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Cavalcade
by Coward, Noel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. List of illustrations and speaking parts. Black and white photographic frontispiece, and black-and-white illustrations and photographs decorate the text. Yellow coloured cloth covered boards with black, orange and blue coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Noel Coward's chronicle of the Marryots and Bridges families (1899-1933). One family is well to do and the other family less so. And how both families react early 20th-century history – Queen Victoria's death, the Titanic disaster and World War I e.g. Softening, rubbing and some fraying of the backstrip edges, particularly the top edge. Bumping, rubbing and a little fraying of the book corners with rubbing and bumping to the lower book edge. The spine is oh so slightly cocked. Rubs, marks and stains to the book panels, particularly the rear. Darkening of the neck strip. Age toning of the text block edges along with some faint foxing. Offsets tanning and foxing to the end pages; age toning and faint foxing throughout the text. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste-down. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [20], 3 - 138, [2] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Theatre & Plays; Britain/UK; Inventory No: 0130281. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0130281
- Title
- Cavalcade
- Author
- Coward, Noel
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Play, early 20th century history, Marrot Family, Bridges Family, Britain Theatre & Plays; Britain/UK; Photographic Unbranded Coward, Noel Cavalcade
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.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
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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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
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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...
- 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...
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