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Rural Sports. Three Volumes Plus Supplement Volume. Four Volumes.
by DANIEL, W.B:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, I. White / Thomas Davidson, 1805 (+ 1813 Supplement.). 3 volumes. Hardbacks, Tall 8vo. 13 x 10 inches. (Supplement Volume 11 x 8.5 inches.) Brown full calf bindings with decorative blind embossed and gilt panelled boards, re-backed with well matching brown leather spines with raised and gilt banding, gilt lettering and embossed decorations. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good conditions. All volumes have professionally repaired spines, with later leather to spines. Edges of boards darkened and rubbed, bumps and chips to corners of boards. Some light rubbing marks to boards. While repaired; cloth reinforcements have later been added to volumes 3 & Supplement. Rear hinge of vol.3 and front hinge of supplement are partially cracked halfway, and later glued. Previous owners bookplates to endpapers “W.J. Turrell” & others in subsequent volumes, “Robert Stuart” (vols 2,3,&4) and “M.J. Elison” to v.4. Engraved title pages are quite heavily foxed, some minor darkening and some mild spots to main title pages. Some minor handling marks and one or two occasional minor foxing spots to pages else pages all very clean and tight thoughout. Some minor pencil marks to illustrations lists from previous collations. Engraved plates with some moderate foxing (mild to heavy), mostly around edges. Else a very good clean and tight set. 468, 436 & 367pp + 507pp Supplement. 4 engraved title pages, and a frontis portrait to supplement. Profusely illustrated with 76 B&W copper-engravings (22,19,30 & 5.) All volumes have indices at rear. This English sporting classic was published over a period of twelve years and covers all the traditional country sports including much on hunting and shooting, and fishing.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86608
- Title
- Rural Sports. Three Volumes Plus Supplement Volume. Four Volumes.
- Author
- DANIEL, W.B:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, I. White / Thomas Davidson, 1805 (+ 1813 Supplement.)
- Keywords
- Sports & Pastimes daniel, fox, stage, hare, dogs, field sport, fishing, angling, hunting, rural, game law, engraved plates, illustrated, leather fine binding
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
Glossary
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Re-backed
- Describes a book that has had the material covering the spine replaced or joints mended.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
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