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Oldham, Beddome & Meredith Pty. Ltd, Hobart, 1944. Reprint. Grey Paper. Poor/Poor. 60pp., last 2 blank. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece, showing a young boy looking at an aeroplane. Grey coloured covers with purple writing on the front panel. The book is rubbed, and quite sun affected -- which has caused brown ing to the edges of both the front and back panels. The spine has almost come completely away from the body of the book. Chipping to the book corners and there are some marks to the book panels. Marking to the endpapers and previous owner's name on the free front endpaper with a gift inscription on the verso. A little browning to the internal pages. This poem was written by a woman in Hobart during world War II to celebrate the life and the eventual death of her son, who had joined the Royal Australian Air Force at the beginning of World War II. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; Poetry; Military History -- World War II; Australia; Inventory No: 0102849. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0102849
- Title
- This My Son
- Author
- Kinmont, Joan
- Format/Binding
- Grey Paper
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Oldham, Beddome & Meredith Pty. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Hobart
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- BZDB2 World War II -- Poetry -- Australian -- Woman Writer, Lament -- Mother History; Poetry; Military History -- World War II; Australia; Unbranded Kinmont, Joan This My Son
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History -- World War II;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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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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- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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