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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by KENEALLY, Thomas
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
[Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1972]. First Edition. Octavo (22.25cm.); original simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; [6],178pp. Some shelf wear to jacket extremities, small crease to spine crown, else Fine in Very Good jacket. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. Historical novel about the Aborigine bushranger and murderer Jimmy Governor (1875-1901).
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21603
- Title
- The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
- Author
- KENEALLY, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Angus and Robertson
- Place of Publication
- [Sydney
- Date Published
- 1972]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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