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An Insular Possession
by Mo, Timothy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0701130784
- ISBN 13
- 9780701130787
- Seller
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Chatto & Windus, London, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrated endpapers (map). Aqua coloured boards coloured titles to the back strip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper (wraparound), being a reproduction of 'The Veranda of Mr Kinnsman's Residence Macau', with gilt and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. Novel set during the Opium Wars. Rubbing of the book edges and a little softening of the back strip. Browning of the text block edges and lighter browning of the pages. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], 593, [3] pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0701130784. ISBN/EAN: 9780701130787. Inventory No: 0217013. . 9780701130787
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0217013
- Title
- An Insular Possession
- Author
- Mo, Timothy
- 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
- 0701130784
- ISBN 13
- 9780701130787
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Opium Trade, China Fiction; Unbranded ISBN: 0701130784 EAN: 9780701130787 Mo, Timothy An Insular Possession
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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- Gilt
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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...
- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
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