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The Confessions Of A Beachcomber: Scenes And Incidents In The Career Of An Unprofessional Beachcomber In Tropical Queensland
by E. J. Banfield
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Angus and Robertson, 1968. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1968. This Edition. 221 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Missing front free endpaper. Pages and plates are bright and clear with mild foxing and tanning to text block edges, pastedowns and rear free endpaper. Some tangible looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild scuffing overall. Spine has light sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.
Synopsis
Does the fact that a weak mortal sought an unprofaned sanctuary - an island removed from the haunts of men - and there dwelt in tranquillity, happiness and security, represent any just occasion for the relation of his experiences - experiences necessarily out of the common? To this proposition it will be for these pages to find answer.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1710319685IEV
- Title
- The Confessions Of A Beachcomber: Scenes And Incidents In The Career Of An Unprofessional Beachcomber In Tropical Queensland
- Author
- E. J. Banfield
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Angus and Robertson
- Date Published
- 1968
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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