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Wild Spain (Espana Agreste). Records of Sport with Rife, Rod and Gun, Natural History and Exploration
by Chapman, Abel & Buck, Walter J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See item description
- Seller
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Hay on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
First edition. Gurney & Jackson. 1893. Octavo. xx, 472pp. Double-page frontispiece map, 52 plates, further text emgravings. Half calf, marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Spine in six compartments with gilt embellishment, leather labels with gilt lettering bound and signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Slight foxing to preliminary pages, occasional spotting.
From the library of Humphrey Adam Gilbert (1886-1961) of Bishopstone, Hereford, hunter, shooter and fisher; author of a Tale of a Wye Fisherman, with his signature dated 1932 to first blank.
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- Bookseller
- Paul Haynes Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- biblio14
- Title
- Wild Spain (Espana Agreste). Records of Sport with Rife, Rod and Gun, Natural History and Exploration
- Author
- Chapman, Abel & Buck, Walter J
- Book Condition
- Used - See item description
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gurney & Jackson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- Large 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, Spain, Natural History, Travel, Fine binding
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration; Field Sports; Provenance, Bookplates and Associations; Fine Bindings; Spain and Portugal;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Paul Haynes Rare Books
Biblio member since 2016
Hay on Wye, Herefordshire
About Paul Haynes Rare Books
Paul Haynes has been an antiquarian bookseller since 1978. Based in Hay on Wye, he travels worldwide to buy and sell rare and old books. A member of the ABA, ILAB and PBFA. Paul Haynes Rare Books offers both antiquarian and scarce books in all subjects, with something of a bias towards the owner's passion for Travel and Exploration.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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