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Cover His Face: A Novel of the Life and Times of Thomas Chatterton, the Marvellous Boy of Bristol
by Bell, Neil ( Pseudonym Of Stephen Southwold )
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Collins, London, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Red coloured boards with black coloured titles to the spine. A novel based on the life of the child prodigy Thomas Chatterton. He died at age 18. There has been raging debate since his death as to how prodigious a talent Thomas Chatterton really was. This novel, the author, contends that he was all he was reputed to big and much more. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and to the Booker Corners. Browning, foxing and dust marks to the top text block edge and browning to the other text block edges. Lower text block edge, uncut. Some fading and rubbing to the book panels and the backstrip is quite faded. Browning to the internal pages. Previous owner's name and to the free front endpaper and original bookseller's stamp to the lower lefthand corner of the free front endpaper. On the rear endpaper as a previous owner has pasted the front fold over panel blurb and a newspaper article from 1944. Second impression of the First Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 320 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Fiction -- Historical; Inventory No: 0105196. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0105196
- Title
- Cover His Face: A Novel of the Life and Times of Thomas Chatterton, the Marvellous Boy of Bristol
- Author
- Bell, Neil ( Pseudonym Of Stephen Southwold )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Thomas Chatterton -- Novel, 18th century England Fiction; Fiction -- Historical; Unbranded Bell, Neil ( Pseudonym Of Stephen Southwold ) Cover His Face: A Novel of the Life and Times of Thomas Chatterton, the Marvellous Boy of Bristol
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction -- Historical;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About 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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