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Thoughts on Hunting. In a series of Familiar Letters to a Friend.
by BECKFORD, PETER:
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London. Printed for Sherwood, Neeley and Jones. 1820.. Size 6.0 x 9.0 inches. Bound c. 1931 by Birdsall of Northhampton in full green morocco with single fillets border and central varicoloured vignette onlay of Beagle Hound. Gilt framed and ornamented compartments. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Broad turn-ins with gilt rolls. Marbled endpapers. In good condition. Spine slightly sunned and along top edges. Occasional small marks and foxing spots. Else a clean and tight copy. 321pp. plus 5pp adverts With engraved frontis and illustrations in text. A classic book on hunting in England, with hounds, for foxes, rabbits, and deer. Each chapter is a letter which details different aspects of fox and hare hunting etc covering kennels, scents, diseases, care and feeding of hounds, breeding and care of a hunter. First published in 1781 and reprinted many times, this edition fron 1820.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93462
- Title
- Thoughts on Hunting. In a series of Familiar Letters to a Friend.
- Author
- BECKFORD, PETER:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- London. Printed for Sherwood, Neeley and Jones. 1820.
- Keywords
- Sports & Pastimes PETER BECKFORD, Thoughts, Hunting, Familiar Letters, Friend, hounds, foxes, rabbits, deer, kennels, scents, diseases, care, feeding, hounds, breeding, 1820, Fox Hunting Sports, Pastimes Fine Binding, leather,
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About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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