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Pocomoto; and the Indian Trails
by Dixon, Rex (Martin, Reginald Alec -- Pseudonym)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd, London, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Jack Harman. list of illustrations. Colour illustrated frontispiece, by Jack Harman, who also drew the six black-and-white illustrations within the text. Dull red coloured boards with black coloured illustration of a rearing horse with a young man on board to the front panel. With black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, by Jack Harman, with blue and red coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. A Pocomoto adventure, this time going over the old Indian Trails searching for evidence of previous indigenous inhabitants. This adventure is especially relevant for Lance, as he is now known to be the grandson of a famous Indian War chief. Minor bumping to the lower backstrip edge and rubbing to the book corners. Browning and foxing to the text block edge. Browning, offset tanning and foxing to the endpapers and age toning to the internal text. Foxing to the first few and last few pages of the book. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste-down. Rubbing and chipping to the dustwrapper corners and to the backstrip edges. Rubbing and creasing to the other dustwrapper edges and rubbing to the dustwrapper panels. There is a 0.5 " and a 0.25" tear to the lower edge of the rear dustwrapper panel and a 0.25 " tear to the top edge of the same panel. There is a few small holes to the left-hand spine gutter edge, 2.5 " from the top edge. The remains and removal of a sticker can be seen to the top right-hand corner of the front dustwrapper panel. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VIII, 208 pages, last two pages blank,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Jack Harman. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Teens & Young Adult; American West; United States; 19th century; Inventory No: 0108260. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0108260
- Title
- Pocomoto; and the Indian Trails
- Author
- Dixon, Rex (Martin, Reginald Alec -- Pseudonym)
- Illustrator
- Jack Harman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Fiction -- Adolescent -- American West, Pocomoto -- Series Teens & Young Adult; American West; United States; 19th century; Jack Harman Unbranded Dixon, Rex (Martin, Reginald Alec -- Pseudonym) Pocomoto; and the Indian Trails
- Bookseller catalogs
- American West;
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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- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
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