British Field Sports Embracing Practical Instructions in Shooting Hunting Coursing Racing Cocking Fishing & c, With Observations on the Breaking and Training of Dogs and Horses; Also the Management of
by SCOTT, WILLIAM HENRY
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- Hardcover
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sherwood neely and jones 1818. octavo marbled boards in three quarter brown leather with gilt lettering and rule, 615pp + 1pp advert, illus incl scarce engravers title page (33 plates + frontis + engravers title). VG (lmoderate tanning/foxing, previous owner name to engraving page, new eps) A lovingly and tastefully rebound copy
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- Title
- British Field Sports Embracing Practical Instructions in Shooting Hunting Coursing Racing Cocking Fishing & c, With Observations on the Breaking and Training of Dogs and Horses; Also the Management of
- Author
- SCOTT, WILLIAM HENRY
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- sherwood neely and jones 1818
- Keywords
- sport hunting weapons antiques history fishing william henry scott guns
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- New
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- VG
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