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The Complete Angler or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton
by Major, John
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Lovell, Coryell, and Company. Later printing. Hardcover. Good/No dust jacket as issued. No copyright date, c. 1890s. Navy blue cloth boards with, gilt lettering on the spine. Some wear to the boards and edges, corners rubbed. Text and images are unmarked. Sticker ghosts on the front pastedown and FFEP. Edge of text block age toned. 16mo. 354pp.
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- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPcaMAJ
- Title
- The Complete Angler or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton
- Author
- Major, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing
- Publisher
- Lovell, Coryell, and Company
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Chaparral Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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