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Mary Smith's Hotel
de Lawson, Will
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Librería
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Sobre este artículo
Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Dark red coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper red and white coloured titles to the front panel and red and black coloured titles to the backstrip. Set in the isolated goldmining town Charleston on the west coast of New Zealand in the 1870s. Mary Black and her young son Christopher were left in the town after tragic circumstances. They found solace Mary Smith and the hotel that she ran. It was the miners who took the place of Christopher's father, but, it was Mary Smith who became his mother when his own remarried and left New Zealand. Minor rubbing of the book edges with light tanning of the text block edges. Age toning of the pages. The half title page has become a little crease closest to the hinge. Faint offset tanning to the end pages. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with a couple of small tears to the top dustwrapper edge. Some fading of the back strip. Handling marks and stains to the rear panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [9], 2 - 216 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Mining; New Zealand; 19th century; Inventory No: 0286423. .
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Detalles
- Librería
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 0286423
- Título
- Mary Smith's Hotel
- Autor
- Lawson, Will
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Condition
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Angus & Robertson
- Lugar de publicación
- Sydney
- Fecha de publicación
- 1957
- Palabras clave
- BZDB2 Novel, 19th-century, New Zealand, gold mining town, hotel Fiction; Mining; New Zealand; 19th century; Unbranded Lawson, Will Mary Smith's Hotel
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Mining;
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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- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
