The Wonder Book of Adventure
by Irish, David
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London, Melbourne and Cape Town, 1960. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Kenneth Symonds, N. Battershill, MSIA & Rita Parsons. acknowledgements and more about the people in this book  at the end of the book. Illustrated endpapers. The text is illustrated with black and white photographs and illustrations and the occasional coloured illustration. The illustrations have been drawn by Kenneth Symonds, N. Battershill, MSIA or Rita Parsons. 1/ 4 green coloured boards (both different) with black coloured titles. 3/4 illustrated papered boards with white coloured titles. Published in the early part of the 1960s dealing with true adventure, exploration, military derring-do and advancements in the early part of the 20th century. Softening to the backstrip edges with rubbing of the book corners and lower book edges. Some rubbing to the book panels. Age toning and scattered foxing to the textblock edges. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. 192 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Kenneth Symonds, N. Battershill, MSIA & Rita Parsons. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Annual; Inventory No: 0119663. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0119663
- Title
- The Wonder Book of Adventure
- Author
- Irish, David
- Illustrator
- Kenneth Symonds, N. Battershill, MSIA & Rita Parsons
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London, Melbourne and Cape Town
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- BZDB2 wonder book of adventure, 1960s, short stories, exploration, adventure, military, Kenneth Symonds, N. Battershill, MSIA & Rita Parsons  Illustrators Children; Annual; Kenneth Symonds, N. Battershill, MSIA & Rita Parsons Unbran
- Bookseller catalogs
- Annual;
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
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- Edges
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- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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