Through the Fields of Clover
by de Vries, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Gollancz, London, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Red coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Plaintext dustwrapper with purple and black coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. A novel about a comedy of errors. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with bumping of the top book corners. Tanning of the text block edges and lighter tanning of the pages. Offset tanning to the end pages and previous owners rubber stamp to the top right hand corner of the free front end page. Some chipping of the dustwrapper corners and back strip edges. Noticeable sunning of the back strip with sunning of the fold over creases. Stains and marks to the dustwrapper panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. X, 276 pages, . Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 0222805. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0222805
- Title
- Through the Fields of Clover
- Author
- de Vries, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- BZDB2 novel, humour, comedy of Errors Literature & Literary; Unbranded de Vries, Peter Through the Fields of Clover
Terms of Sale
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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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- 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....
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.