Bruce Petty; Australian artist in South-East Asia
by Petty, Bruce
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Fair
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Greyflower Publications, Melbourne, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Bruce Petty. Non paginated, introduction by Ronald Searle. Illustrated endpapers, being a map of Australia and Southeast Asia drawn by Bruce Petty. The text is illustrated with copious black-and-white line drawings and graphic illustrations by the author. The text is printed on yellow coloured paper. Tan coloured boards with illustration of young girl and baby on hip on the front panel and on the back panel there is a street scene. There is black and grey writing on the front panel and spine. Slight bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the top book corners. Shelfwear to lower book edges and there is dust marks browning to the paper edges. Gift inscription to the free front endpaper. Illustrated dust wrapper, same illustrations as for boards, with black and white writing on the front panel and spine. Dark brown/grey background. The dust wrapper is slightly faded and there are white marks to the spine and front panel approximately 4 " down from the top edge. Rubbing and chipping to the dust wrapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the spine. In 1961 Bruce Petty undertook a trip to Southeast Asia. This book is the impressions of that trip. This is the first Australian edition. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Bruce Petty. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Asia; Australia; Inventory No: 0103751. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0103751
- Title
- Bruce Petty; Australian artist in South-East Asia
- Author
- Petty, Bruce
- Illustrator
- Bruce Petty
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Greyflower Publications
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Bruce Petty -- Australian Artist -- Southeast Asia, Graphic Artist -- Australian Art & Design; Asia; Australia; Bruce Petty Unbranded Petty, Bruce Bruce Petty; Australian artist in South-East Asia
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asia;
Terms of Sale
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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
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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- Chipping
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Edges
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