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The Crock of Gold
by Stephens, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0333308077
- ISBN 13
- 9780333308073
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Macmillan & Company, London, 1980. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Thomas Mackenzie. list of illustrations. Ochre coloured endpapers. Coloured frontispiece by Thomas Macckenzie. Within the text there are another 11 other coloured illustrations and numerous decorative headings and tail pieces again by Thomas Mackenzie. Brown coloured boards with gilt illustration, decoration and coloured titles to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to on the spine. Red coloured tint to the top textblock edge. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and shelfwear is evident to the lower book edges. Rubbing to the book corners and there has been a little bleeding of the top coloured edge to the fore edge. Some dust marks to the paper edges as well. Illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as for front cover, with are red background and gilt coloured titles to the front panel and spine. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed and faded and there has been some rubbing to the dustwrapper corners. A facsimile of the Macmillan and Company 1926 edition. A fantasy by the Irish author James Stephens from the early 20th century. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VIII, 228 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Thomas Mackenzie. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Illustrated; ISBN: 0333308077. ISBN/EAN: 9780333308073. Inventory No: 0102640. . 9780333308073
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0102640
- Title
- The Crock of Gold
- Author
- Stephens, James
- Illustrator
- Thomas Mackenzie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Facsimile Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0333308077
- ISBN 13
- 9780333308073
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- BZDB2 McMillan Facsimile Classic Series, Illustrated Children's Book, Irish Literary Renaissance, Fantasy, Early 20th Century Fantasy Science Fiction & Fantasy; Illustrated; Thomas Mackenzie Unbranded ISBN: 0333308077 EAN: 9780333308073 Stephens
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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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- First Edition
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Facsimile
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- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- 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...
- Spine
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