Excerpt: ...two make the very site we want. You are lucky, for you are ready right now to start things. How much stock do you want, Aydelot, and how will you sell?" As Asher listened he seemed to see the whole scheme of the town builder bare itself before him, and he wondered at the credulity of his neighbors. "Gentlemen," he said, standing before them, "it is a hard thing to put yourself against neighborhood sentiment and not seem to be selfish. But as I was the first man in this valley and have known every man who settled ...
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Excerpt: ...two make the very site we want. You are lucky, for you are ready right now to start things. How much stock do you want, Aydelot, and how will you sell?" As Asher listened he seemed to see the whole scheme of the town builder bare itself before him, and he wondered at the credulity of his neighbors. "Gentlemen," he said, standing before them, "it is a hard thing to put yourself against neighborhood sentiment and not seem to be selfish. But as I was the first man in this valley and have known every man who settled here since, I ought to be well enough known to you to need no certificate of good moral character here. I offer no criticism on the proposition before you. You are as capable of judging as I am. The end may show you more capable, but I decline to buy stock, or to donate, or sell any land for a townsite at the deep bend of Grass River. A man's freehold is his own." Asher's influence had led in Grass River affairs for years. But Darley Champers had the crowd in the hollow of his paw tonight. "How about Gaines?" he demanded. "You join him on the south. You ought to know some of his notions." "Gaines has no land to consider," Asher said frankly. "He sold it more than a year ago." "You mean the Jew foreclosed on the preacher, don't you?" someone said sarcastically. "You'll have to ask the preacher," Asher replied 201 good-naturedly. "I didn't understand it so at the time. But as for myself, I'm no boomer. I stand for the prosperity that builds from day to day, and stays built. The values here are in the soil, not in the shining bubbles that glitter and burst on top of it. You'll have to count me out of your scheme. I'm a farmer still. So I'll wish you all good luck and good night." "Good night, I must go with papa," Thaine Aydelot said, springing up from his play...
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Marchand, J. N. Good. No Jacket. 5 1/2x8 1/2. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 1st. 5 1/2x8 1/2. 404 pages, w/illust. by Marchand. Title on front cover in gold. Color frontis by J.N. Marchand.
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Good. No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Green boards with gold-color lettering, color frontispiece, 404 pp., 3 b/w text illustrations. Illustrations by J. N. Marchand. Moderate shelf wear and rubbing on boards, deep crack at front endpapers; sound structure overall, brief gift note dated 1914 on front free endpaper, clean text, tight binding.
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1914 McCarter, Margaret Hill WINNING THE WILDERNESS Chicago: A C McClurg & Co, 1914 Published September 1914 404pp, list of other titles available by Margaret Hill McCarter (a native Kansas author) frontis and 3 other color plates by JN Marchand 8vo Olive green cloth with a blind-stamped sunflower on front cover, titles in gold Minor discoloration on epages, fine hardcover with only minimal shelf-rubbing.
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J. N. Marchand. VG- in VG- jacket. Book. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Pub by Burt, copyright 1914. VG-cond. hardcover w/ very scarce dustjacket in VG-cond. Green cloth over bds w/ light green title block & dk green sunflower dec & lettering on cover & spine. Very light bumping & rubbing to wear points, & light spotting to inside perimeter of bds. Light soiling & spotting to edges of textblock. Full color pict dustjacket w/ darkened spine, also w/ lt-mdt edgewear incl closed tears to upper 1-1/2" of spine, & very light nibbling to rear flap fold. Nevertheless, displays very well. Cover illus of dj (color) & frontis (b&w) by J.N. Marchand. 404pp. Book is square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall VG-/VG-cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
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