Excerpt: ...spectacles riding an aquiline nose, now shuffled in with his dictionary under his arm, his fingers between the leaves of a Cicero to which he still clung. "Mr. Hall," said the Tennessee Shad with a flourish, "take any chair in the room." Beekstein, alarmed by such generosity, sat down like a ramrod and cast a roving, anxious glance under the beds and behind the screen. "Beekstein," said the Tennessee Shad, to reassure him, "we have just organized the Kennedy Pg 207 Educational Quick Lunch Institute. The purpose ...
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Excerpt: ...spectacles riding an aquiline nose, now shuffled in with his dictionary under his arm, his fingers between the leaves of a Cicero to which he still clung. "Mr. Hall," said the Tennessee Shad with a flourish, "take any chair in the room." Beekstein, alarmed by such generosity, sat down like a ramrod and cast a roving, anxious glance under the beds and behind the screen. "Beekstein," said the Tennessee Shad, to reassure him, "we have just organized the Kennedy Pg 207 Educational Quick Lunch Institute. The purpose is fraternal, patriotic and convivial. It will be most exclusive and very secret." He explained the working scheme and then added anxiously: "Now, Beekstein, you see the position of First Grand Hot Tamale will be the real thing. He will be, so to speak, Valedictorian of the Kennedy and certainly ought to be elected secretary of the house next year. Now, Beekstein, what we got you here for is this. What do you think of Gumbo for the position? Well, what?" Beekstein, in his agitation, withdrew his finger from the Orations of Cicero. "What's the matter with me?" he said directly. "Gumbo is only a second-rater." "He's very strong in mathematics." "That's the only thing he beats me on!" "Yes, but, Beekstein, there is another thing
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Good. Good condition. Poor dust jacket. (Juvenile Fiction, juvenile literature, Fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very good. A.L. Burt, ND (1912). Very Good HC in Good DJ. Yellow-green cloth over boards, pictorial cover design, black & red letters. Bright, clean covers & spine; very slightly rubbed at spine end corners; tightly bound; minor dusting on text block edges; owner's blind stamped, embossed initials (small) on title page; very clean interior. Off white DJ with red-orange pictorial design (replicating cover design), black letters. In Brodart-type mylar; lightly soiled/foxed; 2 inch by 3/4 inch chip missing at back cover top inner corner onto spine head. Publisher's address indicates 1900-1912 printing; copyright page states 'Published, July, 1910', which is the original Baker & Taylor print date. This title page differs from 1st edition in listing author's works including 'Tennessee Shad', which published 1911. So this printing was late 1911 or early 1912. 12mo, 396 pp; illustrated by F.R. Gruger.
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