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The Family from One End Street and some of their adventures
by Garnett, Eve
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Frederick Muller Ltd, London, 1938. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: the author. bound in original red cloth covered boards, slightly bumped of the head and tail of the spine, with handling marks to the upper part of the front panel. Foxing to the top and front edges of the text block. Illustrated end pages, Sunday School bookplate pasted to the half title page. Internally clean, free of annotation and apart from a foxing spot on pages 4 and 5, and offset tanning from an admission ticket at the contents page where it was used as a place marker, there is no damage to describe. 1st published in 1937, the book was awarded the library Association Carnegie medal for 1937, and tells the story of a Dustman and his wife a Washerwoman, and their large family who lived in a cul-de-sac. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (10), 212, (2) pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: the author. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Inventory No: 0237625. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0237625
- Title
- The Family from One End Street and some of their adventures
- Author
- Garnett, Eve
- Illustrator
- the author
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick Muller Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- BZDB2 children fiction illustrated England Children; the author Unbranded Garnett, Eve The Family from One End Street and some of their adventures
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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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- Half Title
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- Title Page
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