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British Sports and Sportsmen : Breeding Agriculture Country-Life Pursuits
by The Sporting Life and Sportsman, edited by
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Sports and Sportsmen, Ltd. N.d. [c. 1920's]. Folio. This is copy no. 623 of an edition limited to 1,000 copies. xiv, 491 pp. Large thick folio. Full dark red morocco with gilt lettering to front board. Raised bands to spine with gilt decoration & lettering. All edges gilt. Gilt turn-ins and marbled endpapers. Minor marks to boards. Internally clean. Title-page in red & black. Tissue-guarded full-page photogravures. Numerous in-text illustrations. In Near Fine condition. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Near Fine. Full Morocco. Limited Edition. 1912.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56836
- Title
- British Sports and Sportsmen : Breeding Agriculture Country-Life Pursuits
- Author
- The Sporting Life and Sportsman, edited by
- Format/Binding
- Full Morocco
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Sports and Sportsmen, Ltd. N.d. [c. 1920's]
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Size
- Folio
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- British Sports Sportsmen,Breeding,Agriculture,Country Life Pursuits
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science and Medicine; Sporting; Fine Bindings;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
Biblio member since 2005
London, Greater London
About Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
We process internet and mail orders swiftly and have daily collections. Within the UK we ship via Royal Mail and UPS. For the US we use USPS tracked services and Fedex. For the rest of the World we mostly use Royal Mail Tracked, as well as Parcelforce and DPD. European deliveries we use Royal Mail Tracked or brokers for all else.
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We have an open bookshop in London which is open Monday to Saturday 10.30 to 17.30, and Sunday from 11.00 to 17.00, except Easter and Christmas.We are members of the ABA, ILAB, PBFA and ibooknet
Glossary
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
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