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The Sport of our Ancestors, Being a Collection of Prose and Verse Setting Forth The Sport of Fox-Hunting As They Knew It.
de Various; Lord Willoughby De Broke (ED)
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- Estado
- Near Fine
- Librería
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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EUR 327.17EUR 294.45
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Sobre este artículo
London: Constable and Co. Ltd., 1925. Leather. Near Fine. 9.5" by 7". G. D. Armour. A collection of prose and verse regarding fox-hunting, in a handsome half calf binding. A second impression. In a handsome half calf red binding by Henry Sotheran. With 16 monochrome and 4 colour plates by G. D. Armour. Collated complete. G. D. Armour was a prolific British painter and illustrator who made hundreds of illustrations for publications such as The Graphic, Punch and Country Life. Ex libris blind stamp of 'R. R.'. to front free endpaper. An interesting collection of various works regarding fox hunting. Edited and selected by Lord Willoughby De Broke. From the Ascott House library, owned by the de Rothschild family. The library was created following the conversion of the billiards room in 1936 and was predominantly filled with books collected by Anthony de Rothschild. In half calf signed binding. Externally, very smart with some light shelf wear only. A few marks to the boards and some minor offsetting to the front and rear free end papers. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with some light spots to the front and back. Heavier on the fore edge but this does not affect the text or illustrations. Near Fine
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- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 827G6
- Título
- The Sport of our Ancestors, Being a Collection of Prose and Verse Setting Forth The Sport of Fox-Hunting As They Knew It.
- Autor
- Various; Lord Willoughby De Broke (ED)
- Ilustrador
- G. D. Armour
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Leather
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Constable and Co. Ltd.
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1925
- Tamaño
- 9.5" by 7"
- Palabras clave
- Fox-hunting Sport G. D. Armour Beckford Sport Hunting
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
