Digger Smith
by Dennis, C. J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Fair
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Hal Gye. Glossary. Illustrated end pages, being the publisher's initials reproduced multiple times in a pale green colour. Colour illustrated frontispiece and title page by Hal Gye; and there are black-and-white full-page illustrations throughout, again by Hal Gye. The original red boards show an illustration of a fence with a bag of potatoes resting against it and scattered potatoes in the foreground. Plaintext dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Poetry that was written at the height of World War I. Rubbing of the back strip edges and of the book corners with a little bumping to the lower rear book corner. Age toning of the text block edges and lighter age toning of the pages. A little sunning of the end pages. Chipping of the dustwrapper corners and back strip edges. The dustwrapper corners are creased and a little rubbed and there are a couple of small tears to the top and bottom rear edge. Sunning and handling marks to the dustwrapper panels and the back strip is quite sunned. There is 1/2 inch tear to the top left hand corner of the rear panel. Foxing is very noticeable to the dustwrapper though not quite so noticeable to the verso. The top dustwrapper covers the original dustwrapper – which is a little foxed and son but otherwise in bad condition. There are holes to both the top dustwrapper and the lower dustwrapper. Size: 12mo (Small Hardcover). [7], VIII, [2], 11 - 112, [4 – further titles from publishing house] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Hal Gye. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Australia; 1900-1920; Inventory No: 0289674. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0289674
- Title
- Digger Smith
- Author
- Dennis, C. J
- Illustrator
- Hal Gye
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Angus and Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1918
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Poetry, Australia, Military Poetry; Australia; 1900-1920; Hal Gye Unbranded Dennis, C. J. Digger Smith
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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- Dustwrapper
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- Sunned
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Title Page
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