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A Book of Nonsense
by Mervyn Peake
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0720604125
- ISBN 13
- 9780720604122
- Seller
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Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Peter Owen, UK, 1972. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Book Size: 8vo Octavo (8 to 9 inches). Item Type: Book. Binding tight, spine fine. Foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust jacket moderately foxed and stained, price-clipped, small chips, but otherwise intact. Edges slightly foxed and browned.. ISBN: 0720604125. ISBN/EAN: 9780720604122.. 9780720604122
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- Bookseller
- Shiny Owl Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50365
- Title
- A Book of Nonsense
- Author
- Mervyn Peake
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0720604125
- ISBN 13
- 9780720604122
- Publisher
- Peter Owen
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- BZDB157 Poetry; Unbranded ISBN: 0720604125 EAN: 9780720604122 Mervyn Peake A Book of Nonsense
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Shiny Owl Books
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Mona Vale, New South Wales
About Shiny Owl Books
Formerly known as Retriever Books, Dee Why we now have a bookshop in Mona Vale further up the peninsula on the Northern Beaches of SydneyOpening HoursTuesday to Friday 10.15 to 5Saturday 9.30 to 4.30Sunday & Monday closedOpen every day except New Year's Day, Australia Day, Anzac Day, Good Friday, Mother's Day, Christmas Day and Boxing DayWe have over fifty categories of books in-store, we appear to have many titles inCurrently only 8000 books are listed here. Please use the offline search service link to forward us a book title you require or just send an email.Not all online titles are held in the shop, so contact us prior to coming in to view particular titles.Up to 8 hour free parking across the road in the council car park
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- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....