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1905 · rif. 006812 — New York : Century Co. The De Vinn Press 1905 1905. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 384 p. ; 20 cm ; LCCN: 05-6949 ; LC: PZ3.M695; PS2414; PS2414; Dewey: 813.4 ; OCLC: 22618211 ; blue decorated cloth with gold lettering and designs ; no dustjacket ; contemporary bookstore label on front endpaper ; worn ; "In 1905 Mitchell seemed to take on the challenge of violence set by The Virginian while teasing out the moral complications it avoided in his novel Constance Trescot. This work takes a young married couple from New England to Missourihere named 'the wilder West'. The husband lawyer Hugh Trescot is challenged to a duel by the creole villain Greyhurst. Trescot resists the challenge debating issues of cowardice violence and honor at some length. Ultimately however Greyhurst shoots the unarmed Trescot and he goes unpunished."--Christine Bold ; Constance vows to track down Greyhurst herself at any cost ; repair to hinges ; G New York : Century Co., [The De Vinn Press], 1905 hardcover