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The Green Above the Red: More Blarney Ballads
by Graves, Charles L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Swan Sonnenschein & Co, London, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover (Illustrated Boards). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Linley Sambourne. preface by author. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece and one other black and white full page illustration within the text drawn by Linley Sambourne. Illustrated cloth covered boards – please see photograph, with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Gilt to the top textblock edge. Told in verse, a very jaundiced look at Irish / English relations in the late 19th century. The book is showing its age. Softening and rubbing to the backstrip edges with bumping and rubbing the book corners. A little rubbing of the book panels with the red cloth a little torn on the front panel. The front hinge has cracked – and the underlying webbing is visible. Gift inscription to the free front end paper. The illustration on page 40 has become detached from the text block. Browning of the textblock edges and age toning of the pages. Rubbing of the endpapers and a few foxing spots to the pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], VII - VIII, 93, [3] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Linley Sambourne. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; 19th century; Poetry. Inventory No: 0119583. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0119583
- Title
- The Green Above the Red: More Blarney Ballads
- Author
- Graves, Charles L
- Illustrator
- Linley Sambourne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Illustrated Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Swan Sonnenschein & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- BZDB2 poetry, politics, England-Ireland relations, 19th century, Linley Sambourne – Illustrator Politics & Government; 19th century; Poetry. Linley Sambourne Unbranded Graves, Charles L. The Green Above the Red: More Blarney Ballads
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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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- Rubbing
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- Cracked
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