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The Power of Positive Thinking for Young People
by Peale, Norman Vincent
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
World's Work (1913) Ltd, Kingswood, Surrey, 1961. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. introduction by author. Red coloured boards with gilt facsimile author signature to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the back strip. A rejigging of the author's most famous work for young people. For, as the introduction page V says ''... The purpose of this book is a very direct and simple one: to help young people find themselves and keep happy and effective lives.'' Softening to the back strip edges with rubbing of the book corners and lower book edges. Fading of the back strip with a few scrapes and marks to the book panels. Age toning and scattered foxing to the text block edges with age toning of the pages. Some handling marks to the end pages and the remains of original bookseller's sticker to be seen to the lower edge of the front paste-down. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], V - VII, [4], 2 - 217, [1]pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Self Help & Motivation; Inventory No: 0123556. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0123556
- Title
- The Power of Positive Thinking for Young People
- Author
- Peale, Norman Vincent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- World's Work (1913) Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Kingswood, Surrey
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- BZDB2 self-help, positive thinking, young people, self-help, motivation Self Help & Motivation; Unbranded Peale, Norman Vincent The Power of Positive Thinking for Young People
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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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
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- 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...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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.
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