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Guns for the Congo: A 'Larry Pearson' Story
by MacArthur, Wilson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Collins, London and Glasgow, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: D. G. Valentine. 192 pages, four illustrations in black-and-white throughout the book. Coloured illustrated dust jacket. Gift inscription on front end page, foxing of page edges, foxing of front and rear end pages, foxing of the verso of the dust jacket, chipping and rubbing of both upper and lower edges of the dust jacket, with a small triangular piece be missing from the rear panel. . Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: D. G. Valentine. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 0209270. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0209270
- Title
- Guns for the Congo: A 'Larry Pearson' Story
- Author
- MacArthur, Wilson
- Illustrator
- D. G. Valentine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London and Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- BZDB2 adventure, Africa, Gun-Runners Fiction; D. G. Valentine Unbranded MacArthur, Wilson Guns for the Congo: A 'Larry Pearson' Story
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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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- G
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