The ruling passion; tales of nature and human nature
by Van Dyke, Henry Jackson, 1852-1933. ; Clark, Walter Appleton, 1876-1906. ; Decorated cloth binding by Margaret Armstrong
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
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Stockbridge, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, MDCCCCI (1901), 1901. Book. Fair. Hardcover. x p., 1 l., 295, [1] p. front., plates. 20 cm. ; LC: PZ3.V288; PS3117; Dewey: 813.5 ; OCLC: 1220676 ; decorated blue cloth ; no dustjacket ; Contents : A lover of music.--The reward of virtue.--A brave heart.--The gentle life.--A friend of justice.--The white blot.--A year of nobility.--The keeper of the light. ; Van Dyke was a professor of English literature at Princeton between 1899 and 1923. In 1908-09 he was an American lecturer at the University of Paris. By appointment of President Wilson, a friend and former classmate of van Dyke, he became Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg. ; illustrations in color by Walter Appleton Clark ; " the ruling passion is shown in its season of empire over a few lives. In almost all lives romantic love has its season. But there are other passions no less real, such as music, nature, children, honor, strife, revenge, money, pride, friendship, loyalty, duty" ; ex-library, stamps, label ; Decorated cloth binding by Margaret Armstrong. ; FAIR.
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- Joseph Valles - Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The ruling passion; tales of nature and human nature
- Author
- Van Dyke, Henry Jackson, 1852-1933. ; Clark, Walter Appleton, 1876-1906. ; Decorated cloth binding by Margaret Armstrong
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, MDCCCCI (1901)
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- Abbeville affair afternoon Alden Azilda Baptiste beach Bill Moody boat boys Bytown camp canoe Chicoutimi cried dark Dead Men's Point door eyes face feedle fiddle Fiddlin fight fish Fortin girl hand head heart Hose Ransom Jack Jacques Jacques Tremblay
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