Joy of the Worm
by Sargeson, Frank
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Macgibbon & Kee Ltd., 1969. On ffep signed and inscribed February 1977 by author; as well as signed only to title page. Clean red cloth on boards with gilt titles. Edges: foxing to top-edge and light few only to fore and bottom edges. Eps: just a few sprinkles of foxing; refp with 1/3 of a page with notes. Just a few pages with a single tiny line to fore-edge margins. Binding is As New. 159p Dj: moderate rubbings and light few only scratches. Spine: faint sunning; head with thin wear, chips and a 1 cm split to head of rearside edge; foot with chips. Front & inside of rear flap with notes. Price-cut to front flap foot.. By Author & Inscribed. First Edition. Hb. VG/VG.
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- Bookseller
- BOOKMARK Ltd
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042114
- Title
- Joy of the Worm
- Author
- Sargeson, Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macgibbon & Kee Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1969
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction > New Zealand;
Terms of Sale
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- VG/VG
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- 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...
- Inscribed
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- Cloth
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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