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The Antarctic Treasure
by Westerman, J.F.C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Victor Cooley. The text is illustrated with eight black-and-white full page decorations by Victor Cooley. Illustrated front cover, showing a black illustration of a ship against a tan coloured board. Black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Pat Terry, with brown and yellow titles to the front panel and black titles to the backstrip. "This is a first-rate adventure story, telling the voyage to the Antarctic made by " The Evening Star," on which the hero, Dick Hulston, is senior wireless operator." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Bumping and rubbing to the backstrip edges and to the book corners. Very heavy browning of the text block edges and there are a few stains present, as well light browning and offset tanning to the endpapers and very heavy browning of the internal text. The real hinge has cracked. Rubbing and chipping to the dustwrapper corners and to the backstrip edges. There are two tears to the top edge of the rear dustwrapper panel and one tear to the top edge of the front dustwrapper panel all measuring approximately 0.25 ". There is a 0.5 " tear to the lower left-hand corner of the rear dustwrapper panel with a crease that runs the full width of the panel connecting with a similarly sized tear to the rear spine gutter. There is rubbing to the fold over creases and to either side of the spine. 2 inches from the lower dustwrapper edge is an area of fading and darkening, commensurate with a sticker having been applied to the area. The rear dustwrapper panel is somewhat rubbed and is lighter rubbing to the front dustwrapper panel. A previous owner had supported some of the weaker points of the dustwrapper with tape applied to the verso of the dustwrapper, the tape is still in situ. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). VIII, 9-192 pages, last two pages bank.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Victor Cooley. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Fiction -- Adventure; fiction -- adolescent; Inventory No: 0107504. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0107504
- Title
- The Antarctic Treasure
- Author
- Westerman, J.F.C
- Illustrator
- Victor Cooley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Adolescent Fiction -- Antarctica -- 1940s, Boys Own Adventure Children; Fiction -- Adventure; fiction -- adolescent; Victor Cooley Unbranded Westerman, J.F.C. The Antarctic Treasure
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction -- Adolescent; Fiction -- Adventure;
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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- Dustwrapper
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- 12mo
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- Edges
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- Text Block
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- Blurb
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- First Edition
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Spine
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Rubbing
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