Ten Years' Wild Sports in Foreign Lands; Or, Travel in the Eighties (First Edition)
by Seton-Karr, H.W. [Heywood Walter]
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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WILLIAMSBURG, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 1889. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. London: Chapman and Hall, 1889.
FIRST EDITION.
Original cloth, lettered in gilt.
333 pages + ads.
9" x 6".
Fair. Hinges reinforced with tape; lacking front blank endpaper; a few small tears and light creases; several blindstamps; covers stained.
"Of Asian interest are his chapters on hunting barasingh near Mt. Kotwal in Kashmir and antelope in India's Bikaner region."--Czech Asia p. 182.
Also includes takes of hunting reindeer in Norway, ibex in Corsica and Sardinia, fly-fishing for trout in Sweden and Finland, stalking mule deer in the Rockies, hunting mountain goats in the Cascades, etc.
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FIRST EDITION.
Original cloth, lettered in gilt.
333 pages + ads.
9" x 6".
Fair. Hinges reinforced with tape; lacking front blank endpaper; a few small tears and light creases; several blindstamps; covers stained.
"Of Asian interest are his chapters on hunting barasingh near Mt. Kotwal in Kashmir and antelope in India's Bikaner region."--Czech Asia p. 182.
Also includes takes of hunting reindeer in Norway, ibex in Corsica and Sardinia, fly-fishing for trout in Sweden and Finland, stalking mule deer in the Rockies, hunting mountain goats in the Cascades, etc.
SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS.
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- Bookseller
- LaCelle Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18622
- Title
- Ten Years' Wild Sports in Foreign Lands; Or, Travel in the Eighties (First Edition)
- Author
- Seton-Karr, H.W. [Heywood Walter]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Chapman and Hall
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- ALICE'S AVENTURES
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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