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British Sporting Artists; from Barlow to Herring
by Sparrow, Walter Shaw
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Spring Books, London, 1965. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. XIV, 250 pages, last blank, contributors of pictures, prints , and information -- to whom grateful thanks are returned by the author, list of illustrations, publisher's note to the 1965 edition and index. Illustrated frontispiece, being a reproduction of " Shooting Plover " by Francis Barlow. The text is illustrated with numerous coloured and black-and-white illustrations of famous ( not so famous ] sporting paintings from England. Orange coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and there is shelf wear to the lower book edges. Very, very light browning to the endpapers and internal pages. Dust marks to the paper edges along with some light browning. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing to scenes hunting on horses and on the back panel shooting with dogs, with black background and yellow writing on the front panel and spine. The dustwrapper is rubbed and somewhat faded. Rubbing and very slight chipping to the dustwrapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the spine. The fold over panels have become quite yellow. his book was first published in 1922 and it follows the most talented of British sporting artists from the 17th century to the late Victorian times. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Painting; Britain; Art -- History and Theory; Inventory No: 0103885. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0103885
- Title
- British Sporting Artists; from Barlow to Herring
- Author
- Sparrow, Walter Shaw
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Spring Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- BZDB2 English Artists -- Sports -- Sporting Activities, Art -- Sport Sports & Pastimes; Painting; Britain; Art -- History and Theory; Unbranded Sparrow, Walter Shaw British Sporting Artists; from Barlow to Herring
- Bookseller catalogs
- Britain; Painting; Art -- History and Theory;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Dustwrapper
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- Reprint
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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...
- Shelf Wear
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