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The Anodyne Necklace
by Grimes, Martha
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316328820
- ISBN 13
- 9780316328821
- Seller
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Little, Brown and Company, Boston Toronto, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Alexander Farquharson – Cover Art. Black and white frontispiece being a reproduction on a 1719 pamphlet on the uses of an anodyne necklace for children. 1/4 green coloured backstrip with gilt coloured titles. 3/4 dark cream coloured boards with self embossed illustration. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, by Alexander Farquharson, with pink, yellow and payable yellow colour titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the backstrip. Black and white photo of author to the rear fold over panel. The third Richard Jury mystery. Softening of the backstrip edges with a little age toning and marking of the text block edges. Gift inscription to the top right hand corner of the free front and paper. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. A little creasing of the edges with fading of the backstrip. There is a brown coloured stain to the verso of the dustwrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [9], 4 - 250 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Alexander Farquharson – Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; Britain/UK; ISBN: 0316328820. ISBN/EAN: 9780316328821. Inventory No: 0120019. . 9780316328821
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0120019
- Title
- The Anodyne Necklace
- Author
- Grimes, Martha
- Illustrator
- Alexander Farquharson – Cover Art
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0316328820
- ISBN 13
- 9780316328821
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston Toronto
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- BZDB2 crime fiction, England, Richard Jury – third mystery Crime Fiction; Britain/UK; Alexander Farquharson – Cover Art Unbranded ISBN: 0316328820 EAN: 9780316328821 Grimes, Martha The Anodyne Necklace
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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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- 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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