HIS mother was the daughter of William Baring, proprietor of the White Horse Inn at Caerlyn Sands. Baring, from all I ever heard, must have been a grand, boasting, foolish character, famous locally and known even in distant parts of Glebeshire. I have seen a brown faded daguerreotype of himself and his wife, she a small mean- faced woman with a tight mouth and with a locket almost as large as her face hanging on her meagre bosom. He greatly took my eye, big as an ox and dressed, for the occasion of the photograph, in ...
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HIS mother was the daughter of William Baring, proprietor of the White Horse Inn at Caerlyn Sands. Baring, from all I ever heard, must have been a grand, boasting, foolish character, famous locally and known even in distant parts of Glebeshire. I have seen a brown faded daguerreotype of himself and his wife, she a small mean- faced woman with a tight mouth and with a locket almost as large as her face hanging on her meagre bosom. He greatly took my eye, big as an ox and dressed, for the occasion of the photograph, in awkward Sunday clothes, but his eyes were open and frank, his mouth strong and smiling. He carried in his hand one of those old top-hats with a broad and curling brim. Across his great spreading waistcoat was a vast gold watch-chain and against his trouser a fine swaggering fob. He looked as though he could swallow his mean little wife at a mouthful, but of course it wasn't so. She swallowed him. For a time things went well with him. He made the 'White Horse' pay and was the best wrestler and boxer in North Glebeshire; a good cricketer too, I believe. Then horses were too much for him. He went to the races at Drymouth, drank more than he should, neglected his home (I should fancy out of distaste for Mrs. Baring).
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Fair. First Edition. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. No dust jacket. Spine is cocked. Heavy fading and discoloration to spine. Fraying and staining to boards. Bumping to corners and edges. Previous owner name to pastedown. No other apparent marks. Tanning and some creasing to pages. Deckled edges. Tracking available on most domestic orders.
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Good. No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Blue boards with gold-color lettering and decorations on spine, 425 pp. Moderate edge wear with slight fading on spine, previous owner's name (in pencil) on front free endpaper, text is lightly age-toned otherwise unmarked, tight binding.
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Very Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. In pictorial jacket over blue cloth, 8vo, xiv, 425 pages. (shelfwear and rubbing to jacket; slight internal browning (chiefly to endpapers; name to endpaper, note tipped in to rear endpaper).
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Good. No Dustjacket. Book Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1937. Stated First Edition. Good/No Dustjacket. Clean dark blue cloth boards with gold lettering and decoration on spine. Some fading to spine and edges. Very light wear, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are bright. No names or bookplates. Faint shallow watermark to top edges of first few pages. 425 pgs. 8vo. Novel.
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Good. Heavy wear and foxing/tanning to jacket. Gentle wear and knocking to extremities of boards. Ex-libris plate and newspaper clipping afixed to front endpaper, with a smaller clipping afixed to title page.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN:
