Driving : - The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes
by The Duke Of Beaufort
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1894. With contributions from other authorities.The book is finely bound in half leather, brown morocco spine and corners with five raised gilt ruled bands on the spine, gilt title lettering, top edge gilt.Marbled papered boards, and marbled endpapers. xvi, 426 pages. plus 2 pages of adverts.Illustrated with numerous full page engraved plates plus smaller text illustrations,of engravings and drawings. Illustrated by G. D. Giles and John Sturgess. 5.5 X 7.5 inches. The leather shoulder on the front board is stamped "Vancroft Farm" in gilt. There are some very few scuffs and rubbing to the leather corners. Very good, and very clean throughout, with a very sound and solid binding.. Fourth Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jacques Gander (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009269
- Title
- Driving : - The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes
- Author
- The Duke Of Beaufort
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
Terms of Sale
Jacques Gander
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About the Seller
Jacques Gander
Biblio member since 2004
Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire
About Jacques Gander
Out of print, rare and used books. Internet and mail order.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...