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Death in the Picture
de Braddon, George [ Pseudonym George Alexis Milkomanov Milkomane ]
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Poor Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket
- Librería
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Sobre este artículo
Herbert Jenkins, London, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Poor Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket. VIII, 256 pages, last page blank. Red coloured boards with black titles to the front panel and back strip. A reading copy of an early 1950s crime thriller dealing with the Cold War, theft and murder. This book is an ex-library book and shows every time it has been borrowed ! Bumping, rubbing and fraying to the head and to the heel of the back strip and to the book corners. The spine is very cocked. Heavy rubbing and grubby marks to the book panels and noticeable rubbing to either side of the back strip and fading to the back strip region as well. Browning and foxing to the text block edges. Library rubber stamp to the front and rear paste-down. Browning and foxing to the end of papers and original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste-down. The front and rear hinge has split and underlying webbing is very visible. Browning, foxing and handling marks to the internal pages. The rear free and paper has multiple rubber stamps and ink markings from being borrowed. The rear hinge has been in the expertly repaired with tape, tape still in situ. This is the first UK edition. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Fiction -- Thriller; Fiction -- Crime; Inventory No: 0105748. .
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Detalles
- Librería
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 0105748
- Título
- Death in the Picture
- Autor
- Braddon, George [ Pseudonym George Alexis Milkomanov Milkomane ]
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Poor Condition (ex-library)
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Dust Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Herbert Jenkins
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1951
- Palabras clave
- BZDB2 Thriller, 1950s, Spy, Cold War England -- Russia, Crime Fiction Fiction; Fiction -- Thriller; Fiction -- Crime; Unbranded Braddon, George [ Pseudonym George Alexis Milkomanov Milkomane ] Death in the Picture
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fiction -- Thriller;
Términos de venta
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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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
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not 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....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
