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title page undated, The British Library date this the First English Edition of this Novel to 1931 THE EMERALD WAY By EUGENE DEMOLDER A rich colourful story depicting the life and adventures of one Kobus Barent, a Dutch painter of the seventeenth century. Kobus, the son of a miller, impression- able, keenly alive to form and colour, persuades his father to apprentice him to Krul, a master painter of Haarlem. The studio life is fully described. Dirk, a vagabond musician, and Siska the model, ?play their part in the young man?s experiences. Love, adventure, disillusion, debauchery, violent death and desertion combine to lead Kobus back to his father, the mill, and the peace of the countryside. He paints with the ardour of a cleansed spirit, is recognised as an artist, and woos and wins a lovely spring-like girl. The author's love of the Dutch school inspires him throughout the tale. Word- pictures abound of all the face of Holland, of marvellous interiors, of costume, of arts and crafts, and of the life and pageantry of the seventeenth century with its full- flavoured enjoyment of all phases of life THE BOOK the book retains the rare dustjacket, now housed in a removeable plastic sleeve, 7.5 inches tall, 286 pages, the jacket has a few small edge tears, creases, small area of loss to top of rear panel else in good complete condition, books cover clean with mild bumping to head of spine, internally heavy foxing to opening and closing few pages, foxing to page edges throughout else in good general condition A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS SCARCE NOVEL WITH THE RARE DUSTJACKET. Seller Inventory # 002979
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