The Adventure Story Omnibus
by Various Contributors
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Collins, London & Glasgow, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Various. Colour illustrated frontispiece, and black and white and occasional colour illustration throughout the book  by various illustrators. 1/4 red coloured backstrip with black coloured titles. 3/4 illustrated front board with plain pink coloured rear panel. A series of stories of adventure aimed at boys from probably the 1950s. The book is showing age and wear. Softening to the backstrip edges with bumping of the book corners  the underlying boards visible. Rubbing of the front panel, more pronounced to the rear panel. Nasty bump to the top left hand corner of the rear panel. Browning and scattered foxing of the text of edges and lighter browning of the pages. Offset tanning and foxing to the endpapers. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Not paginated.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Annual; Inventory No: 0119667. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0119667
- Title
- The Adventure Story Omnibus
- Author
- Various Contributors
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London & Glasgow
- Date Published
- No date
- Keywords
- BZDB2 children, omnibus, it annual, stories, 1950s Children; Annual; Various Unbranded Various Contributors The Adventure Story Omnibus
- Bookseller catalogs
- Annual;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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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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- Offset
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.