"Such as I am, sir-no great subject for a boaster, I admit-you see in me a product of my time, sir, and of very worthy parents, I assure you."-Ezekiel Joy. As a very small lad, at home in Tarn Regis, I had but one close chum, George Stairs, and he went off with his father to Canada, while I was away for my first term at Elstree School. Then came Rugby, where I had several friends, but the chief of them was Leslie Wheeler. Just why we should have been close friends I cannot say, but I fancy it was mainly because Leslie was ...
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"Such as I am, sir-no great subject for a boaster, I admit-you see in me a product of my time, sir, and of very worthy parents, I assure you."-Ezekiel Joy. As a very small lad, at home in Tarn Regis, I had but one close chum, George Stairs, and he went off with his father to Canada, while I was away for my first term at Elstree School. Then came Rugby, where I had several friends, but the chief of them was Leslie Wheeler. Just why we should have been close friends I cannot say, but I fancy it was mainly because Leslie was such a handsome fellow, and always seemed to cut a good figure in everything he did; while I, on the other hand, excelled in nothing, and was not brilliant even in the expression of my discontent, which was tolerably comprehensive. Withal, in other matters beside discontent, I was a good deal of an extremist, and by no means lacking in enthusiasm.
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Brock, H. M. Very Good. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Inscribed/Signed by Author Original grey cloth hardcovers, with black titling to front and spine. Inscribed by author on front endpaper, and additionally SIGNED (without further inscription) beneath his name on the title-page. Some toning to edges. Light shelf-wear to cover. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book. Very neat. 16-page publisher's catalogue for 1908 at rear. The third impression of the first edition. viii, 386+16[Publisher's cat. ]pp.
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Rear hinge weakening, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). An attractive copy with beveled edges and tipped in color plates by M. M. Brock. A novel of future war. Listed in the Bleiler CHECKLIST OF FANTASTIC LITERATURE.
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