Martin Rattler (Enterprise Books)
by Ballantyne, R. M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/Fair
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Collins, London and Glasgow, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Preface by the author. Sepia tone frontispiece  illustrator not accredited. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with silver coloured decorations and titles to the front panel and backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with dark pink and black coloured titles, by Jack Matthew, to the front panel and backstrip. In this book a mischievous young boy, Martin Rattler, finds himself on the ship Firefly by mistake. Along with him is his friend Barney O'Flanagan and together they find themselves headed to the South Seas, surviving shipwrecks and pirates and then on to explore South America. Softening, rubbing and a little fraying of the book corners; with bumping, rubbing and a little fraying of the book corners and rubbing of the lower book edges. To the top left-hand corner the silver decoration and blue coloured cloth has been nibbled by insects and a little to the top edge of the rear panel. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. A few foxing spots to the end pages and to the text block edges. The dustwrapper is in not great shape  please see photograph. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges, in fact there is a V piece missing from the top backstrip edge which a previous owner has supported with some "invisible tape". Numerous tears and creases to the dustwrapper edge and there is a large,3", tear to the top left-hand corner of the rear panel and a similar sized tear to the front left hand corner of the front panel , with associated creasing. The dustwrapper edges have numerous tears and nicks, with rubbing of the dustwrapper panels. Fading of the backstrip with the rear panel showing handling marks. Browning and foxing to the verso. There is a vertical crease running the full length of the front fold over panel. Size: 12mo (Small Hardcover). 268 pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Teens & Young Adult; Historical Fiction; Inventory No: 0128880. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0128880
- Title
- Martin Rattler (Enterprise Books)
- Author
- Ballantyne, R. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London and Glasgow
- Date Published
- No date
- Keywords
- BZDB2 fiction, children, Shipwreck, Pirates, South Seas, adolescence Teens & Young Adult; Historical Fiction; Unbranded Ballantyne, R. M. Martin Rattler (Enterprise Books)
Terms of Sale
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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
Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...