Death of a Swagman
by Upfield, Arthur W
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Australia; (1962): Angus and Robertson. First Edition. Octavo. Strange symbols direct Bony in his search for a murderer.255pp., bound in black paper covered boards, spine lettering gilt, bookseller's ticket, some off-setting to endpapers from jacket flaps otherwise near fine in very good clipped pictorial dust jacket with minor wear to spine ends, some toning to rear panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019068
- Title
- Death of a Swagman
- Author
- Upfield, Arthur W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Angus and Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Australia; (1962)
- Keywords
- First Edition 1st Boney Napoleon Bonaparte Dust Jacket
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery;
Terms of Sale
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
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- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- First Edition
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- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...