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Across the Sea Wall 1st Edition
by Koch, Christopher
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G-VG in Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper
- Seller
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Camira, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1965. 1st UK Edition. hardbound. G-VG in Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. 1st UK Edition of Christopher Koch's second novel; original price 21s Net to front flap of dustwrapper; blue cloth boards with gilt titling to spine; former owner's name to front endpaper, heavy foxing to text block (with some bleeding to edges of pages), G-VG throughout; dustwrapper foxed and rubbed, tanned to spine, o.w. Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gotcha By The Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22571
- Title
- Across the Sea Wall 1st Edition
- Author
- Koch, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - G-VG in Good dustwrapper
- Jacket Condition
- Dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
- Pages
- 234pp
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Gotcha By The Books
Biblio member since 2017
Camira, Queensland
About Gotcha By The Books
Gotcha By The Books is an online bookshop, working from home, in Camira, Queensland, Australia. The owner has been selling books in Brisbane since 1985, and Gotcha By The Books has been online since 2001. We specialize in Poetry, Australian Poetry, Literature, Art, Australiana, Aboriginal Australia, Rare and Antiquarian Books. We buy books on any subject (so long as we know we can re-sell them!). We are open by appointment.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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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