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LANDMARK: A Book of Topographical Verse for England and Wales
by HAMILTON, G. Rostrevor and ARLOTT, John ( Chosen By )
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Poor Condition
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Cambridge University Press, London, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Poor Condition. Preface by selectors, acknowledgements, index of authors and index of principal places. Green coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured embossed decoration and titles to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. A selection of poetry from England and Wales as seen by such poets as Robert Herrick, Matthew Arnold, T. S. Eliot, Alexander Pope and John Milton. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with bumping of the book corners. The cloth of the boards has become a little flecked and a little foxing and stains can be seen as well. Tanning of the text block edges with a little foxing also present offset tanning, With previous owners name to the top edge of the free front end page and original bookseller's rubberstamp to the lower edge of the same page. X libris plate to the front paste-down. The dustwrapper is in execrable shape – please see photograph. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners; with the top inch of the back strip missing and half an inch of the lower edge missing. A previous owner has supported the various tears and nicks in the dustwrapper – tape still visible to the verso – which has caused the inevitable residue to be seen to the front of the dustwrapper. Rubbing of the fold over edges and either side of the back strip with handling marks and sunning also present. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xv, 236 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 0207121. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0207121
- Title
- LANDMARK: A Book of Topographical Verse for England and Wales
- Author
- HAMILTON, G. Rostrevor and ARLOTT, John ( Chosen By )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Poor Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Poetry, England, Wales Poetry; Unbranded HAMILTON, G. Rostrevor and ARLOTT, John ( Chosen By ) LANDMARK: A Book of Topographical Verse for England and Wales
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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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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- Dustwrapper
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- Gilt
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Plate
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- 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
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- Cloth
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