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Martin Crusoe: A Boy's Adventure On Wizard Island
by Bridges, T. C. [ Thomas Charles – (1868-1944)]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
George G. Harrap & Company Ltd, London Bombay Sydney, 1932. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Red coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured embossed decoration and titles to the front panel and back strip. First published in 1920, this book finds Martin Vaile on a mysterious island, which turns out to be a relic of Atlantis. The book is showing age and use – please see photograph. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with very noticeable fading also present. Bumping to the book corners, rubbing of the book edges. Rubbing and fading of the cloth of the book with stains to the rear panel. Light tanning of the text block edges and pages they few foxing spots to the text block edges. Offset tanning to the end pages with original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste-down. The hinge has cracked between the free front end page and the following page with the underlying webbing visible. Gift plate to the free front end page – dated 1934. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], 5 - 255, [1] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Teens & Young Adult; fiction -- adolescent; Science Fiction & Fantasy. Inventory No: 0127023. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0127023
- Title
- Martin Crusoe: A Boy's Adventure On Wizard Island
- Author
- Bridges, T. C. [ Thomas Charles – (1868-1944)]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Company Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London Bombay Sydney
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Fiction -- Adolescent -- Vintage, Atlantis, boys adventure Teens & Young Adult; fiction -- adolescent; Science Fiction & Fantasy. Unbranded Bridges, T. C. [ Thomas Charles – (1868-1944)] Martin Crusoe: A Boy's Adventure On
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction -- Adolescent;
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.
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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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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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