Rigby, Adelaide, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Green coloured boards with white coloured titles to the back strip. The corners of the book are bumped and rubbed and shelf wear is very evident to the bottom edges of the book. The head and the heel of the spine bumped and rubbed, and the head is slightly dusty. Dust marks and other marks to the top paper edge. Some bubbling of the front paste down. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing man driving a horse and cart, with white and yellow coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. Dustwrapper corners are chipped and rubbed and there is some rubbing along the top dustwrapper edge and to the bottom edge of the spine. Some discolouration along the extreme edge of the top of the dustwrapper. Some rubbing to the back panel. A novel set in South Australia, for young adults, ".... as a succession of ghosts and ghoulies, phantom horses and poltergeists plague the Geister household and community at large." Â– from the front fold over panel blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 144 pages, last blank.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; adolescent reading; Australia; ISBN: 0851798187. ISBN/EAN: 9780851798189. Inventory No: 0100853. . 9780851798189

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0100853
Title: Uncle Gustav's Ghosts
Author: Thiele, Colin
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0851798187
ISBN 13: 9780851798189
Publisher: Rigby
Place of Publication: Adelaide
Date Published: 1974
Keywords: BZDB2 Novel -- Juvenile, Australian, South Australia -- Novel, Ghosts -- Fiction Children; adolescent reading; Australia; Unbranded ISBN: 0851798187 EAN: 9780851798189 Thiele, Colin Uncle Gustav's Ghosts
Bookseller catalogs: Adolescent Reading;

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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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