Casuals in the Caucasus; The Diary of a Sporting Holiday
by Agnes Herbert
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Hexham, Northumberland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head Limited, 1928. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Good. Illustrated with 22 plates of photographs. Bookplate to front pastedown. Slightly toned and foxed. Uncut pages. Top edge gilt. xi [1] 331pp [1] 16pp of publishers ads to rear. Agnes Elsie Diane Herbert: 1880-1960 Was an English sportswoman, author and traveller. With her cousin, Cecily, she undertook three major hunting expeditions in Somaliland, Alaska and Caucasus A famous Edwardian-era big game hunter, Herbert traveled with her cousin to the Caucasus to hunt tur and ollen, a local species similar to red deer. While the first half of the book is primarily travelogue in nature, the second half describes various adventures
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- Bookseller
- Ryan OHorne Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035673
- Title
- Casuals in the Caucasus; The Diary of a Sporting Holiday
- Author
- Agnes Herbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- John Lane, The Bodley Head Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Pages
- 264
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 1.98 lbs
- Keywords
- Adventurers & Explorers, Former Soviet Republics, Russia, Eastern
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Uncut Pages
- 'Uncut pages', or simply 'uncut', traditionally refers to a book which has not been trimmed by rebinding. Prior to the...