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Days of Deer-Stalking in the Scottish Highlands
by William Scrope
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co, 1894. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Spine is faded. Edges are bumped. Internally the front has split, and the frontispiece is detached but present. The first page of the Contents is also detached but present. Rear hinge is beginning to crack. Pages are age tanned with foxing to endpapers. Fine engravings byEdwin and Charles Landseer. This is a rare copy of Scrope's fine account of Highland Deer Stalking. 1894
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- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3496
- Title
- Days of Deer-Stalking in the Scottish Highlands
- Author
- William Scrope
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Reader’s Books
Biblio member since 2019
Petworth, West Sussex
About Reader’s Books
Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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...
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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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