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Ringer's Roost
by Borne, Dorothy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, London, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Anne Linton. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece and drawings within the book have all been executed by Anne Linton. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Four children are sent to their grandfather's house, Ringer's Roost, while their father is ill. Unfortunately the grandfather doesn't seem to be in the house or even expecting them, and adventures ensue. Softening of the back strip edges and rubbing of the book corners and lower book edges. Bumping of the lower book corners with Browning and foxing of the text block edges. Browning and some foxing of the pages. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and back strip corners. Rubbing of the dustwrapper panel and either side of the back strip. Foxing to the verso and original price sticker to the lower right hand corner of the front fold over panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 111, [1] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Anne Linton. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Adolescent Reading; Fiction. Inventory No: 0120312. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0120312
- Title
- Ringer's Roost
- Author
- Borne, Dorothy
- Illustrator
- Anne Linton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- BZDB2 adolescent fiction, house, orphans, Christmas, Anne Linton – Illustrator Children; Adolescent Reading; Fiction. Anne Linton Unbranded Borne, Dorothy Ringer's Roost
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adolescent Reading;
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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- A.N.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Text Block
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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