Reach for Your Guns!
by Warner, Frank
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Fair
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
John Long Ltd, London, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Fair. Dark yellow coloured boards with red coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with yellow and red coloured titles to the front panel and red and black colour titles to the backstrip. A down on his luck cowboy, Will Jinn, finds himself employed by two brothers who run a small "scrub ranch". They, the brothers, had been given noticed to quit by the larger Ranch in the area  44 Bar, who are prepared to back up their request with guns. The brothers decided to stay, and Will finds himself in the middle of the range war. Softening to the head and to the heel of the backstrip which has a suspicion of a crease. The spine is cocked and textblock edges and pages are slightly browned. Gift inscription to the top edge of the free front end paper. Chipping to the dustwrapper edges and to the head into the heel of the backstrip. Rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and panels and a long all dustwrapper creases. There is a 0.5" tear to the top edge of the rear dustwrapper panel associated creasing. Handling marks to the dustwrapper panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], 5-159, [1] pages.. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; American West; United States; Inventory No: 0114721. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0114721
- Title
- Reach for Your Guns!
- Author
- Warner, Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Long Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- BZDB2 fiction, American West, range war Fiction; American West; United States; Unbranded Warner, Frank Reach for Your Guns!
- Bookseller catalogs
- American West;
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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- Edges
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....