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THE FLYERS OF THE HUNT
by John Mills
- Used
- good
- hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine
Item Price:
$150.00
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About This Item
London: The Field, 1859. First edition. Hardcover. Good. John Leech. 5 x 7 1/2 in. 114 pgs. Red blindstamped cloth boards with gilt lettering and gent on horseback on cover, gilt lettering on spine. 6 color plates, including frontis, all present. Origanl cloth binding. Hand-colored engravings by John Leech. Condition of book is GOOD+ ; corners and edges worn, covers and spine faded, old repair to upper spine, both upper and lower spine missing some cloth, but overall a very nice copy of this scarce, delightful book, in original cloth. Binding is solid and text clean, with some faint browning and some very mild foxing to plates. Earlier owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Sport. RGR.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- 5675
- Title
- THE FLYERS OF THE HUNT
- Author
- John Mills
- Illustrator
- John Leech
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Field
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date published
- 1859
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- Sports and Games;
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About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
Biblio.com member since: 2008
Blue Hill, Maine
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About Andre Strong Bookseller
I buy collections of books from estates in Downeast Maine and in France. We now have 2 used book stores open year round located at 33 water st Blue Hill Me. Red Gap Books (used books) & Andre Strong Bookseller (Antiquarian)
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...[more]
- 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...[more]
- 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...[more]
- 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...[more]
- 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....[more]
- bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...[more]
- good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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