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Black Bartlemy's Treasure
by Farnol, Jeffery
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Sampson Low, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/No Dust Jacket. Dark pink cloth covered boards with white coloured embossed titles to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Blue coloured tint to the top text block edge. First published in 1920, this is a story of romance, revenge, treasure and galley slavery. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with bumping of the book corners and rubbing to the top and bottom book edges. The cloth has become somewhat grubby and there is fading to the back strip. Browning and scattered foxing to the text block edges with lighter browning of the pages. Offset tanning to the end pages and there is quite heavy browning of the first few and last few pages of the book. On looking at the front text edge it appears that the pages have come in contact with moisture as the there is a slight ripple effect. Slight cocking of the spine. Fading of the back strip. Previous owner's X libris plate pasted to the front paste-down. No easily found publishing date, – but probably from the late 30s early 1940s. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], VII - IX, [1], 309, [5 – of which 4 a further titles from publishing house] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Romance; Fiction. Inventory No: 0122371. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0122371
- Title
- Black Bartlemy's Treasure
- Author
- Farnol, Jeffery
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- No date
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Novel -- Romance -- Historical, revenge, treasure Romance; Fiction. Unbranded Farnol, Jeffery Black Bartlemy's Treasure
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
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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
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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