Chatto and Windus, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Good ; Fair Jacket. 1959 Chatto and Windus, London. Sixth printing of 1958 edition. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has blue textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Black and white illustrations by George Molnar. 204 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Bottom edge faded. Imprinted bookplate on front endpaper. Name in ink on front free endpaper. Page edges foxed and lightly soiled. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, small to 1.5 inch tears and creases, with small pieces missing from the edges and some indentations on the front panel. Jacket is price clipped. Some tears have been repaired on the inside of the jacket with archival document repair tape. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

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Bookseller: SmarterRat Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 9592
Title: Australian Accent
Author: Pringle, John Douglas
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Fair
Publisher: Chatto and Windus
Date Published: 1959
Keywords: Australia and New Zealand
Bookseller catalogs: Australia and New Zealand;

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Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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...
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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....