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The Clinker
by Carr; Roger Vaughan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0867700882
- ISBN 13
- 9780867700886
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Australia, Ferntree Gully, Victoria, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Pat Sirninger -- Cover Art. 140 pages. Illustrated endpapers, by Pat Sirninger, showing a map of " Sealers Inlet ". Brown coloured boards with white writing on the spine. A little rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the book corners. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Pat Sirninger, in colour, with black writing on the front panel and white on the spine. A little rubbing to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. A young American boy, Rust, is visiting his great-grandparents in Sealers Inlet for the first time. He is unaware that there is an uneasy history of ships being lost on Tambourine Reef which lies just off the coast of Sealers Inlet. At first his visit is wonderful and all he would want but then his great-grandfather starts to behave strangely and he wishes he had not come. Is it the shadow of Tambourine Reef? This is the first Australian edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Pat Sirninger -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Fiction -- Australian; fiction -- adolescent; ISBN: 0867700882. ISBN/EAN: 9780867700886. Inventory No: 0104297. . 9780867700886
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0104297
- Title
- The Clinker
- Author
- Carr; Roger Vaughan
- Illustrator
- Pat Sirninger -- Cover Art
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0867700882
- ISBN 13
- 9780867700886
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Australia
- Place of Publication
- Ferntree Gully, Victoria
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Australian Children's Book, Great Ocean Road -- Aireys Inlet -- Victoria -- Novel Children; Fiction -- Australian; fiction -- adolescent; Pat Sirninger -- Cover Art Unbranded ISBN: 0867700882 EAN: 9780867700886 Carr; Roger Vaughan The Clinker
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction -- Australian; Fiction -- Adolescent;
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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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