The Fowler in Ireland or notes and haunts and habits of Wildfowl and Seafowl including instructions in the art of Shooting and Capturing them.
by Payne-Gallwey, Sir Ralph
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- good to very good /No Jacket
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Powys, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Van Voorst. Original cloth. 498pp., b/w plates & figs. Splits to edges and across centre of backstrip, upper edge chipped, covers sunned and grubby. Ex-Libris bookplate to front pastedown; one hinge cracked o/w contents very good. OVERSEAS ORDERS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAG1.1 . good to very good. Hardcover. 1873.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Broad Street Book Centre
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 114015
- Title
- The Fowler in Ireland or notes and haunts and habits of Wildfowl and Seafowl including instructions in the art of Shooting and Capturing them.
- Author
- Payne-Gallwey, Sir Ralph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - good to very good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Van Voorst
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1873
- Pages
- 498
- Size
- 225mm x 145mm.
- Keywords
- natural history fieldsports shooting wildfowling sport unit fifteen
Terms of Sale
Broad Street Book Centre
We accept returns within 7 days of receipt should the item not prove to be as described
About the Seller
Broad Street Book Centre
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Hay-on-Wye, Powys
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- Sunned
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- Cracked
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- O/W
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- Edges
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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