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The Facemaker
by Gordon, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Heinemann, London, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. VIII, 246 pages, last two pages blank. Black coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Photographic dustwrapper, showing a gloved hand holding a surgical needle and thread, with black titles to the front panel and backstrip. A novel about plastic surgery, during its infancy in the 1920s and 30s. Reconstructive surgery had its start after the devastation that was World War I and the hideous injuries suffered by the soldiers. This is the first of a proposed trilogy starring the Trevose family and surgery over 4 generations. slight rubbing of the bottom edge of the dustjacket especially around the spine, and foxing of the inside of the dustjacket across the top edge. There are a couple of faint grubby marks on the front end pages. No other damage to describe. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Medicine; Inventory No: 0247363. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0247363
- Title
- The Facemaker
- Author
- Gordon, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Novel -- Medicine -- Plastic Surgery Fiction; Medicine; Unbranded Gordon, Richard The Facemaker
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medicine;
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.
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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
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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