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The Australian: Yarns, Ballads, Legends, Traditions of the Australian People
by Wannan, Bill
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Melbourne, AU: Australasian Book Society, 1959. 3rd Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Edwards, Ron. Third edition, xxii, 234pp, black and white illustrated frontispiece extends to title page. Brown cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. Illustrative line drawn chapter heads. 8vo. Lightly rubbed and bumped spine ends. Text block edges tanned, just starting to fox. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Internally pages are lightly tanned at the edges otherwise neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear, chipping to edges, lightly soiled to rear cover, price clipped.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018251
- Title
- The Australian: Yarns, Ballads, Legends, Traditions of the Australian People
- Author
- Wannan, Bill
- Illustrator
- Edwards, Ron
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd Edition 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- Australasian Book Society
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne, AU
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Australian Literature, Legends, Ballads,
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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