ISBN: 9781232308492

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General Books LLC . softcover. New. pp. 200, General Books LLC, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 60 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 edition. Excerpt: . . . compounded of warm ale, whisky, and sugar--a most heady mixture--which was carried about in copper kettles, and dispensed in the streets, as well as in every household favoured by the visit of a first-foot. But the kettle with its hot pint has long been superseded by the everlasting whiskybottle. First-footing is still in high favour amongst the mass of the population, great faith being placed in the good or bad luck attending a first-foot or individual who first enters a house on New Years morning; and it so happens that the man or woman enjoying the reputation of being lucky is specially solicited to act as first-foot to several families, who keep their doors fast locked till the expected visitor arrives. The first-foot must not enter a house empty-handed, and therefore brings bread and cheese, in addition to the indispensable bottle. The folk will be visiting you with their bottles on New Years morning, said a clerical friend to old George Cooper, the present centenarian of Caithness. Ay, answered George, they only bring bottles to my house; but when they gang to yours, they tak a nine-gallon cask. The most extraordinary and inexplicable Hogmanay custom in Scotland is that called burning the clavie, which annually enlivens the fishing-village of Burghead, on the Moray Firth. Its origin and import have hitherto baffled the researches of the learned. The clavie consists chiefly of a tar-barrel, which, being ignited in the gloaming, is carried about the town in triumph, and then deposited on the top of a neighbouring eminence, from which, however, it is speedily displaced, and rolled down to the bottom. The unmeaning ceremony is concluded by the crowd knocking the blazing. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub, Ward and Lock. Collectible - Acceptable. Small Octavo. Cloth Hardcover, 1859. . Ex-library with the usual treatments. viii + 364pp. + 12pp. Frontis., ornate full page title engraving, and numerous within text illustrations. Brown cloth binding, blindstamping on boards, gilt stamping, lettering on spine. Spine ends chipped, extremities bumped, corners exposed. Textblock contains several cracks/splits, a couple preliminary leaves are loosening as a result, title page tearing (approx. 3'') along tail of gutter. Light pencilled notation and upraised stamp on ffep. An occasional dog-earred corner or minor foredge chipping. Light staining and smudging to preliminary pages, otherwise moderately browned pages are clean, free of reader's markings. Offered by the Antiquarian, Rare, and Collectible department of Better World Books. Your purchase benefits global literacy programs. 100% satisfaction guaranteed., Ward and Lock, London - Ward, Lock & Co., 1900 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. A first edition of this fictional work from Scottish author,Samuel Rutherford Crockett. Featuring several plates. With thesuccess of J. M. Barrie and the Kailyard school of sentimental, homey writing had created a demand for stories in Lowland Scots, with Crockett publishing his successful story of The Stickit Minister during 1893. It was followed by a rapidly produced series of popular novels frequently featuring the history of Scotland or his native Galloway. Crockett made considerable sums of money from his writing and was a friend and correspondent of R. L. Stevenson. Condition: In original cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine. Externally, lightly rubbed. Internally, firmly bound and bright, with the odd spot and handling mark. Evidence of worming to the rear endpaper. Overall: VERY GOOD.., London - Ward, Lock & Co., 1900, Scribner Book Company. Hardcover. New. Hardcover. 800 pages. Dimensions: 9.2in. x 6.1in. x 1.8in.Three Complete Novels, One for the Money, Two for the Dough, and Three to Get Deadly, from the New York Times1 Bestselling Author, Janet Evanovich! Heres where it all began -- the three novels that first brought us Stephanie Plum, that bounty hunter with attitude who stepped out of Trentons blue-collar burg and into the heart of America. One for the Money: Stephanies all grown up and out on her own, living five miles from Mom and Dad and doing her best to sever the worlds longest umbilical cord. Her mother is a meddler and her grandmother is a few cans short of a case. Out of work and out of money, Stephanie blackmails her bail-bondsman cousin Vinnie into giving her a try as an apprehension agent. Stephanie knows zilch about the job requirements, but she figures her new pal, el-primo bounty hunter Ranger, can teach her what it takes to catch a crook. Her first assignment: nail Joe Morelli, a former vice cop on the run from a charge of murder one. Morellis the inamorato who charmed Stephanie out of her virginity at age sixteen. Theres still powerful chemistry between them, so the chase is interesting. Two for the Dough: Stephanie takes to the mean streets of Trenton, armed with attitude (not to mention stun guns and defense sprays), to find Kenny Mancuso, who recently shot his best friend and is on the run. Aided by the enigmatic Ranger, who knows a thing or two about bounty hunting, and by her irrepressible Grandma Mazur, Stephanie forms a shaky alliance with her favorite cop, Joe Morelli, for a tumultuous chase through back alleys and Grandmas favorite funeral parlors. Three to Get Deadly: Stephanie is having a bad hair day -- for the whole month of January. Shes looking for Mo Bedemier, Trentons most beloved citizen, who was charged with carrying concealed and skipped bail. To help her, shes got Lula, a former hooker turned file clerk. Big, blonde, and black, Lulas itching to lock up a crook in the trunk of her car. And Morelli, the cop with the slow-burning smile, is acting polite even after Stephanie finds more bodies than the Trenton PD has seen in years. Thats a bad sign for sure. Funny and fabulous, Janet Evanovich is at her sparkling best in these three novels that launched a bestselling phenomenon. This item ships from multiple locations. Your book may arrive from Roseburg,OR, La Vergne,TN, Momence,IL, Commerce,GA., Scribner Book Company, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 94 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: . . . called Politicus (as Milton had done before him in his Defensio), by saying, among other things, that Christiana, Queen of Sweden, had cashiered him her favour, by understanding that he was a pernicious parasite and promoter of tyranny. Woods Ath. Ox. vol. ii. col. 484. P. lxv. Mrs. Katharine Milton, wife to John Milton, Esq. was buried in St. Margarets Church, in Westminster, Feb. 10, 1657. Reg. Book. Milton then lived in a new house in Petty France, when Mr. Harvey, son of Dr. Harvey, of Petty France, Westminster, told me, Nov. 14, 1770, that old Mr. Lownde assured him, that when Mr. Milton buried his rife, he had the coffin shut down with twelve several locks, hat had twelve several keys, and that he gave the keys to elve several friends, and desired the coffin might not be opened till they all met together. KenneL Woods Ath. Ox. vol. ii. col. 486. P. lxvi. The late Reverend Mr. Thomas Bradbury, an eminent dissenting minister, used to say, that Jer. White, who had been chaplain to O. Cromwell, and whom he personally knew, had often told him that Milton was allowed by the Parliament a weekly table for the entertainment of foreign ministers and persons of learning, such especially as came from Protestant states, which allowance was also continued by Cromwell. Holliss Note, see Newtons Life, p. lvi. P. lxxvi. There has not one great poet appeared in France since the beginning of Cardinal Richelieus ministry, but he has been protected and encouraged, and his merit as fast as it could spread has been generally acknowledged. I wish I could as truly affirm the same thing of England. The great qualities of Milton were not generally known among his countrymen till the Paradise Lost had been published more than thirty years; but when that admirabl. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<

