From ajhaines at shaw.ca Sat Mar 4 12:03:00 2006 From: ajhaines at shaw.ca (Al Haines (shaw)) Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 12:03:00 -0800 Subject: [glibrary] Temple Bailey's "Contrary Mary" - blurred word Message-ID: <000801c63fc6$a3e3fd20$6401a8c0@ahainesp2600> I have a copy of "Contrary Mary" by Temple Bailey, copyright 1914 by The Penn Publishing Company, published by Grosset & Dunlap. The words at the end of the first line on page 163 are blurred, the last one beyond recognition. The line they're in reads: Resolutely she had conquered all(?) the(?) _____ ering agony... (this fragment is the start of the next line on the page) Can someone who has this book confirm the questioned words above, and fill in the blank? -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 1123 bytes Desc: not available URL: From sly at victoria.tc.ca Sat Mar 4 12:14:25 2006 From: sly at victoria.tc.ca (Andrew Sly) Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 12:14:25 -0800 (PST) Subject: [glibrary] Temple Bailey's "Contrary Mary" - blurred word In-Reply-To: <000801c63fc6$a3e3fd20$6401a8c0@ahainesp2600> References: <000801c63fc6$a3e3fd20$6401a8c0@ahainesp2600> Message-ID: The University of Victoria has a 1915 Grosset & Dunlap edition of this book. I can try to get there later today to take a look. Andrew Author: Bailey, Temple. Title: Contrary Mary / illustrations, by Charles S. Corson. -- Primary Material: Book Publisher: New York : Grosset & Dunlap, [1915] Description: 388 p. : ill. (some col.) Location: McPherson Library Call Number: PS3503 A5C6 Status: In Library On Sat, 4 Mar 2006, Al Haines (shaw) wrote: > I have a copy of "Contrary Mary" by Temple Bailey, copyright 1914 by The Penn Publishing Company, published by Grosset & Dunlap. > > The words at the end of the first line on page 163 are blurred, the last one beyond recognition. The line they're in reads: > > Resolutely she had conquered all(?) the(?) _____ > ering agony... (this fragment is the start of the next line on the page) > > > Can someone who has this book confirm the questioned words above, and fill in the blank? > > From sly at victoria.tc.ca Sat Mar 4 20:00:14 2006 From: sly at victoria.tc.ca (Andrew Sly) Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 20:00:14 -0800 (PST) Subject: [glibrary] Temple Bailey's "Contrary Mary" - blurred word In-Reply-To: <000801c63fc6$a3e3fd20$6401a8c0@ahainesp2600> References: <000801c63fc6$a3e3fd20$6401a8c0@ahainesp2600> Message-ID: Hi Al. Ok, I now have in front of me a copy of Bailey's "Contrary Mary". It seems to match your description. Here are the first two lines of page 163: future. Resolutely she had conquered all the shiv- ering agony which had swept over her as she had Hope this helps, Andrew On Sat, 4 Mar 2006, Al Haines (shaw) wrote: > I have a copy of "Contrary Mary" by Temple Bailey, copyright 1914 by The Penn Publishing Company, published by Grosset & Dunlap. > > The words at the end of the first line on page 163 are blurred, the last one beyond recognition. The line they're in reads: > > Resolutely she had conquered all(?) the(?) _____ > ering agony... (this fragment is the start of the next line on the page) > > > Can someone who has this book confirm the questioned words above, and fill in the blank? > > From ajhaines at shaw.ca Sat Mar 4 20:52:20 2006 From: ajhaines at shaw.ca (Al Haines (shaw)) Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 20:52:20 -0800 Subject: [glibrary] Temple Bailey's "Contrary Mary" - blurred word References: <000801c63fc6$a3e3fd20$6401a8c0@ahainesp2600> Message-ID: <000901c64010$96288490$6401a8c0@ahainesp2600> Thanks, Andrew! I was trying to come up with words that might fit, but "shivering" wasn't one of them. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Sly" To: "Al Haines (shaw)" Cc: Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 8:00 PM Subject: Re: [glibrary] Temple Bailey's "Contrary Mary" - blurred word > Hi Al. > > Ok, I now have in front of me a copy of Bailey's "Contrary Mary". > It seems to match your description. Here are the first two lines > of page 163: > > future. Resolutely she had conquered all the shiv- > ering agony which had swept over her as she had > > Hope this helps, > Andrew > > On Sat, 4 Mar 2006, Al Haines (shaw) wrote: > >> I have a copy of "Contrary Mary" by Temple Bailey, copyright 1914 by The >> Penn Publishing Company, published by Grosset & Dunlap. >> >> The words at the end of the first line on page 163 are blurred, the last >> one