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Handley Cros, Plain or Ringlets, Ask Mamma, Mr Romfords Hounds, Mr Sponge`s Sporting Tour. Five Volumes
by Surtees Robert Smith
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Mulranny, Co Mayo., Sligo, Ireland
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About This Item
London: Bradbury & Agnew, 1865. A very fine set of five volumes bound in red leather with profuse gilding between the raised bands black title labels gilt titles, marbled boards 84 hand coloured plates and numerous b&w illustrations. a very handsome desirable set. See our website for many more horse and dog booksvanessaparkerrarebooks.com. Book Plate of Former Owner.. First Thus. Half Calf. Fine. Illus. by John Leech. 8 Vo Heavy Email 4 Postage Cost.
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- Bookseller
- Vanessa Parker Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002843
- Title
- Handley Cros, Plain or Ringlets, Ask Mamma, Mr Romfords Hounds, Mr Sponge`s Sporting Tour. Five Volumes
- Author
- Surtees Robert Smith
- Illustrator
- John Leech
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Bradbury & Agnew
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1865
- Keywords
- Hunting, Classic Hunting Book, Fox Hunting, Surtees.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; Horses,Equestrian , Dogs & Cats;
- Size
- 8 Vo Heavy Email 4 Postage Cost
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Vanessa Parker Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Vanessa Parker Rare Books
Biblio member since 2011
Mulranny, Co Mayo., Sligo
About Vanessa Parker Rare Books
We are the most westerly Books and antiques shop in Europe ,trading in rare & used books since 1977,we operate from a 17thc Irish thatched cottage overlooking the beautiful Clew bay in the West of Ireland, which is stuffed to the rafters with books including secondhand, Antiquarian, to Fine & Rare books, with an emphasis on children`s, illustrated, Irish, country persuits, literature, poetry & much more. We also have a very large selection of genuine old Prints wrapped ready for framing, and Antiques. Only a fraction of our stock is online See our website www.antiquesandbooks.com
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Marbled boards
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
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