The Modern Shotgun: A Comprehensive Work on Sporting Guns and Ammunition in Three Volumes
by Burrard, Major Sir Gerald
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good /Fair
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Powys, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd.. Three volume set in blue cloth. Volume I. The Gun. 252pp., b/w plates & figs. Extremities slightly bumped and rubbed. Previous owner's name to ffep. Occasional foxing throughout, one hinge cracked o/w good condition. Dustwrapper shelfworn, foxed and slightly grubby, spine browned. Volume II. The Cartridge. 315pp., b/w plates, figs & tables. Extremities slightly bumped and rubbed, cover edges mottled. Previous owner's bookplate to front paste down o/w very good condition. Dustwrapper grubby, stained and foxed, some loss to edges, tape repairs to verso. Volume III. The Gun and the Cartridge. 512pp., b/w plates & figs. Extremities slightly bumped and rubbed, covers slightly mottled. previous owner's bookplate to front paste down o/w very good condition. Dustwrapper edge worn and slightly grubby. Additional postage may be required. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Printing. 1931.
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- Bookseller
- Broad Street Book Centre
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100553
- Title
- The Modern Shotgun: A Comprehensive Work on Sporting Guns and Ammunition in Three Volumes
- Author
- Burrard, Major Sir Gerald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Herbert Jenkins Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1931
- Pages
- 1079
- Size
- 220mm x 140mm.
- Keywords
- history fieldsports shooting guns shotguns weapons reference handbooks manuals unit fifteen
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- FFEP
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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