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Sport, Travel and Adventure in Newfoundland and the West Indies
by Kennedy, Capt. W R, RN
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1885. First Edition. . Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. Author. 399 pages. Rebound in half leather, original cover of blue cloth with gilt stags bound in, top page edges gilt, inscription by author to Admiral Sir, A H Hoskins. (Admiral Sir Anthony Hiley Hoskins 1828-1901 see Wikipedia article). Foldout map of Newfoundland in the rear. First hinge cracked. Newfoundland fishing, caribou hunting, aborigines of Newfoundland, grouse shooting, Bermuda, West Indies, Spanish Main,Haiti, mosquito coast, Belize, Grand Cayman. Illustrated with line drawings. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- John Simmer Gun Books +
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16182
- Title
- Sport, Travel and Adventure in Newfoundland and the West Indies
- Author
- Kennedy, Capt. W R, RN
- Illustrator
- Author
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1885
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HUNTING, FISHING, SAILING
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hunting;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John Simmer Gun Books +
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New Westminster, British Columbia
About John Simmer Gun Books +
John Simmer Gun Books + is a reflection of my interest in the evolution of weapons, hunting & fishing and human survival in the hostile climates of desert & arctic. Internet sales only.
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- Cracked
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- Edges
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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