Temple Tower [ A Bulldog Drummond Novel ]
by Sapper [ Pseudonym H.C. McNeile ]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Blue coloured cloth covered boards boards with black titles to the front panel and backstrip. 12 short stories by this author. The book is showing age and wear. Softening of the lower back strip edge along with some rubbing and to the book corners. The underlying board of the book is visible to the book corners. There are two tears to the top edges of the back strip, one measuring 0.25 " and the other measuring 1 inch with some fraying of the cloth  please see photograph. Rubbing to the book panels along with scuffs, marks and rubs. Browning and foxing to the text block edges and to the pages. The underlying webbing is visible in various portions of the book. Offset tanning, browning and some of foxing to the endpapers. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right hand corner of the front paste-down. Previous owner's name and date  28  9  26, to the top left hand corner of the same page. Because of the ownership date, the book is probably a first edition, as this gels with the publication bibliography. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], 7 - 317, [3  of which to work further titles from the author] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Short stories; Inventory No: 0120921. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0120921
- Title
- Temple Tower [ A Bulldog Drummond Novel ]
- Author
- Sapper [ Pseudonym H.C. McNeile ]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- No date
- Keywords
- BZDB2 short stories, literature, 1920s Literature & Literary; Short stories; Unbranded Sapper [ Pseudonym H.C. McNeile ] Temple Tower [ A Bulldog Drummond Novel ]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories;
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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- Rubbing
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