SPORT
by Davenport w Bromley
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dj
- Seller
-
Mulranny, Co Mayo., Sligo, Ireland
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall, 1888. This is a fairly scarce book on the subject in very nice condition just a couple of small yellow paint splashes on the front board,bound in a greeny blue cloth with gilt title to spine and a stag on the front board in sepia brown & black title very good sketches inside. Very nice celtic motif & tree book plate on fpd of the irish author Nesta Higginson who became Nesta Skrine using the pseudonym Maura O`neil . First Edition. Hard Back Decorated Boards. Very Good/No Dj. Illus. by Lt. Gen. h Hope Crealocke, CB. C.M.G..
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- Bookseller
- Vanessa Parker Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004143
- Title
- SPORT
- Author
- Davenport w Bromley
- Illustrator
- Lt. Gen. h Hope Crealocke, CB. C.M.G.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dj
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- Fishing, Angling, Hunting , Shooting, Riding, Fox Hunting, Deer Hunting, Grouse Shooting, Pheasant Shooting , Partridge Shooting, Maura O`neil, Irish Book Plate,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Country Persuits; Fishing / Angling; Horses,Equestrian , Dogs & Cats;
Terms of Sale
Vanessa Parker Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Vanessa Parker Rare Books
Biblio member since 2011
Mulranny, Co Mayo., Sligo
About Vanessa Parker Rare Books
We are the most westerly Books and antiques shop in Europe ,trading in rare & used books since 1977,we operate from a 17thc Irish thatched cottage overlooking the beautiful Clew bay in the West of Ireland, which is stuffed to the rafters with books including secondhand, Antiquarian, to Fine & Rare books, with an emphasis on children`s, illustrated, Irish, country persuits, literature, poetry & much more. We also have a very large selection of genuine old Prints wrapped ready for framing, and Antiques. Only a fraction of our stock is online See our website www.antiquesandbooks.com
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- Plate
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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