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Backless Betty From Bondi

Backless Betty From Bondi

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Backless Betty From Bondi

by Slessor, Kenneth

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  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Good Condition/Fair
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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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Bookseller
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers AU (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.)

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About the Seller

Spencer and Murphy Booksellers

Seller rating:
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Yungaburra, Queensland

About Spencer and Murphy Booksellers

Books sourced from all over the world adorn our shelves. We carry a general range of books, some 18,000, including fiction and non-fiction in all genres. We stock collectibles, rare and antiquarian and many out-of-print books. Lonely Planet described Spencer & Murphy Booksellers as "the best bookshop in the North" and we are known as a treasure trove of books and often as Aladdin's Cave of Books.

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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....
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Jacket
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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.

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