The Cab of the Sleeping Horse by John Reed and 12 similar items

The Cab of the Sleeping Horse by John Reed Scott The Cab of the Sleeping Horse John Reed Scott New York: A. L. Burt Company Copyright 1916 361 pages Color frontispiece by William Van Dresser The binding is weakening and the front hinge is cracked but all pages are present. The pages are clean but tanned and foxed and have some scattered brown age spots. The cover is very rubbed and shows edge wear. Fair. Hardcover. Chapter 1: "A beautiful woman is never especially clever," Rochester remarked. Harleston blew a smoke ring at the big droplight on the table and watched it swirl under the cardinal shade. "The cleverest woman I know is also the most beautiful," he replied. "Yes, I can name her offhand. She has all the finesse of her sex, together with the reasoning mind; she is surpassingly good to look at, and knows how to use her looks to obtain her end; as the occasion demands, she can be as cold as steel or warm as a summer's night; she---" (#0000875)