ISBN: 9781232308492

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 94 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purc… Mehr…

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 94 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: . . . called Politicus (as Milton had done before him in his Defensio), by saying, among other things, that Christiana, Queen of Sweden, had cashiered him her favour, by understanding that he was a pernicious parasite and promoter of tyranny. Woods Ath. Ox. vol. ii. col. 484. P. lxv. Mrs. Katharine Milton, wife to John Milton, Esq. was buried in St. Margarets Church, in Westminster, Feb. 10, 1657. Reg. Book. Milton then lived in a new house in Petty France, when Mr. Harvey, son of Dr. Harvey, of Petty France, Westminster, told me, Nov. 14, 1770, that old Mr. Lownde assured him, that when Mr. Milton buried his rife, he had the coffin shut down with twelve several locks, hat had twelve several keys, and that he gave the keys to elve several friends, and desired the coffin might not be opened till they all met together. KenneL Woods Ath. Ox. vol. ii. col. 486. P. lxvi. The late Reverend Mr. Thomas Bradbury, an eminent dissenting minister, used to say, that Jer. White, who had been chaplain to O. Cromwell, and whom he personally knew, had often told him that Milton was allowed by the Parliament a weekly table for the entertainment of foreign ministers and persons of learning, such especially as came from Protestant states, which allowance was also continued by Cromwell. Holliss Note, see Newtons Life, p. lvi. P. lxxvi. There has not one great poet appeared in France since the beginning of Cardinal Richelieus ministry, but he has been protected and encouraged, and his merit as fast as it could spread has been generally acknowledged. I wish I could as truly affirm the same thing of England. The great qualities of Milton were not generally known among his countrymen till the Paradise Lost had been published more than thirty years; but when that admirabl. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<

1852, ISBN: 9781232308492

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Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: . . . called Politicus (as Milton had done before him in his Defensio), by saying, among other things, that Christiana, Queen of Sweden, had cashiered him her favour, by understanding that he was a pernicious parasite and promoter of tyranny. Woods Ath. Ox. vol. ii. col. 484. P. lxv. Mrs. Katharine Milton, wife to John Milton, Esq. was buried in St. Margarets Church, in Westminster, Feb. 10, 1657. Reg. Book. Milton then lived in a new house in Petty France, when Mr. Harvey, son of Dr. Harvey, of Petty France, Westminster, told me, Nov. 14, 1770, that old Mr. Lownde assured him, that when Mr. Milton buried his rife, he had the coffin shut down with twelve several locks, hat had twelve several keys, and that he gave the keys to elve several friends, and desired the coffin might not be opened till they all met together. KenneL Woods Ath. Ox. vol. ii. col. 486. P. lxvi. The late Reverend Mr. Thomas Bradbury, an eminent dissenting minister, used to say, that Jer. White, who had been chaplain to O. Cromwell, and whom he personally knew, had often told him that Milton was allowed by the Parliament a weekly table for the entertainment of foreign ministers and persons of learning, such especially as came from Protestant states, which allowance was also continued by Cromwell. Holliss Note, see Newtons Life, p. lvi. P. lxxvi. There has not one great poet appeared in France since the beginning of Cardinal Richelieus ministry, but he has been protected and encouraged, and his merit as fast as it could spread has been generally acknowledged. I wish I could as truly affirm the same thing of England. The great qualities of Milton were not generally known among his countrymen till the Paradise Lost had been published more than thirty years; but when that admirabl. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<