Sweet and Sour
by Wechsberg, Joseph
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Poor Condition
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Michael Joseph, London, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Poor Condition. 268 pages. Blue coloured boards with silver illustration, of a young man lying on his back playing a violin, to the lower right-hand corner of the front panel. Silver writing on the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a young man lying on his back playing the violin, with a bird on his knee and in the tree to his right there are 4 people, with pink background. Black writing on the front panel and spine. Autobiography of the author growing up as a young man in the first Republic of Czechoslovakiain the early 20th century. The dust jacket is missing the top quarter and the bottom 3rd, and has a rather large tears. The book itself is in very good order, aged toning of the page edges, and some slight tanning of the spine section where the dustjacket is missing. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Biography & Autobiography; History -- Europe; Inventory No: 0266410. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0266410
- Title
- Sweet and Sour
- Author
- Wechsberg, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Poor Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Joseph Wechsberg -- Autobiography, Czechoslovakia -- First Republic -- 1920s Biography & Autobiography; History -- Europe; Unbranded Wechsberg, Joseph Sweet and Sour
- Bookseller catalogs
- History -- Europe;
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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