Sport in Abyssinia; or The Mareb and Tackazzee. First Printing, 1876.
by The Earl of Mayo, Lieutenent, Grenadier Guards. Dermot Robert Wyndham Bourke. (Dermot Robert Wyndham Bourke)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Lincoln, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1876 Quite worn with spine cloth 1/2 missing, the resr loose. Library plates on the front cover (Mudie's Select Library, Museum Street, London), verso (Thorold Mechanics' Institute Library & emboss stamp on title page), rear end paper and verso of cover (due date slip and pocket, both clean/no ink writing.) 5 illustration plates by Whymper, and 252 text pages, includes the 32 page publishers catalog in the rear dated: January, 1876. A good candidate, of this highly scarce first printing, for rebinding. NOTE: Friends, this is NOT a common reprint.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Moose (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022539
- Title
- Sport in Abyssinia; or The Mareb and Tackazzee. First Printing, 1876.
- Author
- The Earl of Mayo, Lieutenent, Grenadier Guards. Dermot Robert Wyndham Bourke. (Dermot Robert Wyndham Bourke)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1876
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Odds and Ends;
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- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...