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Me an' th' Son
by Rudd, Steele [A. H. Davis]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
N.S.W. Bookstall Co, Sydney, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Percy Lindsay. list of illustrations. Within the text there are 7 full-page black and white illustrations drawn by Percy Lindsay. Red coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. A book by the creator of "Dad and Dave", showing the characteristic use of Australian idiom. Corners of books are bumped and slightly rubbed, the head and the heel of the spine are soft and bumped. Fading of the cloth has occurred particularly on spine. There are marks, staining and rubbing on the book surfaces. The top paper edge is heavily dust marked and foxed, the other paper edges are brown and foxed foxing extends into the book, but does not intrude on text. Basically an early 20th-century book with a few wrinkles of age. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 266 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Percy Lindsay. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Australiana; Fiction -- Humour; Australia; Inventory No: 0100940. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0100940
- Title
- Me an' th' Son
- Author
- Rudd, Steele [A. H. Davis]
- Illustrator
- Percy Lindsay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- N.S.W. Bookstall Co
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Steele Rudd, Novel -- 1920s, Australiana, Percy Lindsay-- Illustrator, Literature Literature & Literary; Australiana; Fiction -- Humour; Australia; Percy Lindsay Unbranded Rudd, Steele [A. H. Davis] Me an' th' Son
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction -- Humour;
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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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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