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Liners of Time
by Fearn, John Russell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Poor
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
The World's Work (1913) Limited, Kingswood, Surrey, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Poor. VIII, 156pp. 1/4 yellow cloth spine with black writing and 3/4 dark blue-grey boards. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and shelfwear to the top and bottom book edges. Foxing to the cloth of the spine and to the paper edges. Browning has also occurred to the paper edges. Offset tanning to the endpapers on with quite significant foxing. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right hand corner, front paste down. Some handling marks internally. The dustwrapper is illustrated, showing a futuristic aeroplane taking off, with white background, and blue writing on the front panel and spine. The dustwrapper is rubbed, faded and quite grubby. Chipping, with loss to the top dustwrapper corners and just chipping to the lower dustwrapper corners. Chipping with loss to the head and to the heel of the spine. There is a small punch market in the top half of the spine of the dustwrapper. Creasing to the top dustwrapper edge and there is some staining to the verso of the dustwrapper. Foxing has also occurred to the verso of the dustwrapper. Dustwrapper is price clipped, lower right hand corner of the front paste down. A look at the year 2000 from late 1940s. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction -- Vintage; Inventory No: 0102890. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0102890
- Title
- Liners of Time
- Author
- Fearn, John Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The World's Work (1913) Limited
- Place of Publication
- Kingswood, Surrey
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- BZDB2 1940s -- Science Fiction -- Future Events Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction -- Vintage; Unbranded Fearn, John Russell Liners of Time
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction -- Vintage;
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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- Dustwrapper
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Price Clipped
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
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- Spine
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