Sport in Art: An Iconography of Sport Illustrating the Field Sports of Europe and America from the Fifteenth to the End of the Eighteenth Century
by Baillie-Grohman, William A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1919. Second Edition. Half Decorated Morocco, Marbled Boards. Very Good. With a beautiful red half morocco binding decorated with gilt figures of a fox, a hound, a hawk, antlers, fish. Folio. 33 by 25 cm. xxiii + 422 pp + [4] pub ad. With 243 illustrations, including 2 tipped in color plates. Wonderful survey of subject. Soiling to board edges.
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- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003210
- Title
- Sport in Art: An Iconography of Sport Illustrating the Field Sports of Europe and America from the Fifteenth to the End of the Eighteenth Century
- Author
- Baillie-Grohman, William A
- Format/Binding
- Half Decorated Morocco, Marbled Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1919
- Keywords
- Sporting, Hunting
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About the Seller
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About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
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- 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...
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 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...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...