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Old Sporting Characters and Occasions from Sporting and Road History
by McCausland, Hugh
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Batchworth Press, 1948. Gilt title on black cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. A near Fine copy. 15 plate illustrations and numerous vignette illustrations. Comprises a Sporting Portrait Gallery, Horse and Highway and Stable and Studio. C3C. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Goldring Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001819
- Title
- Old Sporting Characters and Occasions from Sporting and Road History
- Author
- McCausland, Hugh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Batchworth Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- SPORTING ILLUSTRATIONS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sport;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Goldring Books
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Eastbourne, East Sussex
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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