Book Excerpt: ...but too often during the war with the Germans, and then again during the reign of the Commune. Therefore M. Seneschal asked, --"Is it a serious fire?""Serious!" exclaimed the peasant. "How could it be otherwise with such a wind as this, --a wind that would blow off the horns of our oxen.""Hm!" uttered the mayor again. "Hm, hm!"It was not exactly the first time, since he was mayor of Sauveterre, that he was thus roused by a peasant, who came and cried under his window, "Help! Fire, fire!"At first, filled ...
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Book Excerpt: ...but too often during the war with the Germans, and then again during the reign of the Commune. Therefore M. Seneschal asked, --"Is it a serious fire?""Serious!" exclaimed the peasant. "How could it be otherwise with such a wind as this, --a wind that would blow off the horns of our oxen.""Hm!" uttered the mayor again. "Hm, hm!"It was not exactly the first time, since he was mayor of Sauveterre, that he was thus roused by a peasant, who came and cried under his window, "Help! Fire, fire!"At first, filled with compassion, he had hastily called out the firemen, put himself at their head, and hurried to the fire.And when they reached it, out of breath, and perspiring, after having made two or three miles at double-quick, they found what? A wretched heap of straw, worth about ten dollars, and almost consumed by the fire. They had had their trouble for nothing.The peasants in the neighborhood had cried, "Wolf!" so often, when there was no reason for it, that, even when the wolf really was.
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Very Good with no dust jacket. First U.S. appearance of translated work issued by Scribner's in 1913 in uniform red bindings with gilt titles and top edges.; 12mo 7"-7½" tall; 608 pages.
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VG. Hardcover in series-uniform burgundy fuax-leather paper over boards with gilt titles to spine and elaborate embossed decorations to spine and front, no jacket, small 8vo. Not ex-lib. 608pp. Reprint of 1923. Tissue-protected frontis by John Sloan. VG. Touches of surface loss to tips of corners of boards. Central titles and features somewhat dark but clean and sharp. Spine slant with no effect on tight, strong binding. Shelving soil upper page edges. Pages well toned but clean and unmarked. Other titles from Scribner's Gaboriau series from 1920s available, please inquire.
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Good with no dust jacket. E--Wear and rubbing to coves. Age toning. Binding sound. Text clean of highlighting, underlining or other pen/pencil marks. A Little Store that's BIG on Service. Tracking on every package.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Book Scribners, 1914 Very Good/No Jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall RED CLOTH HARDCOVER WITH TOP EDGE GILT. NY Scribners, Cloth Very Good/
