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Shooting and Deerstalking
by British Sports and Sportsmen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+ to near Fine
- Seller
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Agoura, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 1913. Limited Edition 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. VG+ to near Fine. 359 pp, profuse ill, and 102 full page photogravure plates. Folio sized. All edges gilt. Original publishers gilt stamped, decorated dark red morocco. Beveled edges. Gilt & stamped rules on front/rear boards. Raised bands on spine, rules & decorations in spine bands. Gilt inner dentelles, marbled end papers. Includes bird, wildfowl shooting and deer stalking throughout the British Isles and one shoot in China. Very light (slight) rubbing on outer hinges, otherwise a lovely copy with all gilt bright. Internally the book has likely never been read. A VERY heavy book. Shipping weight will exceed ten pounds.
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- Bookseller
- Trophy Room Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3972
- Title
- Shooting and Deerstalking
- Author
- British Sports and Sportsmen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+ to near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition 1,000 Copies
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- hunting, shooting, deerstalking, falconry, big game hunting, bird shooting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Out of Print Big Game Hunting Books;
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
- 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...
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