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Faces in a Dusty Picture
by Kersh, Gerald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Poor Condition
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
William Heinemann, London -- Toronto, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Poor Condition. Beige coloured end pages. Black coloured cloth covered boards with silver coloured titles to the back strip. Plaintext dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. Set during the early parts of World War II, in Africa where Rommel is on the march and the British are trying to decide whether to attack or retreat. Seen through various characters points of view – British, German and Italian – what it was like to be in the army and to face the possibility of death. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges and of the book corners. There is a very slight cock of the spine. Light tanning and some foxing of the text block edges with age toning of the pages. Some staining to the top edge of the free front end page. The dustwrapper is in not great shape – please see photograph. Chipping of the dustwrapper corners and lower back strip edge. There is a piece missing from the top dustwrapper, including back strip measuring 4.5" x 1.34'; and, there is a hole in the back strip 4 inches from the top. Foxing and fading of the dustwrapper with a coffee ring present to the front panel. Numerous chips and tears to the dustwrapper edges with Browning and staining of the rear panel. Browning of the fold over panels and some foxing is also present as there is to the verso. Size: 12mo (Small Hardcover). IV, 132 pages, last three pages blank.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 0212940. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0212940
- Title
- Faces in a Dusty Picture
- Author
- Kersh, Gerald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Poor Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London -- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- BZDB2 novel, warfare, Italy, Africa Literature & Literary; Unbranded Kersh, Gerald Faces in a Dusty Picture
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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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
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