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Backblock Ballads and Other Verses By "Den
by Dennis, C. J
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
E. W. Cole, Melbourne, No date. First Edition. Leather. Good/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. 200 pages with double front and rear end pages. includes a glossary. Rebound in dark brown leather, gilt tooling to the margins front and back, and to the edges of the boards, gilt tooling and titling to the spine with 5 raised bands. rubbing of the edges of the boards, and the heel of the spine. The rear board has a moisture mark to the right hand side front the centre to the hinge rising to 2/3rd of the height of the board, with a couple of pressure indentations. Both marbled endpages have short cracks at the hinges, BUT the hinges are sound. Marbling of the text block edges. Pasted to the front paste downs the book plate of M. J. McNally, featuring a dorsal view of a naked woman looking at an opened book that is just slightly smaller than herself. The bookplate has "H.T.P." printed at the lower rhs of the image; The half title page in inscribed in ink pen "To my friend M. J. McNally, with the author's compliments, C. J. Dennis". the National library of Australia gives the publication date of being 1913 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 0231501. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0231501
- Title
- Backblock Ballads and Other Verses By "Den
- Author
- Dennis, C. J
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E. W. Cole
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- No date
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Poetry McNally Signed Poetry; Signed by Author Unbranded Dennis, C. J. Backblock Ballads and Other Verses By "Den
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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