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Children of the Sun
de West, Morris
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Good Condition/Poor
- Librería
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Sobre este artículo
William Heinemann, London, 1957. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/Poor. Illustrator: Photographic. acknowledgement, list of illustrations. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of Don Mario Borelli, the Priest of the Urchins. The text is illustrated with 14 black and white photographs throughout the book. Black coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper showing a young boy in holding and child, against a yellow coloured background with red and black coloured titles to the front panel and red coloured titles to the backstrip. An expose of the squalor, malnutrition and general degradation of Naples slum area post World War II. The author primarily focuses his book on the scugnizzi [ the urchins of Naples ] and of a lone priest, Mario Borelli, trying to bring hope to the hopeless. Softening to the backstrip edges with rubbing of the book corners and lower book edges. Cocking of the spine. Some marks to the book panels with browning and foxing to the textblock edges with lighter browning and faint foxing to the pages. Offset tanning and foxing to the endpapers. Marks and sunning to the dustwrapper panels. Browning and staining to the verso of the dustwrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [10], XI - XIV, 215, [1] pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Italy; Sociology & Culture. Inventory No: 0117030. .
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Detalles
- Librería
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 0117030
- Título
- Children of the Sun
- Autor
- West, Morris
- Ilustrador
- Photographic
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good Condition
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Poor
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Reprint
- Editorial
- William Heinemann
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1957
- Palabras clave
- BZDB2 Naples, Italy, Post World War II, Scugnizzi, Padre Mario Borelli, Urchins of Naples Biography & Autobiography; Italy; Sociology & Culture. Photographic Unbranded West, Morris Children of the Sun
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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Sobre el vendedor
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
melbourne, Victoria
Sobre Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
