Looking for a Bluebird (Blue Penguin)
de Wechsberg, Joseph
- Usado
- good
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Librería
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Sobre este artículo
Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1948. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: F. Strobel. The text is illustrated with black-and-white drawings by F. Strobel. Blue and white coloured paperback binding blue and black coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. The reminiscences of the author, who as a young man, left his homeland of Czechoslovakia to become a musician upon a passenger liner trading in the Red Sea. Here is the back room story of what it is like on a passenger liner and of the eccentric personalities, both passenger and crew, that the author met. It is also an invocation of a time and of Europe that no longer exists. Creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels with quite notable rubbing either side of the back strip. Light browning of the book panels and dark of sunning to the back strip. The book has been stored improperly and it feels somewhat "bumpy". Tanning of the text block edges and pages. first edition by this publisher. Size: 12 mo (standard paperback). 220, [4 Â further titles from publishing house] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: F. Strobel. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Music. Inventory No: 0289558. .
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Detalles
- Librería
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 0289558
- Título
- Looking for a Bluebird (Blue Penguin)
- Autor
- Wechsberg, Joseph
- Ilustrador
- F. Strobel
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Softcover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Dust Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Editorial
- Penguin Books
- Lugar de publicación
- Harmondsworth, Middlesex
- Fecha de publicación
- 1948
- Palabras clave
- BZDB2 Biography, Blue Penguin  636 Biography & Autobiography; Music. F. Strobel Unbranded Wechsberg, Joseph Looking for a Bluebird (Blue Penguin)
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Music;
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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