Excerpt: ...Henderson up beside his sister and then asked the visitor if he could help her up to the seat. The cake was distributed, and the vexed but vanquished morning caller jabbed a hat-pin through her rusty toque and pulled her jet-trimmed shoulder cape tightly over her back, before bowing haughtily to Mrs. Brewster. Not until the ranch-wagon turned the edge of Rainbow Cliffs did Mrs. Brewster permit herself to leave the post of watching and slump down into the porch rocker with a sigh of gratitude. Half an hour later ...
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Excerpt: ...Henderson up beside his sister and then asked the visitor if he could help her up to the seat. The cake was distributed, and the vexed but vanquished morning caller jabbed a hat-pin through her rusty toque and pulled her jet-trimmed shoulder cape tightly over her back, before bowing haughtily to Mrs. Brewster. Not until the ranch-wagon turned the edge of Rainbow Cliffs did Mrs. Brewster permit herself to leave the post of watching and slump down into the porch rocker with a sigh of gratitude. Half an hour later the sound of wheels caused her to spring up in dread, but her husband's cheery laugh relieved her fears. "Ah saw your difficulty and did the only sensible thing; but we-all must keep this trick a secret. If Sary gets hold of it, my reputation in Bear Forks, or Yellow Jacket Pass, is gone," confided Sam Brewster to his wife, as he glanced fearfully about for Sary. The horn for dinner sounded shortly after the master's return and, at the table, the girls were told of the visitor and her invitation to the dance, but no word of her form of departure was mentioned. "It's lucky we have evening-dresses," remarked Barbara. "Do folks dress up at these parties?" asked Eleanor. "I should say we do!" declared Polly. Mrs. Brewster and Anne were talking in low tones and did not hear the question and answer, so they did not explain what Polly meant by "dressing up." The days intervening between the Tuesday and the Friday set down for the hop passed quickly. Polly and her mother washed and renovated the dotted swiss dress made for the school-commencement, and to Polly's delight Anne added a blue sash and hair ribbons. Anne had a simple flowered-silk gown she proposed wearing. And the city girls had elaborate dresses-Barbara's very much in the latest mode and Eleanor's flounced and furbelowed, but modestly high in the neck as became a girl not yet "out." Sary had bewailed her fate the day preceding the eventful one. Eleanor pacified her by presenting her...
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Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 312pp All four plates are present Pages are a little age-toned Very small tear at top of spine Top outside corner of rear cover shows wear Other corners of cover are rubbed Cover is a little faded.
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Very Good. DJ Fair. Octavo. Red titles on deep blue glossy paper-covered boards. 1944 gift inscription ffep. Dust jacket is heavily worn but presentable within new clear Brodart sleeve.
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Very good. No dust jacket. Book Condition: Good-very good. Slight chipping, soiling on cover. Small stain on page edges. One small soil spot in interior pages.
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Barbour, H. S. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book Lists to 'Polly in the Southwest' on DJ rear flap, indicating c1925 printing. Frontispiece on glossy stock. Publisher's blue cloth with emblem and titles stamped on front board; stamping on spine. Boards with light rubbing of edges, light rubbing of spine head and heel. Binding sound. Previous owner's signature (in pencil) on front endpaper. Otherwise, interior clean and unmarked. DJ price clipped, toned. DJ with small amt of chipping, edges lightly rubbed. DJ spine head and heel chipped, spine with some scuffing and wear. Photographs available upon request. Size: 8vo-7¾"-9¾
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Good in Fair jacket. Ex-Libris. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. DJ bumped, chipped with worn edges and small tears. Pages browning and becoming brittle from age with small tears and pulling loose at inside gutter.
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Good. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Later printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
