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Savage Sudan; Its Wild Tribes, Big-Game And Bird-Life. With 248 Illustrations, Chiefly From Rough Sketches By The Author
by Chapman, Abel
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
London: Gurney and Jackson, 1921. First Edition. Leather bound. Near fine. First edition of Savage Sudan by Abel Chapman in a fine binding.. Octavo, xx, 452pp. Green morocco, three-quarter leather binding. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, faint foxing to edges, a near fine example. New endpapers. Complete with frontispiece and 29 full-page plates. Features many additional in-text illustrations.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12609
- Title
- Savage Sudan; Its Wild Tribes, Big-Game And Bird-Life. With 248 Illustrations, Chiefly From Rough Sketches By The Author
- Author
- Chapman, Abel
- Illustrator
- First edition of Savage Sudan by Abel Chapman in a fine binding.
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gurney and Jackson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- Chapman Wild Spain, Chapman Unexplored Spain, Chapman Savage Sudan, Chapman The Borders and beyond, Chapman Retrospect, Chapman big game hunting, Savage Sudan first edition, Savage Sudan fine binding
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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