Universal Books, Melbourne, 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. 700 g; 256pp., foreword, list of illustrations, 3 appendices. Texts illustrated by black and white contemporary photographs, sketches and illustrations. Red coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. . Illustrated dustwrapper, showing various underworld figures from Sydney in the early 1900s, with black background with white writing on front panel and spine. The history of 3 villains from Sydney in the early 1900s, "who wrought a trail of havoc and scandal across the social and political life of Australia at the turn-of-the-century.". dust jacket is robbed and has a 1 inch tear top right-hand corner of the front panel, slight ageing of the page edges, internally clean, no annotations or underlining. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: True Crime; Australia; 1900s; Politics & Government. Inventory No: 0285336. .

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0285336
Title: Wild Men of Sydney
Author: Pearl, Cyril & Pearl, Irma
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Universal Books
Place of Publication: Melbourne
Date Published: 1970
Keywords: BZDB2 Norton, John, 1858-1916. | Crick, William Patrick, 1862-1908. | Willis, William Nicholas, 1860-1922. True Crime; Australia; 1900s; Politics & Government. Unbranded Pearl, Cyril & Pearl, Irma Wild Men of Sydney
Bookseller catalogs: True Crime;

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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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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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...
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....
Dustwrapper: Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
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...