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Drinkers of Darkness
by Hanley, Gerald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Very Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Collins, London, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Very Good. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip illustrated dustwrapper with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Set in Kenya just on the cusp of change, where the British Empire is in decline and the African nationalist feeling is on the rise. This book looks at the lives of British expatriates at that momentous change. Softening of the back strip edges with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Bumping to the book corners and rubbing to the lower book edges. Heavy tanning of the text block edges and lighter tanning of the pages offset tanning to the end pages along with some handling marks stop Creasing of the dustwrapper edges and rubbing of the panels. The rear panel shows sunning, and it marks and foxing. Foxing to the verso. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], 7 - 256 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Kenya; 1950s; Inventory No: 0127892. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0127892
- Title
- Drinkers of Darkness
- Author
- Hanley, Gerald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- BZDB2 fiction, English expatriates, life, Kenya, with his empire – declining, 1950s Fiction; Kenya; 1950s; Unbranded Hanley, Gerald Drinkers of Darkness
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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- Rubbing
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- 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...
- First Edition
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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...
- 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...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
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