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469 pages. Octavo (8 1/4" x 55 3/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with yellow lettering to spine. Second printing. Once again Chris Morley is himself, this time in the person of small Geoffrey Barton, English lad, shortly to become Jeff Barton, American citizen-in-the-making. The book takes its title from a winding street that goes through the English village where Geoffrey is being brought up by a regiment of aunts. Into this aunt hill comes the almost legendary Uncle Dan from America, and, before he goes back again to that wild west of ""Chesspeaks"" (substitute Baltimore), he persuades his sister Bee and Geoffrey to come with him. There's an immediacy in the pattern of the days that follow, as Geoffrey, Briton, becomes Jeff, American, for highlighted and undertoned are marshalled those little differences between two allies that are great gaps in mutual understanding and sympathy, --differences in pronunciation, in accent, in phraseology, in custom and manner and emphasis. But it is more…
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Thorofare
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Spine is discolored, darkened. Signed and dated to prior owner, 'E Estelle Hanson from Neva, Christmas 1942'. Small sticker, lower left first end paper: 'The Old Corner Book Store, Inc., Boston, Mass. ' Solid, tightly bound.. 1 Blue cloth over boards; yellow spine titles. 6p. l., 3-469p. Fiction opening in the late 19th century with a description of a large home and family enterprise, from the viewpoint of a boy who has come to America from England as an immigrant, and follows his life toward citizenship. The contents list 5 parts: Wilford, Westernland, Chesapeake, Blue Ridge, Thorofare.
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- Date Published 1942
- Keywords English emigrant to America|Acquiring citizenship|Telephone invention|Wilford|Westernland|Chesapeake|Blue Ridge|Old Fiction
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Thorofare
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New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1942. attractive blue illustrated dustjacket has light chipping to spine ends; ---------- SATISFACTION GUARANTEED --------- FAST, COURTEOUS SERVICE ------ ALL DUSTJACKETS ARE COVERED WITH NEW CLEAR MYLAR PROTECTOR -----. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Good. 6 x 8". Previous Owner Bookplate.
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Harcourt, Brace & Company, Inc, 1942-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. gently used HC with DJ. VG/Good. 2nd printing. DJ has slight wear and moisture markings along edges, binding clean and tight
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NY: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1942. Cover is scuffed and worn. Pgs. are lightly tanning in margins, usual library markings in book and card holder torn out.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ex-Library.
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New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co.. Very good-/No Jacket. 1942. Second Printing. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall Used Minor soiling and wear to blue cloth; stamp in ink.. Keywords: Fiction, Classics.
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New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1942. Navy cloth boards have edgewear, tips lightly chipped. Gift inscription on fep. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. . Second Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ex Libris.
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