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Browne's 50,000 Pound Mystery
by Poole, Michael
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Poor
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, London, 1937. First Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Very Good Condition/Poor. Illustrator: J. Phillips Paterson. Colour illustrated frontispiece and the decorations within the text have been drawn by J. Phillips Paterson. Pale brown coloured paperback binding with red coloured decoration and titles to the front panel and back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. A another investigation by Freddie Browne and Jim Fanshaw. Chipping of the backstrip corners. Some sunning to the top edge. Some creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the panels. Age toning and foxing of the textblock edges and pages. Some foxing splotches to the first few and last few pages of the book. Chipping of the backstrip edges and to the top dustwrapper edge. The front panel has become detached from the front fold over panel and there is quite noticeable chipping along the rear panel edge. Handling marks to the verso. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). [9], 10 - 255, [1] pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: J. Phillips Paterson. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; fiction -- adolescent; Britain/UK; Inventory No: 0129275. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0129275
- Title
- Browne's 50,000 Pound Mystery
- Author
- Poole, Michael
- Illustrator
- J. Phillips Paterson
- Format/Binding
- Softcover (Stiff Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Crime fiction, Freddie Browne and Jim Fanshaw mystery, insurance company, murder Crime Fiction; fiction -- adolescent; Britain/UK; J. Phillips Paterson Unbranded Poole, Michael Browne's 50,000 Pound Mystery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction -- Adolescent;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
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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- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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