Backless Betty From Bondi
by Slessor, Kenneth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Fair
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Sydney Australia: Angus & Robertson. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Numerous black and white drawings. The poems show vividly the light and dark side of the life during the Depression in Australia. Size: A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). 34 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is slightly cocked. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust jacket is in fair condition. It is intact but has worn and chipped edges, some closed tears, a bottom back corner of back flap is torn off and stains on the interior of the dust jacket. . Corner of back flap torn off. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Boards bumped on corners and some edge wear with spine faded and showing signs of wear. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Poetry; Australian Poets and Poetry; Australia; Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51314. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is slightly cocked Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed Edges very slightly spotted or marked Boards bumped on corners and some edge wear with spine faded and showing signs of wear
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51314
- Title
- Backless Betty From Bondi
- Author
- Slessor, Kenneth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney Australia
- Pages
- 34
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Australian Poets and Poetry BZDB397 poetry, Smiths Weekly, Australian poet, poems, verse Poetry; Australian Poets and Poetry; Australia; Backless Betty From Bondi
- Size
- A4 (300 x 210mm approx.)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
Biblio member since 2020
Yungaburra, Queensland
About Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.