This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...there a dimple of the sunlight plays upon the pool where I am fishing. Her eye is hazel, and bright; and now and then she turns it on me with a look of girlish curiosity, as I lift up my rod, --and again in playful menace, as she grasps in her little fingers one of the dead fish, and threatens to throw it back ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...there a dimple of the sunlight plays upon the pool where I am fishing. Her eye is hazel, and bright; and now and then she turns it on me with a look of girlish curiosity, as I lift up my rod, --and again in playful menace, as she grasps in her little fingers one of the dead fish, and threatens to throw it back upon the stream. Her little feet hang over the edge of the bank, and from time to time she reaches down to dip her toe in the water, and laughs a girlish laugh of defiance, as I scold her for frightening away the fishes. "Bella," I say, "what if you should tumble in the river?" "But I won't." "Yes, but if you should?" "Why then you would pull me out." "But4if I would n't pull you out?" "But I know you would; would n't you, Paul?" "What makes you think so, Bella?" "Because you love Bella." "How do you know I love Bella?" "Because once you told me so; and because you pick flowers for me that I cannot reach; and because you let me take your rod when you have a fish upon it." "But that 's no reason, Bella." "Then what is, Paul?" "I 'm sure I don't know, Bella." A little fish has been nibbling for a long time at the bait; the cork has been bobbing up and down; and now he is fairly hooked, and pulls away toward the bank, and you cannot see the cork.--"Here, Bella, quick!"--and she springs eagerly to clasp her little hands around the rod. But the fish has dragged it away on the other side of me; and as she reaches farther and farther, she slips, cries "Oh Paul!"--and falls into the water. The stream they told us, when we came, was over a man's head: it is surely over little Isabel's. I fling down the rod, and thrusting one hand into the roots that support the overhanging bank, I grasp at her hat as sfte comes up; but the ribbons give way, and I see...
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Add this copy of Reveries of a Bachelor Or a Book of the Heart to cart. $9.95, good condition, Sold by Books of Paradise rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Magalia, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1931 by Holborn House.
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Illustrated by C.B. Falls. Good with no dust jacket. 222 pp., black cloth. Unnumbered copy of 1000 limited edition. Edge and corner abrasion, some fore-edge dust, 1 bumped corner, water spotting on boards.
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Very Good. First thus. Very good Hardcover, un-numbered copy of limited 1, 000 copies of publishers first book, spine ends and panel corners bumped and rubbed, panels rubbed with light scuff marks and a some light staining on back panel, a hint of light browning on page edges, panel edges rubbed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Add this copy of Reveries of a Bachelor; or A Book of the Heart to cart. $19.72, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2022 by Legare Street Press.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Size: 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall; Type: Book This book is a collection of Reveries of mine and of fellow Bachelors that have drifted across the authors mind. 221 pages. Only 1000 copies printed. Black embossed covers with silver lettering. Chipped spine. Owners name on first blank page. The book is in excellent readable condition. There are No Marks, No Underlining, and No Writing in the text.
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Add this copy of Reveries of a Bachelor: Or, a Book of the Heart to cart. $25.19, very good condition, Sold by DM&M Booksellers rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rodeo, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1892 by C. Scribner's Sons.
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Fine. Size: 8vo 8"-9" tall; Stated First Imprint of the Holborn House, 1, 000 copies of this item, a First Edition Thus copy, printed by the Marchbanks Press of New York, this copy being numbered (#87). Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf-and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound quite handsomely in black cloth, blind-stamped with hearts and clubs, silver lettering to front cover and spine. Housed in a Good condition cardboard slip-case, simply produced, abraded at tips, along edges, but still structurally sound. Donald G. Mitchell wrote under the pseudonym "Ik Marvel, " was known for writing sentimental essays popular to 19th-century novelists and poets, including Emily Dickinson. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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Add this copy of Reveries of a Bachelor: Or a Book of the Heart to cart. $29.16, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2014 by Literary Licensing, LLC.
