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On Fortune's Wheel
by Voigt, Cynthia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0689316364
- ISBN 13
- 9780689316364
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Atheneum, New York, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Jos. A. Smith -- Cover Art. Orange coloured endpapers. 1/4 brown cloth spine with gilt coloured titles and 3/4 green board with self embossed title on front panel. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the top book edge. Shelfwear at the lower book edge and there are dust marks to the paper edges. A few marks to the endpapers. Illustrator dustwrapper, by Jos. A. Smith, with yellow coloured titles to front panel and spine. Creasing to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges and the lower spine edge is a little rubbed. The back panel is somewhat faded. Dustwrapper is price clipped, front fold over top righthand corner. "Summary: Faced with the prospect of an unhappy life in the Kingdom, 14-year-old Birle accompanies a young runaway nobleman on a journey south and falls into slavery in the citadel of a cruel Prince.". This is the First USA Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 278 pages, last 2 blank.. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Jos. A. Smith -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction -- Fantasy; ISBN: 0689316364. ISBN/EAN: 9780689316364. Inventory No: 0102597. . 9780689316364
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0102597
- Title
- On Fortune's Wheel
- Author
- Voigt, Cynthia
- Illustrator
- Jos. A. Smith -- Cover Art
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0689316364
- ISBN 13
- 9780689316364
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Fantasy, Adventure and Adventurers -- Novel Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction -- Fantasy; Jos. A. Smith -- Cover Art Unbranded ISBN: 0689316364 EAN: 9780689316364 Voigt, Cynthia On Fortune's Wheel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction -- Fantasy;
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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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- Shelfwear
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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.
- Cloth
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- Gilt
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