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The Place at Whitton
by KENEALLY, Thomas
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Cassell, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. London, Cassell, 1964 (first edition). Octavo, [iv], 220 pages. Black papered boards lettered in gilt on the spine; essentially a fine copy with the unclipped dustwrapper a little rubbed at the extremities, and in excellent condition but for three three-digit numbers written in ballpoint pen in the top left-hand corner of the clear white rear panel. The original printed price ('18/- net') has an Australian decimal currency price sticker placed over it (the new currency was introduced on 14 February 1966). The author's scarce first book.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 102288
- Title
- The Place at Whitton
- Author
- KENEALLY, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
Terms of Sale
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
If found to be incorrectly described, goods may be returned, provided notification is given within seven days of receipt. Postage and insurance are extra; uninsured parcels are sent at the purchaser's risk.
About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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- New
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- Dustwrapper
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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