stocking selection von davis arthur (3 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Fischer, A. J. , A.H. Fulwood, G.W. Lambert et al. (illustrator). No cover. Frontispiece B&W illustration. Slight damage to last two pages. Advertisement: back page.

Illustrated by A. J. Fischer, A. H. Fullwood, G. W. Lambert, Fred. Leist, F. P. Mahoney and Alf. Vincent. Pp. [iv]+154+[18](advertisements), frontispiece plus numerous text illustrations (some full page), decorative initials, endpaper advertisements; coloured pictorial paper wrappers, worn and lightly soiled, with name in pencil at top fore-corner of upper wrapper and small number stamp at foot of lower wrapper, the backstrip chipped and split, with large piece torn from head; the pages browned, a little light foxing and occasional minor wear & tear; N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Sydney, 1917. Eleventh edition, 63rd thousand. "Bookstall"' series. *First published in 1909 (the year in which the New South Wales Bookstall Company bought the copyright of On Our Selection and Our New Selection from the Bulletin and reissued them in three volumes). The third volume, Stocking Our Selection, comprised chapters 17-26 of the Bulletin edition of On Our Selection, plus seven additional chapters.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition, lacks front cover. Back cover and spine is worn, creased, and discoloured. Rubbed and thumbed at the edges. Some fading and staining towards the spine and corners. Mostly the spine shows heavy wear and tear. Head and tail of spine well rubbed, with large sections missing. Binding itself is tidy. Well faded. Previous owner's inscription upon front free endpaper. Previous bookseller's stamp upon title page. Page edges are uniformly discoloured, so too are the pages throughout. Most pages bear a halo of colour around print. Some pages are lightly foxed, this edition is showing some age. This book is in fair condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously; they usually present better than they sound.