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Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones : The Shawl Of Solomon

Hurst & Blackett

Circa 1925. BOOK in decorated cloth hardcovers, slight bumping & wear to corners, some fading to spine. PAGES well tanned but clean, flat & tightly bound, some tanning & spotting to edges of page block, a wonderful old book that has been treasured. No date found. Book Extract; They walked down the ravine hand inhand, like children, upon their souls a'burning exaltation too great for utterance.The sinuous gorge narrowed until theycould no more than walk abreast. Then,with an abrupt twist, it ended altogether." By Jasper!" breathed Regan. " What aplace!"Facing them was a semi-circular cliff,across an open space a hundred feet wide,upon which the gorge gave entrance by anarrow passage. Although the Touaregmehari must have come hither, there wasnothing to be seen in this natural amphi-theatre except rock and sand. The placeseemed deserted, empty of all life."Where did our racer go?" exclaimedRegan to his companion. They stood inthe narrow entrance, examining thatwhich lay ahead. "The beast must behere--""There are caves, I think," and the girlpointed across toward the high cliff. "Orelse we may find a continuation of theravine--"She checked herself abruptly, grippingRegan's hand.From somewhere, some unseen point, a, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Good

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