You Were There
by Brahams, Caryl and Simon, S.J
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Michael Joseph, London, 1950. First English Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Bright pink endpapers with white design. Gray coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a montage of images following the early 20th century against a bright pink background. White titles to the front panel and backstrip. The last collaboration of the authors before the death of S. J. Simon. The basic plot is "... old General Marrible [ of Mafeking ] and his four inconsequently conceived children." -- from the front fold over panel, stories. As the warning says on the page before the text starts " The customer is warned! This is less a novel than an out-of-date newsreel." Bumping and discolouration to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and slight bumping the top book corners. There are two creases that run the full length of the backstrip. The spine is cocked. Foxing to the top book edges and scattered to the top edges of both the front and back book panels. Browning to the text block edges. Light browning to the internal pages. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste-down. Rubbing and chipping to the dustwrapper corners, with loss. The top left-hand corner of the backstrip has a small piece missing and the lower left-hand corner of the rear backstrip has also are small piece missing. Three tears to the top edge of the front dustwrapper panel, measuring between 0.25 " -- to 0.5 ". One tear, top right-hand corner of the front dustwrapper panel, has been inexpertly been repaired with tape on the front side of the dustwrapper, tape still in situ. Creasing and fading to the backstrip region and general rubbing of the dustwrapper panels is also present. The front fold over panel has split for the first 3.75 ". Dustwrapper now in protective library sleeving. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). VIII, 304 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Humour; Fiction -- Vintage; Inventory No: 0106236. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0106236
- Title
- You Were There
- Author
- Brahams, Caryl and Simon, S.J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Edition
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Novel -- Humour -- Early 20th Century -- English Humour; Fiction -- Vintage; Unbranded Brahams, Caryl and Simon, S.J. You Were There
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humour; Fiction -- Vintage;
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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- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- 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....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...