Clipped Wings
de Westerman, Percy
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Ordinary/No Dust Jacket
- Librería
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Sobre este artículo
Blackie and Son Ltd, London and Glasgow, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Ordinary/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: E. S. Hodgson. 320 pages, last blank. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece, by E. S. Hodgson, who also executed the 5 black-and-white illustrations within the text. Blue coloured boards with an illustration of a flying boat in white, black and blue on the front panel and an illustration of a man in a flying helmet and a trench coat on the spine. Blue, white and black writing on the front panel and black on the spine. There is rubbing, bumping and fraying to the head and to the heel of the spine and the top spine edge has two small tears as well. Bumping and rubbing to book corners and the lower book corners have the underlying board visible. The illustration on both front panel and spine have suffered heavy rubbing the spine illustration particularly affected to where the illustration has faded to invisibility. The remaining cloth is rubbed, heavily marked and on the back panel that have been two holes burnt. Browning, and foxing to the paper edges and previous owner has also placed their name in ink. Heavy browning and offset tanning to the endpapers and there is a gift inscription on the free front endpaper. There is browning and foxing throughout the book. A book set just prior to World War II for male juvenile reading. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: E. S. Hodgson. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Aviation; Fiction -- Vintage; fiction -- adolescent; Inventory No: 0103602. .
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Detalles
- Librería
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 0103602
- Título
- Clipped Wings
- Autor
- Westerman, Percy
- Ilustrador
- E. S. Hodgson
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Ordinary
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Dust Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Edition Unstated
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Blackie and Son Ltd
- Lugar de publicación
- London and Glasgow
- Fecha de publicación
- No date
- Palabras clave
- BZDB2 Novel -- Juvenile -- Boys -- 1930s, Adventure Story -- Flying Boats Children; Aviation; Fiction -- Vintage; fiction -- adolescent; E. S. Hodgson Unbranded Westerman, Percy Clipped Wings
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fiction -- Adolescent; Aviation; Fiction -- Vintage;
Términos de venta
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
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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- Heel
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