The Passionate Witch
by Smith, Thorne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Methuen & Co Ltd, London, 1955. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Herbert Roese. 248 pages, the edges of the text block and the preliminary and final few pages have suffered from foxing, as has the dust jacket. The dust jacket is also chipped and torn , and the base edge shows water damage. The base edge and approximately 1.5 centimetres of the rear board show staining from water as well. This book, left unfinished at the time of the author's death, and completed by Norman Matson, is vintage Smith. It recounts the remarkable consequences of the marriage of a meek and respectable man to a grade A. witch. His bride's unconventional antiques were eventually to revolutionise his life. He who had never in his life drunk anything stronger than carrot juice was to find a steady alcoholic consumption was a requisite if he was to have peace of mind. There follow some of the finest binges in literature. Size: 12mo (Small Hardcover). Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Herbert Roese. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 0210113. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0210113
- Title
- The Passionate Witch
- Author
- Smith, Thorne
- Illustrator
- Herbert Roese
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Fiction; Herbert Roese Unbranded Smith, Thorne The Passionate Witch
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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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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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...