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. 1916 Excerpt: ...admiral. His head was thrown back, his arms held rigid at his sides. In slow, deep breaths, like one who had been dragged from drowning, he drank in the salt, chill air. After one glance the four men also turned, and in the falling darkness stood staring at nothing, and no one spoke. The aide was the first to break the ...
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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. 1916 Excerpt: ...admiral. His head was thrown back, his arms held rigid at his sides. In slow, deep breaths, like one who had been dragged from drowning, he drank in the salt, chill air. After one glance the four men also turned, and in the falling darkness stood staring at nothing, and no one spoke. The aide was the first to break the silence. In a polite tone, as though he were continuing a conversation which had not been interrupted, he addressed the admiral. "Of course, Rueff's written confession was not needed," he said. "His shooting himself proved that he was guilty." Swanson started as though across his naked shoulders the aide had drawn a whip. In penitence and gratitude he raised his eyes to the stars. High above his head the strands of the wireless, swinging from the towering masts like the strings of a giant olian harp, were swept by the wind from the ocean. To Swanson the sighing and whispering wires sang in praise and thanksgiving. THE GOD OF COINCIDENCE The God of Coincidence is fortunate in possessing innumerable press agents. They have made the length of his arm a proverb. How at exactly the right moment he extends it across continents and drags two and two together, thus causing four to result where but for him sixes and sevens would have obtained, they have made known to the readers of all of our best magazines. For instance, Holworthy is leaving for the Congo to find a cure for the sleeping sickness, and for himself any sickness from which one is warranted never to wake up. This is his condition because the beautiful millionheiress who is wintering at the Alexander Young Hotel in Honolulu has refused to answer his letters, cables, and appeals. He is leaning upon the rail taking his last neck-breaking look at the Woolworth Building. Th...
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Add this copy of The Novels and Stories of Richard Harding Davis to cart. $61.07, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Wentworth Press.
Add this copy of The Novels and Stories of Richard Harding Davis-Ten to cart. $74.99, very good condition, Sold by Redux Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wyoming, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1916 by Charles Scribner.
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Very Good. Very Good SET OF 10 HARDCOVERS. NO DJ'S: Gallegher and Other Stories; Lost Road; Soldiers of Fortune; Captain Macklin; Van Bibber and Others; White Mice; Scarlet Car; Bar Sinister; Ranson's Folly; The Man Who Could Not Lose. Text is unmarked. Couple volumes have damp stain on some pages. Covers show minor shelf wear with light rubbing. 3 volumes hinge cracked but binding intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Add this copy of The Novels and Stories of Richard Harding Davis to cart. $75.00, very good condition, Sold by James Cummings Bookseller rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Signal Mountain, TN, UNITED STATES, published 1916 by Scribner.
Add this copy of The Novels and Stories of Richard Harding Davis (12 to cart. $79.75, very good condition, Sold by Vashon Island Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vashon, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1920 by Charles Scribner.
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b/w Illustrations. Very Good. J No Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" 12 volumes in green cloth with gilt spine titling, 8vo, approx. 350pp/vol. Illustrated. (light shelfwear to extremities, light browning to edges and endpapers). Titles included: The Man Who Could Not Lose; Gallegher and Other Stories; Soldiers of Fortune; The Red Cross Girl; Ranson's folly; The Lost Road; White Mice; The Scarlet Car; The Exiles and other stories; Captain Macklin; Van Bibber and Others; The Bar Sinister.
