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The Gamekeeper at Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life
by [Richard Jefferies]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Smith, Elder & Co. , 1880. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". Charles Whymper. An early edition of this charming volume of natural history, with illustrations. An early edition of this work with the first edition published in 1878. This is a charming collection of rural rambles and commentaries on the fields, meadows and woods. With in-text illustrations and a frontispiece. Collated, complete. With a bookplate for Arthur G. Wright. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. With a bookplate for Arthur G. Wright to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 854B82
- Title
- The Gamekeeper at Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life
- Author
- [Richard Jefferies]
- Illustrator
- Charles Whymper
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1880
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- The Gamekeeper at Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life natural history rural life gardening natural history
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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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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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
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- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
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