Old English Sporting Books.
by NEVILL, Ralph
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: The Studio Limited,, 1924. First edition, number 248 of 1,500 copies only, of this pleasingly illustrated bibliography of sporting books, presented here in an attractive morocco binding. Quarto. Attractively bound in recent red morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, roll to boards gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. With 24 mounted colour plates and 80 illustrations in the text. The occasional minor blemish else an excellent copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125650
- Title
- Old English Sporting Books.
- Author
- NEVILL, Ralph
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: The Studio Limited,
- Date Published
- 1924
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
Glossary
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...