The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada; Or Notes on the Natural History of the Game, Game Birds, And Fish of That Country
by KING, MAJOR W. ROSS
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1866. First Edition. Decorated Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original green cloth to boards and spine with hinges, outer corners, and head and tail of spine restored; contemporary endpages. Gilt decoration to front board and to spine. Full colour frontispiece and plates throughout [all present]. Some spotting and browning to outer page edges. Some modest staining or foxing occasionally to margins; verso of frontispiece foxed.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19130
- Title
- The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada; Or Notes on the Natural History of the Game, Game Birds, And Fish of That Country
- Author
- KING, MAJOR W. ROSS
- Format/Binding
- Decorated Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hurst and Blackett
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1866
- Keywords
- Canadian, Hunting & Fishing, Sporting, Naturalist, W. Ross King
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
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