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The Checkmate
by Bosi, Pino
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0949575089
- ISBN 13
- 9780949575081
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hodja, Richmond, Victoria, 1983. Reprint. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Stephen Pascoe. V, 6-176 pages. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white illustrations by Stephen Pascoe, throughout the text. Black-and-white illustrated covers, again by Stephen Pascoe, with white background and blue titles to the front panel and backstrip. Creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the book edges. Browning to the book edges, background colour and text block edges. Foxing to the top text block edge. Previous owner's name to the top edge of the title page. Light age toning of the internal text. The author emigrated to Australia in 1951 and in 1956 became a sub-editor with an Italian newspaper in Sydney. His writing style has been described as forthright and enthusiastic and he brings this enthusiasm and forthrightness to the series of short stories about "... Italians, Poles, and Jews, about priests and tramps -- all of them Australians." -- from the rear panel blurb. Second Edition. Size: Standard Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Stephen Pascoe. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Fiction -- Australian; ISBN: 0949575089. ISBN/EAN: 9780949575081. Inventory No: 0108809. . 9780949575081
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0108809
- Title
- The Checkmate
- Author
- Bosi, Pino
- Illustrator
- Stephen Pascoe
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0949575089
- ISBN 13
- 9780949575081
- Publisher
- Hodja
- Place of Publication
- Richmond, Victoria
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Short Stories -- Australian -- Multiculturalism, Stephen Pascoe -- Illustrator Literature & Literary; Fiction -- Australian; Stephen Pascoe Unbranded ISBN: 0949575089 EAN: 9780949575081 Bosi, Pino The Checkmate
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction -- Australian;
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
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- Reprint
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