully enough, the tall, spectral form of a half-emptied phial, and a chamber-candlestick, crested by its extinguisher. A light step approached the bedside, and opposite the dying man now stood a girl, who might have seen her thirteenth year. But her features-of an exceeding, and what may be termed a regal beauty-were as fully developed as those of one who had told twice her years; and not a trace of the bloom or the softness of girlhood could be marked on her countenance. Her complexion was pale as the whitest marble, but clear, and lustrous; and her raven hair, parted over her brow in a fashion then uncommon, increased the statue-like and classic effect of her noble features. The expression of her countenance seemed cold, sedate, and somewhat stern; but it might, in some measure, have belied her heart; for, when turned to the moonlight, you might see that her eyes were filled with tears, though she did not weep; and you might tell by the quivering of her lip, that a little hesitation in replying to any remark from the sufferer arose from her difficulty in commanding her emotions.
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Add this copy of Godolphin to cart. $15.00, very good condition, Sold by MadScience Enterprises rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Coalmont, TN, UNITED STATES, published 1892 by Estes and Lauriat.
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Very good. No dust jacket as issued. 333 pages. Knebworth Limited edition, no 85 of 1000 copies printed. Green cloth binding, with bumped corners and some edgewear to ends of spine. Title on spine has faded. Many of the pages remain uncut, hence this book has never been read.
Add this copy of Godolphin to cart. $15.00, very good condition, Sold by The Reading Well Bookstore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Delaware, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1872 by J. B. Lippincott.
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Very Good with no Dust Jacket. 8vo 8"-9" tall; 476 pages; Green cloth with gold lettering on spine. The top and bottom of spine have wear and the turn corners of boards have wear. The spine is straight, binding remains secure. The pages are lightly browning from age. There is previous owner's name inscribed on back end page with date June 4, 1916. 476 pages.
Add this copy of Godolphin to cart. $18.95, very good condition, Sold by Something Special 8192 rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Acworth, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1881 by John Wurtele Lovell.
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Very good. No dust jacket. 476 p.; 20 cm. Lytton's works.. omplete in one volume. frontis, 476 pages clean and tight. Owner's name in front. NOT EX-LIBRARY, from a private collector. Green embossed boards with black and gold. boards very slight wear. Beautiful copy of this rare old book.
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Add this copy of Godolphin to cart. $25.00, good condition, Sold by Common Crow Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsburgh, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1862 by Routledge, Warne.
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Good. No Jacket. 1862, later printing. Hardcover, 1/2 leather, marbled boards, gilt title, text in 2 columns. Frontis by Browne. Good. Fading and scuffing to leather; light foxing to prelims.
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