Excerpt: ...lay lazily upon its southern slope, basking in the sun. Sometimes a wan Pg 186 dering wind brought a fresh scent of lusty leaves or a divine hint of bloom. Alden's Feast The old-fashioned square piano, long silent, was open now, and had been put in order. In the evenings, after dinner, Edith would play, dreamily, in the dusk or by the light of one candle. The unshaded light, shining full upon her face, brought out the delicacy of her profile and allured stray gleams from the burnished masses of her hair. In the ...
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Excerpt: ...lay lazily upon its southern slope, basking in the sun. Sometimes a wan Pg 186 dering wind brought a fresh scent of lusty leaves or a divine hint of bloom. Alden's Feast The old-fashioned square piano, long silent, was open now, and had been put in order. In the evenings, after dinner, Edith would play, dreamily, in the dusk or by the light of one candle. The unshaded light, shining full upon her face, brought out the delicacy of her profile and allured stray gleams from the burnished masses of her hair. In the soft shadows that fell around her, she sat like St. Cecilia, unconscious of self, and of the man who sat far back in a corner of the room, never taking his eyes from her face. Wistfulness was in every line of her face and figure, from the small white-shod foot that rested upon the pedal to the glorious hair that shimmered and shone but still held its tangled lights safely in its silken strands. The long line from shoulder to wrist, the smooth, satiny texture of the rounded arm, bare below the elbow, the delicate hands, so beautifully cared-for, all seemed eloquent with yearning. Alden, from his safe point of observation, feasted his soul to the full. The ivory whiteness of her neck shaded imperceptibly into the creamy lace of her gown. Underneath her firm, well rounded chin, on the left side, was a place that was almost a dimple, but not quite. There was a real dimple in her Pg 187 chin and another at each corner of her mouth, where the full scarlet lips drooped a little from sadness. Star-like, her brown eyes searched the far shadows and sometimes the flicker of the candle brought a dancing glint of gold into their depths. And as always, like a halo, stray gleams hovered about her head, bent slightly forward now and full into the light, throwing into faint relief the short straight nose, and the full, short upper lip. Edith at the Piano Smiling, and wholly unconscious, it was as though she pleaded with the instrument to give her back some...
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Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Lavendar cloth boards with gilt and painted decor, rubbed on edges, lightly chipped at tips. Prior owner name, dated 1910, on feb. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.
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Good, spine rubbed, top/bottom, spine tanned, small rub front sp; Beautiful binding by Margaret Armstrong, frontis by Blendon Campbell; First; Lavender cloth; 8vo; No DJ.
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Good. No Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 372 pp. Original Margaret Armstrong decorative lavender cloth binding w/ decorations in purple and gilt. Titles in gilt. Very light wear to extremeties. Spine sunned. Top edge gilt. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Illust. w/ a color frontispiece from the painting by Blendon Campbell.