beyond recognition. The line they're in reads: >> >> Resolutely she had conquered all(?) the(?) _____ >> ering agony... (this fragment is the start of the next line on the page) >> >> >> Can someone who has this book confirm the questioned words above, and >> fill in the blank? >> >> > From ajhaines at shaw.ca Fri Mar 10 15:44:56 2006 From: ajhaines at shaw.ca (Al Haines (shaw)) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:44:56 -0800 Subject: [glibrary] Missing illustrations - The Loves of Great Composers Message-ID: <000301c6449c$a31c0fb0$6401a8c0@ahainesp2600> I have a copy of the above book, by Gustav Kobbe (e-accent), published by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York. It has two sets of copyright dates - 1904 and 1905 by The Butterick Publishing Co. (Limited), and 1905 by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. It's missing the frontispiece (Mozart) and the three illustrations facing pages 22 (Beethoven), 72 (Chopin), and 94 (Robert Schumann). Does anyone have this book, and can supply me with these four illustrations? Thanks! From ajhaines at shaw.ca Fri Mar 10 21:35:43 2006 From: ajhaines at shaw.ca (Al Haines (shaw)) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:35:43 -0800 Subject: [glibrary] Missing frontispiece - Betty at Fort Blizzard Message-ID: <000801c644cd$a3ddbbc0$6401a8c0@ahainesp2600> I have a copy of the above book, by Molly Elliot Seawell, published by J. B. Lippincott Company. It has two copyright notices - 1916 by John Wanamaker, and 1916 by J. B. Lippincott Company. Its frontispiece is missing. If someone has this book with its frontispiece, please send me a JPG of it.. Thanks! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 811 bytes Desc: not available URL: From ajhaines at shaw.ca Sat Mar 25 23:28:14 2006 From: ajhaines at shaw.ca (Al Haines (shaw)) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 23:28:14 -0800 Subject: [glibrary] Herals of Empire, by Agnes C. Laut - missing page(s) Message-ID: <000601c650a6$d87e58f0$6401a8c0@ahainesp2600> I have a copy of the above book, published in Toronto, Canada, by William Briggs, 1902, copyrighted (or words to that effect) by A. C. Laut, 1902. It's missing whatever pages follow page 370. Does anyone have this book that can supply me with images of the missing pages? -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 818 bytes Desc: not available URL: From sly at victoria.tc.ca Sat Mar 25 23:34:31 2006 From: sly at victoria.tc.ca (Andrew Sly) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 23:34:31 -0800 (PST) Subject: [glibrary] Herals of Empire, by Agnes C. Laut - missing page(s) In-Reply-To: <000601c650a6$d87e58f0$6401a8c0@ahainesp2600> References: <000601c650a6$d87e58f0$6401a8c0@ahainesp2600> Message-ID: There are a few copies of this at the U Victoria library. I'm not sure how soon I can get there though... Andrew On Sat, 25 Mar 2006, Al Haines (shaw) wrote: > I have a copy of the above book, published in Toronto, Canada, by William Briggs, 1902, copyrighted (or words to that effect) by A. C. Laut, 1902. > > It's missing whatever pages follow page 370. > > Does anyone have this book that can supply me with images of the missing pages? > From sly at victoria.tc.ca Tue Mar 28 22:38:51 2006 From: sly at victoria.tc.ca (Andrew Sly) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:38:51 -0800 (PST) Subject: [glibrary] Heralds of Empire, by Agnes C. Laut - missing page(s) In-Reply-To: <000601c650a6$d87e58f0$6401a8c0@ahainesp2600> References: <000601c650a6$d87e58f0$6401a8c0@ahainesp2600> Message-ID: Hi Al... Ok, there were two circulating copies of this at my library, which appeared to have identical contents except that one has an extra page at the back with blurbs for other books published by D Appleton & Co. Page 370 is almost the end. In the book I have here page 370 ends with the sentence fragment: But with the swift intuition of the lonely There is then page 371, full of text, and page 372, which contains the final brief paragraph and a "The End." Then there is only the ad that I mentioned above. So what would you prefer? I could type this text out, or scan the pages for you... Andrew On Sat, 25 Mar 2006, Al Haines (shaw) wrote: > I have a copy of the above book, published in Toronto, Canada, by William Briggs, 1902, copyrighted (or words to that effect) by A. C. Laut, 1902. > > It's missing whatever pages follow page 370. > > Does anyone have this book that can supply me with images of the missing pages? >