Excerpt: ...a tug which became so overcrowded that it took no account of passengers whom it carried safely to the city. Of the poor forlorn lot, a few found their way back to the plantations in search of survivors, but in most instances, having gone too soon, they returned disheartened. Madame Le Duc, who, with her guests and servants, had fled from the homestead at the first warning, did not hear for months of the flight of the old people with her grandchild, and of their supposed fate. No one doubted that all three had ...
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Excerpt: ...a tug which became so overcrowded that it took no account of passengers whom it carried safely to the city. Of the poor forlorn lot, a few found their way back to the plantations in search of survivors, but in most instances, having gone too soon, they returned disheartened. Madame Le Duc, who, with her guests and servants, had fled from the homestead at the first warning, did not hear for months of the flight of the old people with her grandchild, and of their supposed fate. No one doubted that all three had perished in the river, and the news came as tardy death tidings again
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Add this copy of The River's Children: An Idyl of the Mississippi to cart. $14.62, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2015 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.
Add this copy of The River's Children-an Idyl of the Mississippi to cart. $22.00, very good condition, Sold by Old Scrolls Book Shop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Stanley, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1904 by Century Company.
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Harry C. Edwards, Illustrator. Very Good. No Dustjacket. Book First Edition decorated American trade binding. Dark geen cloth boards with gilt decoration on cover (gilt panel of river goddess with urn and water plants), gilt lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight, no cracking; tiny dent at top edge of rear board. Pages and edges are clean, with no names, writing or marks. Five illustrations by Harry C. Edwards, including frontis illustration with clean tissue guard. 179 pages.
Add this copy of The River's Children: an Idyl of the Mississippi to cart. $26.99, good condition, Sold by My Dead Aunt's Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hyattsville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1904 by The Century Co..
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Good. Size: 9x6x1; First ed., with opened pages; 179 p., clean and unmarked except for surname of former owner on upper corner of front end page; paper fine and strong but with some foxing on paste downs; b&w ill.; binding tight; in absence of d.j. the green boards are slightly bumped and have slight rubbing along spine. The gilt patch that forms the background for green lettering and naiad and reed image on front board is somewhat faded in places.
Add this copy of The River's Children: an Idyl of the Mississippi to cart. $29.00, very good condition, Sold by Rose's Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harwich Port, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1904 by Century.
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Edwards, Harry C. Very Good. Book. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. New York, NY, Century, 1904. Early reprint. 12mo. Green silk with gilt lettering embossed on spine and lovely gilt Art-nouveau style title field featuring a woman with ewer in the reeds at river's edge, illustrated with front piece and 4 plates by Harry C. Edwards, rough cut pages, 179 pp. A charming southern romance. Rare! Spine slightly dog-eared at top, front bottom corner lightly bumped, endpapers and a few pages lightly foxed, number 20629 stamped on free rear endpaper, text block clean, bright and solid. Very good.
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STUART, Ruth McEnery. THE RIVER'S CHILDREN. NY: Century Co., 1904. 12mo., decorative green cloth. First Edition. Very Good (little edgewear & spine bit dull, front endpaper bit browned, small number stamped rear endpaper). $25.00.
Add this copy of The River's Children-an Idyl of the Mississippi to cart. $32.00, very good condition, Sold by Old Scrolls Book Shop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Stanley, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1904 by Century Company.
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Harry C. Edwards, Illustrator. Very Good+ No Dustjacket. Book New York: Century Company, 1904. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/No Dust jacket. Harry C. Edwards, Illustrator. First Edition decorated American trade binding. Dark geen cloth boards with unworn gilt decoration on cover (gilt panel of river goddess with urn and water plants), gilt lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. A few faint water spots to surface of rear board. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with neatly penned previous owner name and date (1907) on front free endpaper. Five illustrations by Harry C. Edwards, including frontis illustration with clean tissue guard. 179 pages.
Add this copy of The River's Children: An Idyl Of The Mississippi to cart. $39.59, new condition, Sold by Booksplease rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southport, MERSEYSIDE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2007 by Kessinger Publishing.
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