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Shrewbettina's Birthday
by Goodall, John S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Macmillan, London, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: John S. Goodall. not paginated -- 32 pages with a small half page between each large page showing further action of the story. Colour illustrated laminated boards and internal decorations have all been done by John S. Goodall. Black coloured titles to the front panel. Blue and white illustrated endpapers, with the words Come to a Party on the front end papers, and Good Night on the rear end papers. Rubbing to to the corners and backstrip corners. The rear endpapers have become somewhat creased. The spine is somewhat cocked. This book has been bound up side down. A story that is entirely told in picture form, about the birthday party of Shrewbittina, a most modest shrew. Size: Landscape 12mo. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: John S. Goodall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Art & Design. Inventory No: 0111813. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0111813
- Title
- Shrewbettina's Birthday
- Author
- Goodall, John S
- Illustrator
- John S. Goodall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- BZDB2 John S. Goodall, Illustrator, children and illustrated book, Shrew Children; Art & Design. John S. Goodall Unbranded Goodall, John S. Shrewbettina's Birthday
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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- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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