Faber & Faber, London, 1951. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/Good. Red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. In which Archie, the cockroach, details the life of the cat Mehitabel in humorous poems (without punctuation because he is forced to use his head to butt the keys of the typewriter one at a time, and he is not able to reach the shift keys of the machine). Softening and a little rubbing of the backstrip edges; rubbing of the lower book corners and a little bumping of the top book corners. Light tanning and foxing of the text block edges; with age toning of the pages. Offset tanning to the end pages with foxing also present. Chipping of the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. Sunning to the dustwrapper, most noticeable to the backstrip and rear panel. Foxing to the dustwrapper and to the verso. Owner's name on first page. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. [4], V - 192 pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Humour. Inventory No: 0285462. .

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0285462
Title: Archy's Life of Mehitabel
Author: Marquis, Don
Format/Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1951
Keywords: BZDB2 Poetry; Humour. Unbranded Marquis, Don Archy's Life of Mehitabel
Bookseller catalogs: Humour;

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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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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...
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Offset: A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...