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The Noble Science: A Few General Ideas on Fox-Hunting, for the Use of the Rising Generation of Sportsmen, and more Especially those of The Hertfordshire Hunt Club
by Radcliffe, F. P. Delmé
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Good. Bound in green cloth over boards with embossed ornamental designs, gilt-stamped spine title. The book has been expertly re
- Seller
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Annapolis, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1839. First edition. Expertly rebacked original cloth over boards. Octavo. xii, 327 pages. Good. Bound in green cloth over boards with embossed ornamental designs, gilt-stamped spine title. The book has been expertly restored, retaining the original binding cloth as much as possible. Interior pages show some foxing to pre- and postliminary leaves, occasional paper repairs, and a short edge tear to an occasional leaf.. Steel and wood engraved black & white plates and text illustrations. Illustrated treatise on fox-hunting, by the Master of Hounds at the Hertfordshire Hunt Club.
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- Bookseller
- Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 545
- Title
- The Noble Science: A Few General Ideas on Fox-Hunting, for the Use of the Rising Generation of Sportsmen, and more Especially those of The Hertfordshire Hunt Club
- Author
- Radcliffe, F. P. Delmé
- Illustrator
- Steel and wood engraved black & white plates and text illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Expertly rebacked original cloth over boards. Octavo. xii, 327 pages
- Book Condition
- Used - Good. Bound in green cloth over boards with embossed ornamental designs, gilt-stamped spine title. The book has been expertly re
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Rudolph Ackermann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1839
- Keywords
- Fox hunt, country clubs, hunt clubs, hounds, horsemanship, equestrian sports, dogs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hunting & Fishing;
Terms of Sale
Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Annapolis, Maryland
About Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
We buy and sell quality used and out-of-print books, with an emphasis on Americana, Military and Naval History, and Nautical material. But we have many good books in a variety of subjects. We are located in historic Annapolis, Maryland.
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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