AT HOME WITH WILD NATURE - Profusely Illustrated with Photographs Taken Direct from Nature By Captain Cherry Kearton and the Author
by Kearton, Richard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1922. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xii, 164 frontispieces numerus plates in photogravure. (Photographs by Cherry & Richard Kearton). Binding very good, bright gilt to spine and title in black to the front board. Contents clean and tight, a little fxing/ toning throughout but not effecting the plates, Bolton School bookplate to the front pastedown, prize inscription to the front free endpaper dated 1923 . A very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Loe Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034156
- Title
- AT HOME WITH WILD NATURE - Profusely Illustrated with Photographs Taken Direct from Nature By Captain Cherry Kearton and the Author
- Author
- Kearton, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History - General;
Terms of Sale
Loe Books
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About the Seller
Loe Books
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Launceston, Cornwall
About Loe Books
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We specialise in fine and rare books, particularly the New Naturalist series, natural history and horticultural titles.Thank you for viewing our stock
We specialise in fine and rare books, particularly the New Naturalist series, natural history and horticultural titles.Thank you for viewing our stock
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...