The Fowler in Ireland or Notes on the 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 Minus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Van Voorst, 1882. Full page plates all present, however, plate to p.336 detached but extant. Slightly shaken, badly bumped with cloth frayed to extremities and a few minor cloth tears to head and foot of spine, boards lightly rubbed with a few small cloth wrinkles. Binding slightly loose with several cracked gutters. A light stain to top closed edges and top corners of pages, not affecting text, ink inscrip. to half title, else pages clean, plates bright.. Cloth. Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Bookcase
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71076
- Title
- The Fowler in Ireland or Notes on the 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 Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- John Van Voorst
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1882
- Size
- 8vo
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About the Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
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