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Thomas Otway; The Mermaid Series
by Otway, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
T. Fisher Unwin, London, No date. Not Stated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. introduction and notes by the Honourable Roden Noel And appendix. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece, of Thomas Otway. Red and white speckled coloured cloth covered boards with self embossed titles and decoration to the front panel and gilt decoration entitles to the backstrip. Green faux silk place marker in situ, with light fraying to the lower edge. Four plays by Thomas Otway: – Don Carlos, Prince of Spain The Orphan The Soldier's Fortune Venice Preserved. Part of The Mermaid Series. Rubbing it to the book edge use and softening of the backstrip edges. Browning of the textbook edges and of the internal pages. Offset tanning to the endpapers. Previous owners name to the front paste-down. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (7), VIII-L, (9), 10-392 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Theatre & Plays; Britain/UK; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 0112782. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0112782
- Title
- Thomas Otway; The Mermaid Series
- Author
- Otway, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Not Stated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- No date
- Keywords
- BZDB2 plays, restoration, Thomas Otway, Don Carlos, Prince of Spain,The Orphan, The Soldier's Fortune, Venice Preserved, The Mermaid Series Theatre & Plays; Britain/UK; Literature & Literary. Unbranded Otway, Thomas Thomas Otway; The Mermaid
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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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
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