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The Frog Pond
by Maciver, Joyce
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Poor
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
W.H. Allen, London, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair/Poor. 368pp., last 2 blank. Red coloured boards with gilt writing on spine. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the book corners. Shelf wear to the top and bottom edges. Browning and foxing to the paper edges. Browning and handling marks to the endpapers along with faint offset tanning. Internally in the pages are somewhat brown and foxed. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing abstract faces against a white background, with red and black writing on the front panel and spine. Corners of the dustwrapper are rubbed and chipped and there is chipping to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. The entire dustwrapper has been pocked marked with brown stains. The spine it has been particularly affected with the staining and also somewhat darkened due to sun damage. The story of the author and of to friends, who went through therapy and psychoanalysis to help with their problems in the late 1950s -- early 1960s. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Psychology; Inventory No: 0102515. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0102515
- Title
- The Frog Pond
- Author
- Maciver, Joyce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W.H. Allen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Psychotherapy -- Psychoanalysis, Therapy, Psychiatric Disorders Biography & Autobiography; Psychology; Unbranded Maciver, Joyce The Frog Pond
- Bookseller catalogs
- Psychology;
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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- Shelf Wear
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- Offset
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Edges
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- 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....
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- 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...
- Dustwrapper
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