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The Inheritors; The Story of Man and the World He Made
by Calder, Ritchie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Book Club (The Reprint Society), London, 1962. Book Club Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. list of illustrations, acknowledgements and index. The text is illustrated with 14 line drawings and 28 black-and-white photographs along with 11 maps. Aqua coloured cloth covered boards with black insert to the backstrip and within that insert gilt coloured titles. Photographic dustwrapper (wraparound) with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. "Man's struggle to master his environment is a huge subject. In two-thirds of his book he (Ritchie Calder) presents the history of the struggle from the earliest use of tools up to the present stop. Then he turns to the problems facing is now and in the future, explaining what we must fear, and what – if we became a trifle less silly – we could achieve stop." – from the front fold over panel blurb. Softening to the head and to the heel of the backstrip with bumping to the top book corners and rubbing to all book corners. Browning to the textblock edges and to the internal pages. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the backstrip. Rubbing to all dustwrapper edges and to the dustwrapper panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (7), VIII-XXV, (2), 2-345, (1) pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sociology & Culture; Environment & Ecology. Inventory No: 0114196. .
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- Seller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 0114196
- Title
- The Inheritors; The Story of Man and the World He Made
- Author
- Calder, Ritchie
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Book Club (The Reprint Society)
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- BZDB2 History, sociology, anthropology, and environment, ecology, geography Sociology & Culture; Environment & Ecology. Photographic Unbranded Calder, Ritchie The Inheritors; The Story of Man and the World He Made
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
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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- Dustwrapper
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- Chipping
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- 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...
- Blurb
- The blurb refers to the commentary that appears on the dust jacket flaps or the rear of the dustjacket. In the case of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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