HENRY ALKEN: Being the First Volume of the Series "The Sport of Our Fathers"/The Sport of Our Fathers Series, Volume One (1) Only
by Sparrow, Walter Shaw/Cook, Sir Theodore (Introduction)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London/New York: Williams and Norgate, Ltd./Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. 56 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Spine and foredges sunned. Corners and spine ends bumped. Top edge gilt. Natural toning to endpapers. Light foxing throughout. Illust. w/ 8 color plates and 64 subjects in half-tone.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23618ART
- Title
- HENRY ALKEN: Being the First Volume of the Series "The Sport of Our Fathers"/The Sport of Our Fathers Series, Volume One (1) Only
- Author
- Sparrow, Walter Shaw/Cook, Sir Theodore (Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Williams and Norgate, Ltd./Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- London/New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- ART HISTORY ARTISTS BIOGRAPHY ALKEN HENRY THOMAS 1784 1785 1851 ENGLISH PAINTERS ENGRAVERS BRITISH SPORTING ARTISTS SPORTS SPORTING WORKS HUNTING COACHING RACING STEEPLECHASING SCENCES EQUESTRIAN ANIMALS RACE HORSES HORSE RACING OUTDOORS RECREATION WORLD
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Animals; Sports - Equestrian; Sports; Sports - Hunting; Hunting;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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