The Rifle and The Hound in Ceylon
by Sir Samuel W. Baker
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co. , 1874. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A smart new edition of this illustrated travel guide to hunting in British Crown Colony, Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. New edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and five plates. Collated complete. An exciting travel guide to hunting in the British Crown Colony, Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. With reference to the wild elephant, pariah dogs, elk-hunting, deer-coursing, bear-sighting, and much more. Written by Sir Samuel White Baker, an English explorer, naturalist, big game hunter, writer, and abolitionist who held the titles Pasha and Major-General in the Ottoman Empire and Egypt. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor loss to the head and tail of the spine. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with light scattered spotting. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 869T26
- Title
- The Rifle and The Hound in Ceylon
- Author
- Sir Samuel W. Baker
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1874
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- Rifle Hound Ceylon Baker Hound
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...