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Gamonia: Or, The Art of Preserving Game; And An Improved Method of Making Plantations and Covers, Explained and Illustrated.
by Rawstorne, Lawrence
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London; Published for the Proprietor by Rudolph Ackermann, 1837., 1837. Hard Cover. First edition. Octavo, pp. 208. With 15 aquatints of shooting scenes by J. T. Rawlins, each with tissue guard, as called for. With the errata slip tipped-in at end. Original full green morocco with Black Letter titles in gilt to spine, gilt fillet and elaborate foliate border to both boards; all edges gilt. Spine lightly sunned and edges rubbed with slight wear to corners; a slightly shaken copy with weak inner front hinge but holding well. Bookplates of A. Norman Dugdale and Adam Thomas Dugdale to fore. Small tear to tissue guard of frontispiece; minor browning to textual leaves opposite plates. A very good copy. The very first work dedicated to pheasant rearing and the forestry and woodland management necessary for the protection of game for sport. Enhanced by the set of vibrant aquatints depicting gentlemen shooting in all weathers and giving an insight into the sporting practices of the time. Scarce. Tooley: English Books with Coloured Plates, 393; Abbey: Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography, 392.
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- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11993
- Title
- Gamonia: Or, The Art of Preserving Game; And An Improved Method of Making Plantations and Covers, Explained and Illustrated.
- Author
- Rawstorne, Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London; Published for the Proprietor by Rudolph Ackermann, 1837.
- Date Published
- 1837
- Keywords
- Sport
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About the Seller
Keel Row Books
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
About Keel Row Books
Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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- Sunned
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- Errata
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- Gilt
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- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Edges
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- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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