A far country
by Churchill, Winston
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/none
- Seller
-
Slate Hill, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Good. No dust jacket. Covers lt soiled, some edge & cornerwear, closed page edges soiled, pages age tanned, ffed torn out & missing, "Discarded" stamp & price labels on reverse of frontispiece (NOT ex-library). Contents clean in firm binding. orig pub Macmillan fc
Synopsis
This is a story of the career of Hugh Paret from youth to manhood. The phrase "a far country" is from the Biblical parable of the prodigal son who takes everything he is given and runs off to fulfill his own desires. Paret leaves Great Britain where he grew up and travels to America with his worldly goods while gathering up and refining other more useful talents which provide him the greater wealth of honor and a standard of excellence. Once in the New World he attends Harvard, graduates, is admitted to the bar and joins a firm of corporate lawyers, the first of their kind. He is introduced to new people, different customs, and various adventures when he enters the world of big business as it announces the awakening of social ethics. In his travels to this dangerous excitement of situation, he uses his business flair tumultuously as he gains strength and knowledge in its execution. But far from being a pariah, he is recognized as one of the world's prosperous men in this fascinatingly detailed journey. The intrigue of this strange powerful world is something he has the experience and ability to manipulate to his own ends.Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year. Both versions are text searchable.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Cup and Chaucer Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4064
- Title
- A far country
- Author
- Churchill, Winston
- Format/Binding
- 509p. illus. Includes Illustrations. Green cloth, black & red lettering
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1915
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Classics; Country/Cowboy; Fiction; General; History; Literary Collections; Western U.S
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, General; Fiction, Historical;
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
Cup and Chaucer Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Cup and Chaucer Books
Biblio member since 2009
Slate Hill, New York
About Cup and Chaucer Books
New, used, out of print, collectible books in all subject areas, for adults and children.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Collecting and identifying signed letters and holographic documents
Many authors and other famous literary figures wrote and signed letters by hand, and you can find a great collection of them in the Biblio rare book room. See our great collection of handwritten letters and holographic documents
The Great Formosa Hoax
George Psalmanazar played a grand prank in 1703, pretending to be a resident of the island of Formosa. His book took London by storm. Learn more...
