Angling In British Art, Through Five Centuries, Prints, Pictures, Books. With A Foreword By H.T. Sheringham
by Walter Shaw Sparrow
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Milverton, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1923. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Gilt Lettering On Buckram. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 288pp with 2pp of publishers ads.200 illustrations, including 39 in colour. A most beautiful tome. Reproductions of paintings by famous artists of fishing, fishermen and rivers. Color fade to spine and some fade to edges, shelfwear to back cover but all in all the buckram has a handsome patina, small bump to lower corner. Firm and clean with no inscriptions..
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Wessex Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2042
- Title
- Angling In British Art, Through Five Centuries, Prints, Pictures, Books. With A Foreword By H.T. Sheringham
- Author
- Walter Shaw Sparrow
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane: The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Angling Fishing Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Angling and Rivers;
Terms of Sale
West Wessex Books
We aim to provide and efficent and fast service,all books are well and securely packed. Items undamaged need to be ruturned within 15 days for full refund
About the Seller
West Wessex Books
Biblio member since 2006
Milverton, Somerset
About West Wessex Books
internet bookshop dealer, based in Somerset in South West England, we supply books to customers all over the world.
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- Buckram
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- 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....
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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