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March the Ninth; A Story
by Hutchinson, R. C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- Seller
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Geoffrey Bles, London, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Red coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Roland Collins, with yellow and white coloured titles to the front panel and black, yellow and white coloured titles to the backstrip. Black and white photograph of the author to the rear dustwrapper panel. Eugen Reichenbach, born and bred in Vienna, fled Europe prior to the outbreak of World War II. He became an American citizen, but, the duality of his life makes him restless and he returns to Europe after World War II after the death of his mother. He is a bureaucrat in the World Universities Relief Organisation stationed in a city torn between Tito's Republic and Italy when an old friend from his youth finds him and awakens in Eugen his youthful idealism, which leads to a series of events that change his tranquil life. But, in a post world War environment integrity and morals are difficult to define ... Rubbing of the backstrip edges with some fading to the top edge and rubbing of the book corners. Uniform tanning of the text block edges and age toning of the pages. Faint foxing to the text block edges. Offset tanning to the end pages. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with signing of the backstrip and the rear panel. Some handling marks to the rear panel and there was a small split to the top and bottom edges of the rear panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], 7 - 349, [3] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; 1940s; Inventory No: 0127936. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0127936
- Title
- March the Ninth; A Story
- Author
- Hutchinson, R. C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Geoffrey Bles
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Novel, loyalty, human emotions, justice Fiction; 1940s; Unbranded Hutchinson, R. C. March the Ninth; A Story
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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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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...