Reprint, with dust wrapper. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine. Head and tail of spine bumped and rubbed. Binding is neat and tidy, yet book leans a little to the right. Binding is split in several places towards the rear. Page edges are rubbed, well discoloured and lightly foxed. All pages bear a uniform discolouration due to age, yet most are foxed. Albeit light. Previous bookseller's stamp on front pastedown. Otherwise this book is in fair condition. Dust wrapper has some rubbing at the edges. Back cover lightly scratched, rubbed and discoloured. Head and tail of spine well worn with small chips and creases. Edges and corners are creased and torn. Covers are uniformly discoloured. Tail of spine is missing, so to small section of head. Also segment on front head edge is missing (see image). Spine is well creased and sunned. Well discoloured, particularly at the edges, otherwise this dust wrapper is in poor condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously; they usually present better than they sound. Seller Inventory # FIC1432

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Title: UNDER CAPRICORN

Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd, London and Toronto

Publication Date: 1937

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Dust Jacket Condition: Poor

Edition: Reprint

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Uncle Peter's Books is a general secondhand bookshop located in the village of Clunes, which is located between Lismore and Byron Bay in northern New South Wales. Uncle Peter's Books has been in business since January 1997. The shop holds about 25,000 books across a range of categories. There is a large fiction section, arranged alphabetically by author, which includes crime fiction, science fiction and literature, paperbacks and hardbacks, first editions and reading copies. Other categories include Art, Architecture, Photography, Craft, Australiana, Biography, History, Science, Technical, Health, Travel, Antarctic, Aviation, Mountaineering, Cooking, Sport, Military, Reference, True Crime, Philosophy, Animals, Gardening, Myths, New Age, Children's, Poetry, Drama, Humour, and Classics.

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Uncle Peter's Books
29 Main St, Clunes, NSW, 2480, Australia

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