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Country Lover's Companion; Wayfarer's Guide to the Varied Scenery of Britain and the People Who Live and Work in the Countryside
by Not Stated
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Odhams Press Ltd, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic And Illustrations. V, 6-384 pages, list of colour plates, and index. Colour photographic frontispiece, showing Upper Dovedale, Derbyshire. The text is illustrated with 16 pages of colour photographs, numerous black-and-white photographs, black-and-white illustrations and maps. Green coloured cloth boards with dark green titles to the backstrip. Bumping and rubbing to the backstrip edges and book corners. Light flecking to the lower book edges and there is a small hole to the top right-hand corner of the backstrip. Browning and foxing to the text block edges. Light browning to the endpapers and internal text. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower left-hand corner of the free front and paper. Colour illustrated dustwrapper (wraparound), by S. Herbert, with white titles to the front panel and white and black titles to the backstrip. Rubbing and chipping to the dustwrapper corners and lower backstrip edge. There is numerous small tears and chipping to the top dustwrapper edge and a transverse tear to the top edge of the backstrip. Fading to the backstrip. A guide to the people and places of Britain from the 1940s. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic And Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; Photography; History -- British; Inventory No: 0108522. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0108522
- Title
- Country Lover's Companion; Wayfarer's Guide to the Varied Scenery of Britain and the People Who Live and Work in the Countryside
- Author
- Not Stated
- Illustrator
- Photographic And Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Publisher
- Odhams Press Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- No date
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Travel Guide -- Britain -- 1940s Travel & Places; Photography; History -- British; Photographic And Illustrations Unbranded Not Stated Country Lover's Companion; Wayfarer's Guide to the Varied Scenery of Britain and the People Who Live
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography; History -- British;
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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- Cloth
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- Chipping
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- Dustwrapper
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- Rubbing
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