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Green Hazard
by Coles, Manning
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1950. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles and decoration to the back strip. The 5th outing of Tommy Habmledon, of the British Secret Service. The time is just before World War II, and, Tommy Hambledon is masquerading as a famous inventor of explosives right under the noses of Nazi leaders. Tommy jumps in and out of one predicament after another. The third impression of a book 1st published in 1945. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with bumping of the book corners. A very noticeable cock of the spine, with stains to the front and rear panels. Sunning of the back strip. Age toning of the text block edges and paid edges with the occasional foxing spot to the text block edges. Offset tanning to the end pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 9 - 284 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Crime Fiction; Espionage; 1950s; Inventory No: 0127120. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0127120
- Title
- Green Hazard
- Author
- Coles, Manning
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Tommy Habmledon, Secret Service adventure– number 5, World War II Crime Fiction; Espionage; 1950s; Unbranded Coles, Manning Green Hazard
- Bookseller catalogs
- Espionage;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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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
Glossary
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- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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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