AFRICAN GAME TRIALS - AN ACCOUNT OF THE AFRICAN WANDERINGS OF AN AMERICAN HUNTER-NATURALIST
by Roosevelt, Theodore
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. Subscriber's edition with Conkey-Hammond Press seal on the copyright page. 583 pages in very good, clean condition. Edges yellowed. Includes more than 200 illustrations from photographs by Kermit Roosevelt and other members of the expedition. Also drawings by Philip Goodwin. Foredges soiled. Endpapers lighlty soiled. Back hinge a little torn; binding tight and intact. Green cloth with nice pictorial design of elephants on the front cover. Gilt titles on the spine and upper cover. Spine is scuffed and shows wear at the head/tail. Corners bumped and rubbed. Light wear on edges. Beautiful book. VG. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 7 x 10.
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- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 207765
- Title
- AFRICAN GAME TRIALS - AN ACCOUNT OF THE AFRICAN WANDERINGS OF AN AMERICAN HUNTER-NATURALIST
- Author
- Roosevelt, Theodore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
- Size
- 7 x 10
- Keywords
- First Edition, African Expeditions, Big Game Hunting, Game Hunting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports; Animals; Countries;
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J. Wyatt Books
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Ottawa, Ontario
About J. Wyatt Books
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- First Edition
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- VG
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
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- Copyright page
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Edges
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- 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.
- Spine
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