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Not Peace But a Sword
by Sheean, Vincent
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, New York, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Brown coloured boards with black illustration to the front panel with black and gilt decoration to the backstrip and gilt coloured titles. Illustrated dustwrapper with gilt and black coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the backstrip. Written over a 12 month period – March 1938 to March 1939 – the author's view of the historic / calamitous events of Europe and the wider world. Softening of the backstrip edges and bumping of the book corners. Rubbing of the lower book edges with a little fading to the top book edges. Browning of the textblock edges and aged honing of the pages. Offset tanning and faint foxing to the endpapers. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. There is a 'V' piece missing from the top edge of the front panel and there are various tears to the edges along with creasing. Rubbing to the dustwrapper along with some handling marks and fading to the backstrip. Browning and foxing to the verso of the dustwrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [10], 367, [3] pages. In. All Four Corners Clipped. Deckled Front Edge (rough cut). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; 1930s; Inventory No: 0120007. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0120007
- Title
- Not Peace But a Sword
- Author
- Sheean, Vincent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- BZDB2 history, 1938-1939 – personal anecdote, National Socialism – Nazi, Europe, world, Spain – Civil War History; 1930s; Unbranded Sheean, Vincent Not Peace But a Sword
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.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
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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- 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...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
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