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THE LILAC GIRL
Author: Ralph Henry Barbour
Illustrations: Illustrations
throughout by Clarence F. Underwood and Decorations by Edward Stratton Holloway
Publisher: Philadelphia & London - J. B. Lippincott Company
Copyright Date: 1909
Assuming to be a First Edition
Content
- About the Book
Classic Americana Historical Vintage
Book -
.. Wade Herrick has been a prospector for years in Colorado. When his partner dies, he travels to New Hampshire to see the house the man willed to him. And the girl just next door is the Lilac Girl who he saw once, years before..
It was innocent and delightful for a mostly lighthearted read. I say mostly because of course there are bumps in the road to true love and Wade manages to find a few of them!
But first he saw The Girl on a train. Wade and his partner were prospecting in Colorado, and were taking a rest break during a tramp to town. The train that came over the pass had to stop and when the passengers got out Wade happened to be Johnny On The Spot to flirt with Miss Eve. He gallantly tells her that he will marry her someday. And then the train's mechanical issue is repaired and away Eve goes, never to be seen again.
Until five years later when Wade visits his new home, the cottage once owned by his partner, who had died of typhoid fever and left the place to Wade. Oh, and of course in that time the two had struck it very rich in their prospecting, so there he is with a fortune, some vacation time, a lovely little cottage to fix up, and lo and behold, The Girl From The Train living right next door!
But will she recognize him? ...
Book Condition
Color Boards: Beautiful Decorated Boards, Slick small ribbed outer decorated boards, pictorial pastedown, gold glit lettering, gold glit top page edges, decorated end pages, Very Nice decorated outer boards for the Age, Clean and Tight, see photos.
Corners / Outer Boards: Slight bumped corners, slight scuffing and rubbing,
overall nice condition for the age of the book, see photos
Binding: Overall tight
binding for the age
Pages: Overall appears to be
clean good "collectible" condition.
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