c1896 Victorian Book - ST. ELMO by Augusta J. Evans Great Victorian book in red cloth cover. Has inset photo lithograph of a couple kissing, appears that they are man and wife. Woman is wearing a bridal gown. The photo is COPYRIGHT, 1896 BY G. W. DILLINGHAM CO. Is a SPECIAL EDITION BOOK, LIMITED TO 100,000 COPIES. In great condition for its age. Was taken care of. Book binding in tact, no missing pages, nor any tears. Pages slightly yellowed, but not bad yet. The inside book was penciled in by it's previous owner: Meda Martin, M. N.C. 1906. Exert from book: "Ah the true rule is - a true wife in her husband's house is his servant; it is in his heart that she is queen. Whatever of the best he can conceive, it is her part to be; whatever of the highest he can hope, it is hers to promise; all that is dark in him she must purge into purity; all that is failing in him she must stengthen into truth; from her, through all the world's clamor, he must win his praise; in her, through all the world's warfare, he must find his peace."-JOHN RUSKIN. Great book to add insight of this great Victorian era. Shipping in the U.S. will be $4.00. Thanks for visiting DOGWOOD TRAIL ANTIQUES.
 

1909 A Gentleman of Quality-FREDERIC VAN RENSSELAER DEY GREAT CONDITION this wonderful gray clothbound book is. It is 100 YEARS OLD and looks ~New! Copyright, 1909 FREDERIC VAN RENSSELAER DEY, (Author of THE MAGIC STORY). With a frontispiece in color by FRANK P. FAIRBANKS. Publishers: GROSSET & DUNLAP, New York.

TITLED: A GENTLEMAN OF QUALITY.
CONDITION: Gray cloth boards with maron titles. Excellent color illustration pasted down to front cover. With dust-jacket, aged and very worn. Because of that, is has saved and kept this book in FANTASTIC condition!! Could easily pass for brand-new. Only minor flaw is the end/side pages are slightly soiled. Binding tight, super nice clean surface pages.

Inside dust-jacket has reference to book. *To be suddenly claimed as husband by a lovely woman, to be recognized as master by a good servant, to fall heir to title and money and to be surrounded by people who claim to be old friends is certainly an experience that comes to few men. A young American found himself in such a situation at a time when he was most in need of the things that make life pleasant, and he yielded to the temptation offered him. His resourcefulness was severely taxed many times by the unique situation, and his experiences make a story difficult to leave when once begun.....

Inside is the AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THIS FOURTH EDITION: In the month of October, 1895 among the mountains of Mexico, I met with an adventure which recalled a strange tale I had heard, during a visit in 1887. I cannot vouch for the truth of the tale told to me in '97,I can say it made a deep impression; but when the adventure occurred, a little more than seven years afterward, telling the store became irresistible. (The adventure of 1895, consisted in coming upon the crused and broken body of a man who had wandered over the face of a cliff into a deep canyon. He was breathing when we found him;he lived some hours afterward; he died as he and lived~a mystery. The guide of our party recognized him as the principal man of the tale I had heard told in 1887. The man made his first appearance in Mexico city during summer of 1885.He had conducted himself strangely, and had forgotten his identity.He wandered from town to town. For a time he disappeared, but in November, 1886 he came back to Mexico city, and soon he sailed for England on a ship from Vera Cruz. Before he sailed away he confided to three different men the tale that his memory had been restored; that he was an English peer; that he had been attacked and beaten, on his wedding day; that he had utterly forgotten his own identity since then,until a few months before he sailed to England. He was then returning to claim his heritage and his bride.Three months later, in February, 1887,he reappeared in Mexico and returned to the mountains of Guerrero.To one of the men he confided in, he related that he must have been deceived in his belief in the recovery of his memory;that upon returning to England he discovered that the man he supposed himself to be,had never left that country; that Lord and Lady X,were living happily together;and he, therefore, had no idea who he really was. He explained that the likeness between Lord X and himself was most striking.He declared his purpose to be to return to the mountains, and to die among them, unknown.That is the bare story.Some alterations and changes have been made in this edition,but the one part of my story that is entirely authentic, is the name of its hero: JOHN ASHTON.That was the name by which they mysterious man of the mountains was known.

Then: signed by author, dated June 4, 1909.
Super interesting tale. A man of mystery.

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Circa: 1909
Publisher: GROSSET & DUNLAP, New York /By L.C. PAGE & COMPANY  

1910 The Kingdom Of Slender Swords-HALLIE ERMINIE RIVES GREAT CONDITION this wonderful red clothbound book with original dust jacket.

It is 99 YEARS OLD and looks ~ New! Copyright, 1910 HALLIE ERMINIE RIVES,(Mrs.Post Wheeler), (Author of SATAN SANDERSON). Illustrations by A.B.WENZELL. Publishers: GROSSET & DUNLAP, New York. 435 pages.

TITLED: THE KINGDOM OF SLENDER SWORDS.
CONDITION: Red cloth boards with gold titles. Excellent Color illustration pasted down to front cover, Geisha and a Victorian Woman in lovely gowns).

With dust-jacket, aged and very worn. Because of that, is has saved and kept this book in FANTASTIC condition!! Could easily pass for brand-new. Only minor flaw is the end pages are slightly soiled. Binding tight, square, no cracking. Super nice clean pages, only one edge stain.

Inside dust-jacket has reference to book.
A very modern love story whose scene is Japan and whose heroine is an American girl. In scope, in dramatic power, in the sweep of the passionate love story and in its understanding of the subtle depths of Oriental character, it stands as one of the most true to life novels of the year. No one can be beyond the range of its fascinations. It is indeed, a romance with a golden heart.

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Circa: 1910
Publisher: GROSSET & DUNLAP, New York