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Gamonia, or, the Art of Preserving Game
by Lawrence Rawstorne
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Methuen, 1905. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1905. New Edition. 135 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with title label to spine. Book appears to have been rebound. Contains colour illustrated plates. Pages are lightly tanned with moderate foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's name to front free endpaper with a pencil inscription to paste-down. Mild cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. A few small nicks along text block edge. Plates are bright and clear, with slight tanning to edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a subtle forward lean. Chipping to title label.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1690547099DPB
- Title
- Gamonia, or, the Art of Preserving Game
- Author
- Lawrence Rawstorne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Date Published
- 1905
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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