Chosen Words
by Brown, Ivor
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Jonathan Cape, London, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. acknowledgement, foreword by author. Green coloured boards with black coloured embossed titles to the front panel and backstrip. Plain text dustwrapper with green and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. A book about words, of a rare and interesting history and usage. Softening to the top textblock edge and a little rubbing to the lower book edge. Foxing to the top textblock edge and browning to all textblock edges and light age tone of the internal pages. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower left-hand corner of the free front endpaper. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the backstrip. Rubbing to the dustwrapper panels and there has been sunning to the backstrip and rear dustwrapper panel. All four corners of the dustwrapper have been clipped and browning to the verso of the dustwrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (4), 5-304 pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Language & Linguistics; Inventory No: 0113766. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0113766
- Title
- Chosen Words
- Author
- Brown, Ivor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- BZDB2 language, English, linguistics, usage, explanation Language & Linguistics; Unbranded Brown, Ivor Chosen Words
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
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- First Edition
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