About this title: As The Aloha rode gently to her buoy among the crafts in the harbour, St. George longed to proclaim in the megaphone's monstrous parody upon capital letters: "Cat-boats and house-boats and yawls, look here. You're bound to observe that this is my steam yacht. I own her-do you see? She belongs to me, St. George, who never before owned so much as a piece of rope." Instead-mindful, perhaps, that "a man should not communi-cate his own glorie"-he stepped sedately down to the trim green skiff and was rowed ashore by a boy who, for aught that either knew, might three months before have jostled him ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Date Published: 1906
Description: Wall, Hermann C. Fair. No dust jacket. 394 p. 1906 Bobbs Merrill-5 full page color illustrations by Hermann C. Wall-hardcover w/same cover art as shown-some of the white colors on front have worn off, spine has darkened, moderate wear to corners and spine ends, both front & back hinges are cracked w/webbing exposed, cover & all pages still secure, soiling to endpapers, pages in good condition, very clean, no writing or tears several top corners creased, binding is good read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Date Published: 1906
Description: Good. No Jacket. Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall; Lovely little book with multi-colored paper label of man standing on a cliff above a town. Back and front boards have pulled away from binding but still intact. Pages are tight and clean with some yellowing of age. Top and bottom of spine are bumped. Name in pencil inside front cover. 394 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Tutis Digital Publishing
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9788132034223ISBN:8132034228
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: 1st World Library, Ltd
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781421843193ISBN:1421843196
Description: New. BRAND NEW and ready for dispatch. Delivery normally within 4/7 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Romance Island, New York
Date Published: 1906
Description: Hermann c. Wall. Fair. No Jacket. This 5"x7.5" ANTIQUE, HARD COVER BOOK has a color illustrated and white cover with gold lettering on the front and spine of the cover. There is a gift inscription written on the inside, there are water stains, the cover is worn and soiled and the edges are worn. A scarce title. 394 pages. A clean and tight copy of the book. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Co
Date Published: 1906
Description: Good. No Jacket. Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall; Name/address pencilled on fly page. Decorative cloth cover shows wear through to boards in several places. Bumps on spine and corners. Soiled on first and last page; pages clean other than some yellowing. 394 page. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Tutis Digital Publishing
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9788132010074ISBN:8132010078
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Edition: \N
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Tutis Digital Pub
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9788132034223ISBN:8132034228
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9.21 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00244 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
Edition: LARGE PRINT ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: TUTIS DIGITAL PUBLISHING Country = INDIA
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9788132010074ISBN:8132010078
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 524 pages. This book is printed on demand (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) edition large print ed (Paperback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bastian Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780554340593ISBN:0554340593
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: General Books
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781458968548ISBN:1458968545
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 5.98 by 9 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00192 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bastian Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780554247564ISBN:0554247569
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers,
Date Published: [1906]
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-16] 1-394 [395-400: blank] [note: first three and last three leaves are blanks], five inserted plates with illustrations by Hermann C. Wall, original pictorial green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange and white. First edition. The author's first book. A lost race fantasy of visit to Yaque, a mist-enshrouded island located somewhere in the South Atlantic or, as the author suggests, perhaps in the fourth dimension. The island's inhabitants are descended from ... read more
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