About this title: THE writer, an old man with a white mustache, had some difficulty in getting into bed. The windows of the house in which he lived were high and he wanted to look at the trees when he awoke in the morning. A carpen ter came to fix the bed so that it would be on a level with the window. Quite a fuss was made about the matter. The . carpenter, who had been a soldier in the Civil War, came into the writers room and sat down to talk of building a platform for the purpose of raising the bed. The writer had cigars lying about and the carpenter smoked. For a time the two men talked of the raising of ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes, New York
Date Published: 1913
Description: Good+ No Jacket as Issued. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. A Tale of War. Slight foxing on endpapers. Frontis photo, tissue paper, and end flyleaf have 1" rip. Name inside front and back covers. Cover has some soiling, slight edge wear. read more
Edition: Third Printing, December 1913
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York
Date Published: 1913
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. Alfred Noyes is also the author of "Tales of the Mermaid Tavern", "Sherwood", "Drake", etc...49pp. Dedication: "To those who believe that Peace is the corrupter of nations. ": 4 parts. Prelude: 5 parts. The Wine-Press: 8 parts. Epilogue. Frontis: b/w photo of the author, protected w/a tissue. Lightly yellowed laid paper, some foxing on fly title and frontis. Dark green hc. w/gilt lett. and design.; 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. read more
Description: 1913. Frederick A. Stokes. NY. 4th printing. Green cloth hardcover with gilt Pegasus on cover. Portrait of author on frontispiece. 49 pages. Previous owner's inscription. Otherwise in very good condition. read more
Description: Used: Very Good. Hardcover (4th printing, December 1913) in green cloth, gilt titles and gilt pictorial of Pegasuls on front cover; issued without dust jacket; pages clean, tight, unmarked, just a bit darkened; binding sound and square; frontispiece portrait of Noyes, with tissue-guard; previous owners' names on front endpapers; tiny drip-marks (coffee or tea) on flyleaf, title page, and page v; light shelfwear; on its way to you the same or next day in bubblewrap; email confirmation; standard ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781417931903ISBN:1417931906
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (64 pages) lang=english (Paperback) read more
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