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COUNTRY FAIR - Tales of the Countryside: Shooting and Fishing
by Hastings, Max
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0007198868
- ISBN 13
- 9780007198863
- Seller
-
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2005. Book. Illus. by William Geldart;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 277 pp. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine; green endpapers. Illustrated with drawings by William Geldart. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Country Fair; Rhythm of the Seasons; The River Keeper; Sunshine and Showers; The Young Entry; Life at the Trough; Duffers' Days; Hit and Miss; Love Affair with Labs; A Future for the Countryside; No Eye for a Horse; Poachers' Roles; Naver Magic; With the Beaters; Every Shot a Record; An Idyll in Kenya; Tweed at Autumn; Pheasants; The English and the Scots; A Fishing Party; Rummage in the Gun Cupboard; Rough and Smooth in Cornwall; Hitting Some Low Notes; Glorious Grouse; Arctic Waters; Nightlife; Saying Please and Thank You; Level Pegging; New Ways and Old; Places We Know; Pigeons in the Offing; and Marauders Do It in the Rough; followed by an index..
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Details
- Bookseller
- W. Fraser Sandercombe
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 231751
- Title
- COUNTRY FAIR - Tales of the Countryside: Shooting and Fishing
- Author
- Hastings, Max
- Illustrator
- William Geldart;
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0007198868
- ISBN 13
- 9780007198863
- Publisher
- Harper Collins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- sport; angling; angler; fisherman; casting; spinning; fly; natural history; nature; creek; pond; river; stream; lake; sportsmen; stalking; decoy; deep woods; wilderness; birds; wildlife; animals; mammals; wood craft; nra; right to bear arms; gun legislati
- Bookseller catalogs
- Outdoors - Hunting; Outdoors - Fishing;
Terms of Sale
W. Fraser Sandercombe
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About the Seller
W. Fraser Sandercombe
Biblio member since 2004
Burlington, Ontario
About W. Fraser Sandercombe
We are primarily an Internet-only bookstore, selling on-line for over twenty-three years; our shop can, however, be visited by appointment through an e-mail. We specialize in First Editions and collectible books (and usually have around 500 signed editions in stock at any given moment) ranging through most of the genres: Fantasy; Horror; Science Fiction; Mysteries; and a good selection of Literature; Historical Adventure; History; Outdoors; True Crime; and Assorted Non-fiction. We stock roughly 9000 books and add to our catalogues regularly.
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- New
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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