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Merlyn The Magician and the Pacific Coast Highway
by Davies, Tom
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
New English Library, London, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. IV, 5-320 pages, last page blank. Brown coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. A little bumping to the backstrip edges and rubbing to the book corners. Light browning and some staining to the text block edges. Browning to the internal text. Colour photographic dustwrapper with white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear dustwrapper panel. Minor creasing to the dustwrapper edges. In this book, the author a lifelong bicycle nut, takes us on his many travels around the world on various bikes and the meditations that went along with the sightseeing. Author's first work. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; First Work; Inventory No: 0108591. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0108591
- Title
- Merlyn The Magician and the Pacific Coast Highway
- Author
- Davies, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- New English Library
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Travelogue -- Bicycle Travel -- World, Religious Revelation, First Work Travel & Places; First Work; Unbranded Davies, Tom Merlyn The Magician and the Pacific Coast Highway
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Work;
Terms of Sale
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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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- Dustwrapper
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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