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THE LAND THAT ISN'T THERE : AN IRISH ADVENTURE
by Wibberley, Leonard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus / Very Good
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Ives Washburne, Inc, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Very Good. Ernie Melchior. Octavo, 8.25 in. x 5.6 in., pp. 183. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Ernie Melchior. Spring green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Light offset on endpapers.Rubbing to ductjacket edges, with tape scar to inside of dustjacket at top of spine. A couple small chips to top and bottom of dustjacket spine. Protected in mylar. "When Wibberley's nine-year-old sone Kevin asked him why he was an Irishman, he decided th answer called for a demonstration on the spot. So off he flew to Ireland with Kevin and Patricia, aged seven, leaving the rest of the family home in California...They lived in a cottage in Galway..." (from the dustjacket).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87208
- Title
- THE LAND THAT ISN'T THERE : AN IRISH ADVENTURE
- Author
- Wibberley, Leonard
- Illustrator
- Ernie Melchior
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus / Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ives Washburne, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- 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....
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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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