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SHOOTING: Field and Covert. AND: Moor and Marsh. THE BADMINTON LIBRARY. With contributions from other authors. In Two Volumes.
by WALSINGHAM, LORD: and SIR RALPH PAYNE-GALLWEY:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1886 1st editions. Size 5.5 x 7.75 inches. Rebound in attractive light half calf morocco leather binding, gilt titles & decorations on spines & raised bands. Marbled boards. New Grey endpapers. All gilt edges. Two Volumes Bindings in Fine condition. Occasional marks & a few small foxing spots. Else clean and tight copies. 357pp & 358pp. Illustrated with 19 b&w full-page plates (11 & 8), many figures and illustrations within text. Scarce. Two volume set on Shooting with chapters on Grouse, Deer, guns, pheasant.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95547
- Title
- SHOOTING: Field and Covert. AND: Moor and Marsh. THE BADMINTON LIBRARY. With contributions from other authors. In Two Volumes.
- Author
- WALSINGHAM, LORD: and SIR RALPH PAYNE-GALLWEY:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1886 1st editions
- Keywords
- Sports & Pastimes::Shooting Badminton Library, Shooting, Sports & Pastimes, moor, marsh, Field and Covert, woodcock, deer, punts, coot, grouse, guns, gun making, partridge, pheasant, game, longmans, 1886, 1st, first edition, illustrated, Alexande
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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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.
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- 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...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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