Jubb
by Waterhouse, Keith
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Michael Joseph, London, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: William Belcher -- Cover Art. Black coloured boards with white coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, by William Belcher, with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. The story of Jubb -- " .. rent collector and youth club leader in the garden city. Jubb is a snob, something of a creep, and one of those obsessionals who touch lamp-posts and wash their hands all day long. What is far less harmless is that he is also a pyromaniac." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Rubbing to the book corners and lower book edges. Browning and foxing to the text block edges. Browning and foxing to the endpapers and to the internal text. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste-down. A little chipping to the dustwrapper corners and there are 2 small tears to the top edge of the front dustwrapper panel. Some stains to the front panel and foxing to the rear panel and to the verso of the dustwrapper. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 4], 5-248 pages, last the pages blank.. Dust Jacket price-clipped. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: William Belcher -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 0110323. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0110323
- Title
- Jubb
- Author
- Waterhouse, Keith
- Illustrator
- William Belcher -- Cover Art
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Literature -- British Literature & Literary; William Belcher -- Cover Art Unbranded Waterhouse, Keith Jubb
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.
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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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- Dustwrapper
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- Verso
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- Rubbing
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- 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...
- Edges
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- Chipping
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- Text Block
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