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Even a Worm
de Bradford, J. S
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Librería
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Sobre este artículo
Arthur Baker Ltd, London, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 370 g.; VI, 304 pages, last two pages blank. Turquoise coloured boards with blue titles to the back strip. Bumping rubbing and very light fraying to the head and to the heel of the back strip and book corners. The lower book corners have the underlying board visible. Fading and discolouration to the top book edge and shelf wear to the lower edges. The cloth of the board has become faded, stained rubbed and marked. Fading of the back strip, to the point where almost total loss of colour. Very slight cocking of the spine. Heavy browning and foxing to the text block edges. Browning to the endpapers and previous owner's name to the top edge of the free front end paper. Internally the pages are brown and foxed. " Bradford, J. S. [ ? - ? ] UK author of Even a Worm [ 1936 ] A novel similar in content to Arthur Machen's The Terror: A Fantasy [ 1917; rev 1927 ]: the animal kingdom revolts against humanity's rule. What merit it had is diminished by the concluding rationalisation of the story as being just a game-Hunter's nightmare." -- The Encyclopaedia of Science Fiction by John Clute and Peter Nicholls, published St Martin's Griffin, New York 1995, page 153. 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: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction -- Horror; Fiction -- Vintage; Inventory No: 0105736. .
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Detalles
- Librería
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 0105736
- Título
- Even a Worm
- Autor
- Bradford, J. S
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good Condition
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Dust Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Arthur Baker Ltd
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1936
- Palabras clave
- BZDB2 1930s -- Fantasy -- Horror, Animal Versus Humankind -- War Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction -- Horror; Fiction -- Vintage; Unbranded Bradford, J. S. Even a Worm
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fiction -- Vintage; Fiction -- Horror;
Términos de venta
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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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelf Wear
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- 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...
- G
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- New
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Text Block
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