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Michael the Finn
by Waltari, Mika
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Dymock's Book Arcade Ltd, Sydney, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with blue coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Set in the the tumultuous 16th century Europe; it follows Michael the Finn, the illegitimate son of aristocracy, brought up in Finland. As a young man left Finland for wider Europe, found himself in France, but, disgusted at the corruption and intrigue set sail for the holy land on a pilgrimage. When he is left for dead in southern Germany after being robbed, he is found by a woman whom he marries, but, then has the horrifying experience of watching her burnt alive, as she was accused of being a witch; "After this hideous ordeal, he joins the Protestant-peasant forces in their fight for freedom and the Reformation." – from front fold over panel blurb. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges and rubbing of the lower book edge and top book corners. A very slight cock of the spine with uniform tanning of the text block edges. Faint offset tanning and foxing to the end pages with original bookseller's rubberstamp to the lower left-hand corner of the free front end page. Age toning of the pages. Chipping of the dustwrapper corners and back strip edges. The top and bottom edge of the rear panel shows a few small closed tears. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with sunning of the back strip and rear panel. Browning to the verso of the dustwrapper and there are a few take residue stains to the top edge of the verso. This is the first Australian edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8, 9 - 363, [1] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Europe; Inventory No: 0126795. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0126795
- Title
- Michael the Finn
- Author
- Waltari, Mika
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dymock's Book Arcade Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Novel, 16th century, Europe, Reformation, Protestantism Fiction; Europe; Unbranded Waltari, Mika Michael the Finn
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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- Offset
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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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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