The Poetry Of Sport
by Peek, Hedley
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1896. HB. Prize binding with full polished leather, elaborate gilt designs with 5 raised bands on spine, gilt ruled covers with College of Agriculture in gilt on front cover. All edges of text block marbled, 8vo, xxxvi, 420 pp., marbled endpapers. From the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. Illustrated by A. Thorburn, Lucien Davis, C. E. Brock and others. Presentation bookplate from the College of Agriculture, Downton, Salisbury and dated 1899. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show light edge wear. Book condition VG.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- KF7652
- Title
- The Poetry Of Sport
- Author
- Peek, Hedley
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co
- Place of Publication
- London and Bombay
- Date Published
- 1896
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Parker's Rare Books
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Ontario, Wisconsin
About Parker's Rare Books
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Glossary
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- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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....
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