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The Pool of Fire (Tripod Trilogy)
by Christopher, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/Poor
- ISBN 10
- 0241105390
- ISBN 13
- 9780241105399
- Seller
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hamish Hamilton, London, 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/Poor. Illustrator: Michael Heslop – Cover Art. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, by Michael Heslop, with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The Third in the Tripod Trilogy – where humankind make a desperate bid to destroy the tripods and their overlords. Softening of the back strip edges along with some fading with nasty bumping to the book corners. Slight cocking of the spine with some fading and marking of the book panels. Age toning and foxing to the text block edges and pages. Offset tanning, handling marks and browning to the end pages with gift inscription to the top edge of the free front end page. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste-down. Some faint staining of the first few and last few pages of the book. The dustwrapper is in execrable condition! – Please see photograph. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and back strip edges with some pieces missing. Piece missing to the top left-hand corner of the front panel with associated creasing. Some small nicks and chips to the top dust wrapper edge. The rear panel has a very large V piece is missing from the lower right-hand corner of the panel – with associated creasing and extending tear with a arcing tear of 5 inches to the top right hand corner of the same panel, again with associated creasing – please see photograph. Sunning, rubbing and handling marks are also present and there are some foxing spots to the verso. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], 8 - 156 pages.. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Michael Heslop – Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Children. ISBN: 0241105390. ISBN/EAN: 9780241105399. Inventory No: 0125012. . 9780241105399
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0125012
- Title
- The Pool of Fire (Tripod Trilogy)
- Author
- Christopher, John
- Illustrator
- Michael Heslop – Cover Art
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0241105390
- ISBN 13
- 9780241105399
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- BZDB2 science fiction, Human enslavement, post-apocalyptic world, juvenile reading, Tripod Trilogy – number 3 Science Fiction & Fantasy; Children. Michael Heslop – Cover Art Unbranded ISBN: 0241105390 EAN: 9780241105399 Chris
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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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- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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