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The Time Has Come: The Young Man Said 1897-1914 : The Memoirs of Dennis Wheatley
by Wheatley, Dennis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0091278902
- ISBN 13
- 9780091278908
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hutchinson of London, London, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover (Illustrated Boards). Very Good Condition/Good. Author's note and index. Black and white photographic frontispiece, showing a very young Dennis Wheatley. The text is illustrated with black and white photographs. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured illustration to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper, same photograph as for frontispiece, with blue and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black and white photograph of author, as a mature man, to the rear panel. The first part of the author Dennis Wheatley's autobiography, from his childhood up to the eve of World War I. Edges with bumping of the book corners with the underlying board visible to the lower book corners. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. A faint remainder mark to the top text edge. Chipping along the dustwrapper edges and corners accompanied by a various tears, measuring from 0.25 " to 1.25", with associated creasing. Some of the tears have been repaired with tape, with the tape still in situ. Some rubbing of the panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [13], 14 - 255, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Britain/UK; ISBN: 0091278902. ISBN/EAN: 9780091278908. Inventory No: 0125236. . 9780091278908
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0125236
- Title
- The Time Has Come: The Young Man Said 1897-1914 : The Memoirs of Dennis Wheatley
- Author
- Wheatley, Dennis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Illustrated Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0091278902
- ISBN 13
- 9780091278908
- Publisher
- Hutchinson of London
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Dennis Wheatley, autobiography, part one 1897-1914 Biography & Autobiography; Britain/UK; Unbranded ISBN: 0091278902 EAN: 9780091278908 Wheatley, Dennis The Time Has Come: The Young Man Said 1897-1914 : The Memoirs of Dennis Wheatley
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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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- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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- 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...
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