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Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters
by Mayer, Alfred M., Ed
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- fair
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Century Co, 1883. Hardcover. fair. 4to. 888 pp. Brick cloth decorated binding. With b&w illustrations throughout, and Japan proofs. Top and side edge gilt. Frontispiece. Each section (large game, Moose-hunting, Black Bass Fishing, etc.) written by different contributors. Lew Wallace, George Inness, F. Hopkinson Smith, and George Bird Grinnell featured among others. Front hinge cracked, with ropes showing. Cover edges frayed and corners bumped. Some wear to head and tail of spine. Overall, in fair/good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9999
- Title
- Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters
- Author
- Mayer, Alfred M., Ed
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Century Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1883
- Keywords
- American hunting, Canadian Hunting, prehistoric hunting, primirtive hunting and fishing equipment , Mary Hallock Foote, Hunting equipment, Fishing equipment , Deer hunting, Fox hunting , Caribou hunting, Traut Fishing, Salmon Fishing, Striped bass, Porpoi
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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