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X Marks the Spot
by Hamel, Joan de
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very good/good
- Seller
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Guildford and London: Lutterworth, 1973. First Edition. Very good/good. Hardcover : pp. [8] 172 [4 blank] : map : illustrations with-in text : index of Maori words : green cloth boards : gilt to spine : olive green endpapers : price clipped illustrated dust jacket.
Light foxing to head and tail of text block; corners, head and tail of spine gently pushed; some chipping to edges of jacket; rub wear mark to front of jacket. X Marks the Spot is the author's first full-length book in what would become an award-winning career.
Light foxing to head and tail of text block; corners, head and tail of spine gently pushed; some chipping to edges of jacket; rub wear mark to front of jacket. X Marks the Spot is the author's first full-length book in what would become an award-winning career.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Archives Fine Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2986
- Title
- X Marks the Spot
- Author
- Hamel, Joan de
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lutterworth
- Place of Publication
- Guildford and London
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- young adult
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature & Classics;
Terms of Sale
Archives Fine Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Archives Fine Books
Biblio member since 2021
Brisbane, Queensland
About Archives Fine Books
Archives Fine Books has been serving readers, collectors and institutions since 1985. Located in a heritage listed building in the heart of Brisbane's business district, it boasts a large inventory of fine second hand, collectible and rare books.
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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...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
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