Mike at Wrykyn
by Wodehouse, P. G
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Meredith Press, New York, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/Good. Illustrator: Charles Waterhouse – Cover Art. Gold coloured textured end pages. Sage coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Charles Waterhouse, with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. This is a full-blooded story of Mike Jackson and of cricket!! Softening and sunning to the back strip edges with rubbing of the book corners. Age toning and foxing of the text block edges with age toning of the pages. The top right hand corner of the text has become a little dogeared on page 103 to page 137. Erasure mark to the top right hand corner of the free front end page. Creasing of the dustwrapper edges with chipping of the corners; with, a 1 inch tear to the top edge of the rear fold over crease. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with sunning of the back strip and rear panel. First American Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], IV - X, [2], 3 - 235, [3] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Charles Waterhouse – Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Cricket; Inventory No: 0289594. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0289594
- Title
- Mike at Wrykyn
- Author
- Wodehouse, P. G
- Illustrator
- Charles Waterhouse – Cover Art
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Meredith Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- BZDB2 P. G. Wodehouse -- Novel, School Book, Cricket Literature & Literary; Cricket; Charles Waterhouse – Cover Art Unbranded Wodehouse, P. G. Mike at Wrykyn
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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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