The Secret of the Silver Bottle
by Hawker, Caleb
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Forrestfield, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
England: Blackie Book. Illus. by Ernest Prater. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Foxing to the top of the compressed page edges, small ink price to front endpaper which has a bookplate dated 1954. Jacket looks exceptional for 50 years old with minute tears to the base of the spine and a faint damp stain to the back panel. Jacket is price clipped. A very pleasing copy..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Caerwen Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002510
- Title
- The Secret of the Silver Bottle
- Author
- Hawker, Caleb
- Illustrator
- Ernest Prater
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Blackie
- Place of Publication
- England
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Caerwen Books
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Forrestfield, Western Australia
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Bookplate
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- 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...
- 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
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- Jacket
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